'We have to reach out and be prepared that there will be minority views'
The government was wrong, Mr Tsang said during the interview, in failing to take into account differing views over demolition of the Star Ferry pier in Central, a row that has prompted a rethink on the city's consultative mechanism.
It was unfortunate that opposing views had not come up in the early stage of the consultation, Donald Tsang Yam-kuen said.
'They have come up at a time when we've already let out the contract ... There is credibility at stake. We have to preserve our credibility in the international bidding process,' he said.
Activists calling for the preservation of the pier staged a high-profile protest last month, as bulldozers moved in to tear down the structure and clock tower. 'The minority few who were featured in the reports were considered as secondary. We were wrong now with hindsight. We were wrong,' said Mr Tsang.
