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Hong Kong is ‘gaping gap’ in China’s nationwide safety, metropolis’s head says, aiming to revive political system ‘from chaos’
Chief Government Carrie Lam on Wednesday praised Hong Kong’s nationwide safety legislation and mentioned that the town’s pressing precedence is bringing normalcy again to the political system after months of unrest.
In an annual coverage tackle to the semi-autonomous metropolis’s Legislative Council, Lam mentioned that Hong Kong has turn into a “gaping gap” in nationwide safety, presenting vital dangers to China, however the metropolis’s new nationwide safety legislation has been “remarkably efficient” in restoring stability.
One among our pressing priorities is to revive Hong Kong’s constitutional order and political system from chaos.
“After a yr of social unrest with worry for private security, Hong Kong folks can as soon as once more take pleasure in their primary rights and freedoms,” Lam mentioned, in her fourth coverage tackle, her longest.
She additionally famous that “advocacies of Hong Kong independence and collusions with exterior forces have progressively subsided, a number of the outstanding figures have saved a low profile, radical organizations have ceased operations or dissolved.”
The nationwide safety legislation was launched by Beijing in June, after months of anti-government protests within the metropolis.
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Lam additionally accused overseas governments and legislatures of intensifying their interference “in Hong Kong’s affairs, that are squarely China’s inside affairs, severely jeopardizing our nation’s safety.”
Hong Kong’s authorities will introduce packages to coach youth, who had been on the frontlines of final yr’s demonstrations, about respecting China’s nationwide symbols.
Lam’s tackle was postponed by greater than a month as she sought Beijing’s help for financial measures aimed toward reviving the finance hub’s financial system. Based on Lam, her speech “manifests the central authorities’s staunch help” for Hong Kong.
Lam’s tackle final yr was halted by demonstrations, however there have been no protests this time. All opposition lawmakers resigned earlier this month after Beijing allowed the native authorities to disqualify legislators.
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