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"I hereby declare and confirm in good faith that I, as a member of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, will uphold the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, be loyal to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, be faithful to my duties, abide by the law, be honest in performing official duties, and serve the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region."
On the morning of 3 January 2022, the Conference Hall of the Legislative Council Complex of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ("HKSAR"). Fok Kai-gang, a member of the Seventh Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, stood at the oath-taking seat, under the hanging national emblem of the People's Republic of China and in front of the national and regional flags separated on both sides of the rostrum, under the supervision of Carrie Lam, chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, raised her right hand and solemnly swore an oath to support the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China and to be loyal to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.
The Public Office (Candidacy and Appointment) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Ordinance 2021 states that oaths are legally binding and that the oath taker must be faithful and strictly abide by the statutory oaths. The oath taker shall be legally liable in accordance with the law if he or she takes a false oath or engages in a violation of the oath after taking the oath.
This is the first time that the national emblem has been hung above the podium of the Legislative Council Complex of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and it is also the first time that Hong Kong Legco members have taken the oath in front of the national emblem.
Solemnity, tension, sense of dignity and responsibility are Huo Qigang's oath feelings. He deliberately wears a special mask made by the Chinese sports delegation to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, which is reluctant to use, and the Chinese red and five-star yellow contrast with each other, and a five-star red flag is printed on it, indicating that the original intention has not changed. Huo Qigang said: "The oath of more than 100 words is rich in connotation, which is not only a personal oath process of tens of seconds, but also represents a responsibility. After the state improves Hong Kong's election system, it has higher requirements for parliamentarians, who must not only serve the voters and the industry, but also bear in mind the overall situation, serve The development of Hong Kong well, and be responsible for the national interests. ”
On 3 January, members of the 7th Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region held a swearing-in ceremony at the Legislative Council Complex in Hong Kong. The picture shows Huo Qigang (left) taking the oath
Experience the first election of members of the Legislative Council under the new electoral system
On 27 May 2021, the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region passed the Improving the Electoral System (Comprehensive Amendment) Ordinance 2021, which reconstructs the Election Commission, stipulates the methods for the Chief Executive and the Legislative Council, improves the candidate qualification examination system, and marks the completion of the improvement of Hong Kong's electoral system.
On 30 October, the nomination period for the 2021 Legislative Council election began and lasted two weeks. Fok Kai-gang, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, vice chairman of the All-China Youth Federation and vice president of the Sports Association and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China, officially announced his bid for the Legislative Council seat in the functional groups of the sports, performing arts, culture and publishing sectors. He said that in the past sixteen years, the social and public service careers in the fields of youth, sports and culture have not only broadened their horizons and made contacts, but also successfully promoted a lot of cultural and sports work with the support of seniors and friends from all walks of life. The Legislative Council is a very suitable platform, and being a member of the Legislative Council can also allow me to better serve the industry, and I am determined to run before the nomination period begins in 2021."
During his candidacy for the 7th Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Fok Kai-kong (right) distributed campaign leaflets to the public on the streets of Hong Kong
After the qualification of candidates for the change of legislative council, there are 153 candidates in the legislative council election. All 90 seats competed, for the first time since Hong Kong's handover. Among them, the functional group needs to select 30 out of 67 competitors.
Looking back on the entire process of running for election, Huo Qigang admitted that there was indeed pressure, "the opponent is a very senior predecessor in the publishing industry." He sees campaigning as a learning process, preparing ahead for every election forum or meet-and-greet, hoping to fully demonstrate his knowledge and insights on a variety of issues and win voter support. Huo Qigang also pushed the campaign online, holding live video broadcasts every week, sharing with everyone the work of the week, his views on the topics, and responding to questions from netizens. The combination of online and offline, two-way interactive communication, he believes is very effective.
During the election campaign, Fok Kai-kong and his wife, Kwok Ching-ching, made special trips to North Point on Hong Kong Island, Kai Tak on the Kowloon Peninsula and Sha Tin in the New Territories to promote the improved electoral system to the public and call on them to vote. They made campaign poster billboards to stand on the side of the street and designed promotional stickers to distribute to passing citizens. "The public is very enthusiastic, and many friends have put forward their opinions and suggestions on the overall development of Hong Kong and the development of the industry, and share the feelings of Hong Kong athletes who have achieved good results in the Tokyo Olympics." Huo Qigang said that the customs clearance issues that Hong Kong citizens are most concerned about and eagerly await at present, the housing problems that have long been of concern to the citizens and jointly dealt with by all parties, medical security and other livelihood issues... These are the demands that the citizens concentrated on reflecting to him during the election campaign.
