Legco To Run Strict Checks As It Resumes Next Week

The Legislative Council will be on amber alert when it resumes next Wednesday, meaning all people who enter the Legco complex at Tamar will be required to go through security screening.

Legco president Andrew Leung said in addition to the policy address by the Chief Executive Carrie Lam, there's a backlog of bills and funding requests to be scruitised by lawmakers. He called on the public not to stop the council from operating normally.

“There are still many bills and a lot of finance committee applications that will benefit citizens and SMEs. By stopping Legco from functioning normally, that would be detrimental to Hong Kong as a whole,” he said.

Leung said the council had to spend HK$40 million to repair its complex after it was stormed and damaged by anti-government protesters on July 1.

Most meeting facilities have now been repaired, with the Hong Kong emblem which was smeared with black paint fixed up, graffiti slogans on the walls removed, and equipment replaced.

But some windows and entrances of the building are still blocked with wooden boards, and the Legco protest area is still surrounded by water barriers.

The Legco president portraits usually hanging outside the chamber are also now missing. Protesters had defaced and ripped down the protraits when they stormed the complex.