The Chief Executive-designate, Li Jiachao, returned from a visit to Beijing. He met with Singapore’s State Counsellor and Coordinating Minister for National Security, Teo Chee Hean, in the Chief Executive-designate’s office yesterday. Li Jiachao welcomed Zhang Zhixian to visit Hong Kong and introduced to him the governance philosophy of the 6th Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government and the future development direction of Hong Kong. He looks forward to the continued close relationship between Hong Kong and Singapore following taking office. It is reported that in addition to meeting with Zhang Zhixian yesterday, Li Jiachao also began to meet candidates for the next government governance team. The candidate for the Chief Secretary for Administration, which has received the most attention from the outside world, has been considered for many times. The latest news revealed that the current Chief Executive’s Office Director Chen Guoji has a very high chance of taking the second position in the SAR government.
Wong Wai Lun Ning Han Hao Group Land and Housing Team
Li Jiachao’s visit to Beijing this time, in addition to accepting the appointment of the State Council and meeting with President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang of the State Council, another practical task is to meet with the director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, Xia Baolong, to exchange views on the formation of the next governance team. It is reported that Li Jiachao started to organize the follow-up work yesterday, meeting with the current director of the Central Division of the government and inviting them to stay in office or take up new positions.
As for the candidate for the Chief Secretary for Administration, which is the most concerned by the outside world, it was widely rumored in the political circles that the Secretary for Security, Deng Bingqiang, the Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs, Tsang Kwok-wai, and the Deputy Director of the Li Jiachao Campaign Office, Tan Zhiyuan, were the popular candidates. It is pointed out that the current Chief Executive’s Office Director Chan Kwok-kee “runs out” in the final stage and is very likely to become the Chief Secretary for Administration. Chan Kwok-kee came from the Immigration Department and was transferred to the Beijing Office of the Hong Kong Government. In 2011, he was promoted to the Director of Immigration. In 2017, he was appointed as the Director of the Chief Executive’s Office. Lobbying legislators and political parties on government policies. After the “Hong Kong National Security Law” was enacted, Chen Guoji became the secretary-general of the National Security Council, and was sanctioned by the United States for this. According to the source, Chen Guoji has won the trust of the central government, and he is smooth in handling matters. He also has a good cooperative relationship with Li Jiachao. out”.
In addition to the Chief Secretary for Administration, the current Financial Secretary Chen Maobo and the Secretary for Justice Zheng Ruohua will remain in office. Together with Chen Guoji, the three candidates for the next government have been roughly finalized. As for the Deputy Financial Secretary, sources have revealed that the current Secretary for Development, Wong Wai-lun, will most likely be promoted, and the current Permanent Secretary for Development, Ning Hon-ho, will most likely be the Secretary for Development. Huang Weilun was the permanent secretary when Chen Maobo was the director of the Development Bureau. The two can be said to have worked closely together. Political sources revealed that Chen Maobo also recommended Huang Weilun as his deputy.
Lu Chongmao is expected to replace Chen Zhaoshi in the fight once morest the epidemic
According to Li Jiachao’s vision, the Deputy Financial Secretary will be responsible for coordinating the government’s land and housing policy, leading the “Public Housing Project Action Working Group” and the “Land and Housing Supply Coordination Team”. The most important problem, Huang Wai Lun is responsible for coordinating land and housing policies, and it can be said that there is a long way to go. As one of the engines of the land and housing policy, the Development Bureau will be headed by Ning Hanhao. Ning Hanhao is known for her toughness and ability in the administrative officer system, and she has a sense of mission. If she serves as the director of the Development Bureau, she is confident that she will achieve success in both the official and political circles. Wong Wai Lun and Ning Han Hao have worked together in the Development Bureau for many years, and Chen Maobo has also served as the Secretary of the Development Bureau. A strong team will be formed in the land and housing policy to solve this “big problem” that the central government is very concerned regarding.
In addition to land and housing, epidemic prevention is another issue that the central government is very concerned regarding. According to sources, Lu Chongmao, director of the Shenzhen Hospital of the University of Hong Kong, has been finalized to replace Chen Zhaoshi as the director of the restructured medical and health bureau. The source pointed out that Lu Chongmao is an authority in the medical field and believes that he has the ability to control the entire public and private medical system. During his tenure at the Shenzhen Hospital of the University of Hong Kong, Lu Chongmao has personally experienced the anti-epidemic process in the mainland, especially Shenzhen. I believe he can learn from Shenzhen’s experience to help Hong Kong’s future anti-epidemic work and facilitate customs clearance with the mainland as soon as possible.
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