Actually, if people are lawabiding, they never think about endangering National Security, there is no cause for concern whatsoever. Is if therelegation is a National Security law in hong kong, the law should be enacted in hong kong by the Legislative Council. It should not be happening in beijing. The Hong Kong Government has been kept in the dark and the process. Again, this is wrong. Firstly, this is a national law. Of course if it is International Law it will have to be decided how to enact the law. Now, basic law states clearly that for matters of national , thise or Foreign Affairs is a matter for the cbg. No one would question that National Security is something outside the high degree of autonomy. Its a matter of sovereignty of the country. 18 after basic law, theres a process that allows National Laws to be added for implementation through hong kong through a specified procedure. The third point is the political reality. If you believe given the current political reality, given the current counsel, there could be rational discussion in the counsel so that law or National Security i think that is the political reality. The fourth point is that the National Peoples congress is the highest organ of power in the peoples republic of china. So you know therefore the status made. S law as the other point is the Hong Kong Government has been kept in the dark. That of course is not true. They have heard views of many law,e in for relating this including myself. June, it wasf presented, a draft of the law. He said although the timetable, the frame was tighter, they met with many people and heard many views, and they repeatedly heard the views of the chief executive and in civil officials principal officials on the third of june before a draft was available. Of course we were arranged to go to beijing. Thee was a team that is vice premier and other Senior Leaders went to to listen to our views. After that, they repeatedly sought our views on the draft law. Now, why is there this fallacy saying i was kept in the dark and i knew nothing about the law . I checked the record. Two weeks ago on the 13th of june i was here to answer english questions. The assumption of the questions was you guys knew nothing of the law. My response at the time was at kong nt, the hong was we have not seen the complete law. Ew nothing and were kept into the dark until the law came out on the 13th of june. That is stretching the imagination a bit. It is rather eyeopening. I must make this clarification today. Finally in the coming days and months, i and principal officials will continue to explain the National Security law and its up limitation to the public. But of course as and its implementation to the public. But it does involve very sensitive and intricate issues. We will step up education at thatls, and so on, so people will better understand the National Security law, and we will want to prevent them from being misled. This afternoon, the secretary for justice and secretary for security will attend a joint meeting of the legislator counsel to answer questions from members of the council. I will repeat my point in english briefly. Ladies and gentlemen, the National Security law came into effect on the 30th of june. Since then, swift actions have been taken to implement this very important piece of legislation, including first, establishment of a committee for safeguarding National Security which hong kong s. A. R. , was yesterday. I was in the chair of this committee. It was also attended by the National Security advisor appointed by the Central Government. We have also established second specialized enforcement and prosecution apartments respectively in the Hong Kong Police force and department of justice. We have also appointed key personnel, including the National Security committee secretarygeneral, and the head of the police National Security department, as well as the first batch of designated judges at the magistrate level in order to handle a first case of offense brought under the law. We have made relevant mentation rules for the police to use, or to carry out in article 43 of the National Security law yesterday, which takes effect today. On the part of the Central Government, they have approved setting up of the safeguarding National Security in the hong kong, headed by and also the appointment of the National Security advisor that i have just mentioned. I want to reiterate that this is a very important piece of legislation, and the Central Government has placed few trust and faith in hong kong as they are. The Hong Kong Government will vigorously implement this law, and i forewarn those radicals not to attempt to violate this law, or crossing the redline, because the consequences of breaching this law are very serious. Laila has been in effect for one full week. I would like to get a consolidated response, and to clarify some misrepresentations. That givenfirst say this is the piece of national thislation and the way legislation has been enacted is different from the local legislation process. It is only understandable that people in hong kong, they have comes some concerns about the content of this piece of legislation and its implementation. So we will do our utmost to explain to the people of hong kong what this law is all about. What this law is all about is very simple. It aims to prevent, curb, and punish four types of activities that would endanger National Security of the country. It only targets a very small minority of people who breach the law. At the same time, it will protect the overwhelming majority of hong kong citizens in exercising their legitimate rights and freedoms. I am pleased to say in the last few days, i noticed you might dispute that but i noticed there has been an increasing appreciation of the positive effect of this National Security legislation. Particularly in restoring stability in hong kong as reflected by some of the Market Sentiment in recent days. Not doom andis gloom for hong kong. I am sure with the passage of time and the facts being laid out, confidence will grow in one country, two systems and in hong kongs future. Let me try to respond to several areas of concerns or unfounded allegations. Allegation number one is this law signifies the death of one thisry, two systems, or very important principle is now being put into jeopardy. The answer for me is certainly the opposite. The National Security law aims to affirm and improve the implementation of one country, two systems, bt addressing risks of undermining National Security which is a matter within the purview of the Central Government. Enacting National Security legislation to protect sovereignty, territorial integrity and unity, is invariably the power and duty of the state in all countries. One country is the foundation of two systems, and this foundation will be seriously shifting if territorial integrity is being optimized and National Security is put at risk. This is a red line which should be very familiar to many of us and it should not be crossed. Given the escalating National Security risks that we have seen since june of last year and the ability of the Hong Kong Legislative Council to enact local legislation, the Central Government has to take resolute action to safeguard the countrys interest and to preserve one country, two systems. By the same token, in discharging the Central Governments responsibility over National Security, the National Security law provides for the setting up of a cpg office of National Security in hong kong, and reserve it for the Central Government jurisdiction to handle offenses under very specified circumstances. And i believe these specified circumstances will be real. And through a very clear approval mechanism. These are all