His journey to the famous Palace of Westminster has taken him from being Chief of Staff to Britain's only other female Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
His comment came as the COVID-19 spread rapidly here in recent days. The number of confirmed cases soared to 3,526 as of Sunday morning.
Hong Kong media tycoon and Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai Chee-ying was arrested on Friday morning and released on bail later, according to Hong Kong Police.Also arrested on the account of illegal assembly were Lee Cheuk-yan of Labour Party, and former lawmaker and former chief of the Democratic Party, Yeung Sum. At a noon-time news briefing, Wong Tung-kwong, in charge of the Crime unit of HK Island Regional Headquarter, said Lai was also held for involving a criminal intimidation case. Lai and the two others were cited as having allegedly participated in an illegal anti-government mass rally in Hong Kong Island on Aug 31, which then descended into violence and vandalism with radicals attacking the Legislative Council building and the police headquarter and starting fires.Cases of the three suspects will be heard at Eastern Magistrates' Courts on May 5, the police said.According to the Public Order Ordinance and Crime Ordinance, both illegal assembly and criminal Intimidation can lead to a maximum penalty of five years in prison.Lai was taken to Kowloon City Police Station on Friday morning and bailed out according to local stipulations which allow bails for the suspects to await trials later.
Hong Kong's leader, the chief executive, is currently elected by a 1,200-member election committee.
Hong Kong is, in fact, freer than the US in many ways, she said. Human rights are fully protected by the Basic Law, and the election of the chief executive and Legislative Council by universal suffrage is promulgated in the Basic Law as the ultimate goal, but to be implemented in a gradual, orderly manner, she added.
Hong Kong's sole operator of railway services, MTR Corp, which has been the biggest target of vandalism during the city's six months of unrest, has said that this year its profits would drop by HK.6 billion (5 million) from repair costs for damaged facilities, loss of ridership and other disruptions.
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His team also said that the purchase of the multi-million dollar yacht has nothing to do with Nissan.
Hong Kong hopes to be part of the first group of economies to join the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) after the agreement takes effect, Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po said in a blog post on his website Sunday.
Hong Kong will deny entry to residents of Hubei province and those who have been to the province in the past 14 days indefinitely starting from Jan 27, the Hong Kong government announced late Sunday night.
Hong Kong resident Lau Fo-lam, who lives in Shenzhen, Guangdong, makes plastic flowers with children. YU YANMIN/FOR CHINA DALY