Chinese President Hu Jintao
met in Beijing Friday afternoon with Donald Tsang who had just
taken oath of office as the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region (HKSAR).
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President Hu extended his congratulations on Tsang's assumption of
the office as the Chief Executive of the HKSAR.
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Hu said Donald Tsang was smoothly elected the new Chief Executive
of the HKSAR by winning the nomination by 714 members of the
Election Committee in the by-election of the HKSAR Chief Executive
and was officially appointed the new HKSAR Chief Executive by the
central government. "All this demonstrates the acknowledgment and
support to Donald Tsang from all strata of Hong Kong society, as
well as the central government's high trust and expectation for
him."
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Hu expressed the hope that Donald Tsang could live up to great
expectations, consistently abide by his duty and work hard and
diligently, so as to make new contributions for Hong Kong's
prosperity, stability and development.
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Tsang said he was excited and felt greatly honored to be appointed
as the new Chief Executive of the HKSAR by the central
government.
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He said it was his long aspiration to do something for the
motherland and Hong Kong and he is all the more convinced that the
cause of "One Country, Two Systems" is a great success.
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In next two years, Tsang said that he will try his best to perform
his duty well and make Hong Kong still more harmonious, prosperous
and full of vim and vigor.
(Xinhua News Agency June 25, 2005)