Hong Kong task force holds "very friendly" talks in Beijing.

(From BBC Monitoring International Reports)

February

The Hong Kong task force on constitutional reform has held talks with officials at the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office in Beijing. The team was led by the chief secretary for administration, Donald Tsang. James Pomphret [phonetic] reports from the capital.

[Pomphret] The chief secretary and his task force met this morning for three hours with the deputy director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office, Xu Ze. Mr Tsang said Mr Xu had agreed to first look at the principles and procedures for constitutional …