Hong Kong National Security Legislation Corner

香港問題早已不光是香港自身的問題，它已是美國要開闢的一個遏制中國崛起的戰場。

The National People’s Congress in China has today adopted a resolution paving the way for a new national security law to apply to Hong Kong.

China has proposed a national security law for Hong Kong, which quickly caused great reactions in HK society. What is the legitimacy of this law? Why is it necessary for the city? How to make sure that it will not become a vacant shell？

A decision concerning the enforcement of national security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is on the agenda of the 3rd session of the 13th National People’s Congress (NPC), which began on May 22.

北京以全國性法律《國安法》直接放進《基本法》附件三，不少人覺得非常突然，其實早前跡象並不少，筆者月前也曾撰文警告，但主流輿論始終見樹不見林。

The National People’s Congress (NPC) is currently deliberating a draft decision (“Draft Decision”) aimed at authorizing the Standing Committee of the NPC (“NPCSC”) to formulate laws (“HK National Security Law”) to penalise acts of secession, subverting state power, organising and carrying out terrorist activities and other behaviours that seriously endanger national security, as well as activities interfering with the HKSAR's internal affairs by foreign or external forces.

Beijing's plan to introduce a hugely controversial national security law in Hong Kong has sparked widespread fears over its potential impact on the city's much cherished freedoms.

《基本法》第23條立法問題纏繞多年懸而未決，剛召開的全國人大會議突然宣布審議授權人大常委親自制訂「港版國安法」的草案，為本來就不平靜的香港投下一枚「超級震撼彈」。