THE Preliminary Working Committee (PWC) came under fire yesterday for its sudden cancellation of a meeting with the liberal Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood (ADPL).
As part of the agenda of the PWC's 10 days of meetings in Hong Kong, invitations have been extended to a number of political groups, with the exception of the United Democrats, whose leaders China considers subversive.
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The meeting with the ADPL was cancelled at the last minute.
Mr Wang said that the PWC, of which he is a member, had a tight schedule in Hong Kong, and the ADPL had held a meeting with him last month in Beijing.
ADPL chairman Frederick Fung Kin-kee, recently appointed a Hong Kong affairs adviser, yesterday rejected the reasoning.
''If they cannot spare time, why did they agree to the arrangement in the first place?'' Mr Fung asked.