The Legislative Council passed a motion to strengthen the safe travel tracking function. The Liberal Party opposed it and Di Zhiyuan abstained.

The Legislative Council meeting was held today (19th), and New Democratic Party member Li Dongguo proposed a non-binding parliamentary motion on strictly preventing the importation of the epidemic and implementing customs clearance as soon as possible.

The motion requires the government to strengthen the "safe travel" function, immediately plug the existing quarantine loopholes for the crew of freighter aircraft, and seriously pursue the responsibilities of those who violate the regulations and the company in accordance with the law.

Several Legislative Council members asked the government to add a tracking function for "safe travel". Li Zijing of the New Democracy Party questioned "What is the difference between a program without a tracking function and a solar torch?" He also criticized Carrie Lam for attending the Q&A session earlier. Referring to the implementation of national testing in the mainland, the mainland is described as "other places", "What do you mean? The mainland is not "other places", it is our country!" New Thinking Di Zhiyuan expressed that he is concerned about the real-name system and the increase in the real-name system for safe travel. The tracking function has reservations and abstained from voting on the motion.

The motion was passed by a large number of votes in groups in the evening. The Liberal Party Zhang Yuren, Li Zhenqiang, Shao Jiahui and Yi Zhiming voted against it, while Di Zhiyuan abstained from voting on the motion.

The passed motion also urges to revise the definition of "completed vaccination", requiring citizens who have received two doses of the vaccine to receive a third dose within a specified time.

NDP Legislative Council member Li Dongguo proposed a parliamentary motion on strictly preventing the importation of the new coronavirus and implementing customs clearance as soon as possible.

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Li Zijing: Cathay Pacific's business is a small citizen paying the bill?

Li Zijing is concerned about the issue of exemption from quarantine for the crew of cargo planes, criticizing Carrie Lam's intimidation of citizens to be exempted from quarantine last week, which will affect Hong Kong's status as a cargo hub and prevent the delivery of raw fish and other ingredients to Hong Kong.

He emphasized that he did not ask the government to destroy the air transport industry, but only hoped that the crew members would not enjoy the same privileges as ordinary citizens. Now, the fifth wave of the outbreak is caused by the government's exemption from quarantine: "Is it a question for Cathay Pacific to do business and ask our ordinary citizens to pay the bill?"

He was also dissatisfied with Carrie Lam's refusal to conduct compulsory nationwide testing when she responded to a member's question last week, and used "other places" and "people's places" to describe the mainland, "What do you mean by saying that? ', not a 'people place', this one is closely related to our country!"

He asked the government to explain whether it knew and acquiesced to Cathay Pacific's "passenger flight, cargo flight back" arrangement in the morning: "Is it possible that Cathay Pacific's shameful behavior could not be punished by law?" There is a serious loophole in the one-way design of "Safe Travel" that cannot track close contacts. "What is the difference between a tracking program without a tracking function and a solar torch in the Stephen Chow movie?"

Chen Zhenying: The public acceptance has increased, and the real-name system can be used for safe travel.　

Chen Zhenying from the financial sector supports Li Dongguo's motion, saying that "Travel With Peace of Mind" is not a real-name system and does not have a tracking function. Some citizens also use space card phones and fake "Travel With Peace of Mind" programs, which pose obstacles to epidemic prevention work.

He believed that after this wave of epidemics, the public's acceptance of the improvement of the "Safe Travel" function has been greatly improved, and he urged the government to require "Safe Travel" to register with real name, and refer to the practice in the mainland to add a color warning function similar to the health code to reduce the risk of transmission. .

After Pakatan Harapan Liu Yeqiang also agreed with Li Dongguo's amendment, and revised the definition of completed vaccination from two doses to three doses at present. He mentioned that many parts of the world have this definition, and hoped that the government will launch vaccine bubbles as soon as possible.

He pointed out that the epidemic has repeatedly hit the pace of economic recovery, and Heung Yee Kuk suggested that the government distribute 5,000 yuan in electronic consumer coupons.

