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Minutes of the Second Meeting of Central and Western District Council Minutes of the Second Meeting of Central and Western District Council Date : 16 January 2020 (Thursday) Time : 2:00 pm Venue : Conference Room 14/F., Harbour Building 38 Pier Road, Central, Hong Kong Present: Chairman Ms CHENG Lai-king* Vice-chairman Mr YEUNG Sui-yin, Victor* Members Miss CHEUNG Kai-yin* Mr HO Chi-wang* Mr HUI Chi-fung (2:00 pm – 10:35 pm) Mr KAM Nai-wai, MH* Mr LEUNG Fong-wai, Fergus* Ms NG Hoi-yan, Bonnie* Mr NG Siu-hong* Mr PANG Ka-ho* Ms WONG Kin-ching, Cherry* Mr WONG Weng-chi* Miss YAM Ka-yi* Mr YIP Kam-lung, Sam* Mr YOUNG Chit-on, Jeremy (2:07 pm – 9:53 pm) Remarks: * Members who attended the whole meeting ( ) Time of attendance of Members Minute-第二次會議紀錄-16.1.2020 (final)_eng.docx 1 Item 5 Ms BOOK King-shun, Emma Executive Officer I (District Council), Central and Western District Office Item 6 Mr TANG Ping-keung, PDSM Commissioner of Police, Hong Kong Police Force Mr TSE Ming-yeung District Commander (Central District), Hong Kong Police Force Ms WONG Siu-hing, Queenie District Commander (Western District), Hong Kong Police Force Item 7 Mr MAN Chi-wah Representative of the public Mr CHAN Chit-kwai, Stephen Representative of the public Item 8 Mr HO Wing-hong, Ernest Manager - External Affairs, MTR Corporation Limited Mr Rico WONG Operations Manager - Island Line, South Island Line & Tseung Kwan O Line, MTR Corporation Limited Miss Lilian YEUNG Public Relations Manager - External Affairs, MTR Corporation Limited Item 10 Mr WONG Hung-tak Representative, Wisdom Regeneration Mr CHEUNG Chiu-tun Representative, Concern Group for Protecting Kennedy Town Item 12(i) Mr Wilfred AU Director (Planning and Design), Urban Renewal Authority Mr Christopher WONG General Manager (Planning and Design), Urban Renewal Authority Ms Michelle TONG Senior Manager (Acquisition and Clearance), Urban Renewal Authority Ms Sarah YUN Senior Manager (Community Development), Urban Renewal Authority Ms Katty LAW Convenor, Central and Western Concern Group Item 12(ii) Ms Anita LO Head of Facilities Management, The Jockey Club CPS Limited Ms Katty LAW Convenor, Central and Western Concern Group Item 16 Mr LEE Tin-chi, Cario Executive Officer (District Council) 1, Central and Western District Office Minute-第二次會議紀錄-16.1.2020 (final)_eng.docx 2 In Attendance: Mr TSE Ming-yeung District Commander (Central District), Hong Kong Police Force Ms WONG Siu-hing, Queenie District Commander (Western District), Hong Kong Police Force Mr TSAI Tung-hung Police Community Relations Officer (Central District), Hong Kong Police Force Mr YU Kong Police Community Relations Officer (Western District), Hong Kong Police Force Mr CHU Yiu-chow, James Acting Chief Engineer/South 3, Civil Engineering and Development Department Ms LI Yat-fung, Kathy District Environmental Hygiene Superintendent (Central/ Western), Food and Environmental Hygiene Department Ms FUNG Miu-ling Chief Leisure Manager (Hong Kong West), Leisure and Cultural Services Department Mr AU Siu-fung, Kelvin Senior Transport Officer/Central & Western, Transport Department Mrs WONG HO Wing-sze, District Officer (Central and Western) Susanne, JP Miss WONG Sze-ki, Carol Assistant District Officer (Central and Western) Mr MOK Chi-kin, Jiv Senior Executive Officer (District Management), Central and Western District Office Ms BOOK King-shun, Emma Executive Officer I (District Council), Central and Western District Office Secretary Ms YEUNG Wing-shan, Grace Senior Executive Officer (District Council), Central and Western District Office Minute-第二次會議紀錄-16.1.2020 (final)_eng.docx 3 Opening Remarks (2:00 pm – 2:13 pm) The Chairman welcomed all to the second meeting of the Central and Western District Council (C&WDC). She said that there were quite a number of items on the agenda and proposed that each Member be given two minutes to speak each time to facilitate efficient discussion. Second round follow-up questions and comments by Members would depend on the availability of time. She appealed to Members for cooperation and reminded Members to declare interests as necessary and appropriate. She would also like to remind meeting participants that pursuant to section 6(5) of the Central and Western District Council Standing Orders (Standing Orders), items included in the agenda should be compatible with the functions of the Council as laid down in section 61 of the District Councils Ordinance, and the Chairman should ensure this be done as required by the Standing Orders. 