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Hong Kong Leader Says Controversial Security Law is Nothing to Worry About

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   Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam saysthe city's basic freedoms will not
   beinfringed by a new security law for the semi-autonomous city proposed
   by Beijing.

   The proposed law, unveiled last weekduring a session ofChina's national
   congress,would prevent and punish acts of"secession, subversion or
   terrorism activities" that threaten national security. The law would
   also allow Chinese national security organsto set up agencies in Hong
   Kong.

   The legislation was widely condemned by business groups and Western
   nations as the death knellfor Hong Kong's status underthe "one country,
   two systems" concept established afterBritain handed over control of
   the financial hub to China in 1997, especially since the proposed law
   bypasses Hong Kong's legislature.

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