Critics of CK Hutchison over a deal to sell its ports - including two at the Panama Canal - should "calm down," a senior lawmaker said.

HONG KONG (Reuters) -Shares of CK Hutchison <0001.HK> fell as much as 4.7% on Monday after China state media criticised the Hong Kong conglomerate's Panama port deal and sources said the deal, which was expected to be signed on April 2,

Hong Kong Executive Council member Jeffrey Lam Kin-fung has called on the public to refrain from criticising Li Ka-shing’s CK Hutchison Holdings planned sale of two Panama ports, saying that many who commented had not even read the terms of the deal.