After the new July 1 government took office last year, the relationship between Chief Executive Li Jiachao and Director of the Medical and Health Bureau Lo Chongmao was often discussed.
It is all because a few days after Lu Chongmao publicly defended the epidemic prevention restrictions, Li Jiachao immediately announced the relaxation.
Some people even joked about it on the Internet, saying, "When you are not satisfied with your work and feel targeted by your boss, you should think about our director of the Medical and Health Bureau."
Lu Chongmao accepted an exclusive interview with "Hong Kong 01". He said with a smile that he would not be angry because of this. The relationship with the chief executive is like a family's parents. "One is a good person and the other is a bad person." One decision because we are only one government."
The Director of the Medical and Health Bureau, Lu Chongmao, accepted an exclusive interview with "Hong Kong 01" on March 1, the first day when the ban on masks was lifted. In addition to explaining the new crown epidemic prevention policy, he also talked about his relationship with Chief Executive Li Jiachao.
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After the new government took office, when the epidemic situation in Hong Kong slowed down, Chief Executive Lee Ka-chao also gradually relaxed the epidemic prevention restrictions, but it was rumored that Lo Chong-mao disagreed.
For example, in September last year, Bloomberg News stated that Li Jiachao was inclined to cancel the hotel quarantine measures for immigrants in November, but Lu Chongmao hoped to tighten them.
At that time, Lu Chongmao wrote an article to refute, severely criticizing reports such as Gongdou drama "Story of Yanxi Palace", the facts are not important, and the screenwriter succeeded.
However, the relationship between the two continues to become a topic of discussion among the public. For example, on December 11, Lu Chongmao suggested to continue to keep the Safe Travel app; but on December 13, Li Jiachao announced that he would stop scanning the Safe Travel app the next day and cancel the yellow code.
By December 24th, Lu Chongmao said on a radio program that the vaccination rate of the elderly and the young was still low, and the vaccine pass should not be cancelled; but on December 28th, Li Jiachao announced the cancellation of the vaccine pass.
On February 28, Chief Executive Li Jiachao and Director of the Medical and Health Bureau Lu Chongmao met with reporters. Li Jiachao announced that the mask order would be lifted the next day.
(Photo by Lu Yiming)
There is even a trendy article on the Internet that jokes about the relationship between the chief executive and the bureau chief:
When you are unsatisfactory at work and feel targeted by your boss, you should think about the director of our medical and health bureau.
Trendy online
When Lu Chongmao was interviewed by "Hong Kong 01", he was asked about trendy articles. He said with a smile that he hadn't read it, but he would not be angry. , but whether what they say is true is another matter.”
He said that he had a lot of communication with the chief executive. The epidemic prevention policy from July 1 last year to the present was fully discussed. "The chief executive will announce it, and we will explain the details."
Lu Chongmao said that he used an inaccurate metaphor to describe his relationship with his boss Li Jiachao, just like parents in a family, "one is a good person, and the other is a bad person." (File photo/photo by Lu Yiming)
Regarding the relationship between the two, Lu Chongmao described it this way:
Let me use a metaphor...the level is a bit wrong. There will always be a good person and a bad person, just like the parents in the family. Maybe one will be tighter when speaking out, and the other will be looser, and then everyone will eventually agree on the policy. is consistent.
Lu Chongmao
When Chao Wen mentioned his boss, he said of his boss: "Of course the chief executive is my boss, there is no doubt. The chief executive fully respects the opinions put forward by our medical and health bureau. It is a higher level. I can stress that the Prime Minister attaches great importance to all our suggestions, and finally made a decision after fully discussing with us.”
In the face of speculation, he believes that the facts can prove everything: "What other people said before is useless. Facts have proved that every step we take, the direction is very stable, and we have not turned back. Every decision we make is fully discussed and is a decision of the government. decisions because we are only one government."
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