The Government will issue a consultation document on expanding political appointments, for example, by creating a small number of new positions of assistant to Director of Bureau, the Constitutional Affairs Bureau says.

These appointments can include people with political party, professional, academic and other backgrounds, it added.

In response to lawmaker James Tien's Letter to Hong Kong broadcast on RTHK today, the bureau said the Government has arrangements in place to involve members of major political parties in policy making through appointing lawmakers who belong to major political parties and groupings to the Executive Council.

The system of political appointment of Principal Officials also allows people with political backgrounds to join the Government.