The Legislative Council election will be held on December 18 (Sunday), and those elected will become Members of Parliament after being sworn in.
Winners of previous by-elections will take their oath at the next Legislative Council meeting, but this time they will break with the convention and will take their oath on the day after their election (Monday, 19th).
According to sources, after the completion of the by-election on December 18, the elected candidates will go to the Legislative Council Chamber to take an oath ceremony in the morning of the next day (Monday).
Members of the Legislative Council must take an oath ceremony when they assume office.
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On Monday, no members of the general assembly need to make a special trip to be present
However, the general meeting of the Legislative Council, which requires the attendance of all members, is generally set to be held on Wednesday, and there is no meeting on Monday morning, and according to the timetable of the Legislative Council, there will be no committee meeting until 2:30 pm on that day.
That is to say, some Members who did not participate in the subcommittee had to make a special trip back to the Legislative Council that day, and members of the subcommittee did not need to participate in daily meetings until the afternoon.
Some lawmakers joked that this is a "special swearing-in meeting".
According to the information, the oath of the elector of the Legislative Council by-election is held at the general meeting of the Legislative Council after the election day. For example, in the latest Kowloon West by-election on November 25, 2018, the elector Chen Kaixin took the oath at the general meeting on Wednesday, November 28.
Chen Kaixin was sworn in as a member of the Legislative Council in 2018, and the oath was supervised by the Secretary-General of the Legislative Council, Chen Wei'an.
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The Legislative Council meeting will be held on January 11
Regarding the different approach adopted this time, some members reminded that after the election on December 18, there will be no general meeting until January 11 next year, which is quite a long time.
However, the Legislative Council will be on a "long holiday" from December 21st, and there will be no meeting arrangements until January 10th next year, which will have little impact on the work of the Council. Why can't the oath be sworn in after the holiday?
Some members believe that it should involve arranging offices and paying food for the members. After the members take office, the Secretariat of the Legislative Council can arrange the office space and the certificates for entering and leaving the building, and can make preparations for taking office and hiring personnel during the holidays.
Another incumbent councilor said that the newly elected councilors will sit in the vacant seats in the constituency areas of the Election Committee. No matter which of the four candidates is elected, they should not "take the big seat".
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