NPC asked to decide HK council term

The duration of the current term of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region should be extended by one year during the “vacuum period “resulting from the postponed election originally scheduled for Thursday, Tam Yiu-chung, a member of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, suggested on Monday.

A solid legal basis is needed, and that’s why the HKSAR government has asked the NPC Standing Committee, China’s top legislature, through the central government, to endorse the transition proposal. The NPC Standing Commitee’s rulings are not subject to legal challenges in Hong Kong, he said in a one-on-one interview with China Daily.