well, the conference was being held, organised by the cpa, the commonwealth parliamentary associations, like, a child play. well, the invitation was sent to the legislative council in november last year and they rescinded the invitation in february this year. so within that three—month period, they cited the reason for rescinding that invitation for "deteriorating situation" and a serious erosion of political plurality and participation in hong kong. so during that period of time, there were no change in our political system. the participation in our legislative body is still diverse. 0ur rule of law is intact. so the accusations about the so—called "deteriorating situation" is simply unfound. and also what's interesting is another one of their seminar�*s objectives, according to them, is for delegates to share knowledge and good practice with other legislatures. if the cpa indeed thinks that the situation has got so bad, like, in hong kong, why don't they take this opportunity to learn more through our participation? if they find it, like, you know, not good, then they can start crit