Hong Kong Forces Civil Servants To Swear Allegiance

Juliet Song
By Juliet Song
October 16, 2020China in Focus
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Authorities are tightening their grip on Hong Kong’s civil servants, a group of almost 200,000 people.

Hong Kong’s Civil Service Bureau issued a notice this Monday, asking all civil servants to uphold Hong Kong’s basic law, and swear allegiance to the city’s government.

Those who started working before July have to sign a written statement and high-level officials have to take oaths.

The government warned that acting against the oath would lead to serious consequences.

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