The SAR's government predicted that Hong Kong's economy would contract by 1.3 percent in 2019, marking the first year of recession since the global financial crisis 10 years ago.
The Seoul ministry said South Korea will make efforts to push the negotiation in a mutually reciprocal direction as the negotiations are to be held amid the difficult trade situation, caused by the spread of trade protectionism.
The Panama-registered oil tanker Sanchi, which was from Iran and had been carrying 111,300 metric tons of highly flammable condensate oil, collided with a Hong Kong cargo ship around 8 pm on Jan 6 some 160 nautical miles east of Shanghai.
The Pernambuco fire department confirmed five deaths in Recife, three in Olinda and five in Abreu e Lima.
The Senate's Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, approved through a unanimous consent vote, would require the US secretary of state to certify at least once a year that Hong Kong retains enough autonomy to qualify for special US trading consideration that bolsters its status as a world financial center. It also would provide for sanctions against officials responsible for human rights violations in Hong Kong.
The QFII and RQFII programs, introduced in 2003 and 2011 respectively, allow overseas institutional investors to move money into China's capital account for investment. [Photo/VCG]
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The STAR Market, dubbed informally the science and technology innovation board, is the first submarket of China's capital market to adopt the registration-based initial public offering mechanism. The market officially opened at the Shanghai Stock Exchange on Thursday.
The People's Bank of China, the central bank, skipped an adjustment of the newly-launched lending rate, while injecting 150 billion yuan ( billion) into the financial system on Friday, to maintain sufficient liquidity and tame inflation expectations.
The Panama-registered Sanchi, which was owned by an Iranian company and carried 111,300 metric tons of highly flammable condensate oil or natural gas liquids, collided with a Hong Kong freighter, CR Crystal, on Jan 6 some 160 nautical miles east of Shanghai and burst into flames.
The Senate trial is expected in early January. Trump himself has expressed an interest in a long trial with witnesses, but senior Republican senators want to put the affair behind them.