He said the new national security law and Article 23 of the Basic Law share some similarities but are also very different. Article 23 lists seven types of crimes that endanger national security, whereas the national security law stipulates four. Secession and subversion are included in both.
He said that under similar conditions, Beijing previously would have seen very severe smog, but due to pollution control efforts, air pollution has been controlled and mitigated to a moderate level and lower.
He said that the two sides should explore more possibilities in areas such as green economy, digital economy, finance, agriculture, aviation and ocean, adding that both sides need to "follow the principles of openness, transparency, and fairness, observe the WTO rules and uphold the multilateral trading system."
He said the government is considering allowing residents to rent the tech devices with community care vouchers from the government.
He said the draft should also make it clear what kinds of acts or information are matters of national security. Then, Hong Kong courts can avoid the dilemma of making a factual determination on their own.
He was joined by Paul Chan Mo-po, financial secretary of the Hong Kong SAR. Chan expressed hope that the people of Hong Kong would stop the wrangling, which he said leads to polarization.
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He stressed that the performance of the aid package will ultimately be judged by whether the financing costs of businesses have been lowered and if loans have been made more easily available to smaller firms.
He spoke especially highly of the introduction of a negative list on barter trade imports, the special permission arrangement on land used for border (cross-border) economic cooperation zones, and the consideration of internet-based business channels and models.
He suggested providing targeted services for families that fall back to poverty as a result of having school-age children, providing subsistence stipends for junior high and college students from poor families, supplementing household living expenses to allow school-age children to go to school instead of working to support their family and assisting students from poor families in the search for employment opportunities.
He urged the EU to fulfill its WTO obligations by conducting the investigation fairly and using trade remedy measures discreetly.