A number of government officials and parliamentarians attended the birthday party of Hong Weimin, the representative of the Hong Kong People's Congress, last Monday (3rd). Later, one of the attendees tested positive. Xu Yingwei, director of the Home Affairs Bureau, who was listed as a close contact, had to go to Penny's Bay to accept it. Quarantine on the 21st.
The chief executive, Carrie Lam, said earlier that it was frustrating that the gathering brought about the risk of spreading the disease, and he named Xu Yingwei as particularly disappointed, stressing that he would take appropriate actions for the poor performance of individual officials.
Tan Yaozong, a member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, said today (9th) that he agrees with the government to take the birthday party incident seriously, and believes that the people involved sincerely apologize and hope that they can learn from the incident and continue to do a good job in epidemic prevention and anti-epidemic work in their respective positions in the future.
He also pointed out that the strict implementation of foreign defense input is the key task, emphasizing that the crew is a big loophole, and the supervision mechanism should be improved, and we should unite to look forward, and strive for early clearance and clearance as soon as possible.
Escort for party members earlier
Tan Yaozong said the day before yesterday (7th) that although the Mochizukilou group broke out on the day of the incident, the social atmosphere was not serious, which may have made the participants relaxed.
As for whether there are officials who need to be held accountable, Tan Yaozong pointed out that the relevant officials have apologized, and the tracking and quarantine work must be done at present.
Regarding requests for Xu Yingwei to step down, Tan Yaozong, who was an advisor to the Democratic Alliance for Betterment of Hong Kong, escorted his party members at the time. He pointed out that there was no need for it at present, and the Chief Executive had already indicated that he would take action.
Ta Kung Pao editorial: Governors should take this as a warning and urge the Hong Kong government to continue to pursue Cathay Pacific
"Ta Kung Pao" published an editorial today, pointing out that many senior officials and some members of the Legislative Council still attended large gatherings under the severe anti-epidemic situation, which caused bad influence and seriously damaged public confidence.
"These officials and parliamentarians lacked the awareness of the overall situation and responsibility, relaxed their demands on themselves, and lived up to the expectations and trust of the public. The Chief Executive, Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, recently ordered the relevant officials to immediately suspend their duties. This is a responsible decision and is for the sake of Efforts to maintain good governance and good governance should be firmly supported. The officials involved should be dealt with according to the specific circumstances and regulations... These government officials who attended the meeting did not know what to do, and went to the wrong place at the wrong time. He did the wrong thing, damaged the overall situation of the fight against the epidemic, and caused bad political influence. The lessons are extremely profound.”
The editorial mentioned that all governors should take this incident as a warning, reflect deeply, put their positions right, and strive to improve their governance capabilities, so as to truly serve the people.
At the same time, it is also necessary to continue to investigate the "culprit" of the spread of the epidemic, that is, Cathay Pacific, which has a flight attendant who violated the ban to go out to dine and caused a "stewardess group".
"The flight attendant involved has been dismissed, but criminal investigations must be carried out in accordance with the law to set an example; at the same time, Cathay Pacific management must be held accountable, otherwise it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no new 'stewardess flight attendant group'."
Hong Weimin apologizes to Xu Yingwei again: I should have declined the invitation to reflect on the pain and redouble my efforts in the future step down
