The issue is being seen as a testing case for the government's ability ... That is the way the government sees this and the bill needs to be passed by whatever means.
"Anthony Cheung Bing-leung", Gold Bauhinia Star/GBS, Bronze Bauhinia Star/BBS, Justice of the Peace/JP is the current Secretary for Transport and Housing.
He was a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong and a vice-chairman of the Democratic Party of Hong Kong. He was also the 5th University president/President of the Hong Kong Institute of Education. He is at present an official member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong. He is the only member with a pro-democracy camp background in the council.
Cheung founded SynergyNet, a policy think tank, and provides public comment on policy issues. In 2011, he called for a separate regulatory code for the emerging class of political assistants and policy advisers, who are between civil servants and executive officials.
At present, Cheung also serves as the chairman of both the Hong Kong Consumer Council and the Subsidised Housing Committee of the Hong Kong Housing Authority.
More Anthony Cheung on Wikipedia.The surface of the dispute is about pay reduction, but I think that beneath this issue there is more deep-seated distrust of the government because the unions are saying that if the government can legislate on a pay cut, the government can legislate on anything.
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