THE Government is to take a more active role in briefing members of the China-appointed Preliminary Working Committee (PWC) on transitional matters, officials said.
The remarks came as top law drafters said they planned to hold another informal meeting with PWC legal affairs sub-group members on localisation and adaptation of laws.
Constitutional affairs branch officials said there would be no change in the policy barring direct contacts between civil servants and the PWC. But they want improved communication.
'Our bottom line is that officials will not become members of the PWC and will not attend their official meetings,' a senior official said.
In addition to the legal briefing, Planning Department Director Peter Pun Kwok-shing will attend a Beijing symposium next month to explain the territory's reclamation strategy. Separate talks are in the pipeline on the right of abode issue.
A government source said there had not been a set programme of government briefings for the PWC.
Localisation and adaptation of Hong Kong laws would top the agenda of a meeting with the PWC legal sub-group, said Acting Law Draftsman Tony Yen Yuen-ho.