New Taiwan-HK office to run HK aid project: MACBy Jake Chung and Dennis Xie / Staff writers, with CNAThe government’s Hong Kong Humanitarian Aid project is to be implemented through a Taiwan-Hong Kong Interaction Office, which is to begin operations on July 1, Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Minister Chen Ming-tong (陳明通) said yesterday. The aid plan has been anticipated since China’s National People’s Congress last month endorsed national security legislation for Hong Kong, despite Beijing’s past promise that the territory would remain autonomous until 2047. The office is to render humanitarian aid to Hong Kongers, while complying with Taiwan’s laws and upholding national security, he said. The project’s implementation fully embodies the government’s support of Hong Kongers’ efforts to uphold human rights and defend the values of democracy, and its goodwill toward them, he said. President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) yesterday also reaffirmed her commitment to support Hong Kongers.

Source: Taipei Times June 18, 2020 15:56 UTC