Beijing urges Hong Kong to bring in more governance talent with integrity, competence

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Beijing’s Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office is urging Hong Kong to improve how it develops, appoints, and manages governance personnel, emphasizing integrity and competence. The commentary links the city’s ability to develop and open up with safeguarding national security.

Beijing’s office overseeing Hong Kong affairs has called on the city to improve its systems for nurturing, appointing and managing governance talent as a way to bring in more personnel with integrity and competence into the governing team. In a commentary, the theoretical study group of the State Council’s Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office (HKMAO) stressed that the city would only enjoy more room to open up and develop when national security was firmly safeguarded. It urged greater attention to...