Hong Kong authorities allocate an additional HK$5 billion to a national security special fund, according to government financial records and reporting by local outlets. The funding is part of a series of allocations made since Beijing imposed the Hong Kong national security law in June 2020. The South China Morning Post reports that an official document reviewing the general revenue expenditure accounts for the financial year ending in March 2026 shows a non-recurrent HK$5 billion earmarked for a “special fund” to cover national security-related expenditure. Hong Kong Free Press similarly reports that the government makes the third allocation since 2020 and that the latest HK$5 billion increases the total amount earmarked for the national security fund to HK$18 billion. Both outlets describe the latest allocation as an additional contribution, bringing cumulative funding over roughly the past five years to HK$18 billion. The Free Press also notes that the allocation is gazetted as part of the government’s formal process. The documents and coverage do not indicate a change in the fund’s purpose beyond meeting related expenditure under the national security framework.