China's central government's liaison office in Hong Kong Wednesday night expressed support for the speeches made by Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang and the spokesman for the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council on the voting results of the Hong Kong legislature on the Hong Kong government's constitutional reform proposals.

A leading official from the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) made a statement to this effect during an interview with Xinhua.

The Hong Kong government Wednesday submitted to the Legislative Council (LegCo) two motions on amendments to the Method for Selecting the Chief Executive in 2007 and the Method for Forming the Legislative Council in 2008.

After conducting extensive consultations, the HKSAR government in late October published the Package of Proposals for the Methods for Selecting the Chief Executive in 2007 and for Forming the Legislative Council in 2008, which made amendments to the current provisions.

"The constitutional reform proposals have won the support of a large percentage of Hong Kong citizens as shown by various polls," said the leading official of the Liaison Office.

Although more than half of the LegCo members voted their support for the proposals, it couldn't be adopted for the lack of a necessary two-third majority of the total LegCo votes, said the official.

"The voting results do not accord with the mainstream of Hong Kong people's opinion and are what we all do not want to see," he said.

According to the Basic Law and the National People's Congress Standing Committee's interpretation and decision on the related issues, no amendment will be made to the current ways of the selecting of the HKSAR Chief Executive in 2007 and the forming of the LegCo in 2008, and the existing provisions will continue to be applicable.

"We hope and believe that Hong Kong people from all walks of life will continue to support the Chief Executive and the HKSAR government in their governance according to law, so as to maintain Hong Kong's current hard-earned good situation, promote stability and prosperity of Hong Kong, and create conditions for finally achieving the goal of universal suffrage," said the official.

Source: Xinhua