Security statutes on the mainland to violate basic rights and restrict free expression. Regina youre welcome to a conference on harlow you recently wrote an article about the controversial new security law that china is going to impose on hong kong and you said this does not to necessarily spell the death of hong kong separate systems but youre taking a huge gamble backing this law onto because beijing has done everything it can to prove that its not interested in those separate systems not interested in freedom of expression human rights or the rule of law is it. I dont think we need to come to a conclusion because china already has its own National Security law you know which is only a few pages long whats consists mainly of principles exhortations duties obligations. I think the fact that it needs it feels like is true and that a hong kong version reflects its understanding that hong kong to version which is consistent with our common law system thats why painting is going ahead to