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The Hong Kong Journalists Association lowers the threshold for dissolution Chen Langsheng: Hearing that members are worried about what happened in Hong Kong

2022-06-25T07:55:03.195Z


The Hong Kong Journalists Association held a general meeting and re-election of the Executive Committee today (25th), and voted to approve the revision of three articles of association, including lowering the threshold for dissolution until more than half of all members agree to dissolve, and setting a cap on the number of members of the Executive Committee.


The Hong Kong Journalists Association held a general meeting and re-election of its executive committee today (25th), and voted to approve three amendments to its articles of association, including lowering the threshold for dissolution until more than half of all members agree to dissolve, setting the executive committee to a maximum of 12 members, and It is stipulated that 70% of the members of the Executive Committee must be engaged in journalism.

The meeting also voted to approve the re-election of the current chairman, Chen Langsheng.


It is unknown if it will be disbanded

Chen Langsheng said that in response to what happened in the Hong Kong media industry in the past year, the HKJA will review it every week or every few days. The lowering of the threshold for dissolution this time is because I heard that members are worried about the HKJA, and I hope that by modifying the threshold, there will be room for future revisions. We handle issues flexibly, but we don't have any opinion on disbanding now, and we can't explain under what circumstances we will disband. We haven't heard of any members who are inclined to disband.

Does not resist communicating with anyone

When asked if the new executive committee will meet with the new government, Chen Langsheng said that the HKJA has never resisted communicating with anyone, but the communication with the government has been poor in the past year. The interview arrangements for the event have not been answered for several days, and the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau has not contacted the HKJA about the license plate check. The HKCA is the largest trade union in the industry and has the responsibility to communicate with the authorities on press freedom and the actual arrangement of interviews, hoping that the government will lift the burden.

When asked how to assess the risk of the July 1st Return Day, Chen Langsheng pointed out that seeing the festive atmosphere in the society under the leadership of the government, he does not believe that unpleasant things will happen.

The goal is to attract more members

Chen Langsheng was re-elected as the chairman of the Journalists Association. The goal for the coming year is to attract more members and bring the number of members back to the level of more than 600 a year ago.

He said that affected by the social environment, there are currently about 420 members with voting rights in the Hong Kong Journalists Association. Eligible persons apply to join the HKJA because there are no journalists and the HKJA has no meaning to exist.

He understands that being the chairman of the Journalists Association will be risky, but this is his choice. Although he has been alarmed and worried about the different experiences of journalists in the past year, he sees that they insist that he will not give up easily, and there is no excuse for leaving.

He said that there are still many Hong Kong people staying in Hong Kong. They still need the truth and news. They will try their best to provide Hong Kong people with facts and protect journalists and press freedom. He believes that the Hong Kong Journalists Association is very important to journalists and Hong Kong.

We will truthfully answer inquiries from the Trade Union Registration Bureau

In addition, Chen Langsheng mentioned that the HKJA received another enquiry about the event from the Trade Union Registration Bureau earlier this month. He said that he had consulted an external lawyer to draft a reply, and there was no major difficulty in handling it, and he would take it seriously.

When asked if he would feel pressured to receive inquiries again, he emphasized that the activities of the Journalists Association are legal, reasonable, reasonable, and in line with the regulations of the Staff Registration Bureau and the Association’s seal, so he will answer truthfully.

The re-elected chairman of the Hong Kong Journalists Association, Chen Langsheng, lowered the threshold for dissolution to more than half of the members who agreed that at least 10 well-known media at home and abroad would not be invited to interview the 25th anniversary of the return of the Chinese Journalists Association. will preserve dignity

Source: hk1

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