Legco urged to help better executive-led system

Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang has asked the Legislative Council to come up with practical ways to better implement the executive-led political system in Hong Kong. He made the remarks at a meeting on Saturday during which Hong Kong's sole delegate to the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee Starry Lee said Legco plays an important role in carrying out executive-led governance. Ding urged Lee, the Legco president, to lead lawmakers on the matter. “The Legislative Council, in particular, has much to offer under the topic of executive-led governance, with ample room for implementation, exploration, and theoretical research,” he said. "I hope that during the eighth Legco term, Lee will lead the legislature to explore, study and put into practice such an issue to yield more practical results that are in line with Hong Kong’s actual situation and the central government’s requirements.” Other Beijing officials who were present at the meeting with SAR deputies to the NPC include Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office; Xu Qifang, the office’s executive deputy director; and Zhou Ji, who heads the liaison office. The meeting came a day after the vice premier met Hong Kong and Macao members of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, where he had also said they shared a duty to better implement the executive-led governing system. Edited by Robert Kemp