No change in HK, Macao status, official says

The central government's policies on Hong Kong and Macao will remain unchanged "beyond all doubt", a senior official said on Friday in response to concerns over the omission of some routine terms from the Government Work Report.

Delivering the report at the first session of the 13th National People's Congress on Monday, Premier Li Keqiang said the central government would continue to uphold the "one country, two systems" principle.

However, he did not use the routine terms "Hong Kong people governing Hong Kong", "Macao people governing Macao" or "high degree of autonomy" when speaking about the two special administrative regions.