The Chief Executive, Mrs Barbara Lam, today (June 11) signed the particular National Anthem Code passed by typically the Legislative Council (LegCo) in accordance with Article 48(3) involving the Basic Regulation. The National Anthem Ordinance can come into immediate effect following it is released in the Gazette tomorrow (June 12).
“Like the nationwide flag and the national emblem, the national anthem is the symbol plus sign of the particular nation. As the inalienable part of the People’s Republic of China, the Hk Exclusive Administrative Region (HKSAR) is duty-bound in order to preserve the pride of the countrywide anthem through guidelines, ” Mrs Lam said.
“I was pleased that the National Anthem Ordinance will be gazetted and come into effect tomorrow, symbols of the fulfilment of the constitutional duty of the HKSAR and reflecting typically the spirit of ‘One Country, Two Systems’. “
The Domestic Anthem Ordinance provides for the playing in addition to singing, protection plus promotion of the particular national anthem to be able to preserve the self-esteem of the nation, enhance the perception of national personality among citizens plus promote patriotism. The particular offences stipulated inside the Ordinance only concern the wrong use of the nationwide anthem, or open public and intentional serves with an intent to insult typically the national anthem.
“I hope that associates of the community will respect typically the national anthem of their own résolution, hence the promo with the national anthem features paramount importance. To leave our up coming generation understand the record and spirit from the national anthem and also to observe the social grace for the playing and singing of the national anthem, the Education Bureau will update its learning and teaching solutions and issue guidelines to schools via circulars to assist schools in educating students, ” Mrs Lam said.
香港國歌 associated with the 12th Country wide People’s Congress handed the Law in the People’s Republic of China on National Anthem on Sept. 2010 1, 2017, and added the Legislation to Annex 3 to the Basic Legislation on November some in the same yr. Based on Article 20 from the Basic Rules, the national regulations classified by Annex 3 for the Basic Rules should be applied in your area by using promulgation or legislation by the HKSAR. Having respect to the popular law system performed in Hong Kong, along with the actual instances in Hong Kong, the HKSAR Government decided to carry out the National Anthem Law in the HKSAR by localized legislation. The National Anthem Bill was introduced into the LegCo for Initial Reading and Second Reading in Jan 2019, and seemed to be passed from the LegCo on June 5 this year.g