In the fields of culture and sports, where Fok is mainly engaged, he was impressed by the shortage of public sports venues in Hong Kong. "Many football stadiums, basketball courts and tennis courts in Hong Kong are full on weekends, and it costs more than a thousand Hong Kong dollars to play a game, which cannot be booked, and there are 'scalpers' to sell at a higher price." The development of the cultural and sports industry requires the participation of the people, and even the venue is difficult to solve, how to develop? This is an urgent problem, and it is also a problem that needs to be solved by multi-sectoral linkage. The 48-day non-stop candidacy was described by Huo Qigang as a "wonderful journey", "going deep into the community and facing the citizens, I think the most important thing is to sincerely and sincerely explain my views to them." Not only have I heard many opinions and suggestions, but I have also deeply and truly felt the role of culture and sports in uniting society."
19 December 2021, voting day for the 7th Legislative Council elections of the HKSAR. In the morning, Huo Qigang first sent Guo Jingjing to vote, and at about eleven o'clock in the afternoon, he arrived at the voting station of the Wan Chai Convention and Exhibition Center designated by the Election Committee to vote. "After that, I continued to canvass for votes, hoping that voters would be able to vote and give me support. Face every message, every phone call, every meeting... The mood is very tense, there is no moment to relax, because every vote is very important and critical to me. ”
In accordance with the "Methods for The Selection of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and voting Procedures" amended by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, as amended by the Standing Committee of the People's Republic of China, and the relevant laws and regulations of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the new Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region elected 90 members, including 40 members elected by the Election Committee, 30 members elected by functional groups, and 20 members directly elected by the districts. On election day, the cold snaped in and temperatures plummeted, but more than 1.35 million citizens still voted for the district direct election. In the newly added Electoral Commission sector, the turnout was 98.14 per cent. Judging from the news screen, many polling stations have long queues in the morning. The selection of talents and the joint construction of Hong Kong are the expectations of all walks of life.
"At 10:30 p.m. on voting day, when the polling station closed, I was already very nervous." Huo Qigang said. After about 12 hours of counting, on the morning of December 20, all 90 seats were elected. This is the first Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to emerge after the improvement of the election system.
Huo Qigang was elected to the Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publishing Functional Category with 195 votes. "The mood was extremely exciting at that moment. I am very grateful to think of the all-night work of the ticket counting staff, the family and the team waiting all night. ”
Early the next morning, under the organization of Leung Kwan Yan, Chairman of the Sixth Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and member of the Seventh Legislative Council (now the Chairman of the Seventh Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region), Fok Kai-kong met with members of the other functional groups to meet with reporters, "feeling that the work of Legislative Council members was carried out in an instant."
During their candidacy for the Seventh Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Fok Kai-kong (first from left) and his wife, Kwok Ching-ching, distributed campaign leaflets to the public on the streets of Hong Kong
Return to the original intention of governing Hong Kong and implement the principle of "patriots governing Hong Kong"
The Legislative Council is the representative body and legislature of public opinion in Hong Kong, whose main functions include: formulating, amending and repealing laws, reviewing and passing budgets, taxes and public expenditures, and questioning the work of the Government. In accordance with the Decision of the National People's Congress on the Methods for the Formation of the First Government and the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region implements an administrative dominant system with the Chief Executive as the core, with the executive and the legislature checking and balancing each other and cooperating with each other, and the judicial organs independently exercising adjudication power.
Under this political structure, the Legislative Council occupies an important place in the governance system of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The members of the executive, legislative and judicial organs of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, as well as the responsible persons of important statutory bodies, must be genuine patriots. Only by ensuring that there are able and staunch patriots govern Hong Kong can Hong Kong have great potential.
