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Lin Dingguo: Some outdated laws and regulations will be revised within this year

2023-01-04T05:22:49.487Z


Secretary for Justice Lam Ting-kwok said that 25 years after Hong Kong's return to the motherland, there are still some outdated and inapplicable laws that have not yet been revised. The situation is not ideal.


Secretary for Justice Lam Ting-kwok said that 25 years after Hong Kong's return to the motherland, there are still some outdated and inapplicable laws that have not yet been revised. The situation is not ideal. For the adaptation of laws, we will proactively work with relevant policy bureaux to study the easier ones first and then the more difficult ones. It is hoped that some of the adaptation work will be gradually completed within this year.


The Secretary for Justice, Lam Ting-kwok, said that some outdated laws and regulations will be amended this year.

(File photo/Photo by Liang Pengwei)

Lin Dingguo wrote an article for "Ta Kung Pao" and pointed out that in the process of studying the adaptation of laws and regulations, the problems encountered are more complicated than imagined, but the Department of Justice will definitely face up to the difficulties and make every effort to complete this important task as soon as possible.

A number of key major cases are being tried, and attacks from external forces may intensify

He emphasized that the most fundamental aspect of "keeping the law" is to firmly uphold Hong Kong's common law tradition and system.

As the only place in the country where common law is practiced, Hong Kong has unique advantages.

However, due to complex factors such as geopolitics, this unique advantage has also become the focus of attacks on Hong Kong by some Western countries and hostile forces. Hong Kong must not naively think that these malicious acts will decrease or stop. On the contrary, it must be prepared for possible intensification. Intensified attacks, especially this year there will be a number of key national security cases to be tried.

Both internally and externally, we must enhance our defense capabilities and counterattack.

Visited Europe and Southeast Asia to promote Hong Kong legal services

He also pointed out that some Western media and politicians have unfairly and maliciously criticized Hong Kong, and some people in the international community may have misunderstandings and doubts about the actual rule of law in Hong Kong. .

He said that this year he will take the initiative to go out and tell good stories about the rule of law and the legal system in Hong Kong. He is preparing to visit international legal organizations in Europe in the spring and promote Hong Kong's legal services in Southeast Asia.

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Source: hk1

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