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As China braces for COVID-19 resurgence, Macao reports 30 new cases
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Macao [China], July 2 (ANI): China's Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) reported 30 new confirmed locally transmitted cases of COVID-19 on Friday, the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Center of Macao said on Saturday.
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Polling begins for Hong Kong's sixth-term chief executive election
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, May 8 (ANI): Polling for the sixth-term chief executive election of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) began at 9 am local time (0100 GMT) on Sunday.
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Hong Kong continues tracing COVID-19 through sewage surveillance
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, May 1 (ANI): Hong Kong government on Sunday announced that the COVID-19 virus has recently been detected in sewage samples from some areas in the city, indicating that there may be hidden cases on the premises.
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Hong Kong to conduct 3-day mass self-test for COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Hong Kong , April 2 (ANI): Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Carrie Lam on Saturday invited all people in Hong Kong to do a rapid antigen test (RAT) for COVID-19 each day from April 8 to 10.
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Oath-taking ceremony of newly elected members of Hong Kong Legislative Cou
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Hong Kong, January 3 (ANI): The oath-taking ceremony for 90 members of the seventh-term Legislative Council (LegCo) of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) began at 11:00 am local time Monday. The election eroded the democratic elements of Hong Kong's electoral system.
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US, West allies lambasts at outcome of Hong Kong polls, express grave conc
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 20 (ANI): Noting the outcome of the Legislative Council elections in Hong Kong, the US, Canada, the UK, Australia, New Zealand have expressed grave concerns over the erosion of democratic elements of the Special Administrative Region's electoral system.
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7th term polls of Legislative Council concluded in Hong Kong
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Hong Kong, December 19 (ANI): The election for the seventh-term Legislative Council (LegCo) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) closed late Sunday, Xinhua news agency reported.
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Hong Kong stages counter-terrorism drill
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, November 19 (ANI/Xinhua): The Inter-departmental Counter Terrorism Unit (ICTU) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government's Security Bureau on Friday coordinated a counter-terrorism drill codenamed "TIGERPACE" at the West Kowloon Station.
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Hong Kong to hold chief executive election in March
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], October 24 (ANI): China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) will hold its chief executive election on March 27, 2022, Chinese state media reported.
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Chinese Communist Party cracks down on Macau's casino industry
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Macau [China], October 6 (ANI): The Chinese Communist Party has started to crack down on the casino industry in Macau, one of China's special administrative regions. Those who support this crackdown say this is in order to target the "cross-border flows of funds for gambling, hitting the fun
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Hong Kong's security bureau stresses criminal liability after anti-China o
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, October 3 (ANI/Xinhua): The Security Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government said on Sunday that an organization and its members shall remain criminally liable for the offenses they have committed, notwithstanding its disbandment or the resignation
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Two arrested in Hong Kong for 'promoting' banned Tiananmen Square vigil
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 4 (ANI/Sputnik): The Honk Kong police have arrested a prominent barrister and member of the group behind the special administrative region's annual vigil to mark the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown on June 4, 1989, along with a delivery person, on suspicion of p
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