Liang Junyan: The Legislative Council's return to rationality has greatly improved efficiency

Leung Junyan, Chairman of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region: The Legislative Council's return to rationality has greatly improved efficiency

　　Xinhua News Agency, Hong Kong, April 5 (Reporter Wei Hua) Leung Junyan, Chairman of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, stated in the preface to the 2020-2021 Legislative Council Annual Report that improving the electoral system ensures the implementation of "patriots ruling Hong Kong" and "one country, two systems". Steady and far.

This year, the Legislative Council returned to its long-lost rationality and order, and the efficiency of its meetings has been greatly improved.

　　Liang Junyan introduced that the Legislative Council has effectively dealt with a large number of agenda items that have been backlogged for a long time in 2020-2021, and passed a record 46 government bills.

　　Liang Junyan said that during the annual session, the Legislative Council held a total of 49 meetings, and no member of the Legislative Council had made such an unruly act that the meeting had to be suspended or terminated, and each agenda item could be dealt with effectively and in a timely manner.

For that year alone, the Legislative Council passed a record 46 government bills, more than double the average of about 20 passed in each legislative year in previous terms.

　　Leung said that during the year, the Legislative Council Finance Committee (FC) effectively performed its functions, reviewing and approving public expenditure proposals submitted by the government.

According to statistics, the Finance Committee held 48 meetings for about 127 hours.

Although the number of meetings and the number of meetings is less than the previous session, the number of financial proposals approved is the highest in the entire Legislative Council, reaching 120, and the total commitment involved in the approved projects is about HK$327.8 billion.

　　Liang Junyan said that it is the overriding task at present to stabilize and control the new crown epidemic, protect the safety and health of the public, ensure the stability of the overall situation of Hong Kong society, and allow citizens' lives and economic activities to return to normal as soon as possible.

At this critical moment, all members of the seventh-term Legislative Council will definitely work together with the SAR government and citizens to fight the epidemic.