"The National Security Law and Social Welfare Service"Finished On A High Note
On 27 Sep, New Life hosted "The National Security Law and Social Welfare Service” Seminar at the Miramar Hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui for around 100 staff members of the Association as well as two other welfare organisations.
The guest-of-honour Ms WONG Yin-yee, JP, Deputy Director of Social Welfare highlighted the importance of safeguarding national security for social services.
Dr the Hon. Rita FAN HSU Lai-tai, GBM, GBS, JP, Member of the Standing Committee of the 12th sessions of the National People’s Congress, and Chairman of Board of Management of the Endeavour Education Centre Limited, participated in the Seminar as a speaker and presented the definition and scope of national security to the audience, discussing the importance of implementing national security laws from the perspectives of governance, military, food security, culture, and biological safety, in her speech themed "What does national security have to do with me?".
Another speaker at the event, Ms Melissa Kaye PANG, BBS, MH, JP, Chairman of the Agency for Volunteer Service and former President of the Law Society of Hong Kong, shared the relationship between national security laws and social welfare services from a professional legal perspective. She also addressed operation-related legal questions from the floor.
