Beijing’s top office on Hong Kong affairs has fired another warning shot over CK Hutchison Holdings’ Panama ports deal, reposting a sixth critical article which urges the conglomerate against acting “in concert with US hegemony” and to avoid making “historic mistakes”. The Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office reposted the latest piece on Sunday, which…
Hong Kong tertiary institutions should ramp up efforts to advance technology and nurture talent to further contribute to China’s modernisation, Beijing’s point man on the city’s affairs has said as he meets leaders of a public university. Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, met Council Chairman Harry Shum Heung-yeung and…
Beijing’s point man on Hong Kong affairs has told local members of China’s top political advisory body to “not just be observers” but “active players” to support the city’s development, including the coming Legislative Council election, according to one of the delegates. Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office (HKMAO), also…
Hong Kong’s leader has tasked his senior officials with following up on directions given by Beijing’s point man on city affairs, urging his ministers during a meeting to further cross-border cooperation through large-scale development projects. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu held the meeting on Thursday morning, two days after he returned from the Asian Winter…
Beijing is concerned that Hong Kong may need help from mainland Chinese companies in developing large cross-border projects amid a public deficit, analysts have said, after its point man on city affairs met local officials ahead of the annual budget address. Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office (HKMAO), on Sunday…
Beijing’s point man on Hong Kong affairs has met the finance chief and seven other senior officials to hear their plans on the economy and financial services while inspecting two special cooperation zones operated by the city and neighbouring Shenzhen. The government said on Monday that Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macau…
Beijing has sharply rebuked the West over its condemnation of the jailing of former Hong Kong legal academic Benny Tai Yiu-ting and other opposition activists for subversion, slamming foreign powers for applying “hypocritical double standards” and painting the criminals as advocates for democracy. The State Council’s Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office (HKMAO) said in…
A university town will be home to Hong Kong’s biggest public hospital with 3,000 beds, serving a population of at least 32,000 people and supporting the city’s third medical school, with the first batch of residents moving to the area by 2034. The release of details on Wednesday about the new town in Ngau Tam…
Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu has assured that Hong Kong’s business leaders have the freedom to make their own investment decisions, despite a top Beijing official’s call for their active participation in the city’s long-term development. But the city leader also said on Tuesday the business sector could further contribute to making Hong Kong a…
Beijing is worried that Hong Kong developers’ tepid response to local megaprojects may further erode investor confidence and this was why a top central government official took on the task of cajoling the private sector on behalf of city authorities, political analysts have said. Economic and property specialists said the central government’s “explicit” call to…