The Hong Kong government has allowed the lease of the Foreign CorresPondents 'Club (Foreign CorresPondents' CLUB), which has been involved in political disputes in recent years, but the lease has decreased from seven years to three years, and has joined the maintenance of national security clauses.
According to the Sing Tao Daily reported on November 30, sources revealed that the rent of foreign press conferences from Hong Kong has been reduced from seven years to three years.And now renting government property will join the clauses that comply with Hong Kong laws, and tenants need to sign a commitment, including laws to maintain national security.
A spokesman for the Hong Kong government to respond to the diagnosis during the inquiry, and had proposed to the FCC to approve the new rent of a three -year fixed period at a market value rent.In addition, the government has set new policies. All the rental periods for leased historical buildings through the Government Industry Department are not more than three years, and they have added standard provisions to ensure national security in the new lease.
A spokesman for the Hong Kong Government also confirmed that it has added standard provisions to ensure national security and fully guarantee government rights.
The foreign press conference in Hong Kong is located in the second Yali No. 2, Lower, Central. It belongs to the government property. It was formerly a warehouse of the old milk company. It is now a first -class historical building.The press conference was stationed in the current site in 1982, and now pays about 600,000 yuan (Hong Kong dollars, the same, the same, S $ 105,600) per month.The expiration of January 1st is seven years.
Foreign press conferences have been repeatedly criticized in recent years. The most controversial incident is in 2018. Chen Haotian, a "Hong Kong National Party" who advocated the Hong Kong independence of Hong Kong independence, gave a speech.Public bidding is privileges.After the government, the government has publicly disclosed the FCC lease, indicating that the government has the right to terminate the lease in order to improve Hong Kong or other public purposes and terminate the lease.
After the implementation of the Hong Kong National Security Law, foreign press conferences tended to be low -key. In May this year, the "Human Rights News Award" was suspended.The media institutions have won multiple awards. If the awards will continue to "seem to be supporting illegal activities", Ritade stated that he does not want to make employees lose work.The official is actively dealing with the application of renewal, and he is very optimistic about the successful renewal of the FCC.
Tang Jiazhen, member of the Hong Kong Executive Council, pointed out that renewal is positive news. The three -year rental contract is a balance point. On the one hand, the opinions of the establishment of the establishment are also increased.It is difficult to renew the rent.
