Finance Committee chair backs extension of LegCo term
(WorldNews China)

Legislative Council Finance Committee Chairman Chan Kin-por said he supports the decision of the Standing Committee of the National People`s Congress to extend the term of the current legislature of Hong Kong — a move the country`s top legislature made after Hong Kong`s LegCo general election was postponed for a year amid the coronavirus pandemic. Four opposition legislators who had been disqualified from running in the election will be allowed to stay in office until the next vote in September 2021. "The NPCSC decision is closest to Section 11 of the Legislative Council Ordinance that for an emergency session, those holding office...