The South China Morning Post published an article signed by Yang Limen on Tuesday (11th), pointing out that the government had not tightened social distancing restrictions at the time of Hong Weimin's birthday party, and the Chief Executive himself had attended weddings during the epidemic. Therefore, it is difficult to understand why Carrie Lam is so indignant about the senior officials involved.
The author is believed to be Yang Limen, the former permanent secretary of the Development Bureau.
He said in the article that he had met Chief Executive Carrie Lam at the wedding.
However, as Carrie Lam explained before attending the Executive Council on Tuesday (11th), she attended the wedding on December 5th, but the birthday banquet of high-ranking officials and MPs was on the 3rd of this month.
At that time, the outbreak of the Mochizukilou epidemic had already broken out, and many restaurants had already made preparations for this. Some citizens even canceled the wedding banquet in advance.
Regardless of whether it is appropriate for the chief executive to attend the wedding in early December, the nature of the matter is very different from that of a senior official attending a party after the outbreak, and it cannot be used to justify the latter's behavior.
The South China Morning Post published an article signed by Yang Limen on Tuesday (11th), pointing out that the government had not tightened social distancing restrictions at the time of Hong Weimin's birthday party, and the Chief Executive himself had attended weddings during the epidemic. Therefore, it is difficult to understand why Carrie Lam is so indignant about the senior officials involved.
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Disappointing standards of conduct for DC governors
Some people may genuinely think that the incident was purely "unfortunate", that the officials' actions did not violate the law, and some Legislative Council members even asked, "What's the problem with participating in the meeting?" But the focus is on the officials who are the governors of the SAR. And MPs have seriously violated social expectations, as well as due discipline.
As mentioned by Carrie Lam, accountability of officials also involves the Code of Conduct for Officials of the Political Appointment System, which must meet the requirements of integrity and conduct.
Focusing on legislation is undoubtedly setting the Hong Kong society's requirements and standards for rulers too low, creating gaps for people to pass through.
As Carrie Lam said, as early as December 31, a high-level government meeting had already reached a consensus that "the public should avoid attending banquets", and the Secretary for Food and Health, Sophie Chan, repeatedly appealed to the public at the press conference on the same day. Officials still violated the government's internal guidelines, which is already a violation of the order, and the suspension of investigation is reasonable; and as a member of parliament, the reason is that the regulations have not been changed. possibility.
Some members of the Legislative Council even described "what is the problem with participating in gatherings", but the point is precisely that the officials and members who are the governors of the SAR have seriously violated social expectations and due discipline.
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The incident made many citizens feel that "only state officials are allowed to set fires, and people are not allowed to light lamps." However, some legislators still sternly blame others without reflecting on their own behavior, which is doubly disappointing.
Legislative Council members may not have attended internal government meetings, which is not considered a violation of internal government guidelines for the time being, but how can they, as lawmakers, not have a sense of governance and not take into account the overall epidemic prevention arrangements?
Today, if there are still people who view this incident with the mentality of "making a big fuss" and exalting the excuse of "nothing against the law, so it's not a big problem", it will only show that they have never reflected on the level that a politician should be.
Governance is not purely the formulation and implementation of policies, but requires the attitude of convincing people with morality and leading the way, and it is right and wrong, so that the citizens are convinced of the rulers.
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The problem in Hong Kong is the lack of governance awareness
In the past, some politicians held this mentality and concept of only abiding by the minimum standards of "law-abiding", thinking that if they adhered to the minimum standards, they could just get by.
And what the former Permanent Secretary and Member of Parliament Ho Kwan-yao and others said today even more reflects that this kind of feeling is still rooted in the minds of all ruling classes in Hong Kong.
Governance is not purely the formulation and implementation of policies, but requires the attitude of convincing people with morality and leading the way, and it is right and wrong, so that the citizens are convinced of the rulers.
In the past week, we have emphasized many times that problems can only be solved by facing them squarely. Today, there are still many people in the governing class who complain about the behavior of officials and parliamentarians. "Illegal detention", does this mean that some people have not yet "received the incident and become wiser"?
Now that this is the case, why not humbly introspect and understand what the Hong Kong society expects of you?
The epidemic has come to the fifth wave of anti-epidemic measures. Don't stop at the past. Members of the parliament should practice strict quarantine and cultivate political wisdom to start anew. They must be strict with themselves. Only by being upright can he rule the society. A birthday banquet exposes the lack of awareness of Hong Kong officials
