Secretary for Labour and Welfare, Law Chi Kwong, proposed a motion to send the bill— which would raise Hong Kong’s statutory maternity leave to 14 weeks—to the legislature’s Panel on Manpower, without first going through the House Committee. The House Committee typically decides the legislative agenda; however, the influential body was left without a chairperson due to an ongoing filibuster by democrats.
Law said, “If the maternity leave bill were to wait until the House Committee elected its leadership, then the delay would mean it would be unlikely to pass during the current legislative term.”
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