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2021-03-10 10:35:20 GMT2021-03-10 18:35:20(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
HONG KONG, March 10 (Xinhua) The National People s Congress (NPC) improving the electoral system of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) has a solid legal basis and will do good to Hong Kong s long-term prosperity and stability, Hong Kong legal professionals have said.
A draft decision on improving the electoral system of the HKSAR was submitted last Friday to the fourth session of the 13th NPC for deliberation.
Louis Chen, the secretary general of the Hong Kong Legal Exchange Foundation, said that as an important part of Hong Kong s political system, the initiative of the central authorities in improving the electoral system is justified. Since Hong Kong s return to the motherland, the evolution of Hong Kong s electoral system has been led and decided by the central authorities.
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Various sectors in Hong Kong support civil servants swearing to uphold HKSAR Basic Law
1 2021-01-13 08:25:38Xinhua
Editor : Li Yan
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Various sectors in Hong Kong have expressed support to the requirement made by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government that serving civil servants of the HKSAR government take an oath of allegiance to the HKSAR Basic Law and the HKSAR or sign such a declaration.
They said that upholding the HKSAR Basic Law, and being loyal to the HKSAR and accountable to the HKSAR government are the political ethics that civil servants should abide by.