He added that "we understand that the Holy See is entertaining a dialogue with the government in Beijing, and it is normal that there are also people against this. We trust in our Lord. Fifty years ago, the door between the Vatican and Beijing was shut, and now we are struggling to find a very narrow opening."
Bishop Yeung concluded that he does not know "where the agreement will take us," but he believes that "God will take us on the right way. There have been mistakes, and perhaps there will be others. We are human. But our Lord will guide us."
Bishop Yeung said that one of the topics of discussion with Vatican officials during the ad limina was the potential registration of a Catholic university of Hong Kong.
At the moment, the Caritas Institute for Higher Education has been established, and counts some 2,000 students. In 2014, it was announced that the school aims to be recognized as a university by education officials within five years.
Once the recognition will be finalized, it will be named "St. Francis University."
According to Bishop Yeung, the Chinese government has an interest in accrediting a Catholic university in Hong Kong because of the "one country, two systems" principle which articulates the autonomous relationship between the territory and mainland China.
"We can have our way of doing things," the bishop explained. "I think Hong Kong can be very important for China, as it is its open window to the world. If the central government were to shut down everything in Hong Kong, it would prove that the principle 'one country, two systems' cannot work."
Andrea Gagliarducci is an Italian journalist for Catholic News Agency and Vatican analyst for ACI Stampa. He is a contributor to the National Catholic Register.