Mainland, hong kong, and macao civil aviation authorities discuss joint maintenance management cooperation and industry alliance development in greater bay area
The Deputy Director-General of the Flight Standards Department of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), Mr Xue Shijun; the Director-General of Civil Aviation of Hong Kong, Mr Victor Liu; and the President of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Macao Special Administrative Region, Mr Pun Wa-kin, attended the Mainland, Hong Kong and Macao 2024 Joint Maintenance Management (JMM) meeting convened in Macao yesterday (June 19).
The three authorities were briefed by the working group about the overall work progress and future development plans, including the implementation of the Joint Maintenance Management Cooperation Arrangement signed by the three authorities in 2021. The three authorities also took the opportunity to proactively explore ways to expand the areas of co-operation amongst the three authorities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) from the perspectives of the JMM and continued airworthiness.
Mr Liu said that the GBA civil aviation maintenance industry units signed the Memorandum of Understanding of Cooperation on the GBA Civil Aviation Maintenance Industry Alliance (GCMA) earlier in March, which marked the formal establishment of the first civil aviation maintenance industry alliance in the GBA and created new momentum for the industry. The Civil Aviation Department, while continuing to play the roles of co-ordinator and facilitator, will further enhance comprehensive co-operation in the civil aviation field in the region in accordance with the directions of the National 14th Five-Year Plan and the Outline Development Plan for the GBA.
At the meeting today (June 20), industry representatives of the GCMA reported to the three authorities on co-operation within the industry, and conducted in-depth discussions on enhancing the mobility of aircraft maintenance personnel, expanding mutual recognition of professional qualifications, as well as strengthening maintenance capabilities and training resources, with an aim to jointly promote the high-quality development of the aviation industry in the three places.
Hksar government condemns taiwan's false claims on hong kong national security law, asserts law protects human rights and targets only a minority endangering national security.
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government today (June 27) strongly condemned and strongly opposed Taiwan authorities' political manoeuvre with fact-twisting smears and slanders exposing malicious intentions which, under the pretext of raising so-called travel alert status, smeared that the risks of travelling to Hong Kong had increased after the implementation of the Hong Kong National Security Law (NSL) and the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance (SNSO) in Hong Kong.
A spokesman for the HKSAR Government said, "It is the constitutional duty of the HKSAR to safeguard national security. In accordance with international law and international practice based on the Charter of the United Nations, safeguarding national security is an inherent right of all sovereign states. Many common law jurisdictions, including western countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, as well as Singapore, have enacted multiple pieces of legislation to safeguard national security. Taiwan authorities turned a blind eye to the fact, made exaggerated remarks, maliciously smeared and demonised the NSL and the SNSO, completely unmasking its double standards."
"The legal framework for safeguarding national security in the HKSAR is fully in compliance with the international standard for the protection of human rights. The NSL and the SNSO clearly stipulate that human rights shall be respected and protected in safeguarding national security. The rights and freedoms, including the freedoms of speech, of the press and of publication, and the freedoms of association, of assembly, of procession and of demonstration, enjoyed by Hong Kong people under the Basic Law and the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights as applicable to the HKSAR are protected in accordance with the law.
"The offences endangering national security stipulated by the NSL and the SNSO target acts endangering national security with precision, and define the elements and penalties of the offences with clarity. The HKSAR law enforcement agencies have been taking law enforcement actions based on evidence and strictly in accordance with the law in respect of the acts of the persons concerned. The prosecution has the burden to prove beyond reasonable doubt that the defendant had the actus reus and mens rea of an offence before the defendant may be convicted by the court. Ordinary travellers (including travellers from China's Taiwan region) will not engage in acts and activities endangering our national security and will not unwittingly violate the law.
"The offences endangering national security only target an extremely small minority of people who endanger national security and the safety of Hong Kong. Safeguarding national security is fundamentally consistent with the respect for and protection of human rights. Safeguarding national security is for better protecting the fundamental rights and freedoms of HKSAR residents and other persons in the HKSAR and ensuring the property and investments in the HKSAR are protected by the law," the spokesman reiterated.
"The HKSAR Government strongly urges Taiwan authorities to stop smearing the NSL and the SNSO. The despicable manoeuvre with politics is doomed to fail."
