His pilot colleague, Patrik Gustavsson replied, "It wasn't a lie, no one told us that was the case."
His left eye was burned in an accident at a village iron smelter, and he said, "I saw electric light for the first time when I was 10 years old and had to go to see a doctor in Shangri-La.
Hong Kong recorded a 31.5 percent increase, propelling the number of ultra wealthy individuals to just over the 10,000 mark in 2017, according to the latest edition of the Wealth-X World Ultra Wealth Report.
Hong Kong's status as an international financial center will not be undermined by the sanctions imposed by the United States, and China has full confidence in the special administrative region's future, said Zhang Xiaoming, deputy director of the State Council's Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office.
Hong Kong Customs seizes about 110 kilograms of suspected crystal meth in recent drug bust at the Hong Kong International Airport, on Dec 17, 2019. [Photo/www.chinanews.com]
His administration has also accused Cuba of supporting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, whose government is also the target of US sanctions.
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His comments are in line with earlier remarks by Vice-Premier Liu He during the Davos Forum in Switzerland, that China has concrete plans to rein in its mounting debt.
His prediction comes at a time when yuan exchange rate policy seems to be at a crossroads in which China is able to either go full steam ahead, allowing its currency to go global and be completely market oriented, or slip into the old ways of currency controls.
Hon said his key objective of using the platform is to grow the group's Chinese market. Export sales accounted for less than 1 percent of the group's total sales and China is the group's second largest export market after Indonesia.
Hong Kong's rule of law is rightly held in high regard. In the 2020 Rule of Law Index released earlier this year by the US-based non-profit organization World Justice Project, Hong Kong is ranked 16th out of 128 jurisdictions for its overall rule of law performance, higher than Spain (19th), France (20th), the US (21st) and Italy (27th), and is ranked 11th in terms of civil justice.