2021-05-20 15:35:30 GMT2021-05-20 23:35:30(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
HONG KONG, May 20 (Xinhua) The awards presentation ceremony of the annual Shaw Prize for 2020 was held online on Thursday, with six scientists commended for their prominent work in the prize s three categories of astronomy, life science and medicine, and mathematical sciences.
The Hong Kong-based Shaw Prize Foundation announced the list of 2020 laureates in May last year. The six scientists are from the United States, Britain, Germany and Israel. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the in-person awarding ceremony originally scheduled for September 2020 was cancelled.
Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Carrie Lam delivered a video speech at the virtual awarding ceremony Thursday.
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2021-05-14 14:05:31 GMT2021-05-14 22:05:31(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
HONG KONG, May 14 (Xinhua) The national five-year development plan will bring great opportunities to Hong Kong, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Carrie Lam said on Friday.
Speaking at an online meeting on Guangdong-Hong Kong cooperation, Lam said the neighboring province is Hong Kong s most important partner in the mainland and the two places are complementary to each other in pushing forward the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Lam said the 14th Five-Year Plan for national social and economic development supports Hong Kong s role in the development of the greater bay area and will bring enormous opportunities for the two places.
Xinhua Asia Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, May 14
15 May 2021, 02:44 GMT+10
HONG KONG The offense related property of Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, an instigator of Hong Kong riots, was frozen on Friday under the national security law in Hong Kong. John Lee, secretary for security of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government, issued notices to freeze all the shares of Next Digital Ltd. held by Lai and the property in the local bank accounts of three companies owned by him. Lai has been charged with multiple accounts of offenses, including collusion with external forces to endanger national security and conspiracy to pervert public justice. (Jimmy Lai-Property-Freeze)
Hong Kong to expand mainland exchange program for civil servants By CHEN ZIMO in Hong Kong | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2021-05-13 07:41 Share CLOSE Photo taken on July 14, 2020 shows the Golden Bauhinia Square in Hong Kong. [Photo/Xinhua]
The latest initiative for Hong Kong civil servants to take temporary positions on the mainland will help the special administrative region improve its governance capacity and vision, and it is expected to assist the city s development, a political scholar and civil service groups said on Wednesday.
Their remarks came as Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor revealed on Monday that Hong Kong s civil servants will soon have a chance to take up temporary positions in mainland government departments within the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.