Chief executive may be moving towards talks on electoral reform
With critics of the government invited to meet the chief executive, speculation mounts that consultation could be getting under way
Political scholars - including vocal critics of the government - have been invited to meet Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying next month, sparking speculation that consultation over electoral reform is about to get under way in earnest.
Among those invited to a dinner on August 1 were Chinese University associate professor Ma Ngok and Ivan Choy Chi-keung, a senior lecturer at the university.
However, both turned down the invitation, saying they will be out of town on that date.
Ma was the chief architect of the Alliance for True Democracy's proposals announced last week for implementing universal suffrage for the chief executive election in 2017, while Choy is a veteran political commentator who has been a critic of the Leung administration.
It is understood the meeting is likely to touch on political reform, despite the fact that the chief executive's office made no mention of the subject in its invitation.
A spokesman for the office would only say that Leung meets members of the public from time to time.