His platoon stood in a line to relay the bags by hand to an area of the river that had been reinforced by timbers.
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Hong Kong SAR Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said at the meeting that the strong support by the central government would be a major confidence booster for people in Hong Kong to embrace new development opportunities.
His hope rose in 2016 when authorities unveiled a new guideline which encouraged the collection of used alkaline batteries for mass disposal in areas where technical conditions permit. "There are no policy obstacles anymore," he said.
Hong Kong's thousands of street cleaners, mostly senior residents who are the heroes behind the curtains of the city's clean streets, are one of those facing the dilemma. They face physical and mental stresses as the coronavirus spreads over the city. This week, the potentially fatal scourge claimed its second Hong Kong victim.
Honeywell International, a US manufacturing and technology conglomerate, will display their advanced technologies and personal protective equipment this year. The company will be taking part in the CIIE for the third time this year.
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Hong Kong's iconic theme park Ocean Park will resume operation starting from Sept 18.[Photo/Xinhua]
Homestay booking platform Muniao said in its Qixi report that the younger generation, 46 percent of whom are born after 1995, prefers to celebrate the festival in homestays. The best city to try a homestay on Qixi, as chosen by young people, is Chongqing, followed by Shanghai, Chengdu, Guangzhou and Hangzhou.
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor (left) and Secretary for Food and Health Sophia Chan Siu-chee hold up pamphlets on home isolation at a press briefing ahead of the weekly Executive Council meeting. In Hong Kong on March 17, 2020. [PARKER ZHENG / CHINA DAILY]
Hong Kong's Purchasing Manager's Index (PMI) sank to 40.8 in August, down from 43.8 in July, signaling the steepest deterioration in the health of the private sector since February 2009, according to IHS Markit's PMI survey.