Lawmaker-cum-educator Chan Hong was elected first secretary of the executive board of the Legislative Assembly (AL) by her peers yesterday, succeeding Kou Hoi In who was elected president of the legislature earlier this month.
The Legislative Assembly currently has 32 members after chief executive candidate Ho Iat Seng resigned from the legislature early this month.
Yesterday was the first time that Kou chaired a plenary session after being elected the legislature’s new president on July 17, following Ho’s resignation on July 5.
Legislative Assembly (AL) President Kou Hoi In (front, right) casts his vote to elect the new first secretary of the legislature’s executive board during yesterday’s plenary session in the legislature’s hemicycle, witnessed by lawmaker Chan Hong (front, left) – the then still secondary secretary of the board before being elected the new first secretary – and her peer Sulu Sou Ka Hou (front, centre). As the first secretary’s post was vacant before yesterday’s election, lawmakers voted for Sou – the legislature’s youngest member – as a witness to the vote-casting process. Courtesy: TDM
