FOREIGN government officials and experts have recently expressed their condemnation of the violence perpetrated by radical demonstrators in Hong Kong.

Mohammad Faisal, spokesperson of Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said Pakistan understands the actions taken by the Chinese central government and the HKSAR government to uphold national sovereignty and maintain Hong Kong’s prosperity and stability.

Hong Kong’s affairs are completely China’s domestic affairs, Faisal said, noting that all nations should abide by basic norms and international law to avoid interference.

Singapore’s Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Law Kasiviswanathan Shanmugam said during an interview with local media that there has been a breakdown of law and order, which any government will have to deal with.

Helen Sham-Ho, former deputy president of the Legislative Council of New South Wales in Australia, said Hong Kong is favored by tourists and investors as the Pearl of the Orient, but the current chaotic situation there is damaging its prosperity.

The continued chaos in Hong Kong, apparently created by anti-government protesters and encouraged by foreign influence, must be quickly stopped, Wilson Lee Flores, columnist of The Philippine Star newspaper, told Xinhua.

Strong measures should be taken as the chaos is not only bad for Hong Kong’s economy and tourism, but also disadvantageous for the prosperity of the East Asian region, as Hong Kong is an important finance and trade center, he said.

The deteriorating situation will not only bring no benefits to Hong Kong itself, but harm the surrounding regions and the world at large, warned Kim Jin-ho, a professor of politics and diplomacy at South Korea’s Dankook University.

“They should solve the problem through close communication and legal procedures, instead of using violence and illegal measures, which is really dangerous,” Kim said. “Dialogue and communication is the fundamental way to produce win-win outcomes.”

(Xinhua)