Patrick Nip says civil servants will breach code of conducts when joining referendums calling for strikes against national security lawPatrick Nip Tak-kuen warns government workers who organized a referendum on whether to join a strike over the impending national security law will breach their code of conduct. Patrick Nip Tak-kuen said civil servants also serve the country and that they had to fulfill their constitutional duty to support the legislation. “Some claimed they are only gathering opinion about the law... but the real purpose is very obvious,” said Nip. Meanwhile, the new civil servant union leader Michael Ngao Mo-chau was demoted earlier this week. Ngan, who had co-organized a rally last August calling for civil servants to voice their opposition to the now-shelved extradition bill, described his demotion unusual and demanded the department for explanation.

Source: The Standard June 13, 2020 07:30 UTC