China’s ‘Greater Bay Area’ plan will not compromise Hong Kong’s judicial independence, city leader Carrie Lam says
At meeting of leaders from pan-Pearl River Delta, chief executive also extols virtues of soon-to-open high-speed rail line to mainland
Hong Kong’s leader said on Wednesday the city’s judicial independence and other strengths would not be compromised under Beijing’s plan to integrate it and its neighbours into a dynamic economic hub.
Lam made the remarks as she visited Guangzhou to attend a series of meetings. She was at the opening of a high-ranking regional forum alongside top officials from the pan-Pearl River Delta – an area encompassing Hong Kong, Macau, Guangdong province and eight other mainland provinces or regions in southern and southwestern China.
The regional forum has been organised every year, or every other year, since 2004. Mainland officials who attended the opening ceremony this year included Guangdong party chief Li Xi and governor Ma Xingrui.
