Chief Executive's Office statement
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     In response to a news report by Apple Daily today (February 12) claiming that the Chief Executive has tried to prevent Professor Johannes Chan Man-mun from being appointed as the Vice-President of the University of Hong Kong (HKU), the Chief Executive's Office issued the following statement:

     The Chief Executive and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government have not intervened in the selection process of the Vice-President of HKU.

     We express regret over the unfounded allegations made by the report.

Ends/Thursday, February 12, 2015
Issued at HKT 12:03

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