Top policymakers detail standards, fundamentals for HK political reforms
Chen Qingqing, Bai Yunyi and Fan Anqi Published: Feb 22, 2021 10:20 PM
Xia Baolong, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People s Political Consultative Conference and head of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council, makes a speech at the opening of a symposium on improving the institutional framework of one country, two systems and implementing the fundamental principle of patriots governing Hong Kong in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 22, 2021. (Xinhua/Gao Jie)
Top Chinese policymakers and political advisors made a clear point on Monday that conducting political and electoral reforms in Hong Kong to fix loopholes and ensure the principle of patriots governing Hong Kong has become an urgent task, which is likely to be clarified at the upcoming two sessions next week.
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Photo taken on July 14, 2020 shows the Golden Bauhinia Square in south China s Hong Kong, July 14, 2020.The UK move, in an attempt to turn a large number of Hong Kong people into second-class British citizens, is a blatant offence to China s sovereignty, said the spokesperson for the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council, expressing firm opposition to it.
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A U.K. visa center in Hong Kong has extended its opening hours to cope with increased demand after the British government launched a new pathway to residency and citizenship for some five million residents of the city, amid a citywide crackdown on public dissent and political opposition.
The visa center in the Lee Man Commercial Centre in Hong Kong s North Point district recently extended its opening hours to run from 7.00 a.m. to 7.00 p.m., with at least four families applying to go to the U.K. in the space of a single hour on Monday.
Under a scheme launched on Sunday, millions of holders of the British National Overseas (BNO) passport once derided as carrying very few benefits will be allowed to live, study, and work in the U.K., with a path to permanent residency after five years and to citizenship after six.