Hong Kong civil servants must look at big picture and understand there is limit on their freedom of speech, says minister

Civil servants should be careful of what they say and avoid raising doubts over their ability to carry out their duties, Hong Kong’s minister in charge of the government workforce said, as he defended an earlier comment asking for their loyalty to both the city and Beijing.Secretary for the Civil Service Patrick Nip Tak-kuen appeared on RTHK’s morning radio programme on Monday to provide clarification for comments he made on Sunday, when he said the city’s 180,000 civil servants served both…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3087981/hong-kong-civil-servants-must-look-big-picture-and