Thread by @XinqiSu

Xia Baolong: patriots only.
HK:

Oriental Daily reported that the amendments of Public Offices Bill will require district councillors to take oath of loyalty and those who are found to have betrayed their oath will be DQed and barred from election for 5years.

hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/new…

Details later but so far 2 key principles in HK gov's bill to introduce allegiance pledging on public officers including district councillors:

1) No non-retrospective has been promised
2) Black list of acts betraying oath is not exhaustive

4 district councilors, @LesterShum @tiffanyykw @FergusLeung and Cheng Tat-hung, are expected to lose their seats as the amendments take effect because they were DQed from running in LegCo election in July last year, constitutional affairs minister Erick Tsang Said.

"You can't say that you are patriotic but you do not love the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party or you do not respect it - this does not make sense...patriotism is holistic love," said HK constitutional affairs minister Erick Tsang.

"We will not introduce any so-called retrospective effect to this exercise...but we don't deny that there may be possibility when...we may have to take into account some of his past behavior," said HK constitutional affairs minister Erick Tsang.