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Article 23 ︱ Lin Zheng criticizes the past government to cover up: it is reasonable to legislate, but it is not practical to pass this term

2021-10-07T05:33:01.168Z


Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor announced the last "Policy Address" during his term of office and mentioned that he would actively promote local legislative work under Article 23 of the Basic Law. She pointed out at the press conference in the afternoon that since 2003, several governments have encountered this


Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor announced the last "Policy Address" during his term of office and mentioned that he would actively promote local legislative work under Article 23 of the Basic Law.

She pointed out at the press conference in the afternoon that since 2003, several governments have encountered this issue. They have been "concealed, because I will not do it during my tenure, so it is not!"


She emphasized that she would be confident. To do so, when conducting public consultations on legislation in the future, it is necessary to avoid recurring the situation that was discredited during the previous year’s amendment, and reiterate that it is impossible to complete it during the term of the current government. It is unrealistic to think otherwise.


Tan Yaozong is expected to be completed in the first half of next year

Tan Yaozong, a member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, recently stated that the legislation on Article 23 of the Basic Law will be completed in the first half of next year.

He said that the "Hong Kong National Security Law" has been implemented and has become the basis for the legislation of Article 23. The current session of the Legislative Council does not have enough time to complete the relevant work, but the new term will have a few months in the first half of next year. Finish the work.

He said that he had not discussed with the Secretary for Security, and simply estimated when he could do it.

Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said at the press conference that the anti-amendment incident the year before reflected that there would be chaos in Hong Kong without the protection of the National Security Law, which would pose a risk to Hong Kong, the country, and even 1.4 billion people, so her team would no longer treat 23 Articles of legislation adopt an ambiguous or evasive attitude, and they will be taken for granted and confidently promoted, repeatedly reaffirming the constitutional responsibility.

Article 23 legislation will conduct public consultation

Lam also pointed out that Article 23 of the legislation requires accuracy, and the work is not simple, because according to the Basic Law, the maintenance of national security must contain 7 crimes, while the National Security Law involves 4 crimes. Local laws such as the Societies Ordinance and Criminal Ordinance also have related crimes. Therefore, there is a lot of preparation and research. The entire legislative work will include amending existing regulations and submitting new bills.

According to the current legislative timetable, Lam Cheng stated that the next term of the Legislative Council will be completed, but the process includes public consultation, so it is difficult to complete it during her remaining few months in office.

As for the specific passage time, it depends very much on the consultation and drafting speed. She expressly hoped that it would be passed at an earlier session, and denied shirking responsibility. Decisiveness may not be possible."

And it’s not to shirk responsibility. Sometimes I hear it’s strange. As long as I sit down and look at the next timetable, I know that there is a lot of and serious work that is unlikely to happen in 7 or 8 months. In the future, 7 or 8 months A lot of things happened during the eight months, because the change of government happened many times, and there was a lot of things happening during the 25th anniversary of the (return).

If anyone agrees, the current government can complete the Article 23 legislation before June 30, which seems to be unrealistic.

Chief Executive Carrie Lam

Lam Cheng said that he would strive to submit proposals for public discussion as soon as possible, emphasizing that in addition to drafting legislation and consulting work, public propaganda is also important, and it is necessary to avoid recurrence of amendments that "ridicule, slander, and deceive people."

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