New Victorian Premier Ben Carroll has sworn in a significantly restructured cabinet, abolishing key portfolios like transport infrastructure and cost of living, and trimming the cabinet size to signal efficiency and a new direction focused on working people and cost-of-living pressures.
Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee met China Securities Regulatory Commission chairman Wu Qing to discuss deepening financial market links. This high-level meeting occurred ahead of the launch of Hong Kong's first yuan-denominated five-year bond futures, aiming to enhance the RMB product ecosystem and consolidate Hong Kong's role as an offshore RMB hub.
The leaders of Hong Kong and Uzbekistan met on Wednesday to strengthen trade ties, as China and the Central Asian country signed 15 bilateral agreements covering areas such as infrastructure, healthcare and metal production. At a meeting at Government House with Uzbek Prime Minister Abdullah Nigmatovich Aripov, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu pledged to expand Hong Kong’s presence in Belt and Road Initiative markets and strengthen cooperation. Speaking later at a forum and exhibition with the...
Sir Mark Young, former Governor of Hong Kong, returned to the Colony on April 30, 1946 after being held prisoner of war since the Japanese attack on December 8, 1941. He was officially welcomed at Queen's Pier and later broadcast from Government House, paying tribute to those who fell in the Colony's defense.
