LegCo election | Peter Lam urges business sector to give voting employees “thank-you leave”
立法會選舉｜林建岳呼籲商界予投票員工「感謝假」
After Chief Executive John Lee recently wrote to all civil servants urging them to support the Legislative Council election, several business representatives also called on their employees to vote. Peter Lam, a Standing Committee member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and chairman of the supervisory committee of Economic Synergy, today (31st) called on chambers of commerce and enterprises to provide employees who vote on December 7 (Sunday) with half a day off. Employees who produce the “care card” received when voting may take half a day of “thank-you leave”. Lam said the arrangement would not only provide support and encouragement to employees who participate in voting, but also demonstrate the importance attached to the Legislative Council election by all sectors of Hong Kong. He said the initiative had received support from the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions, the Chinese Manufacturers’ Association of Hong Kong, the Belt and Road General Chamber of Commerce, the Hong Kong Tourism Board, the Hong Kong Association for the Promotion of Peaceful National Reunification of China, Economic Synergy and Lai Sun Group, among others.
特首李家超日前去信全體公務員呼籲支持立法會選舉，其後多個商界代表亦呼籲旗下員工投票，全國政協常委兼經民聯監事委員會主席林建岳今（31日）呼籲商會和企業，為在12月7日（周日）投票的員工提供半天假期，員工憑投票時獲得的「心意謝卡」，可獲半天「感謝假」。 林建岳表示，這安排不但為參與投票的員工提供支持和鼓勵，更顯示香港各界對於立法會選舉的重視；稱倡議已獲總商會、工總、廠商會、一帶一路總商會、旅發局、中國和平統一促進會香港總會、經民聯、麗新集團等支持。