The oath-taking ceremony for Members of the eighth-term Legislative Council (LegCo) was held today (Jan. 1) at 11 a.m. at the Chamber of the LegCo Complex. The ceremony was overseen by Chief Executive John Lee. This marks the first time the ceremony for a new term of LegCo Members is being held on a public holiday.
After the ceremony, LegCo Members will take a group photo with the Chief Executive and other government officials. The government will also announce the official list of LegCo Members whose oaths have been validated following the ceremony.
According to Rule 1 of the LegCo House Rules, the order for a Member to make or subscribe an oath or affirmation shall be determined according to the continuous period of time for which he has held office in the Council. As between two or more Members who have held office for an equal continuous period of time, their order shall be determined according to the number of strokes in the traditional characters of the Members' names in Chinese; a Member whose name has the least number of strokes shall make or subscribe an oath or affirmation first.
The ceremony officially began with the playing of the national anthem. The first member to take the oath today was Starry Lee Wai-king of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), who has served consecutively since being re-elected in 2008.
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