| Date |
Event |
| 24
Sep 2002 |
The
Government released "Proposals to implement Article 23
of the Basic Law" Consultation Document |
| 15
Dec 2002 |
Protest
with about 60,000 people participating opposed the Article
23 legislation |
| 24
Dec 2002 |
End
of the three-month consultation period. The Government received
a total of 97,097 local submissions, involving 340,513 signatures |
| 28
Jan 2003 |
The
Government further clarifies legislative proposals to implement
BL 23 and the release of "Compendium of Submissions"
[source]
|
| 11
Feb 2003 |
The
Chief Executive-in-Council endorsed the Bill to implement
Article 23 of the Basic Law [source] |
| 14
Feb 2003 |
National
Security (Legislative Provisions) Bill was gazetted |
| 25
Feb 2003 |
Demonstration
with about 1,500 people participating in a candle light vigil
against proceeding the National Security (Legislative Provisions)
Bill to first reading in the Legislative Council the next
day |
| 26
Feb 2003 |
National
Security (Legislative Provisions) Bill was introduced into
the Legislative Council for First and Second Readings [source] |
| 28
Feb 2003 |
Date
of Bills Committee on National Security (Legislative Provisions)
Bill formed |
| 6
Mar 2003 |
First
Bills Committee meeting was held [source] |
| 12
Apr 2003 |
The
Bills Committee received public views on the National Security
(Legislative Provisions) Bill for the first time |
| 3
Jun 2003 |
The
Government announced draft amendments to the National Security
(Legislative Provisions) Bill [source] |
| 7
Jun 2003 |
The
Government proposed the first draft Committee Stage Amendments
to the National Security (Legislative Provisions) Bill |
| 16
Jun 2003 |
The
Government proposed the second draft Committee Stage Amendments
to the National Security (Legislative Provisions) Bill |
| 25
Jun 2003 |
The
Government proposed the 3rd draft of the proposed Committee
Stage Amendments to the Bill |
| 25
Jun 2003 |
Secretary
for Security tendered her resignation on personal grounds
(did not know till 16 July 2003) |
| 27
Jun 2003 |
The
Chairman of the Bills Committee submitted the Report of the
Bills Committee on National Security (Legislative Provisions)
Bill to the House Committee meeting. The House Committee agreed
to the resumption of the Second Reading debates.[source] |
| 28
Jun 2003 |
The
Government proposed the 4th draft of the proposed Committee
Stage Amendments to the Bill |
| 1
Jul 2003 |
Protest
with more than 500,000 people participating opposed the Article
23 legislation |
| 5
Jul 2003 |
Government
decided to introduce the final amendments to the three most
controversial areas of the National Security (Legislative
Provisions) Bill (namely, the public interest defence, withdraw
the proposals to give the Police the power to make emergency
investigative entry and arrest without judicial warrant and
removing the mechanism whereby Hong Kong organizations subordinate
to a Mainland body banned on national security grounds which
could be banned by the Secretary for Security) [source] |
| 9
Jul 2003 |
The
Government decided to defer the resumption of the second reading
of the National Security (Legislative Provisions) Bill [source] |
| 16
Jul 2003 |
The
Chief Executive decided to accept Secretary for Security's
resignation and recommended to the Central People's Government
the removal [source] |
| 17
Jul 2003 |
The
Chief Executive announced to reopen consultation on Article
23 legislation and to schedule of the legislative process
would depend on how the consultation goes [source] |
| 5
Sep 2003 |
The
Chief Executive announced that National Security (Legislative
Provisions) Bill be withdrawn [source] |
