Breaking Article 22 - Time to enact legislation?

[East_coast]

https://www.ft.com/content/2b070b56-...d-41ca06376bf2

Lawmaker blasts Beijing's marching orders - RTHK

It looks like a clear case of a Mainland department interfering in the domestic activities of Hong Kong.

I am sure there will be some apologists that say it only natural to start the assimilation now and not wait till 2047.

Unfortunately the Basic Law was put in place and signed up to by Hong Kong SAR and Beijing to stop this type of activity. If mainland departments want to interfere in Hong Kong then change the law don't ignore it

[TheBrit]

Important not to lose sight of the stuff that matters. Pick battles worth fighting. This isn't one..

[stanleyliving]

Article 22: "No department of the CPG .... may interfere in the affairs which the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region administers on its own in accordance with this Law"

Some will argue that marching styles of uniformed groups in Hong Kong are not "affairs administered by the HKSAR".

[Paxbritannia]

People will probably rebel and adopt a more pronounced British style now.

[drumbrake]

Blind love for one's colonial master and willingness to gloss over repugnant aspects of one's history are not praiseworthy.

Totally agree! About time we looked a bit more closely at China's history.

[East_coast]

willingness to gloss over repugnant aspects of one's history are not praiseworthy.

Most countries have a past that should not be ignored and causes some self reflection that society and governments have striven to become less racist and more inclusive. Be it the banning of races from members clubs or forcing other races to kowtow.

There are still repugnant acts of racism such as the the ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya which has been condemed by all except....

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.aaca49216a45

Anyway back to the use of the Colonial German or Colonial British style of marching. Both styles are imported into China....

[Mefisto]

Another day, another anglophoney sleeper arose to perform the PRC version of (expat) rickrolling...

What comes to the silly art of marching, I'd take Monty Python over Mao any day and I'm not even an evil colonialist Brit.

[Tea addict]

Making a law is half the effort, setting up a system to make sure the law is enforced is the other.

[East_coast]

Making a law is half the effort, setting up a system to make sure the law is enforced is the other.

I suspect there would be 7 million vigilant citizens who would report infractions....

Enforcing is a different matter.... To many steps are now politicised for the rule of law to work

1st Public
2nd Police
3rd Justice Department
4th Judiciary

[civil_servant]

That's some good stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4DZQhfrl5Y