Ho Pak-leung, president of the Centre for Infection at the University of Hong Kong, believed there is a high risk of the novel coronavirus finding its way into the city after neighboring Shenzhen confirmed an infection. Ho suggested the SAR government start accepting mandatory health declarations at checkpoints just like Macao and the United States.
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor holds a press conference at Central Government Offices on 18 Aug, 2020. [CALVIN NG/ CHINA DAILY]
His comment came a day after ROK and the DPRK agreed to hold a groundbreaking ceremony in late November or early December to modernize and eventually connect railways and roads across the inter-Korean border.
His first indirect contact with China may have left him injured, but his subsequent interactions changed his views of the country and led him on a path to promoting friendship and understanding between the two peoples.
Hohhot, in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, hosted an investment promotion event in Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong province, on Dec 1, with the aim of attracting more projects to Hohhot, according to local media reports.
Hong Kong has been recently plagued by "black violence." The black-clad rioters ignore the anti-mask law and other laws, and continue to hide their identities, said an announcement issued by Safeguard Hong Kong on its website.
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His country will also help deepen cooperation between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, he added. Singapore will become the rotating president of ASEAN next year.
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor speaks at a news conference on Friday. [Photo/Xinhua]
Holiday shopping is big business worldwide. Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba set a sales record with 268.4 billion yuan (.38 billion) spent by consumers on Singles Day or 11.11, on Nov 11. Sales during the world's largest 24-hour shopping event rose 26 percent this year compared with last year.
Hong Kong's role as a separate customs territory is not granted by individual countries, but recognized by the World Trade Organization, the spokesperson stressed.