Change at Liaison Office | Two Meetings with Zhou Ji in Three Days; John Lee Makes “Return Visit” to Liaison Office; Strengthened Communication Beneficial, Says CE
中聯辦換人｜三日兩會周霽 特首入中聯辦「回訪」 李家超：加強溝通有好處
The State Council announced last Friday (30th) the appointment of Zhou Ji as Director of the Liaison Office and National Security Adviser to the Committee for Safeguarding National Security of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and the removal of Zheng Yanxiong from the post. Within three days of taking office, Zhou met Chief Executive John Lee twice, while the Chief Executive yesterday (2nd) made his first public visit to the Liaison Office to make a “return visit” to the new director. Shortly after taking office, Zhou also visited Sham Shui Po and Tsing Yi to conduct “research”, saying he wanted to understand community work and residents’ lives. Asked today (3rd) about the two meetings in three days, John Lee said strengthening communication with the Liaison Office would be “very beneficial” to Hong Kong. He said the two sides had reached a consensus to work together on communication and enhancing mutual understanding. Asked about Zhou’s style and whether his immediate district visits indicated that improving people’s livelihoods should be the focus in future, John Lee described Zhou as having extensive experience in district governance and being “modest, honest and pragmatic”, which was worthy of respect. He also said he was confident that overall security could be safeguarded and expressed confidence in security and the social atmosphere, stressing: “We safeguard security, but now is the time to go all out on the economy, pursue development and improve people’s livelihoods.”
國務院上周五（30日）宣布，任命周霽為中聯辦主任、香港特區維護國家安全委員會國家安全事務顧問，免去鄭雁雄職務。周霽上任後三日內兩度會見行政長官李家超，特首亦在昨日（2日）首次公開到中聯辦回訪新主任。甫上任，周霽就落區到深水埗、青衣「調研」，稱想了解社區工作和市民生活。 李家超今（3日）被問及三日內兩會面，他指跟中聯辦加強溝通，對香港「好有好處」，雙方已建立共識在溝通和增加理解方面，「一致地做工作」。被問及周霽作風、上任即落區是否代表未來應集中改善民生？李家超形容周霽有豐富地區治理經驗，為人「謙厚務實」值得尊重；他又指有信心整體安全情況可保障，對安全和社會氣氛有信心，強調「安全我哋保障，但依家係全力拼經濟，謀發展，改善民生的時候。」