In his online Sunday blog, Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po said the retail, catering and tourism industries, which are considered pillars of the city's economy, have been battered severely by the outbreak of the NCP, which has infected 26 people locally and over 37,000 on Chinese mainland since mid-December.
In other regions, local authorities have streamlined administrative approval procedures.
In late August, the documentary film Twenty Two, featuring the stories of 22 so-called comfort women - sex slaves for Japanese troops - became an unexpected hit. It is the first Chinese documentary to surpass 100 million yuan at the box office.
In other news from Google I/O, the Google Assistant is getting on-device AI processing and a new feature that promises to better understand the people, places and events important to individual users, as part of a broader update for the search giant’s voice assistant.
In his speech at a Washington-based think tank, Cho said that both US President Donald Trump and the DPRK's top leader Kim Jong-un want a second meeting to deal with the denuclearization issue.
In his speech, Guo also stressed the need for fairer market competition as tech giants can use data monopoly advantages to hinder fair competition and obtain excess returns.
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In light of the wanton challenge on the “one country, two systems”, Maria Tam Wai-chu, deputy director of the Hong Kong SAR Basic Law Committee of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, said it is the central government’s right and duty to take actions to ensure Hong Kong’s stability if an unrest broke out. Tam said the PLA Hong Kong Garrison is an important component in fully implementing the “one country, two systems”.
In its 10-year business plan, both parties are also looking at electric vehicles, he said.
In one of the rooms of his apartment, a large poster still hangs on the wall, which reads "Happy birthday old cadre Zhou Zhifu".
In his speech, Trump pointed out that the United Nations on a regular budget has increased by 140 percent, and its staff has more than doubled since 2000.