MAC spokesperson Kao Koong-lian adds that all three parties--Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the PRC--share the desire that Hong Kong remain prosperous, and believe that the stable development of Hong Kong-Taiwan relations will be beneficial to the prosperity of the whole region. Thus they believe that Tung's selection--and with it his own expectations for a stable transition and securing a high level of autonomy for Hong Kong--will be helpful to relations between the three areas.
陸委會發言人高孔廉進一步指出，香港持續的繁榮是兩岸三地共同的期望，而台港關係的穩定發展更有利於整體地區的繁榮，因而相信董建華的當選和其對平穩過渡及確保香港高度自治的自我期許，將有助於台港及兩岸關係的成長。