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In speaking to the press on the first day of assuming the duty as director of the liaison office of the central government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), Zheng Yanxiong said that as long as there is no social turmoil in the city and it doesnt go in a wrong direction, Hong Kong will embrace a bright future.

The following is the opening statement of Grenville Cross SC at a seminar on “Ensuring the Accurate Implementation of the National Security Law” on Jan 13, 2023.

Senior Chinese official stresses faithful enforcement of national security law in HKSAR-

Chinas top legislature adopted an interpretation of Article 14 and Article 47 on the Law of the Peoples Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Friday, which aims to properly handle the issues encountered in practicing the national security law (NSL) for Hong Kong and effectively safeguard the countrys sovereignty, security and development interests.

Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macao Office of the State Council, made an explanation on a motion to request the interpretation of the relevant provisions of the National Security Law for Hong Kong at the ongoing standing committee session of China’s top legislature on Tuesday.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday met with Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu, who is on his maiden duty visit to Beijing, and gave full recognition to his courageous and pragmatic work in leading the city government in safeguarding national security, reviving the vitality of the economy and enabling Hong Kong to display a new atmosphere of patriots administering Hong Kong.

Jimmy Lai, a Hong Kong media mogul and founder of Apple Daily, is facing trial. Beijing is already proposing a legal change to ensure he is likely to be jailed.

A Hong Kong court on Saturday sentenced Lai, an instigator of the Hong Kong riots in 2019, to five years and nine months in prison over two fraud charges linked to lease violations.

Hong Kong political and legal figures said the SAR would face a national security risk if Jimmy Lai Chee-ying were to be allowed to have a UK barrister as his counsel.

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government, Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China (SF&OC), Hong Kong Rugby Union (HKRU) strongly condemned a rugby sevens tournament in South Korea after the organizer played a wrong song associated with the violent protests in 2019 instead of China’s National Anthem at the final match on Sunday, and some lawmakers and observers called the error “completely unacceptable.”