2. The Chairman also said that due to the presence of a large number of people today, participants were requested to keep quiet to facilitate the orderly conduct of the meeting. In case heckling or chaos arose, reminder would be given to the persons concerned by the Chairman. After two reminders had been given, if the chaotic situation continued and proceedings of the Council were disrupted, the Chairman might ask those who caused disturbance to leave the conference room. Besides, participants should be mindful of their language and should refrain from personal attacks or insults to avoid undermining the image of the Council. The Chairman also indicated that parties attending the meeting included C&WDC Members (carrying District Council Member Cards), media reporters (issued with press cards), assistants to C&WDC Members (issued with assistant’s badges), and observers (issued with visitor badges). She hoped that all participants would display their respective identification document. She also asked the police officers present to display their warrant cards in order to let the public know that they were plainclothes police officers. She said that some Members had just complained to her that some meeting participants were of unknown identity. She reiterated her hope for all police officers present to identify themselves by displaying their warrant cards. She understood that police officers might need to be on standby as the Commissioner of Police would attend this meeting. However, she said that today’s meeting was peaceful, non-violent as well as solemn. She hoped that all participants would observe the rules, otherwise they would be asked to leave. 3. Mr KAM Nai-wai hoped that the police commanders present would take the lead to display their warrant cards, remarking that the Chairman had asked all plainclothes police officers present to produce their warrant cards. He continued that if any plainclothes police officer failed to produce his warrant card in entering the conference room, the police commanders present should be held responsible for this and the police officer concerned would be required to leave. (The Chairman requested all police officers present to display their Minute-第二次會議紀錄-16.1.2020 (final)_eng.docx 4 warrant cards. Some observers made noise in the public gallery. The Chairman indicated that as said earlier, she would issue reminder to those who made noise. If, after two reminders had been given, the chaotic situation continued and disrupted the proceedings of the meeting, she might ask those who caused the chaos to leave. She said this was the first reminder issued.) 4. The Chairman said that the Secretariat had received before the meeting a request from Mr KAM Nai-wai for making an oral statement. Pursuant to section 26 of the Standing Orders, any statement and question put to a meeting of the Council must be compatible with the functions of the Council. Pursuant to section 30 of the Standing Orders, a member who wished to make an oral statement should inform the Secretary before the meeting, but the oral statement should not take more than five minutes. She invited Mr KAM Nai-wai to make the oral statement. 5. Mr KAM Nai-wai said that this was the second meeting of the new term C&WDC at which the Council formally started to discuss social issues of public concern. He hoped to use this statement to share his aspirations for serving as Member of the new term. He said that he had visited Taiwan earlier to witness its election, in which Ms TSAI Ing-wen was re-elected President of the Republic of China by amassing 8.17 million votes. In her victory speech, Ms TSAI said that the most beautiful scenery of Taiwan was its young people. Looking back at Hong Kong, Mr KAM said that the SAR Government, being a puppet of the Beijing government and had betrayed Hong Kong people, held the belief that "being young was a sin". More than 7 000 people had been arrested, many of them were young people. He said that many young people had been elected members of the new term District Councils (DCs), which was the best response from Hong Kong society to the puppet SAR Government's disregard for the demands of society and young people. During the election process, many people he did not know encouraged him by saying “Go for it”, and a few citizens asked him whether he supported violence. He referred to himself as “peaceful, rational and non-violent”, and it was thus very clear that he was against violence. He would like to quote an article of Mr AU Ka-lun, which said “There is a process for the radicalisation of protest. On the one hand, peaceful demonstrations are being disregarded; independent investigation is not conducted; and loud demand expressed in a civilised manner through the electoral system is not being listened. Instead, the Administration plays up the violence of protesters; the Police never miss an opportunity to put on a show whenever suspected firearms are seized; and government advertisements advocating ‘Say no to violence’ are broadcasted every day in an attempt to brainwash people. But they never reflect on the fact that they themselves is the root cause of violence: violence inherited in the parliamentary system, institutional violence, violence associated with DQ (disqualification of candidates at LegCo/DC elections), police brutality, exploitation of the law as a tool of political oppression, means of punishing dissidents.
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