Nearly half of the journalists and correspondents in Hong Kong are considering leaving as the working environment has “deteriorated significantly” under the Beijing-imposed national security law. The press freedom survey released on Nov. 5 by the Foreign Correspondents’ Club (FCC) in Hong Kong found that about 46 percent of the respondents were considering or had plans to leave the city. Nearly 84 percent of the 99 journalists polled think the working conditions have “changed for the worse” since Beijing introduced the sweeping national security law last June. The vaguely-worded legislation punishes speeches or acts deemed as secessionist, subversive, terrorist, or perceived as colluding with foreign political individuals or groups against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Hong Kong police have since arrested over 100 dissidents, mostly against democratic politicians, activists, journalists, and students. “The rapidly deteriorating political environment in Hong Kong has made me consider cutting short my stay in the …