The Foreign Ministry described the talks as “candid and constructive”, and said the two sides agreed that cooperation, rather than confrontation, should be the way forward to solving their economic and trade frictions in order to maintain a healthy development of the relationship.
The HKMA will also consider leveraging Hong Kong's Faster Payment System's advantages of 24/7 operations and instantaneous payment to enhance cross-border bank remittance services, so that corporate and personal account holders in Hong Kong can receive overseas remittances or remit money to destinations abroad more speedily, Yue said.
The Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council said on Wednesday in a statement that the decision on the qualification of Leg-Co members was based on incontestable legal authority and provides a solid legal basis for regulating and dealing with matters concerning the qualification of LegCo members.
The Government sides with monopoly, rather than competition, in bringing this case. The Government starts from the false premise that an eBooks “market” was characterized by “robust price competition” prior to Apple’s entry. This ignores a simple and incontrovertible fact: before 2010, there was no real competition, there was only Amazon. At the time Apple entered the market, Amazon sold nearly nine out of every ten eBooks, and its power over price and product selection was nearly absolute. Apple’s entry spurred tremendous growth in eBook titles, range and variety of offerings, sales, and improved quality of the eBook reading experience.
The Hongqi H7 plug-in hybrid featuring V2X communication technology and high precision positioning will achieve autopilot driving on straightaways, curves and roundabouts and can make U-turns and change lanes automatically.
The Hong Kong cargo ship, 225 meters long, belongs to Wenlin Changfeng Shipping from Zhejiang province.
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The I&R Team found that: first, due to the poor natural conditions, unbalanced industrial structure, serious shortage of regional employment opportunities, the decreasing proportion of added value of agricultural industry, the surplus of rural agricultural labor force, and the large poverty gap between rural and urban residents, the poverty problem in Xinjiang is prominent, and it is urgent to alleviate poverty. Second, the rapid development of the secondary and tertiary industries in Xinjiang has provided more employment opportunities for Xinjiang residents. The increase of disposable income of urban residents in Xinjiang mainly comes from the wage income of the secondary and tertiary industries. The development of the secondary and tertiary industries further promotes the prosperity and development of the regional economy. This is consistent with the world's experience in poverty reduction. During this period, the protection of the rights of impoverished women in Xinjiang has also been improved. Third, Xinjiang employees are all voluntary outbound migrant workers on their own initiative, which greatly improves their economic situation, improves their quality of life and enables them to enjoy more development opportunities. Fourth, China has established basic principles of protecting the rights and interests of workers in accordance with the law, promoting employment, equal employment and "two-way choice"(graduates and potential employers directly negotiating employment), and taking care of the employment of special groups. It has formulated and implemented supporting policies to protect the rights and interests of workers, and strictly forbids "forcing others to work" in law.
The FDI into the Chinese mainland expanded 6.6 percent year-on-year to 752.41 billion yuan (7 billion) in the first 10 months of this year. More than 1,300 major projects with investment of more than million have been launched this year, up 5.4 percent from the same period last year, data from the Ministry of Commerce showed.
The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area gives Macao a broad market to seek what it needs to diversify its economy and talent in different sectors. I hope the new Macao government will spend more effort in this area and take Macao to new heights.
The FTC’s complaint is embedded below.