The National Security (Legislative Provisions) Bill of Hong Kong the Basic Law Article 23, which caused 500,000 Hongkongers to march on the street against legislation in 2003, was recently removed from the legislative agenda for the 2022 Legislative Council.
This means the bill will not be submitted to the Legislative Council for registration in the second half of 2022. Some Legislative Council members from the pro-Beijing camp expressed their disappointment, while others said it was expected because “the situation is different from before.”
Scholars said that Hong Kong’s economy has worsened, and the government needs relief (by shelving the bill) from the worries of investors, to achieve a short-term visible economic improvement….