Photo: Carrie Lam's Facebook page. The Chief Executive, Carrie Lam, has marked the long weekend with a warning that the filibuster in the Legislative Council and prolonged protests are damaging Hong Kong. In a Facebook post ahead of the Labour Day holiday, the Chief Executive also hit out at Civic Party legislator Dennis Kwok and the opposition camp for stalling the election of the chairman of Legco’s House Committee. The agenda setting committee has been without a new chair since October and the impasse has drawn heavy criticism from Beijing in recent weeks. Lam called on the pro-democracy legislators to end the filibustering so that proposed legislation, including one that would extend the maternity leave from 10 weeks to 14, could be passed as soon as possible.

Source: The Standard April 30, 2020 09:33 UTC