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The Chief Secretary for Administration, Mr Henry Tang, and the Shenzhen Mayor, Mr Xu Zongheng, agree at the Hong Kong-Shenzhen cooperation meeting to set up the 'Task Force on Airport Cooperation between Hong Kong and Shenzhen' and the 'Hong Kong-Shenzhen Joint Task Force on Boundary District Development'.
The Executive Council gives the green light for the planning of a further MTR line linking Admiralty Station, in Hong Kong's central district, with South Horizons on the southern part of the island.
The Secretary for the Environment announces details of the Product Eco-Responsibility Bill, with an environmental levy on plastic shopping bags as the first scheme under the bill.
The Unsolicited Electronic Messages Ordinance goes into full operation.
The Beijing Organising Committee for the Games of XXIX Olympiad and the HKSAR Government sign a document on the arrangements to set up Olympic Live Sites in Hong Kong, which will allow the public to participate in cultural and entertainment activities during the Games.
The Secretary for Education leads an 800-member 'Delegation of the Hong Kong Students National Education Programme Series' to Beijing where the group is received by the Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Mr Jia Qinglin.
The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress makes a decision regarding the Chief Executive's report on constitutional development. It states that the election of the HKSAR Chief Executive in 2017 may be by universal suffrage. After the Chief Executive has been elected by universal suffrage, the election of all members of the Legislative Council may also be by universal suffrage.
Hong Kong enters a new era of broadcasting with the launch of digital terrestrial television broadcasting.
The Ngong Ping 360 cable car system re-opens for public use after satisfactory implementation of improvements to managing, operating and maintaining the system as recommended by the government- commissioned panel set up to investigate the dislodgement of a cabin from a cable on June 11, 2007.