SINGAPORE - There is no profit in seeing the instability in Hong Kong, said Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam, adding that Singapore benefits from stability across the region, including the Chinese territory.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE - There is no profit in seeing the instability in Hong Kong, said Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam, adding that Singapore benefits from stability across the region, including the Chinese territory.
Protests began four months ago, when Hong Kong's government mooted a controversial bill - now withdrawn - that would allow the authorities to extradite people to countries it has no formal extradition agreements with, including mainland China. "Hong Kong has very deep strengths. Its financial system, its stock exchange, its valuable position as an outpost for China and the nearness to China are all incredible advantages that any investor will take into account and consider," he said, according to a transcript posed on the Ministry of Law's website on Sunday .
He added that Singaporeans don't necessarily think that Hong Kong is in deep trouble and that he won't agree that Hong Kong is in a mess now. At the most basic level, there is a breakdown of law and order which any government will have to deal with, he said, highlighting incidents such as the airport sit-ins, vandalised police stations, and the disruption of train services.
"Beijing, will expect Hong Kong to adapt to the political structure that prevails in China. Adapt, not adopt," said Mr Shanmugam.
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