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Thankfully, Hong Kong authorities recognise the healthy development of the media industry and its consumers is the way to go, not legislation that is difficult to draft and inevitably restricts press freedom.
Lee says some media practitioners and outlets are already ‘refuting or correcting’ misinformation.
Domestic law’s first 30 days in effect marked by relative calm compared with Beijing-decreed national security law, which led to 15 individuals detained in first month.
Secretary for Justice Paul Lam says government can invite more people to Hong Kong to assuage any fears about the city’s legal system.
Commissioner’s office of China’s Foreign Ministry in Hong Kong says ‘double standards’ over security laws ‘are extremely hypocritical’.