In June 1984, Deng Xiaoping separately met with a delegation from Hong Kong's industrial and commercial circles visiting Beijing and Hong Kong's well-known figure Zhong Shiyuan, and pointed out in his conversation: "There is a boundary and standard for Hong Kong people to govern Hong Kong, that is, Hong Kong people with patriots as the main body must govern Hong Kong. In the future, the main component of the Hong Kong SAR government will be patriots, of course, it will also accommodate other people, and foreigners can also be hired as consultants. What is a patriot? The standard of patriots is to respect their own nation, sincerely support the motherland in resuming the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong, and not harm Hong Kong's prosperity and stability. ”
This criterion clearly shows that patriotism and love of Hong Kong are a unified whole and are inseparable. Anyone who is already in the ranks of the rulers or who aspires to join the ranks must meet this criterion.
"Patriots governing Hong Kong is not a new thing, let alone a new condition." The original intention of 'one country, two systems' is to serve the good of Hong Kong. Huo Qigang believes that today the central authorities have once again emphasized "patriots governing Hong Kong", once again highlighting the determination to continue to accurately implement "one country, two systems" and its historical task of inheriting the past and the future, in line with the core needs of Hong Kong's long-term development, so that "one country, two systems" can be stable and far-reaching, maintain the advantages of the Hong Kong system, and let Hong Kong play an active role in the external cycle.
"After improving the election system, the main tone of 'patriots governing Hong Kong' will be determined, which will allow people with lofty ideals and abilities to run for election without any worries." Huo Qigang, who signed up for the Legislative Council in 2020 and 2021, most personally experienced that the entire election atmosphere was different. He said that in 2020, in the face of the epidemic and black riots in Hong Kong, the society is in deep trouble, and he is more in the mood of safeguarding Hong Kong's core values and fighting against "black riots" when he runs for election. Affected by the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the 2020 Legislative Council election was postponed to 2021, Fok Kai-kong said: "After clarifying that the 'patriot governing Hong Kong' standard is the basic requirement of politicians, society and political parties no longer need to have endless discussions on political issues, and everyone has more space to discuss people's livelihood, economy and social welfare issues." Under the new election system, the election scene of the previous political confrontation no longer exists, the competition has been sublimated to a power confrontation, and the voters have also asked the candidates to do practical things, this election is a demonstration, and our debates with our opponents are all centered on industry-related issues. ”
During the election, Huo Qigang's son Huo Zhongxi knew that his parents were ready to call on the citizens to vote and also to participate, "He wanted to know what the election was, and he excitedly ran with us to three places and enthusiastically distributed propaganda stickers," Huo Qigang said. In his view, although children do not quite understand what elections are, they are pleased that under the new election system, the election picture seen by the next generation in Hong Kong in the news is no longer a red-faced debate for political positions, or even a big fight, but a pragmatic debate on issues and explain the political platform. "Improving the election system gives us more space to do better, and the new legislators, in addition to supervising the government and deliberating on bills, must do practical things for the people." In the future, we will also be able to focus on reshaping people's hearts and minds, fighting for a better future for the next generation, so that Hong Kong people can better participate in the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and maintain long-term prosperity and stability. ”
During his candidacy for the Seventh Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Fok Kai-kong (front row, first from left) solicited votes on the streets of Hong Kong with his wife, Kwok Ching-ching, eldest son, Fok Chun-xi (front row, center), and younger brother Fok Kai-shan (back row centre).
Growing up, I understood the feelings of patriotism and love for Hong Kong and home and country
"It was you who taught me to drink water and think about the source, it was you who taught me to love our country, it was you who taught me to contribute to our country, it was you who taught me to look at things and must understand the 'why' behind it... Even after fifteen years, it feels like you've never left." On October 28, 2021, the fifteenth anniversary of Mr. Fok Yingdong's death, Huo Qigang mourned on Weibo, and the words were short and affectionate.
The late Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and huo Qigang's grandfather, Fok Ying Tung, was a well-known patriot and a well-known industrialist in Hong Kong. As early as the 1950s, under the circumstances of the comprehensive embargo imposed on the mainland by Western countries and the armed "anti-smuggling" by the Hong Kong and British authorities, Fok Yingdong organized a considerable fleet of ships in Hong Kong and used his own docks to transport a large number of urgently needed materials to the motherland, making major contributions to the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea and the construction of New China.
