我们还引入了《三振法案》(Three-strikes law)和《罪案受害者法规》(Victims Code),建立了“罪案受害者信息热线”(Victims of Crime Information Line)、“罪案受害者中心”(Victims Centre)等,为打击犯罪、保护受害者提供了有力支持。
杨健博士,2011年当选新西兰国会议员,现任国会政府治理与行政委员会主席,国家党统计事务发言人(负责人)和民族社区事务副发言人,曾任国会教育与科学委员会主席和卫生委员会副主席等职务。进入国会前,杨健博士担任奥克兰大学人文学院 (Faculty of Arts) 副院长,新西兰亚洲研究院中国研究中心主任和新西兰国际关系学会奥克兰分会主席。杨健博士于1999年获得澳大利亚国立大学国际关系学博士学位。
中国大陆出生的霍议员说,John Key访华在新西兰华人社区造成“巨大的积极氛围“(huge positive vibe) 。他夸赞John Key是理解中国’关系’概念的大师;他还指国家党在同中国打交道方面是研究生水平,其他政党在这方面是大学一年级水平 (“National is at Masters’ level and other parties are still doing 101…”)。
2008年,Helen Clark 担任工党政府总理期间,新西兰成为第一个与中国签署自由贸易协定的发达国家。不过,新西兰情报机构以安全为由阻止中国华为公司参与新西兰的5G网络建设,无疑给中新关系带来阴影。原定于2019年2月开幕的中新旅游年被搁置了一个月;Jacinda Ardern上任16个月后才得已访问北京。多年来,新西兰总理通常都在上任第一年内就访问中国。
新西兰故事 华人参政.10月12日,三年一次的新西兰地方政府选举结果揭晓。全国最大的城市、华人最集中的奥克兰未来三年还是由老领导 – Phil Goff 市长领导。奥克兰市议会唯一华裔市议员Paul Young竞选连任成功;此外,Paul Young还当选为Manukau 地区医管局 (Counties Manukau District Health Board)成员,可谓双喜临门。
奥克兰投票率不高
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2019年地方选举全国投票率为44%,比起2016年的42%投票率和2013年的41.3%投票率,今年的投票率稍有增加。 不过,奥克兰和首都惠灵顿的投票率比过去低,奥克兰为30%,惠灵顿为36%。.这次地方选举,全国范围内女性市长增多。新当选市长中,有四分之一为女性。而3年前,只有19%的女市长。与此同时,市议员中女性也比过去多。.今年地方政府选举的另一个特点是40岁以下年轻市长增多。新当选市长中,40岁以下的有Hutt City、Timaru 和但尼丁市长;南岛坎特伯雷中部的Selwyn 和北岛 Central Hawke’s Bay的市长也都是40岁以下,且双双是成功连任。今年地方选举,还选出了新西兰最年轻市长-28岁的Campbell Barry先生。未来三年,他将领导人口10万出头的Lower Hutt,新西兰第七大城市。
Paul Young: Auckland city councillorSusan Zhu:Whau local board memberPeter Chan: Henderson-Massey local board member Peter Young : Botany local board member Benjamin Lee: Albert-Eden local board member David Wong: Orakei local board memberBobby Shen: Puketāpapa local board memberFiona Lai: Puketapapa local board member
Most of the voters rely largely on the information provided by the election office on the backgrounds of candidates. They would assume the information about the candidates is true. But in fact, it is not always the case.
A Chinese reader sent me a message pointing out that Morgan Xiao, a candidate for the Pakuranga Local board of Auckland, has not lived in NZ for 15 years as he claimed in his candidate profile statement, but only for about 6 or 7 years. His previous boss told me that Xiao’s employment was terminated after working for only half a year in 2018 due to his poor performance.
Xiao refused to answer my question regarding his footprints in New Zealand.
Another woman told me her awful experience of being “slandered” by Morgan Xiao in 2018. I learned from this woman that Xiao wanted to become a National Party member initially but was rejected after National Party figures read his disturbing political commentary articles.
I called the electoral officer of “Vote for Auckland” and tell her that Xiao’s information in the candidate website may not be true. To my surprise, the lady who answered the phone said the law does not require a candidate to be truthful in his/her profile statement. She admitted that electoral officers won’t check the information in the statement. However, she will pass my concern to other officers.
Morgan Xiao’s participation in the local body election has caused a lot of criticisms on the Forum hosted by the media I am working for. One local Chinese described his speech is to “embrace autocracy by making use of democracy”. Another Chinese voter says: “Morgan doesn’t know what democracy is about, and he doesn’t know what’s right and what’s wrong. He even doesn’t know whom he represents.”
Morgan Xiao was reported by Newsroom that he infamously called the noted China scholar Professor Anne-Marie Brady and other critics of Beijing “anti-China forces” and “sons of bitches” and calling for Tiananmen Square protesters to be strung up. He tried to be a Labour Party candidate but was rejected by the party for his “extreme pro-Beijing” speech and he was publicly criticized by the Chinese team of Labour Party in the Chinese community.
Ironically,Morgan Xiao has successfully become a candidate to stand for the local body election.
When an employer hires someone, he or she will definitely check the applicant’s background and see whether the applicant is qualified for the job or not. Why does the election office not check candidates’ backgrounds when they permitting them to compete for a position for public service?