The Civil Service Bureau has been striving to promote training for civil servants on understanding the constitutional order and safeguarding national security. In January this year, the Civil Service College (CSC) launched a web-based video-recorded lecture on “The Constitution of the People’s Republic of China and the Basic Law”, which was designed previously by Dr Lee Hoey, Simon, PhD in Constitutional Law, Tsinghua University. The lecture conducted by Dr Lee was recorded and edited with a view to introducing the main content of the Constitution, the state system, the relationship between the Constitution and the Basic Law, and how the Constitution is applied to Hong Kong. The target of this video-recorded lecture is civil servants at Master Pay Scale Point 14 or above. Colleagues are welcome to log in to the Basic Law Portal of the Cyber Learning Centre Plus (http://www.clcplus.csc.gov.hk/), a web-based learning portal, and have a deeper understanding of the Constitution, the Basic Law, and the system and development of the state.

Apart from the above lecture, the Basic Law Portal and a dedicated webpage on safeguarding national security also host other multi-media learning resources about the Basic Law and the National Security Law respectively, which include video clips of expert lectures, podcasts and seminars’ recording. The CSC will continue to enrich training resources in this respect and encourage colleagues to visit the webpages and keep learning about these topics.