At the beginning of reform and opening up, most foreign investors hesitated to wait and see, and a group of Hong Kong businessmen headed by Fok Yingdong dared to be the first in the world and took the lead in investing in the mainland. In 1983, Fok Yingdong cooperated with the Guangzhou Municipal Government to build the White Swan Hotel. This is the first five-star hotel designed, built and managed by itself in China after the reform and opening up. At the 1990 Beijing Asian Games, Fok Yingdong donated 100 million Hong Kong dollars to build the Yingdong Swimming Pool, the largest swimming pool in Asia at that time, and the Beijing VIP Building.
For decades, Fok Yingdong has actively participated in the reform and opening up of all walks of life and helped the country take off. He donated HK$1 billion to set up a foundation to fund the construction and development of education, medical care, culture and other fields in the Mainland in the form of donations and non-profit-making investments. In 2018, Fok Yingdong was awarded the title of "Pioneer of Reform". He once confessed affectionately: "I have only one purpose for investing and donating, that is, I hope that the country will prosper and the nation will be rich and strong." ”
In the 1970s, as an open China needed to return to the world stage, sports became an important connection. Fok Yingdong's figure often appears in various international competitions, sparing no effort to restore China's due status in the international sports arena. In the new century, Huo Qigang's father Huo Zhenting participated in China's Olympic bid throughout the whole process, witnessing China's transformation from a sports power to a sports power.
Huo Qigang was born in Hong Kong in 1979, as the eldest grandson of the Huo family, although he spent more time with his grandfather Fok Yingdong as a child, in Huo Qigang's memory, his grandfather did not like to preach, and he usually asked "if there is swimming". Huo Qigang understood the feelings of patriotism and love for Hong Kong and home and country in the subtle edification and personal growth of his grandparents and fathers. "Grandpa didn't do things to make money for himself, but to make the country have more opportunities." Our second and third generations must also uphold our original intention and do our part for the development of the country. ”
Because of family relations, when Huo Qigang was studying, he accompanied his father Huo Zhenting to the mainland every holiday to exchange. "When I was young, I liked to buy kites in the small shop downstairs of the Beijing Hotel and run to Tiananmen Square to fly them." In his memory, in Beijing in the 1980s, there were very few cars and bicycles on Chang'an Avenue; in the 1990s, the roads gradually widened, the streets were bustling with traffic, and high-rise buildings were lined up. "Today, Beijing has long become an international metropolis. It can be said that in my travels year after year, I have witnessed the rapid development of the mainland. ”
This is corroborated by the change in Western countries' attitudes and concerns about China. When he was eleven years old, he was in charge of Britain, "Twenty or thirty years ago, when I studied abroad, I didn't pay attention to China's development, and even looked down on China. Huo Qigang said. In recent years, he has increasingly received phone calls from friends in European countries asking about China's development opportunities, and "more and more people have the heart to come and have come to China to develop."
Born in the era of the British government in Hong Kong, Fok Kai-kong only taught one hour of Mandarin lessons per week in elementary school, and there was no Environment for speaking Mandarin in life. Language and cultural barriers plagued him for a long time. To this end, after his studies in the United Kingdom, he went to Tsinghua University to study Mandarin intensively for 9 months.
As a child, Huo Qigang heard the adults tell the story of his grandfather Fok Yingdong being retaliated against by the British government in Hong Kong for his patriotism. As a teenager, he saw first-hand the restrictions and suppression of patriots and organizations by the British government in Hong Kong. In August 1992, the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Leagues was established. Uncle Huo Zhenhuan, Wang Mingang, Ma Hongguo and other old predecessors, carrying suitcases 'all over the world', looking for a restaurant is the office. It is also impossible to apply for a venue to hold an event, and the site resources are in the hands of the government at that time, and it is impossible to give it to a patriotic and Hong Kong-loving group. Huo Qigang said.
At present, the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Leagues has more than 2,300 individual members, 48 group members, the total number of members of more than 33,000, mainly the All-China Youth Federation and the Hong Kong Special Invited Members of the Youth Federation of various provinces and cities as the core, composed of young talents from all walks of life in Hong Kong, youth group leaders and academic elites, is the largest youth group in Hong Kong. "It may be difficult for today's youth to imagine how difficult it is to walk this road."
