Fight against HK separatism urged

Fighting against "Hong Kong independence" is one of the most important missions of the central government's liaison office in the city, the office's chief said on Tuesday.

Wang Zhimin, director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, made the statement in the Chinese language Bauhinia Magazine.

The article came out after a separatist contender was disqualified by the city's election authorities from standing in the city's Legislative Council by-election on the grounds that her behavior failed to uphold the Basic Law - Hong Kong's constitutional document.