Historians say up to 200,000 girls and young women, mostly from the Korean Peninsula, served as sex slaves for the Imperial Japan. The peninsula was colonized by Japan from 1910 to 1945.
Hong Kong's government is duty-bound to safeguard the quality of education, Lam said at the briefing. If even a tiny fraction of teachers use their position to convey wrong messages, to promote misunderstanding about the nation, to smear the country and the Hong Kong SAR government without basis, it is a very serious matter, she said.
Holding some of the largest deserts in the world, China joined the UNCCD in 1996. Thanks to decades of unremitting efforts, the area of desert in China has shrunk by nearly 2,000 square kilometers every year.
Hong Kong faces external economic challenges, including Sino-US trade frictions, Brexit, and other global uncertainties. The extreme behavior of the protesters will affect local business operations and undermine consumers' confidence, the BPA said.
Hong Kong has officially become a member of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) said on Tuesday.
Hong Kong's leading microbiologist, Yuen Kwok-yung, who is on the SAR government's four-expert advisory panel, said on Monday he had suggested the administration request all international travelers to Hong Kong, regardless of where they come from, to self confine for 14 days.
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Hong Kong reported three new cases of infection on Thursday, bringing the tally to 53. On the mainland, the total number of confirmed cases rose to over 59,000, mainly due to a change in diagnostic criteria, with over 1,300 fatalities.
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor (center), Secretary for Security John Lee Ka-chiu (right) and Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng Yeuk-wah meet with the media at the lobby of the Office of the Chief Executive on Monday. [Photo provide to China Daily]
His views were echoed by many attendees at the conference.
Historically low mortgage rates have drawn buyers into the housing market and helped those seeking to refinance their current homes at a lower rate.