Hong Kong: Chief Executive of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Carrie Lam on Wednesday vowed to continue promoting education on national security, while hailing the city’s return to the “right path.”
“Hong Kong has returned to the right path of the ‘One Country, Two Systems’ principle,” Lam said during her 2021 policy address at a Legislative Council meeting in an apparent reference to the months-long social unrest that broke out in mid-2019. “But we shall bear in mind that this situation is not easy to achieve.”
“Hongkongers need to understand One Country, Two Systems more, and be proud of their Chinese identity.” The address marks the fifth of its kind since Lam took office in July 2017.
According to Lam, officials from different departments will continue to look into safeguarding national security via new legislation.
They will strengthen their work on the prevention of terrorist activities, she said.
She pointed out that the government will further implement ways to raise national security awareness among Hong Kong residents. A temporary civil service academy will be established soon, while a permanent one will be set up in Kwun Tong, she added.
She also called on the relevant departments to strengthen public education on the city’s laws.
Lam revealed that she had told the education minister that she could offer a personal lesson to teachers to give them “a better grasp of the constitutional status, powers and functions” of the Chief Executive under the One Country, Two Systems principle.
–The Daily Mail-CGTN
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