New Thinking Di Zhiyuan said that New Thinking has reservations about the real-name system for safe travel and the addition of tracking functions.

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Di Zhiyuan abstains: the epidemic prevention encounters resistance because the government lacks credibility

New Thinking Di Zhiyuan said that he has reservations about the real-name system for traveling with peace of mind and the addition of tracking functions.

He believed that the chief executive, Carrie Lam, blamed the "disobedience" of the citizens for the spread of the epidemic and put the blame on the citizens, stressing that in addition to the responsibility of the citizens, monitoring itself is also very important.

He pointed out that safe travel and vaccination all face the same problem, that is, the public's lack of trust in the SAR government. Therefore, he stressed that the government should implement the accountability system as soon as possible and build its prestige.

He emphasized that those who want to return to the mainland can use China's health code by themselves, and there is no need to force Hong Kong to use the real-name system to travel safely.

Di Zhiyuan pointed out that New Thinking calls on the public to get vaccinated as soon as possible to establish a certain anti-epidemic barrier.

However, the problem is that the interpretation work is still insufficient, and the interpretation is the most important.

He said that the Hong Kong epidemic has not gone out of control today, and the credit lies with the people of Hong Kong. He also pointed out that New Thinking will abstain from voting because he does not agree with the motion.

Chen Kaixin believes that the government should make preparations for foreign imports and make facilities for compulsory isolation and quarantine, and airline staff should have at least three days of closed-loop quarantine.

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Huo Qigang: It is necessary to simplify the use of safe travel and optimize the design of the needle card

Chen Kaixin said that the local infection cases are already double-digit, and there are 16 new cases, two of which are of unknown origin.

She reiterated that Hong Kong's anti-epidemic work is generally better than overseas. Cathay Pacific has a loophole in violation of regulations last month, and understands the need for exemption from quarantine, but stressed that this will create a gap, and stressed that the government should be prepared to prevent imported imports and make compulsory isolation and quarantine. measures.

Fok Qigang expressed his support for Li Dongguo's motion and the amendment proposed by Liang Ziying.

He mentioned that the use of safe travel should be simplified and the design of the needle card should be optimized. He mentioned that many people in the industry will need to check the needle card in the future, so doing the inspection in a short time will put a lot of pressure on the operator and increase the cost.

He also mentioned that industry leaders are worried that they will fall into the legal net by mistake, and that it is also very difficult for staff to identify reeds, which makes the industry very worried.

He mentioned that some industry groups have difficulties when they want to apply for a magic show.

Senator Lin Zhexuan, who is a doctor himself, said that Hong Kong has always not tested all people, but has accurately intercepted the virus, so sufficient intelligence is needed.

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Lin Zhexuan: Travel with peace of mind

Senator Lin Zhexuan, who is a doctor himself, expressed that he has become more and more worried recently. He mentioned that there are more and more cases of the Omicron outbreak and more and more invisible transmission chains.

He thinks the problem was that it wasn't hard enough to suppress the outbreak in the first place, because medical tracking was difficult.

Lin said that Hong Kong has always not tested the whole people, but accurately blocked the virus, so there needs to be enough intelligence.

Lin Zhexuan mentioned that Singapore has launched a real-name tracking system, and believes that it will be necessary sooner or later. If citizens do not go to high-risk places, the tracking function will not be activated.

He believes that relying on self-discipline to travel with peace of mind alone, I am afraid that the epidemic will sooner or later get out of hand. He mentioned that the current epidemic cases in countries such as the United Kingdom and the United States are different from those in the past, but the mortality rate is about 0.26%, which is still higher than the flu by 0.05%.

"Bitterness first, sweetness later" hopes to implement vaccine bubbles in restaurants on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year. Chen Zhaoshi said that he would travel with peace of mind and let the needle test in Katuen Mun. Real-name system and mutual recognition with health code Hong Weimin Party︱Chen Jiajue: No employees on site to check and travel basically rely on self-discipline