President Hu Jintao said on Friday that the central government will continue to fully support Hong Kong and Macao in dealing with the challenges brought by the global financial crisis.

Hu made the remarks in his respective meetings in Beijing with Donald Tsang, chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), and Edmund Ho Hau-wah, chief executive of the Macao SAR. Tsang and Ho on Friday also met separately with Premier Wen Jiabao.

In the meeting with Tsang, Wen said the central government will implement 14 measures to help Hong Kong weather the financial storm.