The Legislative Council's "Subcommittee on Studying Government Restructuring Plans and Related Matters" held its second meeting today (23rd) and has completed its article-by-article deliberation.
Many lawmakers continue to question the role of the establishment of a deputy director. Among them, Lu Chung-hsiung of the Federation of Trade Unions directly admits that even as a member of the Legislative Council, sometimes he may not recognize the deputy director when he sees it, thereby questioning the practical role of adding a deputy.
Zheng Zhongwei, secretary-general of the Office of the Chief Executive-designate, reiterated that it is necessary to have a deputy director-general and cannot wait any longer.
Lin Jianfeng worries about deputy director becoming "commander without soldiers"
The Pakatan Harapan Lin Jianfeng pointed out at the beginning of the meeting that providing more support for the director to set up a deputy is in line with social expectations, but everyone will focus on the specific operation, how to make the division of labor clearer, and prevent the deputy director from becoming a "commander without troops".
Zheng Zhongwei said that there is an urgent need to establish a Deputy Secretary of Justice, and we cannot wait any longer. Due to the heavy workload of the Department of Justice, there are 6 departments and nearly 90 directors at the directorate level. The work of the departments sometimes involves cross-sections, such as human rights. , international law, the Constitution and the Basic Law.
Lu Songxiong reflected that in the past, people often questioned that the Deputy Secretary was like the "shadow" of the Secretary, who only replaced the other when the Secretary temporarily left. It is uncertain who has a higher status with the Permanent Secretary.
He also pointed out that many deputy directors have a low-key style, "If you ask the public, I believe their understanding of the deputy director is really not high, and they are realistic. Even if we talk about the name of the deputy director, sometimes they will It's embarrassing to think, "Yeah, remember that"."
Lu Songxiong of the Federation of Trade Unions.
(Screenshot of the live broadcast of the Legislative Council)
Zeng Guowei: The work is more important, and I hope to explain it to the members in person
Tsang Kwok-wai, Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs, explained that taking the Constitutional Bureau to which he belongs as an example, the Deputy Secretary has provided him with a lot of help both internally and externally, such as coordination, internal research, etc. It depends on the work of each bureau. need.
He believes that the reason why the public thinks that the Deputy Secretary does not appear often is based on his own experience, because there are a lot of tasks because the content is more important, so he hopes to attend the meeting of the Legislative Council in person, but I believe that in some panels, if the Secretary himself I'm busy, so I hope that the deputy director will explain the policy to everyone.
As for the whereabouts of the Policy Innovation and Coordination Office, Ho Pei-ling, Director of the Innovation Office, pointed out that this will be decided after the new Chief Executive takes office.
Zheng Zhongwei emphasized that the chief executive-designate attaches great importance to policy research. As for the specific framework to be used, I believe he will study it in detail and explain it to everyone after he takes office.
The chairman of the committee, Ip Liu Shuyi, said after the meeting that the subcommittee has completed its deliberations and will report to the House Committee on May 27, and there is no need to hold a third meeting for the time being.
She expects that the government will move a resolution at the Legislative Council meeting on the 15th of next month. If passed, the restructuring plan will be gazetted on the 17th of next month and implemented on July 1st.
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