NatSec, NatSec and more NatSec

RTHK reports…

Xia Baolong, Director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office, said some people attempted to politicise last year’s deadly Tai Po fire to stir up chaos.

Delivering a keynote speech via video link at the opening ceremony for National Security Education Day, Xia said Hong Kong must stay alert to the interference of external forces and fight smears against the SAR and attacks on the “One Country, Two Systems” principle.

Also…

…lawmaker Priscilla Leung said the National Security Education Day helps people to learn and understand the implementation of National Security Law and the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance.

“National security education now is very important for ordinary people, as well as for the youth, to truly appreciate the implementation of the national security law as well as the national security ordinance in Hong Kong,” she said, adding it also acts as a protective layer for people’s lives and the nation.

…She believed that national security education [for students] had been “going on the right way”, noting that there were more education styles such as drama, music, and holding parades that allowed young people to participate and feel the significance and importance of national security “in a soft way”.

Plus…

Chief Secretary Eric Chan stressed on Wednesday that safeguarding security and promoting development are both essential to the implementation of “One Country, Two Systems”, while national security is the cornerstone of Hong Kong’s prosperity.

…”The SAR government will continue to adopt a multi-pronged approach to solidify the system for protecting national security, enhance law enforcement coordination, deepen national security education, uphold the principle of patriots administering Hong Kong, and prevent and mitigate all types of security risks,” he said.

Wait – there’s more…

Secretary for Justice Paul Lam said on Wednesday that Hong Kong does not strive for absolute security, which is in line with the country’s policy on national security.

…Lam said both the Chinese Constitution and the domestic security law see national security in terms of the political regime and sovereignty being “relatively” free from danger.

He noted that pursuing absolute security would be unsustainable and impractical, and that it would stifle development and go against international relations and the concept of peaceful co-existence.

“It’s made crystal clear that Hong Kong does not pursue absolute or generalised security. This is indeed, and has always been, the crux of our country’s approach to national security,” Lam said.

So it’s not “absolute or generalised”. But, from HKFP…

A Hong Kong man has been jailed for a year under the city’s homegrown national security law after pleading guilty to making seditious remarks on Facebook, including comments supporting Hong Kong and Taiwan independence.

…The magistrate handed [Raymond] Chong, a retiree in his early 60s, an 18-month sentence but discounted it by six months after considering his guilty plea.

Chong was accused of making 53 seditious social media posts between March 2024 and November 2025, local news outlet The Witness reported.

Apparently, you are threatening the national security of the People’s Republic of China – a country with the world’s second most powerful military – by posting on Facebook such phrases as: “dissolving the Chinese Communist Party is the most important thing”, “Hong Kong independence is within sight”, and “Heaven will destroy the Chinese Communist Party, God bless Hong Kong”.