2025 China Cybersecurity Week Sub-forum Concludes in Hong Kong, Uniting Over 400 Experts on Cybersecurity Trends

2025-09-19 16:10 Last Updated At：17:53

2025 China Cybersecurity Week Hong Kong Sub-forum explores Hong Kong's cybersecurity trends

The 2025 China Cybersecurity Week Hong Kong Sub-forum organised by the Digital Policy Office (DPO) and co-organised by the Cyber Security and Technology Crime Bureau of the Hong Kong Police Force, the Hong Kong Internet Registration Corporation Limited and the Hong Kong Cybersecurity Professionals Association concluded today (September 19). It brought together over 400 experts and business leaders from the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA), who exchanged views on various topics such as emerging threats in cybersecurity and the latest cybersecurity defence technologies, jointly exploring Hong Kong's cybersecurity trends.

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The Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry, Professor Sun Dong, officiated at the forum. Delivering the welcoming remarks, Professor Sun said that the country attaches great importance to cybersecurity and digital economy development. As a leading global international financial, trade and information hub, Hong Kong has been keeping abreast of the national development and strategic deployment, and is committed to promoting the innovations and applications of cybersecurity technologies, striving to strengthen the digital protection capabilities of critical infrastructure. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government is gradually building an open, diverse and innovative cybersecurity ecosystem, laying a solid foundation for Hong Kong's high-quality development. He said that the HKSAR Government will continue to closely monitor and draw reference from the latest developments of technology applications, data protection and cybersecurity from the country and different places in the world to optimise the cybersecurity ecosystem and promote digital transformation. Hong Kong will also leverage its unique advantages of having connections to both the Mainland and the world, play the roles of "super connector" and "super value-adder", and actively integrate into the national and GBA innovation and technology (I&T) development. The city will collaborate with the Mainland and international partners to foster more innovative co-operation and contribute to the I&T development and digital construction of the country and Hong Kong.

The Commissioner for Digital Policy, Mr Tony Wong, delivered a keynote speech on the key strategies and measures of the HKSAR Government to ensure the security of local cyber ecosystem. He stressed that "security is the prerequisite for development, and development is the cornerstone of security". Only by ensuring secure digitalisation can the development of the digital economy and smart city be accelerated. Mr Wong stated that several major events will take place in Hong Kong in the second half of this year, including the 15th National Games, and the eighth-term Legislative Council general election, etc. The DPO will focus on strengthening cybersecurity protection for major events, reinforcing protective measures for digital infrastructure, enhancing cybersecurity monitoring, threat intelligence sharing and analysis, and conducting regular cybersecurity attack and defence drills to comprehensively improve the threat detection, defence and response capabilities of relevant systems and teams. These efforts aim to ensure the safe and stable operation of Hong Kong's digital infrastructure and government information systems during these major events.

The 2025 China Cybersecurity Week Hong Kong Sub-forum aims to echo the China Cybersecurity Week. The DPO has joined forces with industry stakeholders and organised the 2025 Cybersecurity Awareness Campaign with the theme "Let's Secure as we Digitalise". The Campaign includes a series of local activities, such as the Hong Kong Sub-forum, the Cybersecurity Summit, and cybersecurity instant messaging apps sticker design contest to promote technical professional exchanges and raise cybersecurity awareness across all sectors of society.

Court Dismisses Chow Hang Tung's Challenge to Hong Kong's Clothing Policy for Persons in Custody

HKSAR Government welcomes court's decision to dismiss Chow Hang Tung's application for judicial review on clothing policy for persons in custody

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government welcomes the judgment handed down by the Court of First Instance of the High Court today (January 13) to dismiss Chow Hang Tung's application for judicial review on the clothing policy for persons in custody (PICs).

The court judgment pointed out that the current clothing policy for PICs, including the requirement for female PICs to wear trousers in summer daytime, was formulated by the Correctional Services Department (CSD) as authorised by the Prison Rules. The Court was satisfied that the CSD had the expertise and experience in the relevant context, and that it had carefully considered various factors, taken into account of professional opinion when making the decision, as well as reviewed the policy continuously. The Court ruled that Chow Hang Tung had failed to demonstrate that the current policy constituted less favourable treatment of a particular gender. The Court pointed out that there was currently no factual evidence to support any assertion that there was widespread concern about the health effects of wearing trousers in summer. In addition, the rule was not absolute, but instead allowed individual PICs to apply for exceptional arrangements in special circumstances. At the same time, the Court also rejected Chow Hang Tung's assertion that she had requested to the CSD in July and August 2024 to wear shorts and had been refused.

A spokesman for the Security Bureau said, "The ruling of the Court of First Instance confirmed that the CSD's approach is reasonable, justified and lawful. According to Rule 26 of the Prison Rules, the CSD must provide every PIC with a uniform that meets a scale imposed by the Commissioner of Correctional Services. Over the years, the CSD had appointed task groups from time to time to review the clothing arrangements of PICs. These reviews gave ample consideration to numerous factors, including the type of correctional institutions, PICs' varying daily routines and activities involved, the need for thermal, physical and psychological comfort for PICs of different genders, privacy and decency of PICs and the security, good order and discipline of the prison, so as to continuously refine clothing arrangements according to the prevailing circumstances."

The spokesman stated, "Chow Hang Tung's assertion that she requested to wear shorts in summer and was rejected by the CSD is entirely inconsistent with the facts and was rejected by the Court. Besides, the current clothing policy for PICs already provides a degree of flexibility. For example, a PIC may make an application to wear other clothing on medical or non-medical grounds to the CSD, and the CSD would make appropriate arrangements having considered the actual circumstances and relevant factors."

The CSD will continue to impartially implement the relevant rules of the Prison Rules in accordance with the law and commit to providing a secure, safe, humane, decent and healthy custodial environment.

2025 China Cybersecurity Week Sub-forum Concludes in Hong Kong, Uniting Over 400 Experts on Cybersecurity Trends

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