Chief executive finally concedes that it is necessary to 'put forward the National Security Bill to the community again'
A second round of public consultation on the National Security Bill will be conducted, the chief executive announced yesterday.
Almost 10 months after the first calls for a white bill detailing the laws to be put to the public for consultation, Tung Chee-hwa conceded it was necessary to 'put forward the bill to the whole community for consultation again'.
He would not say whether a white bill would specifically be published or give a timetable for the enactment of the law, but repeated that the government had a duty to implement Article 23.
'Everybody can see that although the consultative and legislative process has been under way for nearly a year, many of our citizens still do not understand the contents,' he said.
'Based on the foundation of the legislative work done already, this consultation exercise will be even more extensive than the previous one.'
