HK's constitutional development must go in gradual and orderly manner: official

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HK's constitutional development must go in gradual and orderly manner: official

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Hong Kong's constitutional development should follow the principles of conforming to the actual situation, seeking a gradual and orderly progress and guaranteeing a balanced representation, a Chinese central official said Thursday.

Qiao Xiaoyang, deputy secretary-general of the Chinese National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, said at a forum hosted by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) government that these are the principles that must be adhered to for a long period of time for constitutional development in Hong Kong.

The official pointed out that the report Chief Executive of the Hong Kong SAR Tung Chee Hwa will submit to the central authority should be one in principle, instead of one on detailed issues. It should reflect various kinds of suggestions and opinions of the society in Hong Kong. And the judgment and decisions will be made by the central authority.

Qiao, together with Li Fei, deputy director of the Legislative Affairs Commission of the NPC Standing Committee, and Xu Ze, deputy director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council, arrived here Wednesday morning, at the invitation of the SAR government and the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong SAR, to give explanation of and exchange views on the interpretations of the annexes of the Basic Law of the Hong Kong SAR by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.

Speaking upon the conclusion of the two-hour forum, which was attended by some 100 Hong Kong law practitioners, Hong Kong Chief Secretary for Administration Donald Tsang said that participants to the forum had exchanged views in a frank and constructive manner.

He also said that the chief executive of the Hong Kong SAR had requested the Constitutional Development Task Force with Tsang as the head to complete the second report relating to constitutional development in Hong Kong as soon as possible.

Tsang said the task force would try its best to convey to Tung the opinions and represent the interests of the majority of the Hong Kong people through their report.

Qiao, Li and Xu also attended a seminar Thursday afternoon to continue exchanging views with Hong Kong Legislative Councilors and people from other sections of the society.

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