HKMAO director tours community space designed to ease pressure on tenants of notorious subdivided homes on final day of inspection visit

Beijing’s point man on Hong Kong affairs has met district officers and toured a “community living room” on the final day of his inspection visit, the Post has learned.

Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office (HKMAO) director Xia Baolong spoke to the chairs of the city’s 18 district councils at the government headquarters in Admiralty on Sunday morning, according to sources.

He then headed to a community living room operated by the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals in To Kwa Wan at noon.

Beijing liaison office chief Zhou Ji, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu, and Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun Yuk-han were seen visiting the facility with him.