He said Hong Kong and central government authorities have shown "considerable restraint" in handling the violence of the demonstrators, whose actions, he said, would not have been tolerated in the Western countries that somehow champion them.
He said he expected that China’s GDP growth target for 2018, expected to come out in March, could be unchanged from that for this year, which is around 6.5 percent.
He predicted that the additional expenditure on relief is expected to plunge the government into the red for the first time in 15 years. The projected budget deficit would limit the flexibility of using fiscal measures to cope with an economic recession in the longer term, Chan added.
He said that Chen has shown that Chinese Americans, including immigrants, can win by standing up and speaking out for their rights.
He said Hong Kong investors are in a position to provide some of the expertise and funding that can make Kenya's vision 2030 a reality.
He said authorities should make "a distinction between those who need cars, be it for work or family commitments, and those who just want more cars as a status symbol".
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He said that 47 Chinese and foreign airlines currently have regular flights from China to 61 destinations in 40 countries.
He said at least 100,000 companies filed for bankruptcy from February to mid-March, quoting figures from Tianyancha, a Chinese corporate information provider.
He said China attaches great importance to relations with the ROK and is ready to work with the ROK to maintain the original intention of establishing diplomatic relations and take full account of the well-being of the two peoples.
He said that patrols will be stepped up at the department's venues on Oct 1 and 2 to deal with any irregularities like littering, wax burning, throwing objects onto trees and flying sky lanterns.