On July 1, 1997, Hong Kong was returned to the motherland. Fok Ying Tung was invited to the scene of the handover ceremony, and Huo Qigang, who happened to be 18 years old, took a leave of absence to return to Hong Kong in advance, and watched the live broadcast with his grandmother in front of the TV at home to complete his "coming-of-age ceremony". Watching the Chinese flag and the Flag of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region fly high, Huo Qigang described his heart as "touched, excited, proud and full of hope for the future of Hong Kong".
Since he was a child, he has traveled to the mainland many times to exchange experiences, more than ten years of overseas study career, and personally experienced the changes before and after the return of Hong Kong, so that Huo Qigang has the opportunity to feel the development of the country from different angles, the sense of responsibility is born from the heart, and he has made up his mind early: "I have never forgotten my roots in China, and I must come back after studying to do my best to serve Hong Kong and the country." ”
In 2002, Huo Qigang obtained a degree in economics and management from Oxford University and returned to Hong Kong.
After Huo Qigang (front row, first from right), after sponsoring the production of the oral video of the movie "Mama's Magic Boy", he cooperated with the Blind Auxiliary Taoist Association to hold a movie viewing ceremony and invited the visually impaired to the cinema hall to enjoy it
Cross-border cooperation creates more possibilities for contributing to national development
Participating in the election of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region this time, based on his own experience and thinking, Huo Qigang put forward the campaign slogan of "linking, leapfrogging and creating". "The first step is to connect different sectors and get to know each other; then cross the boundaries and integrate with each other; and finally create more possibilities together." He also set this as his future goal.
Over the past 16 years, Fok has successively served as a member of the Committee on Large-scale Sports Activities under the Sports Committee of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, a member of the Youth Affairs Committee of the Home Affairs Bureau, the Chairman of the Hong Kong Federation of Youth, the Honorary Chairman of the Hong Kong Elite Association, the Vice President of the Sports Association and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China (HKASC and Olympic Committee), a member of the Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Overseas Chinese Committee of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the Vice Chairman of the 13th Committee of the All-China Youth Federation, and a member of the 11th National Committee of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles. From youth and sports public offices to cultural, performing arts, and publishing-related public offices, Huo Qigang frankly said that he has accumulated a lot of useful experience over time, and has also seen some obstacles in development bit by bit, "I hope that during the four-year term of office of Legislative Council members, I will implement the campaign slogan of 'connecting, leapfrogging, and creating', and do a good job in the concept of 'style +', promote cooperation between sectors, and produce more new results."
In terms of sports, Huo Qigang introduced that the Hong Kong government has been implementing the "three modernizations" policy of sports policy, "elite" is to improve the allocation and development of sports resources, train coaches and international referees; "popularization" refers to strengthening the support of broadcasters for sports; "eventization" means that the government should support sports events from an investment perspective and assist the long-term development of sports. "Is that enough?"
Referring to national and international practices, Fok believes that it is time to study how to invest the resources of the SAR government in sports in the future and promote the "specialization" and "industrialization" of sports in Hong Kong. "For example, when running for the Legislative Council, the public reflects the difficulty of booking mass sports venues in Hong Kong, and it is difficult to open up new sports venues in the old areas that have been developed and perfected, so when the northern new area of Hong Kong is developed, will the construction of sports venues and facilities be included in the planning? Is it possible to promote mass sports with the help of sports resources in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area? ”
"Many of Hong Kong's policies are set in line with major national policies, such as those in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. From the perspective of sports, it should be seen that the country has not only emphasized how many medals, but also emphasized comprehensive fitness in a planned and targeted manner, so Hong Kong's sports policy cannot only be how many sports competitions are held. We should actively integrate into the Greater Bay Area and create a healthy sports market. "Huo Qigang suggested that the Government formulate a series of policies to support the integration of Hong Kong's sports industry into the Greater Bay Area and the Mainland market, and encourage the participation of the business community and society, including the provision of tax incentives and the establishment of "sports consumption coupons"; it is hoped that the Government will comprehensively study and formulate Hong Kong's future cultural and sports policies as soon as possible, and take the initiative to collect data in a scientific way as a "facilitator" and "promoter", analyze the advantages of Hong Kong's cultural and sports industries, set clear objectives and development directions, accurately invest resources, and promote practical policy measures from top to bottom. And attract multi-channel funds to support industrialization.
