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22 Mar 2019

Hong Kong no closer to ‘controversial’ marriage equality, Chief Executive says

Hong Kong’s Chief Executive, Carrie Lam, this week said the Government was no closer to legalising same-sex marriage.

At a conference on Wednesday, she said the issue remained ‘controversial’ – but she also recognised that a recent court ruling in favour of LGBT rights ‘does help’ attract foreign talent. Ray Chan, Hong Kong’s only openly gay lawmaker, accused Carrie Lam of ‘hypocrisy and double standard’. But, he told Gay Star News, the prominent LGBT news provider, that ‘despite her spin to make her look inclusive and business friendly to the international business community, she remains a staunch opponent to promoting LGBT equality in Hong Kong.’
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At a conference on Wednesday, she said the issue remained ‘controversial’ – but she also recognised that a recent court ruling in favour of LGBT rights ‘does help’ attract foreign talent. Ray Chan, Hong Kong’s only openly gay lawmaker, accused Carrie Lam of ‘hypocrisy and double standard’. But, he told Gay Star News, the prominent LGBT news provider, that ‘despite her spin to make her look inclusive and business friendly to the international business community, she remains a staunch opponent to promoting LGBT equality in Hong Kong.’

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Reader's Comments

1. 2019-03-22 20:41  
if no attracted by gay talents
just make attraction to heterosexual talents to increase economic growth

There are many heterosexual talent want to go to hongkong such as from syria, bangladesh, pakistant, afganistant, etc and many more countries in conflicts or war
Comment edited on 2019-03-22 20:44:27
2. 2019-03-22 20:46  
gays no need to hongkong
but replaced by heterosexual from war conflicts
nothing to loose for gay
and that so easy
3. 2019-03-22 21:22  
why she is so free to talk?
who make that woman so free?
4. 2019-03-22 21:25  
why none give pressure to her?
what make her afraid of?
5. 2019-03-25 11:14
i went to hospital, surprised that all doctors were women
- where men doctors thrown? kidnapped
- seem that slowly by slowly all men will be store just at home
- slowly by slowly, one by one, all men in queue to be store just at home.
- Who's next men than should be store at home for all life?
- All men police will be replaced by Women
- All Men troop will be replaced by women
- All men should be happy and enjoy life living at home for entirely life.
Men should aware to give all positions for women
Don't you think this is woman emancipation?
- All men should be prohibited to appear in public
- All men should be no more on Roads but women/girls
- I went to Market..so many women
- Is is matter of time to replace all men position by women
- I still find office mixing between men and women , men did not realized that they were in queue to be kicked by women
- in Government and private position
- If women want to dominate, why there is still men in position?
- Why men do not realize to give all position for women?

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