Deputy Secretary-General of the National's People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee Qiao Xiaoyang, together with two other central officials, frankly exchanged views Tuesday with personnel from the Hong Kong legal circles on the tenure of the new chief executive (CE) through by- election.

The two other officials were Li Fei, deputy director of the Legislative Affairs Commission of the NPC Standing Committee, and Zhang Xiaoming, deputy director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council.

Qiao and the two others explained in detail to the Hong Kong law workers the original meanings of the related articles of the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR).

The officials stressed that under the current system, the tenure of the by-elected chief executive could only be the remaining tenure of the former HKSAR chief executive, in stead of a whole five-year tenure of a new-term of chief executive.

The meeting was presided over by Wang Fengchao, deputy director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in Hong Kong, and attended by over 80 personnel form the Hong Kong legal circles.

Source: Xinhua