Separate interviews were conducted on Hong Kong TV with Lu Ping , director of the Hong Kong and the Joint Liaison Group of the Joint Liaison Group and with Hong Kong Governor Lu Ping . This way, the chief executive or other chief officials can look for someone at an early stage to succeed him, so that the government's operation will not be affected or come to a stop. Both gentlemen tended to fault the other for lack of cooperation. Lu Ping promotes the Preliminary Working Group and asserts that Patten has closed the door on Hong Kong civil servants meeting with the PWG . Patten says that the PWG is China 's creation and that the Preliminary Working Group is the treaty established forum. Points of contention have been the Hong Kong airport construction and the Preliminary Working Group .
Separate interviews were conducted on Hong Kong TV with Lu Ping , director of the Hong Kong and the Joint Liaison Group of the Joint Liaison Group and with Hong Kong Governor Lu Ping . Both gentlemen tended to fault the other for lack of cooperation. Lu Ping promotes the Preliminary Working Group and asserts that Patten has closed the door on Hong Kong civil servants meeting with the PWG . Patten says that the PWG is China 's creation and that the Preliminary Working Group is the treaty established forum. Points of contention have been the Hong Kong airport construction and the Preliminary Working Group .