HK independence talk 'intolerable'

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's government reiterated on Monday that the notion of Hong Kong independence is intolerable and impractical as "the SAR is an inseparable part of the country".

The government's Chief Secretary for Administration Matthew Cheung Kin-chung and Secretary for Education Kevin Yeung Yun-hung made the remarks in response to recent social media discussion of pro-independence calls made by some university student union leaders during orientation activities.

Cheung, the city's No 2 official, emphasized that there is no room for such advocacy, which calls for the secession of the SAR from the country.