Hong Kong (AsiaNews/Agencies) – Former Hong Kong chief secretary Anson Chan Fang On-sang and her core group's 44-page proposal on political reform was omitted from the appendix of the government's green paper - the document which sets out options for universal suffrage in Hong Kong - because the government said it was "voluminous".
A spokesman for the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau confirmed that " voluminous submissions are included on the website and hard copies deposited at the District Offices for members of the public to refer to”.
Anson Chan, has not commented on the move, but civil rights activists say they “refuse to believe” the reasons put forward by government officials who tend to “discriminate” against some democratic movements.
Wednesday last 3 appendixes to the “green paper” were published: two of these include 323 opinions published between 2004 to date, while the third contains a summary of the different points of view on material elaborated by the Commission for Strategic Development.