CE Criticises Opposition In Labour Day Message

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 the SAR.

She said that while Hong Kong may be able to withstand the pandemic and the economy may survive a "harsh winter", the territory can’t stand the "repeated torture" of politics and violence.

In a Facebook post on Thursday 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.