The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government has added another 5 billion Hong Kong dollars (about S $ 864 million) as a expenditure to maintain national security.
According to the Hong Kong Sing Tao Daily, the Hong Kong Government announced the latest issue of government accounts on Friday (May 19).Non -recurring special funds are used to maintain national security.This is the Hong Kong Government's 8 billion yuan in December 2020 for the maintenance of Guoan, and the relevant funds have been added again.
This document was approved by the Legislative Council earlier, and the Hong Kong Government announced on Friday.The document shows the general income account of the Hong Kong government from April last year to the end of March this year.
The document states that according to the Hong Kong National Security Law, with the approval of the Chief Executive, the Director of the Financial Department shall allocate special funds from the general income of the Hong Kong Government as a expenditure to maintain Guoan and approve the preparation of the personnel involved.According to the document, the 5 billion yuan is an unintectable funding for increasing special funds to pay expenses on maintaining national security.
The Office of the Secretary of Finance of Hong Kong also said that the director of the Finance Department must submit a report to the Legislative Council on the control and management of the money every year.In March of this year, the Director of the Financial Department passed 5 billion yuan from the government's general revenue in accordance with the above provisions to increase special funds to pay expenses on maintaining national security.