COUNCILS CLASH: The Mainland Affairs Council said a new office in Hong Kong is to assist people with issues related to investment, study and employment in Taiwan

Taipei Times
Date: Jun 28, 2020
By: Chung Li-hua and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writer

The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) yesterday denied an accusation by the Hong Kong-Taiwan Economic and Cultural Co-operation and Promotion Council that its Taiwanese counterpart in the territory was “interfering with Hong Kong’s internal affairs.”

The Hong Kong council leveled the accusation after Taipei’s Taiwan-Hong Kong Economic and Cultural Co-operation Council this month announced it would establish a Taiwan-Hong Kong Services and Exchanges Office in the territory to facilitate humanitarian aid for Hong Kongers.

The new office is scheduled to begin operations on Wednesday.

The MAC yesterday asked the Hong Kong council to “not misinterpret” the government’s intentions.    [FULL  STORY]