Hong Kong students must learn about national security law, education minister says
- Secretary for Education Kevin Yeung says once the law is enacted, everyone should understand and learn about it
- He also says the scrapping of a question in the history paper of this year’s university entrance exam was not political interference
Hong Kong students must learn about the national security law in schools once it is enacted, the education minister said on Saturday.
“It has nothing to do with politics,” Secretary for Education Kevin Yeung Yun-hung said on a radio programme. “It becomes part of our lives once the national security law applies in Hong Kong, and if our students have to live and grow in the city, and develop their career on the mainland, [the law] is something they should understand.”
A day earlier, the central government announced a national security law tailor-made for Hong Kong, to “prevent, stop and punish” secession, subversion, foreign interference and terrorism. It also said that Hong Kong must introduce national security education.
He said forums would also be arranged to enhance public understanding of the new law.