Carrie Lam Hails Legco For Quick Passage Of Bills

The Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Friday hailed Legco for approving legislation and funding requests smoothly, despite the recent filibustering.

We have achieved some success, she said.

Pro-democracy lawmakers used quorum calls and other tactics on Thursday to try to delay the passage of a bill which will allow a joint checkpoint to be set up at the express rail station at West Kowloon. They say allowing mainland laws to be enforced at the terminus will be a breach of the Basic Law.

Lam, without referring to the debate, said as long as people are working towards a common goal, it doesn't matter if they have different views.

"This is Hong Kong. We are very diverse, we are very free. It doesn't matter if we have different views, but most importantly we need to rally together and serve the greater purpose," she said.