Hong Kong Secretary for Security John Lee Ka-chiu said a "black terror" had taken hold over the past weekend as the violence became extraordinarily serious and terrorized the city, which "completely undermined the city's rule of law".
Hog prices will continue high for a period of time due to the African swine fever, Lu said, adding that price hikes of hogs will not lead to significant increases in the retail prices of pork according to past experience.
Hong Kong's first makeshift hospital, built in AsiaWorld-Expo with assistance from mainland experts, began operations on Saturday as a triage center for patients. As of Sunday noon, 31 patients had been sent there.
Hong Kong is a relatively mature economy, thus it's difficult for it to achieve a relatively high growth rate in the future. But Hong Kong can tap into the potentials and opportunities brought by the mainland's reforms and opening-up, the Belt and Road Initiative and the "Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area" development initiative to grow its economy.
Hong Kong can also make use of its advantages in technological research and development to help the Greater Bay Area emerge as an international innovation center. The HKSAR government supports Hong Kong universities in establishing multilateral and cross-disciplinary partnerships with mainland cities in the Bay Area to promote high-level academic research activities, he said.
Hong Kong people should be very careful about being used as pawns in a geopolitical struggle, a leading Singaporean academic and former diplomat said.
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Hong Kong, of course, is not only a founding member of the WTO, but also has historic links with the UK, and they each play leading roles in the world economy.
His party stands ready to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with the CPC, and further advance the development of bilateral ties, Gryzlov said.
Hong Kong's lack of restrictions on capital and currency convertibility makes it ideal as a core center for raising capital for Belt and Road Initiative-related projects, he added.
Historically, Latin America was a natural extension of the ancient Silk Road trade routes, Nin Novoa said, noting that Uruguay supported the Belt and Road Initiative from the very start.