Zhang Xiaoming, deputy director of China’s Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office said authorities are working on more reforms over Hong Kong's Basic Law. A senior Chinese official said today that authorities are working on reforms related to semi-autonomous Hong Kong’s mini-constitution, including its judicial system, Reuters reports. Under the new security law, civil servants are required to pledge allegiance to Hong Kong and the Basic Law. Hong Kong then immediately expelled four legislators, prompting opposition pro-democracy lawmakers to resign en masse in protest. “Only those who are patriotic should be in place, otherwise they should be removed from the system,” Zhang said.

Source: The Standard November 17, 2020 03:56 UTC