according to the rule of law index in 2022 by the world justice project, hong kong is ranked 22nd out of 140 jurisdictions in terms of rule of law, followed by spain at 23rd and the us at 26. so we have an independent judiciary that is well recognised around the world. so any prosecuted individuals are going to go through a fair trial. so if they in fact did commit a crime that is in regards to national security, they should be prosecuted. right, just a couple of points on that. obviously, the 2020 national security law was initiated in beijing, not in hong kong. you know that as well as i do. it also makes it much easier to extradite hong kong citizens into china. you know that, too. but leave that aside. i m just interested in the mindset here. alice mak, obviously another well known pro beijing politician in hong kong, she said last year, if hong kong is a police state, why not? i don t think there s any problem with a police state. do you agree? you asked me exactly the same
question in our last interview. exactly. but my point is that since then, you ve supported this expansion of the article 23 of the basic law with, as you ve just said, seven new offences. ijust wonder, this idea of hong kong becoming a police state, do you now embrace it? i think hong kong has always been a city where rule of law is being manifested, as i ve already cited. and so if anybody has broken the law, then they will be subject to a fair trial and if they are found guilty, they would be prosecuted. and that s just the legal process, although i find it interesting that you would use a word like police state or something like that just because. .. as you know, they weren t my words. as you pointed out, we ve discussed this before. they were alice mak s words. someone was asking her the question, and she was like. and she was just answering to that question. so that was obviously the wording that was used by the person that s asking her the question. the fact that we have a chief
Incidents of concrete falling from buildings in Mong Kok are just the latest symptom of the neglect shown towards property maintenance. Unsafe, unauthorised building works are out of control, and the government should focus on those rather than tearing up Fanling golf course.
Lin Yi, Vice-President and Member of the Secretariat of the All-China Women s Federation, meets Alice Mak, Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs Bureau of the