National security law: Hong Kong labour minister says social workers board must join other public officials in taking oath of allegiance to city | South China Morning Post

Members of the body that regulates Hong Kong's 27,000 social workers will be required to take an oath of allegiance to the city under a government plan aimed at safeguarding national security, according to the labour minister. Law Chi-kwong, the secretary for labour and welfare, also said he wanted to clear up a common misconception that the Social Workers Registration Board was set up to protect the working rights of the profession. He insisted the organisation was not a workers' union and instead performed public functions that subjected board members to the same oath-taking requirements under the national security law…