Hong Kong Education Director Yang Runxiong emphasized that local schools are responsible for ensuring that the school library will not collect books that endanger national security.
Yang Runxiong made the above response on the local primary and secondary schools today (6th) that some books were removed from the Hong Kong National Security Law.He also emphasized that the school has the responsibility to promote national security education, and the bureau has also provided a clear guidance of book selection.
The Hong Kong Ming Pao reported today that there are primary and secondary schools who have reviewed books in the school due to the requirements of the Hong Kong National Security Law.Culture, social movement, collections, etc.
In February last year, the Education Bureau issued national security to the school: specific measures for schools, requiring schools to ensure that books on campus, including library collections, and publications that do not endanger national security.
The report quoted a number of teachers that the Education Bureau did not provide specific criteria for review, and teachers did not know how to distinguish which were suspected of illegal books and admitted that they were reviewing themselves.
