HONG KONG - The powers of district councillors in choosing Hong Kong's leader should be scrapped, according to discussions hosted by the top Beijing official handling Hong Kong and Macau affairs during a two-day symposium that started on Sunday (Feb 28).

The need to scrap the Election Committee seats of more than 100 members of the district council in the Special First Committee was discussed at the forum in Shenzhen, said Mrs Rita Fan, former president of the city's Legislative Council (Legco), on Radio Hong Kong.