HONG KONG - Chief Secretary Eric Chan Kwok-ki highlighted the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's (HKSAR) long-term prosperity and stability on Monday in Geneva where the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) formally adopted the review report on China with a section devoted to the SAR.

At the UNHRC plenary meeting, Chan, the deputy head of China's delegation said "...with a highly efficient market, a clean government, a free flow of capital, talent, information and goods, as well as an international lifestyle, Hong Kong has everything it takes to be a world-class city."

China's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva Chen Xu led the delegation that included officials of the HKSAR government.  

The review report of the Working Group covers a total of 428 recommendations raised with China by the United Nations member states, including 24 pertaining to the HKSAR

The review report of the Working Group covers a total of 428 recommendations raised with China by the United Nations member states, including 24 pertaining to the HKSAR. The HKSAR government considered the pertinent recommendations and took a position on each of them for submission to the central government.

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A government spokesman said in a press release, "Throughout the review, many countries have spoken highly of China's human rights progress and fully acknowledged China's efforts and historic achievements in advancing and protecting human rights. The HKSAR Government has been steadfastly joining the country in the review. It has actively responded to the views and suggestions about the human rights situation of the HKSAR from some countries, and sternly rebutted the unfounded and untrue remarks from a small number of countries."

Chan had spoken at length about Hong Kong's human rights situation at a working group meeting in January this year and iterated on Monday how the SAR had fulfilled its constitutional duty to enact local legislation to safeguard national security. 

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"At the same time, we spare no efforts in fostering a caring and inclusive society. Through targeted policies, we continuously promote the welfare of the elderly, children and women, as well as the rights of local and imported workers alike," Chan said at the plenary meeting in Geneva on Monday.

Chan said the HKSAR government would continue to collaborate with all sectors of society to protect and promote human rights through security, development and co-operation, and "tell the international community good stories of the HKSAR's human rights situation in a reasoned and robust manner."

He stressed that the unique advantages of "one country, two systems" would help Hong Kong go from strength to strength as one of the world's best cities to live in.