A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Thursday refuted a statement by the "Five Eyes" intelligence alliance over China's decision to disqualify certain Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Legislative Council (LegCo) members.

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government runs a fiscal deficit of 37.8 billion Hong Kong dollars (about 4.85 billion U.S. dollars) in 2019-2020, the first time for Hong Kong over the past 15 years, the HKSAR government's Financial Secretary Paul Chan said on Wednesday.