No penalties in national security law guidelines for Hong Kong civil servants: Chris Tang
Secretary for Security Chris Tang says the point of the guidelines is to aid colleagues in executing their jobs
New national security law guidelines for Hong Kong’s civil servants will not include penalties for non-compliance, the security chief has revealed, saying the goal is to help employees implement the legislation in detail in their daily work.
Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung said on Monday that the guidelines laid out in this year’s policy address would specify how civil servants should fully abide by the two sets of legislation and explain their relevance in lay terms and examples.
“The point of having the guidelines is to aid colleagues in executing their jobs. Our aim is not to penalise [them], that is not our policy goal. Our policy goal is to help colleagues to better implement [the national security laws],” Tang said.
The Security Bureau was given the job in the policy address of issuing the document in the first half of next year.
Tang said the guidelines would elaborate on how civil servants could promote 20 aspects of national security laid out by President Xi Jinping in their daily duties.
As an example, Tang said civil servants should consider the risk of sanctions when making purchases and how that might affect them performing their duties.
