Loyalty oaths: Hong Kong civil servants begin to pledge allegiance to the city

The first group

The first group of high-ranking officials took oaths vowing to uphold Hong Kong’s laws on Wednesday, thus fulfilling a new requirement for an expression of loyalty following the adoption of Beijing’s new security law.

Standing in front of the city’s chief executive, Carrie Lam, at government headquarters, the 12 undersecretaries and 14 political assistants together recited the oath to uphold the law and bear allegiance to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR).

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