2024 RT Amination Banner.gif

China Daily

News> Hong Kong> Content
Wednesday, July 01, 2020, 18:07
CE: National security law shows central government's trust in HK
By China Daily
Wednesday, July 01, 2020, 18:07 By China Daily

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor holds a press conference on the newly enacted national security law in Hong Kong, July 1, 2020. (CALVIN NG/CHINA DAILY)

HONG KONG  - The law on safeguarding national security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) reflects the central government's commitment to "one country, two systems" and its high degree of trust in the HKSAR, HKSAR Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said on Wednesday.

READ MORE: Liaison Office director: Security law a 'guardian' for HK residents

The central government's high level of trust in Hong Kong is reflected as the SAR government remains the main law enforcement body, Lam said

The enactment of the law at the state level shows that the central government is determined to restore stability in Hong Kong after escalating violence and riots since June last year, and to protect the vast majority of law-abiding Hong Kong residents from the minority who attempt to undermine national security, Lam said at a press conference on Wednesday afternoon.

It also shows that the central government is determined to adhere to and better implement "one country, two systems", a principle underlying Hong Kong's stability and prosperity since the HKSAR was established 23 years ago, she said.

Through the promulgation of the national security law, the central government adhered to the implementation of “one country, two systems” while making long-overdue improvements in some “imperfections” in the city’s legal system and mechanism to safeguard national security, Lam said.

The central government's high level of trust in Hong Kong is reflected as the SAR government remains the main law enforcement body, Lam said.

FULL TEXT: Law on safeguarding national security in HKSAR

National security is pertinent to the interest of the 1.4 billion Chinese people, and it may involve complicated international issues that the special administrative region might not be able to handle, Lam said. Thus, the central government retains jurisdiction in certain circumstances, she said.

The SAR government will carry out the national security law properly to live up to this trust, she said.

With Xinhua inputs

Share this story

CHINA DAILY
HONG KONG NEWS
OPEN
Please click in the upper right corner to open it in your browser !