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The Chief Executive attends the APEC Women Political Leaders Roundtable, which aims to strengthen ties amongst women leaders in the Asia-Pacific. She shares with the women leaders, including the President of Chile, Ms Veronica Michelle Bachelet Jeria, and the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Ms Jacinda Ardern, her governing experience and the work on promoting equal opportunities for women.
Ms Chung Yuen-ping, Ms Justine Charissa Ng, Ms Tong Nga-ting and Ms Yu Chui- yee grab a gold in the epee female team event of the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation's Wheelchair Fencing World Championships in Rome.
A Briton, Mr Simon Holliday, completes a 45km, 12.5-hour swim round Hong Kong Island, the first since 1976.
The Chief Executive says in her meeting with the Prime Minister of Australia, Mr Malcolm Turnbull, at the airport that she is pleased that, following the launch of Free Trade Agreement negotiations between Hong Kong and Australia in May, both sides. have been working together proactively to take the close trade and investment. relations to new heights.
Hong Kong forges a Free Trade Agreement and a related Investment Agreement with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
The Chief Secretary for Administration says the Low-income Working Family Allowance, to be renamed Working Family Allowance Scheme, has lifted 22,900 non- Comprehensive Social Security Assistance recipients out of poverty since its launch in May 2016, in an annual analysis by the Commission on Poverty.
Hong Kong and the Mainland sign the Cooperation Arrangement between the Mainland and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on the Establishment of the Port at the West Kowloon Station of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link for implementing Co-location Arrangement, following LegCo's passage of a non-binding motion on 15 November. This is the first step of the 'Three- step Process' to take forward the co-location arrangement.
Ms Chan Hei-man reaps a gold in the RS:X women's event at the Asian Windsurfing Championship in Penghu.
Mr Chu Man-kai and Mr Wong Chun-yim top the SS6 men's doubles event at the Badminton World Federation's Para-Badminton World Championships in Ulsan, South Korea.
The HKSAR Government signs the Agreement between the Mainland and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on Enhancing the Arrangement for Closer Cultural Relations and the Agreement on Exchange and Closer Cooperation Arrangements in the Area of Cultural Heritage with the Ministry of Culture and the State Administration of Cultural Heritage respectively.
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