In terms of the combination of culture, sports and youth work, Huo Qigang proposed that thematic exchanges and cooperation can establish a long-term relationship between Hong Kong and mainland youth, such as Hong Kong young people studying music to go to the Mainland Conservatory of Music for exchanges, to know mainland youth studying the same profession, everyone will have more topics; and like culture, sports and tourism, the mainland and overseas are doing a good job, the mainland has wuzhen arts festival, combining culture and art with tourism, attracting more tourists. "In the future, I hope that Hong Kong will do a good job in this regard, cooperate with different cities in the Greater Bay Area, and show the world this first-class Bay Area business card."
At the same time, Huo Qigang mentioned that the youth exchange work between dry ports should be done in detail. Over the past 20 years, the HKSAR Government has supported hong Kong young people to go to the mainland for exchanges, and as a member of the Youth Affairs Committee of the Home Affairs Bureau of the HKSAR Government, a member of the Standing Committee of the 12th All-China Youth Federation and the vice chairman of the 13th All-China Youth Federation, Fok Kai-gang has organized and participated in many youth exchange activities in Hong Kong over the years. He said that the various exchange activities of Young People from Hong Kong who he has come into contact with to go to the mainland are highly participated in; the willingness of Hong Kong youth to work and live in the mainland is also relatively high, but there is currently a lack of effective data support. Youth are a large and broad group, and young people at different levels face different problems and cannot be covered by the same approach. "For example, we should have official research data to see how effective the exchanges between young people in the mainland and Hong Kong are, and how willing Hong Kong youth are to integrate into the mainland, so that we can 'accurately communicate', take appropriate measures, solve problems, further improve the quality of youth exchanges between mainland and Hong Kong, and promote the integration of youth in mainland Hong Kong."
The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Development Plan, the 14th Five-Year Plan and the Outline of Long-term Goals for 2035 have painted a grand blueprint for Hong Kong to better integrate into the overall development of the country, providing more opportunities and diversified choices for Hong Kong's youth. In Huo Qigang's view, Hong Kong has always been a window to the outside world, and it also has a relatively perfect system and extensive external contacts. Young people in Hong Kong learn and grow up in a culture of Chinese and Western cultures, and are highly creative; mainland youth often grow up, pursue further education and work in different places, have the opportunity to contact the cultures of different regions, have a wide range of insights, and have a wide range of contacts. "Young people in Hong Kong and the mainland have their own advantages, and mutual integration will surely bring greater impetus and vitality to the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area."
Huo Qigang said that in the past few years, from the illegal Occupy Central, to the "black riots", to the "Raab" struggle in the Legislative Council for many years, Hong Kong has experienced too much and the internal friction is too great. "Growing up and living in Hong Kong for so many years, I have never seen such turmoil, the new crown pneumonia epidemic has swept the world, the social rift has intensified, and the hong Kong economy and people's livelihood have slipped into a trough, fortunately, the state has intervened to establish and improve the "Law of the People's Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region", improve the overall system, safeguard national security, and ensure the stability of Hong Kong. There are a lot of things we have to do quickly and grab back the lost time. ”
"Many people think that sports affairs are sports affairs, youth affairs are youth affairs, they are separate, but over the years, everything has settled down, and I think that connecting and spanning will find more new directions and create more new cooperation." He said that he was very happy that the current Legislative Council had just started its work, and that parliamentarians from different fields and different sectors had begun to take the initiative to exchange intentions for cooperation and set off under the banner of "Patriots Governing Hong Kong".
Hong Kong, which connects the country and the world, has an irreplaceable historical role and institutional advantages. This year marks the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland, and Fok said: "In the eyes of many people, this is the second return of Hong Kong. In the future, I hope to promote my 'culture and sports +' industry development concept on the Legislative Council platform, with sports, performing arts, culture and publishing as the core, and create cross-border cooperation with science and technology, tourism, finance, industry and other sectors, do more practical things, promote Chinese culture, and contribute to national development with the industry." ”