In December 2017, a "South China Morning Post" editorial expressed support for the legalisation of same-sex marriage in Hong Kong, calling on the government to show a greater commitment to equality. In July 2018, the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Carrie Lam, said that the Government of Hong Kong had no plans to legalise same-sex marriage. In March 2019, following developments in Taiwan, Lam reiterated her position, saying that the issue was still "controversial". In May 2019, the chairman of the Equal Opportunities Commission, Ricky Chu Man-kin, expressed support for a step-by-step approach, starting with anti-discrimination initiatives, and said he would not push for a legislative timetable on same-sex marriage, but urged the community to "change tack" in favour of a pragmatic step-by-step approach to break the "eternal stalemate" in the city's fight for LGBT rights. He said "instead of focusing on abstract and ideological debates that we can never easily come to an agreement on, let's make small progress in tackling discrimination at the workplace, schools and public facilities".