China News Service, Hong Kong, February 3. The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Carrie Lam, posted a post on social platforms late at night on the 2nd, saying that the British government had violated its promises and actually had its economic interests considered.
The British government has violated its promise by providing Hong Kong citizens holding BN(O) passports with a path to residency and naturalization in the UK. The central government has taken countermeasures and no longer recognizes BN(O) passports as valid travel documents. Or proof of identity.
Carrie Lam said that the SAR government immediately cooperated with the central government's countermeasures.
The British side this time pretending to be perfidious, in fact it has its economic interests in mind.
Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor pointed out that Hong Kong has always been an important source of foreign investment in the UK. According to the figures available, the UK ranks sixth in Hong Kong’s outbound investment rankings. As of the end of 2019, the investment amount reached 280 billion Hong Kong dollars; and Hong Kong ranked in 2018. The 12th place in the source of foreign capital in the UK.
She said that British real estate developers also clearly regard Hong Kong people as their main sales targets.
In the main newspapers of the past two weeks, there were as many as 20 advertisements about real estate in the UK.
There are a few Hong Kong entrepreneurs I know who own entire commercial buildings in London. These are real economic benefits.
Carrie Lam said that Hong Kong and the United Kingdom have long-term business cooperation, and Hong Kong and London are international financial centers. He visited the United Kingdom shortly after taking office in 2017 to open up more room for cooperation.
"This is the right way for our own economic development, not political packaging, full of perverted reasons, or even violation of promises, to escort economic purposes."