The Legislative Council continued voting yesterday on hundreds of amendments to draft legislation, presented by pan-democratic lawmakers in an attempt to block the approval of financing for a government restructuring.
Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying has proposed giving the chief secretary and financial secretaries deputies and increasing the number of bureaus from 12 to 14. The proposal is subject to Legco approval.
However, with Legco still vetting the Companies Bill yesterday, and with seven other bills and resolutions awaiting its attention, it is unlikely that the restructuring will be voted on before the legislature's term ends, on July 18.
That also means proposals to raise workers' compensation for the lung disease pneumoconiosis and occupational deafness may also lapse because the restructuring will be dealt with before they are heard.
Items not dealt with will have to be reintroduced in October and go through the full legislative process.
Legco secretary general Pauline Ng Man-wah estimated it would take 113 hours to deal with all the remaining agenda.
