HARDtalk
with Ma
Lik, Secretary General of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment
of Hong Kong
On
BBC News 24's HARDtalk tonight (Thursday 25 September) Tim Sebastian
talks to Ma Lik, Secretary General of the Democratic Alliance for
the Betterment of Hong Kong.
The
Government in Hong Kong has withdrawn its anti-subversion bill,
two months after the biggest popular protest since the territory's
handover to Chinese sovereignty in 1997.
Chief
executive Tung Chee-hwa says the government will not introduce a
new version of the legislation until more public consultations are
held.
How
damaging has the back-down been to Beijing? Ma Lik is the Secretary
General of Hong Kong's biggest pro-Beijing party, the Democratic
Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong.
Why
did he push for a postponement of the legislation after the protests
and why does he think it will take years before the bill is re-introduced?
He
talks to Tim Sebastian on HARDtalk on BBC News 24 at 11.30pm.
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