Chief Executive agrees to face grilling by lawmakers

特首梁振英 將到立法會接受質詢
 

(Metro Daily P.51   6 Dec 2012) Hong Kong’s Chief Executive, C Y Leung, has agreed to face questioning by legislators, amid the continuing controversy over illegal structures (僭建物) at his home on the Peak.

This comes two weeks after the Legislative Council’s House Committee invited him to appear.

Speaking at yesterday’s council meeting, the Chief Secretary, Carrie Lam, said Leung would address topics that were of concern to lawmakers and the public.

No date has been set, but the chairman of the House Committee, Andrew Leung, said the council’s secretariat (秘書處) would arrange to hold the session (開會) as early as next week.

 

 

He said it was up to the Chief Executive to decide whether it should take place before lawmakers debate a vote of no-confidence (不信任投票) in him next Wednesday. The honorary chairman of the Liberal Party(自由黨), James Tien, said he hoped the chief executive would address the Legislative Council before the no-confidence motion(不信任動議) was moved. He said his party’s support or opposition for the motion would be swayed(搖擺不定) by the timing of the Chief Executive’s appearance.

Metro and agencies.