The Secretary for Labour and Welfare, Dr Law Chi-kwong, met with representatives of the labour sector and the employers respectively today (April 7) to explain improvements to the electoral system of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) brought by the approval by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the amended Annex I to the Basic Law on Method for the Selection of the Chief Executive of the HKSAR and Annex II to the Basic Law on Method for the Formation of the Legislative Council of the HKSAR and its Voting Procedures.

     Dr Law elaborated on the background and objectives of the improvements to the HKSAR's electoral system, the importance of "patriots administering Hong Kong" in order to ensure the long-term and stable development of "one country, two systems", and the urgency of the related legislative amendments. They also exchanged views on the formation of the Election Committee and the Legislative Council under the new legislative amendments.

     Attending the two briefing sessions in the morning and afternoon today included the employee representatives of the Labour Advisory Board, Members of the Legislative Council of the labour functional constituency, and representatives of the Employers' Federation of Hong Kong.

Ends/Wednesday, April 7, 2021
Issued at HKT 18:19

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