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Weekly Exclusive Featured|How much resources and manpower are needed to mobilize to fight the epidemic?

2022-02-20T23:14:59.171Z


At a time when Hong Kong people are living in distressed cities under the epidemic, President Xi Jinping recently issued a "general mobilization order", which is expected to become a turning point in the epidemic. The central government requires the Hong Kong government to "actually take the main responsibility and make efforts to stabilize and control the epidemic as soon as possible.


At a time when Hong Kong people are living in distressed cities under the epidemic, President Xi Jinping recently issued a "general mobilization order", which is expected to become a turning point in the epidemic.

The central government requires the Hong Kong government to "actually take the main responsibility, take stabilizing and controlling the epidemic as soon as possible as the overriding task at present, mobilize all the forces and resources that can be mobilized, and take all necessary measures" to ensure the life and health of Hong Kong people and the stability of the overall social situation. .

After the announcement of the directive, suggestions and tasks that were considered impossible by all walks of life in the past have now been treated with a "man-made" attitude.

The next question is, how much power and resources should be mobilized enough?

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President Xi Jinping recently issued important instructions on supporting Hong Kong in fighting the epidemic.

(Associated Press)

Budget needs to fill the gap for people's livelihood

This Wednesday (February 23), Financial Secretary Paul Chan will present the 2022/23 Budget at the Legislative Council meeting via remote video. This will also be the last of the current government term. The Budget.

In the past month, Chen Maobo has written a number of blog articles about this, and successively mentioned that when he prepares the budget for the next year, "the general principle is to focus on supporting the economy and people's livelihood under the epidemic, and we must also take into account the medium and long-term development needs of Hong Kong. And financial stability...a balance between prudence and prudence, as well as both long and short, can Hong Kong's economy take advantage of the wind and sail forward." Later, he said that "while dealing with short- and medium-term conditions, we must also take into account the deployment of medium- and long-term development", but it seems that But it did not make it clear whether the medium and long-term livelihood affairs were among its concerns.

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Chen Maobo mentioned in his blog that the starting point of the Budget is how to make good use of public resources, and the public expects to see that public policies and services can improve people's livelihood.

The Hong Kong government has a "dead line" in handling the epidemic after the chief executive election is postponed for the first time

The fifth wave of the new crown epidemic broke out. General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and President Xi Jinping issued important instructions on Hong Kong's anti-epidemic work, emphasizing that it is the current overriding task to stabilize and control the epidemic as soon as possible.

The Chief Executive in Council later approved the use of the Emergency Ordinance to postpone the election of the Chief Executive. The polling day was postponed from March 27 to May 8.

The election of the chief executive has been postponed for the first time in the past 25 years, and it has never happened in the 25 years since the return. However, in the current epidemic situation, the lives and health of the citizens are the top priority. It is logical to postpone the election. Buy time", the government must contain the epidemic by the end of March, so that the election can be held smoothly.

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The SAR Government's anti-epidemic work in the next month can be described as not to be missed.

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Why does the official "flexible employment" annoy netizens?

A few days ago, China's official media "Guangming Daily" published an article "Young people choose flexible employment, no need to worry too much", stating that "flexible employment has become a new employment choice for young people... They are more pursuing jobs that match their interests and professional skills, and enjoy work more. autonomy and work-life balance”.

What exactly is "flexible employment" in the official media's mouth?

Is this term purely used for official ugliness?

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The "active choice" of flexible employment is based on the blood and tears of exploitation at the grassroots level in order to survive.

Lessons from the Chain Girl Incident in Feng County: How Local Governments Fall into Tacitus' Trap

In the past, a video of a middle-aged woman in Fengxian County, Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province, China, who was chained in a dilapidated house, has become the focus of social media attention. Children, the incident quickly aroused widespread sympathy and anger among netizens.

The Fengxian County Government and the Xuzhou Municipal Government issued four contradictory circulars in response. The public accused the authorities of using public power to try to cover up the truth about the abduction, trafficking and abuse of women.

No matter what the Xuzhou and Fengxian governments say, the public almost no longer believes that the local officials have fallen into the "Tacitus trap", and the incident is a wake-up call for China to optimize local governance.

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Some netizens compared the appearance of Yang Mouxia and the missing girl Li Ying, and suspected that Yang Mouxia's real identity was Li Ying.

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Pfizer trial data sparks controversy. Is it time to vaccinate young children?

COVID-19 vaccination has achieved some results around the world, except for one group: no vaccine has been officially approved for children under the age of three.

Vaccine makers Pfizer and BioNTech recently applied to regulators to delay emergency vaccinations for children under the age of five as the Omicron variant rapidly worsens the global outbreak.

Why is the move so divided among parents and medical experts?

Given the current severity of the Omicron outbreak, should this last group be vaccinated as soon as possible?

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Pfizer originally applied for two doses of a reduced-dose COVID-19 vaccine for children under the age of five, but recently decided to delay it until the third dose of clinical trial data expected to be released in April, arousing dissatisfaction among some parents eager to vaccinate their children.

(Associated Press)

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