Macao gov't secretaries firmly support law on safeguarding national security in HK

The secretaries of the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) government's administration and security departments Thursday both expressed their firm support to the passage of the law on safeguarding national security in the Hong Kong SAR.

The Law of the People's Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region was passed earlier Tuesday at the 20th session of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature.

The Secretary for Administration and Justice Cheong Weng Chon said the passage of this law is an important measure to safeguard China's sovereignty, security and development interests, and ensure the steady and sustained development of the cause of the "one country, two systems".

Macao SAR government will continue to improve the legal system of safeguarding national security in Macao SAR, and to promote Macao's law on safeguarding national security which was passed in 2009, Cheong added.

The Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said Macao's security authorities fully recognize this law's significance to Hong Kong's stability and its mechanism of safeguarding national security.

They firmly support Hong Kong police in ending violence and restoring public order according to law, Wong added.