HONG KONG, June 15 (Xinhua) -- Team Hong Kong has earned a spot for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup despite a 4-0 defeat to India in the qualifying final round on Tuesday. Hong Kong, China had played three times in the Asian soccer elites stage, as it placed third in the first edition in 1956 and finished fourth and fifth in 1964 and 1968 respectively.
Ahead of the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland on July 1, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) Carrie Lam vowed on Tuesday to make every effortto control the local epidemic and create favorable conditions for leaders of the central government to visit. Lam stressed to foreign chambers of commerce and consuls general the need to be cautious on epidemic prevention, local media reports said.
BEIJING, June 7 (Xinhua) -- The Palace Museum in Beijing, also known as the Forbidden City, will co-launch a set of opening exhibitions with the Hong Kong Palace Museum. Scheduled to open to the public on July 2, these events are the result of four years of preparations and collaborative efforts.
The practice of the "one country, two systems" principle is universally recognized as successful, providing the best guarantee for Hong Kong's long-term prosperity and stability. Only when there's stability, the city can see further development, John Lee Ka-chiu, the newly appointed sixth-term chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government, said in a latest article.
