Among the 500,000-odd Hongkongers who took to the streets to protest against planned security legislation on July 1, 2003, was a young man in his 20s. Now 46, he told HKFP that he did not see the need for such laws as, two decades on, authorities again sought to enact them. “The government has been talking about Article 23 for 20 years, but I can’t see the urgency for it at all,” the surveyor, who asked not to be named for fear of reprisals, said on Tuesday, the day the government launched the public consultation period for city’s homegrown security law. He was referring to Article 23 of the c…
