2022 that he preferred not to rush the law, which some saw as backtracking on his election pledge. The legislation was put on the back burner and was not scheduled for Legislative Council discussion in 2022. In January 2023, after meeting with Xia Baolong, who asked that the Lee administration revise local legislation to keep it aligned with the national security law, Lee said that he would once again prioritize legislation under Article 23 as soon as possible. On 17 January 2023, Lee said that the legislation would cover spying and people pretending to be journalists, who produce "fake news." Lee also said that the government would prevent "foreign agents" from entering the city, but did not specify how. In February 2023, after several pro-Beijing figures said the legislation should wait until after Taiwan's 2024 elections, Lee said his "position remained unchanged" and he would move forward with the legislation. Middle East In February 2023, Lee took a trip to the Middle East; later, he wrote an article in SCMP, saying that "Our key message, of course, was that Hong Kong was fully back in business." Earlier, Lee said that he would try his best on the trip to encourage Saudi Aramco to pursue a secondary IPO in Hong Kong. Lee said that his meeting with Aramco was "very positive." Personal life Lee's wife and two children hold U.K. citizenship, and therefore Lee is eligible to claim U.K. citizenship as well. Lee himself had U.K. citizenship until 2012, when he relinquished it in order to take the Under Secretary for Security position. After their elder son, Gilbert Lee Man-lung, was born, Lee married his wife, Janet Lam Lai-sim, in 1980. Lee was 22 years old at the time of his marriage. Both Gilbert Lee and the younger son, Jacky Lee Man-chun, attended Wah Yan College. In June 1990, John was nominated by then-12-years-old son and won the "Top 10 Modern Fathers". Lee was awarded the Silver Bauhinia Star by the Hong Kong SAR Government in 2017. In 2021, Lee had surgery to remove plane warts from his neck. He has a domestic helper, who in February 2022, tested positive for COVID-19. When asked in April 2022, Lee did not respond to questions on whether he is Catholic. The following month, he said that he is Catholic. He is nicknamed "Pikachu" by the Hong Kong anti-establishment faction, as it sounds similar