Political situation
Author: Sha Banshan
2020-07-08 20:18
Last update date: 2020-07-08 20:18The Provisional Headquarters of the Central Office for the Maintenance of National Security in Hong Kong was unveiled today (8th) at the Metropark Hotel Causeway Bay. For this reason, the very "low-key" fourth central station in Hong Kong opened a small corner of mystery.
Earlier than when the establishment of the National Security Agency was announced, the outside world once estimated that some floors of the PLA headquarters in Tamar Admiralty would be used as a temporary or permanent office. Intention.
A person familiar with the matter said that there is a "congenital deficiency" in the headquarters of the PLA troops stationed in Hong Kong, which is destined to fail to become the office location of the department with sensitive information.
Formerly the headquarters of the Tamar British Army in Hong Kong
The location of the PLA troops stationed in Hong Kong was the Tamar British Army headquarters in Hong Kong before the return. The building was named Prince of Wales Building before it was renamed. With the return in 1997, the British troops withdrew, and the PLA troops in Hong Kong also took over the base.
Due to legal procedures, the PLA station in Hong Kong was initially unable to use this building. It was not until the Legislative Council passed the 2000 Military Facilities Prohibited Zone (Amendment) Order in 2000 that it gradually arranged to move in and was renamed the PLA Station in Hong Kong in 2002. Troop building.
In 2005, the PLA troops stationed in Hong Kong found that there were bugs in the wall during the renovation, but the pre-examination failed to find out. (Profile picture)
Sensitive garrison departments also do not work at headquarters
However, this building later revealed major problems. According to rumors in political circles, in 2005, when the chief executive Tsang Yam-kuen discovered multiple bugs during the decoration of the Government House; in the same year, he also found bugs in the wall during the decoration of the PLA Force Building in Hong Kong.
This makes the relevant agencies extremely nervous, unable to ensure that the bugs have been completely removed after renovation and inspection, and even needs to adjust the department's office location to deal with it. People familiar with the matter said that the PLA troops stationed in Hong Kong would not allow departments with sensitive information to work in the building, for example, the staff and political departments all work in other locations (as for where they are transferred to, there is no official information available so far), There are actually many floors in the building that are empty.
The National Security Agency is the agency that handles national security, and the headquarters of the troops stationed in Hong Kong is eavesdropping at high risk. This is one of the main reasons why the National Security Agency prefers to use hotels as temporary bases.
The National Security Office uses Metropark Hotel Causeway Bay as its temporary headquarters. The news indicates that there is a chance to build a building as a permanent headquarters in the future. (Photo by Liang Pengwei)
The location of Metropark Hotel Causeway Bay cannot be known in advance
As for Metropark Hotel Causeway Bay, the building was rebuilt after the reunification. It is a property of Hong Kong China Travel Service Group. The risk of installing bugs during construction is low. Moreover, when choosing the headquarters, it was fully confidential, and it was not known to the outside world until a short time before the listing. Even if you were interested in installing the bug, it was not enough time. Compared with the garrison building, the risk of eavesdropping was lower.
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