Chief Executive Li Jiachao proposed to hold a "front office exchange meeting" once a month to communicate with parliamentarians. On the 13th of last month, Li Jiachao personally led the first exchange meeting.
The Legislative Council Secretariat announced today (1st) that the second exchange meeting will be held on 17th August, led by the Chief Secretary for Administration, Mr Chan Kwok-kee.
Di Zhiyuan again mentions restarting political reform, Chen Kaixin pays attention to "garbage houses"
The Secretariat pointed out that the next meeting of the Legislative Council Foyer will be held on the 17th of this month (Wednesday) from 10:00 am to 11:30 am.
The exchange meeting will be led by the Chief Secretary for Administration, Mr Chan Kwok-kee. As for the list of other participating officials, the Secretariat will inform Members as soon as possible.
In order to facilitate the preparation and arrangement, members must indicate whether they will attend the above-mentioned front office exchange meeting at or before 12 noon this Friday (5th).
Di Zhiyuan, a member of the New Thinking Legislative Council, said that three key topics will be raised at the exchange meeting, namely: requiring the resumption of political reforms, implementing dual universal suffrage, requiring detailed policy address objectives and KPIs, and welfare of nursing homes and caregivers policy.
He pointed out that due to the tight schedule of the last exchange meeting, if the above-mentioned issues could not be discussed in detail at this exchange meeting, he may consider submitting the discussion in writing to the government for follow-up.
Member Chen Kaixin pointed out that in recent years, there have been many "garbage house" cases in Hong Kong, which are considered to be urgent social problems, which involve departments such as the Fire Services Department, the Department of Health, and the Social Welfare Department, which require more time to deal with, and are not suitable for "moving to the Legislative Council". Focus on discussion”, so I wanted to use the front office exchange meeting to convey citizens’ demands.
Tang Jiabiao, a member of the Legislative Council of the Federation of Trade Unions, said that for the time being, he only knew that the Chief Secretary for Administration, Mr. Chan Kwok-kee, would attend the exchange meeting. At that time, he hoped to express to the government about housing, poverty and district administration issues.
Tian Beichen from the Real Political Roundtable said that he had just set off for a summer vacation in Vancouver with his family and was expected to return to Hong Kong at the end of the month, so he was unable to attend the exchange meeting this month.
He pointed out that he had not traveled with his family for three years, and hoped to accompany them during the recess. He joked that after returning to Hong Kong, he could personally experience the hotel quarantine arrangement after the inspection.
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