news Taiwan-Hong Kong ties in jeopardy over work permits Lawrence Chung [email protected] Chiu Chui-cheng, vice-chairman of the Mainland Affairs Council, says the eight Taiwanese officials in Hong Kong will continue working as long as they can. Photo: CNA Taiwan-Hong Kong relations might revert to basic interactions as was the case decades ago because of problems with the renewal of the work permits needed by officials to work in each other's jurisdiction, observers said. The two sides have been in a long-running dispute over Hong Kong's refusal to send local man Chan Tong-kai, who is suspected of murdering his girlfriend during a 2018 visit to Taiwan to stand trial on the island.