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Food security and ecological security are key areas of the Holistic Approach to National Security. Hong Kong's annual mega event, the " 2026 Hong Kong Flower Show," successfully concluded recently at Victoria Park.
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The National Security Department of the Hong Kong Police Force and the Hong Kong Police Handicraft Club joined hands to cleverly integrate serious national security topics into floral art and plants.
By setting up booths and floral displays, they aimed to promote the Holistic Approach to National Security. A primary school principal led a group of students to visit the show, where the students interacted with senior police officers to make terrariums, attending a practical, real-world national education lesson outside the classroom.
The National Security Department of the Police Force set up a special booth named "NSpeed—Victoria Park Station" at the Victoria Park Flower Show. The booth provided national security-related information and the "NSmart Quiz."
They also organized terrarium-making workshops over the weekend. These initiatives aimed to popularize the contents of the white paper titled "Hong Kong: Safeguarding China's National Security Under the Framework of One Country, Two Systems" and to deepen public understanding of the national Constitution, the Basic Law, the National Security Law, and the Holistic Approach to National Security.
The "NSpeed" booth, specially designed by the National Security Department, was meticulously crafted in the shape of a high-speed rail train.
This symbolizes that national security messages can be transmitted to every corner of society as swiftly as the high-speed rail network.
The Police Handicraft Club also featured a crossover between the "NSpeed" and the popular anti-deception mascot "The Little Grape" to exhibit exquisite floral displays at the Blossom Pavilion on the central lawn.
Several senior police officers personally attended the event to promote the message, including Director of National Security Kelvin Kong Hok-lai Kenneth Kwok Ka-chuen, Assistant Commissioner of Police (National Security) Kwok Ka-chuen, and Assistant Commissioner of Police (Service Quality) and Chairperson of the Police Handicraft Club Tsui Sheung-yee.
They distributed national security souvenirs to citizens and warmly took photos with the public.
Primary school students learn about national security through planting
Coinciding with the campus planting initiatives at TWGHs Ko Ho Ning Memorial Primary School, the school specially organized a group visit to allow students to gain a deeper understanding of the relationship between national security and agricultural crops.
Principal Au Wai-fung explained to the students the importance of crops to national security, pointing out that Hong Kong's food supply heavily relies on the Chinese mainland.
This supply process involves countering threats from natural disasters and pests, as well as continuously improving agricultural technology.
He hoped the students would understand the principle that "every single grain costs hard work," thereby realizing that food security and ecological security are not remote concepts.
The students made terrariums together with senior police officers at the National Security Department booth. Under the careful guidance of the workshop instructors, everyone personally placed soil and plants into the miniature terrariums.
The instructors wished the students well in nurturing the plants and looked forward to them bringing their results back next year to share their planting experiences.
Primary six student Tse shared that the experience made him realize that protecting plants is equal to protecting the ecology, as plants make the living environment more comfortable and the air fresher.
This helped him understand the importance of ecological security. Another primary six student, Fung, expressed that from the process of plants flowering, bearing fruit, and transforming into food, she realized that humans would starve without it.
This experience helped her understand what food security is and strengthened her resolve to do her best to protect nature in the future.
Kwok stated that the Hong Kong Flower Show is an annual grand event that attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors each year.
The National Security Department of the Police Force has been setting up booths at the exhibition since last year, aiming to seize this opportunity to deliver national security messages.
The focus is on promoting the Holistic Approach to National Security and the contents of the State Council's white paper Hong Kong: Safeguarding China's National Security Under the Framework of One Country, Two Systems, allowing the public to better understand the Police Force's work in this area.
