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Contrary to foreign popular opinion, the Hong Kong public and media remain critical of government matters, from waste charging to the ‘Night Vibes’ campaign.

Safeguarding National Security Ordinance has prompted concerns from some foreign investors over its possible implications, even as officials stress its stabilising impact.

Dick Lee, who headed force between 2003 and 2007, tells police youth group modern Chinese history vital to understanding need for national security.

From Biden’s State of the Union and TikTok to fury over Hong Kong’s security law and anger over a possible TikTok ‘ban’, here are a few highlights from the SCMP’s overseas correspondents from March 2024

China’s foreign ministry arm in Hong Kong sends second letter to The Wall Street Journal biting back after editorial criticises domestic national security law.

Chief Secretary Eric Chan says overseas officials and business figures ‘must welcome’ domestic national security legislation after ‘no one raised issue’ at international conference.

Former Basic Law Committee vice-chair Maria Tam also says new rules under Article 23 legislation ‘are not punitive measures’.

Hong Kong authorities have time and again failed to implement the scheme and the reason is clear: the average person has yet to be convinced of its viability.

Chris Tang maintains two security laws in Hong Kong target ‘with precision’ perpetrators of acts endangering safety in the city.

Chief Executive John Lee says training must be strengthened to ‘resist espionage activities and the infiltration of intelligence units from various countries’.