Spotlight: Postponement of HKSAR LegCo election protects people`s welfare: Hong Kong legal professionals
(WorldNews China)

HONG KONG, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- Legal professionals and organizations in Hong Kong said on Sunday that there is sufficient legal basis to postpone the 2020 Legislative Council (LegCo) election of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) for one year, which will better safeguard the health and well-being of Hong Kong residents. Maria Tam Wai-chu, deputy director of the HKSAR Basic Law Committee under the National People`s Congress Standing Committee, said that when dozens of countries and regions around the world have postponed elections, the HKSAR government`s decision to put off the...