With the latest figures showing that the number of Hong Kong civil servant resignations at an all time high, the Hong Kong government is further strengthening its ideological control over civil servant with its announcement that starting July 1, 2022, a test on the National Security Law will be part of its recruitment of civil servants.
The Hong Kong Civil Service Bureau recently announced that more than 2,800 civil servants resigned in the nine-month period from April to December 2021, an increase of 50 percent over the full fiscal year from April 2020 to April 2021.