"Hong Kong has never been absent from the country's reform and opening, providing capital, technology and talents," Lam said. read moreHong Kong police have asked some banks to hand over account details of opposition activists and politicians arrested under a stringent national security law imposed by Beijing, and the government has threatened jail time for bankers handling assets belonging to media tycoon Jimmy Lai frozen under the new law. Worries have been growing among many non-Chinese investors in Hong Kong over what they see as vanishing rights and freedoms in the city after Beijing's imposition of a sweeping national security law in response to mass 2019 protests. The city "will serve China's needs while injecting fresh vigour into Hong Kong's economy." The former British colony's high degree of autonomy from Beijing, including an independent judiciary, form the bedrock on which it has flourished as a global hub.
The city "will serve China's purposes while boosting your local economies."
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The city " will serve China 's purposes while boosting your local economies . "
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