Hong Kong residents voiced their support on Sunday for the national security legislation put forward by China's top legislature, hoping it can restore peace in the city and free it from the street violence that put businesses and people's livelihoods in great peril.
Hong Kong recorded year-onyear GDP growth of 0.6 percent for both the first and second quarters of this year.
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng-Yuet-ngor meets the press before an Executive Council meeting on April 21, 2020. [PHOTO BY PARKER ZHENG/CHINA DAILY]
Hong Kong stocks tumbled on Wednesday as sentiments dimmed over a number of factors. The Hang Seng Index, the city's benchmark, dropped 1.73 percent, or 480.8 points, to close at 27,308.4 points on Wednesday.
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Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor (fourth right) meets the Chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission Yi Huiman (fourth left), in Beijing on Nov 5, 2020. [PHOTO/HKSAR GOVERNMENT]
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Hong Kong political commentator Paul Yeung told China Daily that the delivery of the quality of life-centered Policy Address will be a good start for moving the city out of its current impasse.
His point was echoed by Ning, who said with the advancement of the consumption level and structure, Chinese enterprises will inevitably change the structure of their products, investments and industries.
Hong Kong's former director of public prosecutions Grenville Cross praised the city's police force, saying the officers have shown "incredible restraint and great courage under huge provocation".
Hong Kong, however, hasn't had any law to safeguard national security since its return to China in 1997 and lacked related enforcement mechanisms, he said.