Calendar of Events
2017
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forward specific measures focusing on six key areas, namely finance and investment, infrastructure and maritime services, economic and trade facilitation, people-to- people bonds, the bay area development, and collaboration in project interfacing and dispute resolution services. It also serves as a blueprint for Hong Kong's further participation in the Belt and Road Initiative.
The HKSAR signs arrangements with the Mainland on the reciprocal notification mechanism regarding the imposition of criminal compulsory measures on and the institution of criminal prosecution or unnatural deaths of residents of the other side within its own territory. Notification time frames are set for the first time and other measures are introduced to improve the notification content, scope and channel. The arrangements take effect on 1 February 2018.
The Chief Executive meets the President and the Premier separately on her first duty visit to Beijing in the capacity of Chief Executive to brief the state leaders on the latest economic, social and political situation in Hong Kong.
LegCo passes two resolutions to amend provisions of the Rules of Procedure related to, among others, petitions, quorum in a committee of the whole council, and the handling of motions and amendments.
The Smart City Blueprint for Hong Kong maps out development plans in the next five years to enhance city management and improve quality of living through innovation and technology.
Ms Tse Ying-suet and Mr Tang Chun-man clinch a silver in Hong Kong's first badminton mixed doubles victory in the Dubai World Superseries Finals, launched
in 2008.
China Development Bank debuts its Belt and Road bond in Hong Kong to finance projects across Belt and Road countries.
Two research studies led by Faculty of Medicine professors at the Chinese University of Hong Kong are among the 10 most notable articles of 2017 selected by the New England Journal of Medicine in Massachusetts, and are the only studies on the list headed by Asia-based researchers. 'Osimertinib or Platinum-Pemetrexed in EGFR T790M-Positive Lung Cancer, led by Professor Tony Mok, explores treatment for patients whose cancer genes further mutate and develop resistance after first-line therapy, while 'Analysis of Plasma Epstein-Barr Virus DNA to Screen for Nasopharyngeal Cancer', led by Professor Allen Chan and Professor Dennis Lo, demonstrates circulating DNA analysis is a powerful non-invasive tool to screen for cancer patients at significantly earlier stages.
The NPC Standing Committee approves 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. This signifies the second step in the 'Three-step Process' to provide a firm legal basis for the implementation of the co-location arrangement at West Kowloon Station.
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