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Taipei, April 7 (CNA) The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC), Taiwan's top government agency in charge of cross-Taiwan Strait affairs, on Friday defended its process of reviewing applications from Hong Kong district councilors who had applied to visit Taiwan but had not yet gotten approval.
The head of Hong Kong’s Taiwan exchange organization has arrived in Taiwan on personal business, although his expected visit to the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) has stoked speculation of a coming thaw in Taiwan-Hong Kong relations.
The MAC yesterday confirmed that Hong Kong-Taiwan Economic and Cultural Cooperation and Promotion Council (ECCPC) Chairman David Lie (李大壯) and his wife arrived in Taiwan on Tuesday to visit her parents.
It did not confirm reports that he plans to visit the council, but said it “welcomes Chairman Lie if he intends to visit.”
The ECCPC was founded in 2010 to represent the Hong Kong government