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Paul Lam Ting-kwok
Paul Lam Ting-kwok
Paul Lam Ting-kwok is Secretary for Justice of the Hong Kong special administrative region. Before joining the government, he was a Senior Counsel in private practice specialising in general civil and commercial proceedings. He was a former vice-chairman of the Hong Kong Bar Association from 2014 to 2017 and the chairman from 2017 to 2018.

The proposed change is not a complete ban and lets the chief executive decide on exceptions. This allows for the safeguarding of national security while preserving Hong Kong’s unique common law advantage and human rights.

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The interpretation empowers Hong Kong to resolve the issue by itself in accordance with the national security law and does not in any way impair the rule of law, judicial independence or protection of fundamental human rights.

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