legitimate acts of the Central Government to fulfill the one country requirement under the principle of one country, two systems. Is thisher allegation piece of law is very draconian and will undermine peoples freedoms and spread fear among hong kong citizens. First of all, i have not seen widespread fear among hong kong people in the last week. Some ofesponse is, as the legal experts have commented in the past few days, this National Security law is relatively mild as far as National Security laws are concerned. First, its scope is very defined and confined. It only deals with four kinds of acts and activities endanger National Security. The offenses that legal principles that we attach a lot of importance to like andumption of innocence respect of facts and so on, are being upheld. The law respects and protects human rights as provided for under the basic law. I would submit that instead of undermining peoples freedom, the National Security law will restore stability and help to ensure the great majority of hong kong people could exercise their rights and freedoms without being intimidated or attacked. So instead of spreading fear, the law actually removes fear, and lets hong kong people return to normal, peaceful life. And hong kong will resume her status as one of the safest cities in the world. Our production of human rights is also demonstrated in the making of those detailed implementation rules that we announced yesterday, and took ef fect today. The rules were made by the chief executors together with the National Security committee at its inaugural meeting yesterday, and they laid down processes and authorizations before the police any National Security apartment can resort to the measures and power under article 43 of the law. Finally, the third ellie allegation is any law should be not drafted in secret in beijing, even keeping the hong kong chief executives in the dark. This is a piece of national law concerning matters outside of hong kongs high degree of autonomy. Its lack of defense and Foreign Affairs. Provides article 18 for the lifting of National Laws to annex three and promulgate for implementation in the hong kong sar. Third, i have to admit that by now, we should be Wishful Thinking for us to expect logical in the current medical climate to pass any National Security law. The highest organ of power in the peoples republic of china has the authority to enact laws for National Security, just like any other government all over the world. In preparing the draft legislation has actually listened to views expressed by many people. The National PeoplesCongress Standing committee has listened to views of its chief executive. Key is myself and hong kong officials several times. They have taken our suggestions. It is much regretted that my comment made on the 23rd of june in this form in response to immediate inquiry that the hong kong has not seen complete details of the proposed legislation. It was this representative or deliberately misrepresented as hong kong being liberally kept in the dark. That is not true. In the days of head days ahead, we will continue to explain the law and put in place effective enforcement. We will also enhance publicity and School Education to better hong kong peoples understanding of this important piece of legislation, so that they will not be misled. This afternoon he secretary for justice and secretary for security and her colleagues will attend Legislative Council joint Panel Meeting to answer any members questions. Questions . Please raise your hand and identify your organization before you ask questions. On the left there. Good morning. Two questions. First, for the implementation rules, it spells out the powers of the National Security department of the Hong Kong Police force. Is there enough to address the concerns of the public . In many government officials have been online. For the implementation rules, removing integration and dangers of National Security come with that cover information about Police Officers so they and their family could be protected . Yesterday we announced the implementation rules in relation to the seven meshes under 43 of the law. So this is implementation rules, and the rules derive powers from the National Security law. Yesterday, expanding power of the police force, but that was wrong. It is just that these are implementation rules to spell out the conditions for using the powers given under the law. Announcingement in implementation rules to make sure there is protection of human rights freedoms. Ar example, if say theres place for evidence, the condition spells out as to who would give approval to do so. And that should address the concerns of the public. I am not going to go through each measure because it will take a long time, but studied the implementation rules in detail. Manywill find mainly of these measures are similar to existing provisions in various laws. There are at least four measures arrangementsimilar as to some of the laws are serious crimes. For serious crimes. New offensesre are under the law, so the existing law cannot cover that. That is why we need to spell out the arrangement again and the implementation rules so people will know clearly where they can find the information. They will know where to apply, and so on. I hope this implementation rules will help to address the concerns of the public. Will tell,id, time facts will tell. And you will see that this level be enforced very stringently and that peoples concern will be eased. And you will see generally people not fall far from the law. And then for Internet Service providers and other askedzations, they may be to remove information or messages online. There is this power. And the implementation rules actually spell out what sort of messages or information will have to be removed. Just to really not target what happened in past years. Bullied inups were the past year, and it is not to target that. Rather, we need to look at the law. The law prevents all types of crimes four types of crimes. If it is not these crimes, we cannot use this law. On the right in the back. The lady wearing spectacles. The Implementation Details laid down by the committee for safeguarding, does it mean it is subject to judicial review . If theres no protection of human rights or freedom you say the implementation rules are not giving excessive hours to Law Enforcement agencies. Arrangements keeping the same. So how can there be checks and balancing under the implementation rules . Another question is about the covid19. Weve seen local cases again. Areare not going to there other measures . What is the response on the bno announcement . First one about implementation. Rules the law states that the work of the committee for safeguarding National Security would not be made public. So it is not subject to judicial review and it is not to be interfered with as stated clearly in the law. So it is just my understanding, because i am not a legal theessor, but implementation rules are not subject to judicial review. There may be specific circumstances, but i will not go into details today because these are legal issues best left to the department of justice to deal with such cases. Again, thesey implementation rules are not empowering rules, but rather implementation rules. Power,the phases of the the power is actually derived from the National Security laws, the police force can take these actions. Between theconflict implementation rules and National Security law, the National Security law shall be overriding. We just want to spell out some systems for the police to take action. For example, intercepting communications. Of course we have a law on intercepting communications. Under article 43 it is stated that if there are reas