HONG KONG, June 28 (Xinhua) -- The Hong Kong Palace Museum (HKPM), located in the West Kowloon Cultural District of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, was inaugurated on June 22 and is scheduled to open to the public on July 2. More than 40,000 tickets were sold or reserved within eight hours on the first day of public sale, and all free visits on Wednesdays in July were fully booked.
Lang Shunyun, a woman from Hong Kong, has been working as a keeper for two years at the Shenshuping base of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in the Wolong National Nature Reserve, southwest China’s Sichuan Province. The Shenshuping base was sponsored by the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR).
By fully leveraging its institutional strength under the “one country, two systems” principle, China’s Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) has steadily strengthened its competitive advantages and witnessed economic and social prosperity and stability over the past 25 years since its return to the motherland. Photo taken on July 27, 2019 shows a ferryboat sailing from the Victoria Bay in south China’s Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong.
Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po gives an interview. [Photo by ZOU HONG/CHINA DAILY] Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po said he is very confident and hopeful about Hong Kong's economy and future development as the city is at a critical juncture of maintaining stability and seeking prosperity.
