After the "Hong Kong National Security Law" was implemented in Hong Kong at the end of June 2020, the government allocated 8 billion yuan in December of the same year as national security expenditure "for the next few years".
According to the requirements of the National Security Law, the Financial Secretary is required to submit a management report to the Legislative Council every year.
The government released a report on the control and management of special funds for maintaining national security spending in 2021 on the 13th, and the report was very similar to the previous year's content, also only 3 pages.
Wong Chun-seok, a member of the accounting sector of the Legislative Council of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong, who once thought that the report lacked details and suggested that it be possible for members to discuss behind closed doors, only said that he had not added anything when receiving an inquiry yesterday (15th).
The new report on national security spending management is similar to last year's report.
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The reporter of "Hong Kong 01" compared the 2020 and 2021 reports and found that the contents of the two are the same.
The background contained on page 1 has not changed.
Page 2 has only minor changes in wording and paragraph order, such as changing point 8 in the 2020 annual report directly to point 6 in the 2021 annual report.
In point 4 of the 2020 annual report, it explained that funding arrangements were strictly in accordance with the relevant provisions of the National Security Law, and point 5, after the budget was approved, a special fund of 8 billion yuan was allocated from the general government revenue in December 2020. The two paragraphs were merged into Point 4 of the 2021 report, but the wording has not changed.
A new report has benefits, no specific figures
The biggest difference between the two reports is the publication of the new report. Although the Hong Kong government did not inject new capital during the reporting period, it had deposit interest as new income, but the actual figure of deposit income was not listed.
Legislative Council member Wong Chun-Suk said at the Legislative Council Accounting Election Forum last year, "8 billion is only three pages, which is absolutely unacceptable." He later suggested that the government should provide more details to members, including staffing, number of cases, etc. Considering that the national security expenditure is classified information, Huang Junshuo proposed that it should be limited to members' reading and closed-door discussion.
"Hong Kong 01" yesterday asked Huang Junshuo about the new report, and asked if any members have followed up the report so far, their views on the report, and whether any members have raised questions about the report two days after it was published. He said: "No supplement."
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