Hong Kong democrats dine with Carrie Lam but controversial issues are off the menu
Social, education and health care policies discussed during informal dinner with members of pro-democracy camp as Hong Kong’s leader looks to improve relations
Five moderate democratic lawmakers in Hong Kong dined with city’s leader on Friday night in a move to improve relations that had deteriorated sharply under the previous administration.
It was the first informal dinner shared by Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor and any member of a democratic party since Lam assumed office last July.
Tai’s suggestions at a forum in Taiwan in March that Hong Kong could “consider becoming an independent state” some day in a “democratic China” had sparked controversy with calls for him to be sacked from his teaching position at the University of Hong Kong.
Without spelling out her take on Tai, pro-democracy camp convenor Charles Mok said Lam “listened and understood our stance on various issues”.
Mok said they had shared a “frank and open exchange [of views] in a relatively casual setting” and that it had been “a good way for us to understand each other”.