Many pan-dems took the opportunity to protest the statement during the meeting earlier this morning. The committee had spent 18 hours over two days scrutinizing the package, which was the largest emergency aid rolled out since the outbreak. More than 20 motions were put forward by pan-democratic lawmakers, including giving allowances to the jobless, were voted down. But Chief Secretary Matthew Cheung Kin-chung said that the funds can help to rebuild the city after the pandemic. “These measures are all aimed at helping out economy recover,” Cheung said yesterday in a Legco meeting.

Source: The Standard April 18, 2020 07:30 UTC