MR CHAN KIN-POR (in Cantonese): President, since the Occupy Central movement, the “mutual destruction camp” waged a “filibuster battle” by taking advantage of the loopholes in the Rules of Procedure (“RoP”), which had rendered the Legislative Council in a semi-paralysed state on many occasions, and brought down legislative work for the purpose of dragging down …
MR CHAN KIN-POR (in Cantonese): President, I support today’s motion on implementing co-location arrangement at the new Huanggang Port, and I also hope that the construction of the new Huanggang Port building can be completed expeditiously, so as to help promote connectivity in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (“the Greater Bay Area”). The control …
MR CHAN KIN-POR (in Cantonese): Deputy President, I would like to speak on the proposed resolution moved under the Employees’ Compensation Ordinance. The resolution mainly seeks to increase the amounts of a number of compensation items under the Ordinance, which are adjusted according to the established mechanism once every two years. The amounts of four …
Motion on “Proposed Resolution Under the Employees’ Compensation Ordinance” (2021.03.17) Read More »
MR CHAN KIN-POR (in Cantonese): Deputy President, Hong Kong’s society and economy have been hard hit by the double whammy of social unrest followed by the new pandemic, leaving many devastated industries waiting for revitalization. In order to prevent and combat the pandemic, the Government has spent an aggregate amount of over $300 billion on …
MR CHAN KIN-POR (in Cantonese): President, from time to time in recent years, there have been fraudsters creating websites, social media groups and mobile applications disguised as those of banks, securities firms, insurance companies and insurance intermediaries, who then trick customers of such financial institutions into logging in them, so as to steal the personal …
Council Meetings (Question): Crimes of Online Financial Fraud (2021.01.06) Read More »
MR CHAN KIN-POR (in Cantonese): Deputy President, the difficulty in getting medical treatment in Hong Kong has been a major problem in society. There are always long queues at public hospitals, leaving patients miserable. Even if they can see a doctor, they only have a very short consultation and so there is no way they …
MR CHAN KIN-POR (in Cantonese): President, I am grateful to HA staff members who have been holding fast to their posts and I also have to thank healthcare personnel who volunteered to assist HA in providing services during the strike. Saving people in danger is the bounden duty of healthcare personnel and this is why …
MR CHAN KIN-POR (in Cantonese): Deputy President, in addition to providing for the four types of criminal acts endangering national security, are there any requirements protecting human rights and freedom in the National Security Law? SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE (in Cantonese): I thank the Member for his supplementary question. Article 4 of the National Security Law …
Council Meetings (Oral Question): Laws Listed in Annex III to the Basic Law (2020.07.15) Read More »
MR CHAN KIN-POR (in Cantonese): President, on behalf of the Finance Committee, I submit its Report on the examination of the Estimates of Expenditure 2020-2021. The Finance Committee held a total of 21 sessions of special meetings in early April this year to examine the Estimates of Expenditure 2020-2021, with the aim to ensure that …
MR CHAN KIN-POR (in Cantonese): Deputy President, I speak in support of the Second Reading of the Occupational Retirement Schemes (Amendment) Bill 2019 (“the Bill”). After the implementation of the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes, Occupational Retirement Schemes (commonly known as “Provident Fund Schemes”) still continue to operate, so as to offer one more option for …
Motion on “Occupational Retirement Schemes” (2020.06.17) Read More »
