Reports involving special payments in the maintenance of national security expenses pointed out that from the end of 2020 to March this year, the Hong Kong government allocated a total of 13 billion yuan (Hong Kong dollars, about 2.2 billion yuan) in maintaining national security expenditures.
Comprehensive "Hong Kong 01" and Sing Tao Daily reported that the Office of the Hong Kong Secretary of Finance filed a document to the Legislative Council, saying that after the Hong Kong National Security Law was passed on June 30, 2020, the director of the Financial Secretary continuedIn December 2020 and March 2023, 8 billion and 5 billion yuan of special funds were allocated from the government's general revenue to pay expenses on maintaining national security.
However, based on the Hong Kong National Security Law, the relevant revenue and expenditure must be confidential, so the report has not explained the details of the income and expenditure.
The documents of the Office of the Financial Secretary said that according to Article 19 of the Hong Kong National Security Law, with the approval of the Chief Executive, the Director of the Finance Division shall allocate special payments from the government's general income to pay for the maintenance of national security expenses on maintaining national security expenses.The preparation of the personnel involved is not subject to the restrictions on the current laws and regulations of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
It is reported that the appropriation arrangements for the maintenance of national security expenses in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region have been carried out in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Hong Kong National Security Law.Director of the Financial Department made a special amount of 8 billion yuan from the government's general revenue in December 2020 to pay expenses on maintaining national security in the next few years.As for the funding of the State Security Office in Hong Kong, the central government is guaranteed that 8 billion yuan of funding is not involved in any funding for the State Security Office in Hong Kong.