Today’s amendment was the result of a compromise reached between Mayor Jenny Durkan and several sponsors of the originally proposed tax over the weekend. Under the amendment, the tax expires after five years with the option to renew it. Kshama Sawant was the only councilmember to vote against the amendment, but voted in support of the final tax after the amendment was added by her colleagues.
Trains will travel at speeds of 250 kilometers per hour and the annual passenger volume will be around 25 million, it said.
Trade with BRI countries also registered a higher share of China's total trade, which stood at 28.9 percent, up by 1.5 percentage points compared with H1 2018.
Tommy Wu, senior economist at Oxford Economics (Hong Kong), said: "While the district councilors are only responsible for local issues, the record turnout and overwhelming results suggest that the Hong Kong government will need to work closely with opposition parties on future policy issues in order to win support from local citizens to push forward policy initiatives.
Trade surplus stood at 233.63 billion yuan (.76 billion) last month, expanding from 213.23 billion yuan in September, according to data released by the General Administration of Customs.
Top political adviser Yu Zhengsheng met with a Taiwan delegation representing the island's New Party in Beijing on Monday to discuss the peaceful development of cross-Straits relations and how to achieve the "great rejuvenation" of the Chinese nation.
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Total investment in fixed assets grew by 6.3 percent, with private investment growing at 6.4 percent, slightly faster than the overall number. This is especially significant in the light of last year's fears that private investment in the economy might collapse. So, the government's efforts to strengthen the private sector appear to have borne fruit.
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Together with China Southern Airlines, Air China and Shanghai Airlines, the four airlines completed 87 percent of the air transportation for donated organs.
Trade from goods with B&R countries totaled .3 trillion in 2018, up 16.3 percent year on year and outpacing the growth rate of the country's total foreign trade last year, according to the Ministry of Commerce.