Patriots-led governance vital for HK, says political adviser

Ensuring Hong Kong is administered by patriots is not only a requirement for the city to safeguard national interests, it will also boost its future development, said Ng Leung-ho, a Hong Kong businessman, who is also a national political adviser.

In a media interview in Beijing during the ongoing fourth session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference on Sunday, Ng said that Hong Kong's shift from chaos to order after the National Security Law's implementation showed that "patriots administering Hong Kong" is a key pre-condition of the smooth practice of "one country, two systems".

Ng said that upholding the principle is of vital importance of protecting the nation's sovereignty, security and development interests, and for the central government to exercise the overall jurisdiction over the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

The principle could also prevent the city from foreign forces' exploitation and maintain an orderly social environment, which will facilitate its further integration into national development to seek greater success, Ng added.

To implement the principle, Ng called for urgent improvement of Hong Kong's flawed electoral system, which he described as an institutional protection of the principle. He added that the principle should not only cover Hong Kong's administrative bodies, but also other fields key to Hong Kong's future, such as education.