4 Thursday, October 18, 2018 It will punish in every aspect those who seriously disrupt medical order, and greatly protect the security of medical staff.” CHINA Deng Liqiang, director of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association’s legal affairs department CHINA DAILY HONG KONG EDITION Chan: Lau should blame Bridge to education herself for disqualifi cation By JOSEPH LI in Hong Kong ber, they have not organized a [email protected] Nobody primary and have chosen Lau to believes she run in it. Lau Siu-lai is disqualifi ed from “The fact that they ‘pre-anoint- joining next month’s Legislative (Lau) would give up ed’ Lau clearly shows they are Council Kowloon West constitu- contradicting themselves with ency by-election because she has her pro-indepen- their double standard. By calling not upheld the Basic Law, and dence stance within themselves ‘pan-democrats’, they implicitly backed Hong Kong should come up with a democrat- independence, lawmaker Gary such a short time.” ic decision through a democratic Chan Hak-kan says. (selection) mechanism and give a Gary Chan Hak-kan, lawmaker Chan supports the returning real choice to the voters. o cer’s decision to disqualify Lau “This is a typical ‘operation in a from running in the Nov 25 by- be sworn in according to the law. black box’ — a phrase they often election, saying Lau’s advocacy of Recently, Lau maintained she use to criticize other people. It so-called “self-determination” is a had always upheld the Basic Law is really scandalous that they do euphemism for the end result of and had never supported Hong not organize a primary this time,” Hong Kong independence. The Kong independence. Chan said. disqualifi cation is backed by legal “She is lying, and playing a Chan also believes that the basis and objective judgment of game of words by saying she only opposition, for political reasons, her pro-independence stance supports ‘self-determination’, chose Lau instead of Frederick over a long period of time, he said. which is a kind of ‘hidden inde- Fung Kin-kee, a veteran former International students visit a Confucius temple in Shilin county, Yunnan province, on Wednesday. They are contestants in the 11th Chi- “She fully deserves it as she is pendence’ as the end-result of lawmaker who has deep roots in nese Bridge Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreign Secondary School Students, which runs through Monday. More than 330 simply bearing the consequences their determination is indepen- West Kowloon. Originally cho- students and their teachers from 99 countries are participating in the final round of the event in China. The annual event was of what she has said and done,” dence,” Chan said. sen as Plan B for the March by- launched in 2008. REN DONG / CHINA NEWS SERVICE he told China Daily. “Even though He pointed out that if Lau was election, Fung was ousted by the she removed pro-independence confident the returning officer opposition camp because he was remarks and claimed she had would validate her nomination, not a radical person and was not never supported Hong Kong she would have had no need to liked by the radical, pro-indepen- independence shortly before she find a Plan B on standby well dence branches of the opposition signed up for the by-election in before she signed up for the by- camp, he said. early October, nobody believes election. “This means she didn’t “The opposition are perhaps World’s military athletes she would give up her pro-inde- even believe in things she said politically much closer to people pendence stance within such a herself,” he said. like Lau, who pursue indepen- short time.” Initially, Lau intended to dence and self-determination Chan, who is also vice-chair- appeal the loss of her LegCo seat thoughts which dominate the opposition camp, while Fung, to compete in Wuhan man of the Democratic Alliance but later decided to drop the liti- for the Betterment and Progress gation, widely seen as a political once their ally, is no longer their of Hong Kong, the largest politi- calculation in the hope of kick- cup of tea. Fung has a right to run Invitations to games next October pentathlon, naval pentath- he said. cal party in the city, said there starting the by-election. in the election and the opposition lon, orienteering and para- “The Military World would not be a by-election if Lau “If she really wanted to seek should not obstruct him. It is up have been sent to 138 countries chuting. Olympic sports such Games uphold the theme of had properly taken her oath to justice as she claimed, why didn’t to the voters to decide who will as table tennis, tennis and sharing friendship and pro- By ZHANG ZHIHAO sored by the International gymnastics will be new addi- moting peace through assume o ce as a LegCo member she appeal until the very end?” win the seat,” he said. zhangzhihao@ Military Sports Council, will tions, Jia said. sports,” Jia said. “Next year on Oct 12, 2016. Chan said. “She used every trick To combat Hong Kong inde- chinadaily.com.cn be “an opportunity to demon- Around 400 Chinese mili- will be the 70th anniversary When taking her oath in 2016, to return to the legislature and pendence, Chan, who is also strate China’s commitment tary athletes will take part in of the nation’s founding; the Lau deliberately paused for sec- use it as a platform to spread sep- chairman of the LegCo Panel on The 7th Military World to peaceful development, as the games, more than at any world games will be a onds between every word. She aratism, but her tricks are now Security, stressed the absolute Games will be held in Wuhan, well as showcase Chinese cul- previous Military World momentous opportunity to later said in her social media in vain.” need for a national security law capital of Central China’s ture and the fruits of its vari- Games, Jia said, adding that support CISM and world account that she did it as a mock- In the March by-election for with reference to Article 23 of the Hubei province, in October ous reforms”. the Chinese delegation was peace. ery of the oath. She was subse- the Kowloon West constituency, Basic Law. Although other laws next year, officials said on The Military World Games confident of a record gold “It will also showcase Chi- quently disqualified from the the opposition camp organized may be used, he says they cannot Wednesday. are the top sporting event for medal haul, beating the 38 na’s achievements in the last legislature, along with fi ve other a primary to decide the Plan A, e ectively deal with separatism The building of facilities military personnel around won at the 4th Military 40 years of opening-up and lawmakers-elect, after the city’s B and C candidates, but for the o ences. and preparations for the the world. They have been World Games, held in Mum- reform, and allow more peo- court ruled that they had failed to coming by-election in Novem- “I personally hope Chief Execu- games are going according to held every four years since bai and Hyderabad, India, in ple to understand and appre- tive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor plan, Ministry of National their launch in 1995, and 2007. ciate Chinese culture and Defense spokesman Senior were last held in Mungyeong, Doping problems and traditions.” Lawmaker Gary will enact the national security law, be it rather controversial, Colonel Ren Guoqiang told a Republic of Korea, in 2015. scandals have plagued many Wuhan, a key cultural, Chan Hak-kan news conference in Beijing. China sent invitations to all large international sport industrial and technological within her tenure before 2022. I says disqualifi ed Chen Ruifeng, the execu- 138 member countries of the events in recent years, but Jia metropolis, has an area of believe society has the aspiration. Legislative tive vice-mayor of Wuhan, council — which is known by said the Chinese government more than 8,569 square kilo- Council “If she intends to do that, she said 10 of the 35 venues for the acronym CISM — on Aug and military had always reso- meters. Its GDP last year was by-election should start preparatory work, the games have been com- 11, organizers said. The dead- lutely opposed doping. 1.34 trillion yuan ($194 bil- candidate Lau explaining to the public that the pleted and are operational, line for registration is July 18, “We would never want any lion) and it is home to more Siu-lai is simply national security law is meant to and all venues will be fin- and active servicemen from gold medal tainted with dop- than 10.8 million permanent bearing the protect against separatism and ished by April. The games more than 100 countries are ing,” he said. “We will strictly residents. consequences of terrorism. It does not mean to tar- will be held from Oct 18 to 27, expected to compete in implement anti-doping what she has said “The Military World get ordinary citizens and infringe 2019. Wuhan. measures adhering to the Games will leave a lasting and done. JOSEPH LI / CHINA DAILY human rights and freedoms.” “These venues uphold Senior Colonel Jia Shiji- standards of zero tolerance, and comprehensive legacy to green development princi- ang, spokesman for the Exec- full coverage and no blind Wuhan,” Chen said. ples,” Chen said. “All the utive Committee of the 7th spots.” Hosting the games will venues will enjoy ecological CISM Military World Games, Anti-doping measures will improve Wuhan’s urban envi- environments and conve- said China will participate in include strengthening anti- ronment, management and By-election ‘crucial’ to establishment nient transportation, and 26 of the 27 sports in Wuhan, doping publicity and educa- international image, and they will be used to train ath- with golf being the exception.