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| Senator Zubiri (in blue) meets with CE Lee as Hui (right) listens in |
Hong Kong’s Chief Executive John Lee met with the visiting Senate President of the Philippines, Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri on Saturday, May 27, “to discuss matters of common interest.”
A brief story on
the meeting, which was published in the Hong Kong government website, said also
present was Hong Kong’s Secretary for Financial Services, Christopher Hui.
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There was,
however, no counterpart statement or report on the talks from the Philippine
government or media.
The latest
stories on Zubiri in Philippine media were about his statement of support for
the modernization of the Philippine Armed Forces and an appeal for the local
press to “beautify” the country’s image after the UNHCR called out the
government for its war on drugs and the killing of journalists.
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Zubiri even
challenged the press to do their reporting from China if they wanted to
experience the “chilling effect” of state control over the media.
HK’s press
statement said that during the meeting CE Lee highlighted the close exchanges
and cooperation that Hong Kong and the Philippines have maintained in various
fields such as trade, investment, and finance.
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Lee was reported
to have encouraged more Philippine enterprises and talent to develop in Hong
Kong, and use the city as a jump-off point for expanding into Mainland markets,
particularly in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
The statement
said the meeting highlighted the importance of increased cooperation between
the two countries.
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Further, CE Lee thanked
the Philippines for supporting Hong Kong’s bid for early accession to the
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, a free trade agreement
between the 10 Asean member states and five of its dialogue partners: China,
Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand.
Getting into the
RCEP would allow Hong Kong to further
enhance its position as a gateway to the Mainland and Asean markets.
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The RCEP is the
world’s largest regional trade agreement, covering a population of 2.2 billion
people and a combined GDP of US$26.2 trillion.
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