Hong Kong needs to improve legal system for safeguarding national security: liaison office director

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) needs to uphold the rule of law and improve its legal system and enforcement mechanism for safeguarding national security, Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the HKSAR Luo Huining said on Wednesday.

The motherland is the solid source of strength for Hong Kong to weather storms and overcome challenges, and to safeguard national security is to protect Hong Kong's fundamental interests, Luo said in a speech on the launch of a website to promote the national security education on Wednesday, which marks China's fifth National Security Education Day.