Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said on Wednesday that the newly promulgated national security law for Hong Kong vindicated the central authorities' determination to adhere to and better implement the "one country, two systems" principle.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index gained 1.1 percent on Friday after suffering a 2.2 percent drop on the previous day. The Shanghai and Shenzhen markets on the Chinese mainland were closed due to the Qingming Festival holiday.
Hong Kong listed China Communications Construction dropped 1.7 percent to close at HK.42 (85 US cents) per share on Wednesday. In comparison, the benchmark Hang Seng Index grew 1.19 percent to 28,094.61.
Hong Kong, as an important post of the bay area, should play a bigger role in the world's economy rather than just as a bridge between China and the rest of the world, since China has already become the world's second-largest economy.
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor (center) talks to the media in a press conference in Hong Kong, Feb 3, 2020. [Photo by Calvin Ng/China Daily]
Hong Kong, like the Tibet and Xinjiang Uygur autonomous regions, has become part of the narrative to "build the anger against China", he said.
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Hong Kong's privacy watchdog is seeking law amendments that would give it powers to investigate and prosecute cases relating to cyberbullying and doxxing. The privacy commissioner's request came in response to a remarkable surge in such abuse since the prolonged anti-government protests started seven months ago.
His rendition swaps the woman's face for a cat's. And the lantern contains medical waste like used facemasks to remind people to properly dispose of them.
Hong Kong's conglomerate The Wharf (Holdings) Ltd will seek to cash in on consumption upgrade and the rise of middle - and high-income earners on the Chinese mainland, one of its senior executives said.
Hong Kong's chief executive will visit Beijing in wake of pandemic's damage