Responding to legislators' arguments during deliberation on Thursday, Secretary for Transport and Housing Frank Chan Fan said the advantages of the high-speed rail link and its contribution to Hong Kong are a "hard fact".
Rescue workers come out of a mine on Tuesday after a roof collapse on Monday in Nandan county, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. Rescue efforts are still underway. [Photo/VCG]
Relatively tightened liquidity to contain leverage and financial risks also helped to rein in prices. Authorities have constantly reiterated that "houses are for living in, not speculation."
Relations between the US and the Palestinians have spiraled since Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital in December. Since then he has cut US funding to a United Nations agency that assists Palestinian refugees and threatened to withhold aid money to the Palestinians unless they resume negotiations with Israel.
Representatives from Fresenius (left) and Bayer AG (right) sign up for the third CIIE during a ceremony in Shanghai on April 21. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
Representatives from almost 30 mainstream media outlets of China and the Republic of Korea attended the event and conducted discussions surrounding topics including the cooperation on trade, commerce and global public health governance between the two countries in the post-pandemic era.
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Rescuers help an injured man after a magnitude-7.0 earthquake struck Jiuzhaigou county, Sichuan province, on Tuesday night. [Photo by Yang Jian/Asianewsphoto]
Rescue workers are seen on Saturday after a dam, owned by Brazilian miner Vale SA, burst in Brumadinho, Brazil. At least 40 people were killed, and hundreds are missing. XINHUA
Relocation of impoverished populations is one of the measures the government has adopted for its "targeted poverty-alleviation" program. Under the program, people are advised to move from areas that lack conditions that allow them to make a decent living. However, the residents themselves have to approve the measure.
Responding officers found that students and staff had barricaded classroom doors with desks, bookcases and other objects as they learned in training, Howell said.