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Ma Chi-sing, president of the Government Employees Association, acknowledged the urgent need for Hong Kong civil servants to learn from the mainland's innovative governance experience, which has made remarkable achievements, and strengthen their ties with the mainland.
HK seizes the day to catch up with national security education, something absent for decades Chen Qingqing, Bai Yunyi and Cui Fandi Published: Apr 15, 2021 10:58 PM Police officers perform a new goose step, the same style used by police and troops on the Chinese mainland, at the city's police college before hosting the China and Hong Kong flags during an open day to celebrate the National Security Education Day in Hong Kong on Thursday. Photo: AFPAs Hong Kong for the first time celebrated the National Security Education Day on Thursday with unprecedented activities, local and central governm...
2021-04-07 14:36:04 GMT2021-04-07 22:36:04(Beijing Time) Xinhua English MACAO, April 7 (Xinhua) -- Macao's economy is forecast to grow between 21.4 percent and 33.5 percent in 2021, according to a report released Wednesday by the University of Macao (UM). Exports of services are expected to grow between 53.4 percent and 82.1 percent this year, according to the 2021 Macao Macroeconomic Forecast released by UM's Center for Macao Studies and Department of Economics. The unemployment rate is projected to decline whereas government revenue with reimbursement from government reserve excluded...
2021-04-01 12:35:56 GMT2021-04-01 20:35:56(Beijing Time) Xinhua English BEIJING, April 1 (Xinhua) -- The recent move by China's top legislature to improve the electoral system of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) has solid political and legal foundations and extensive public support, experts say. The amended Annex I and Annex II to the Basic Law of the HKSAR were passed on Tuesday at a session of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee. The two annexes respectively concern the method for the selection of the HKSAR chief executive and the method for the...
I have served the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) for 27 years and took part in many investigations and enforcement actions concerning Hong Kong election law. Based on that experience, I must say that the current law is effective only in the areas of ensuring procedural fairness and corruption prevention.