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The government announces a proposed 'Three-step Process' to take forward the co-location arrangement of Hong Kong and Mainland customs, immigration and quarantine procedures at the West Kowloon Station of the Hong Kong Section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link. The Secretary for Justice says the legal arrangements allowing co-location will be consistent with the 'one country, two systems' policy and the Basic Law. Passengers will complete both Hong Kong and Mainland clearance procedures in one go before boarding a train. A quarter of the station, covering 109,000 square metres, will be leased to Mainland authorities as the Mainland Port Area and be regarded as lying outside Hong Kong for the purposes of application of laws and delineation of jurisdiction.

Bishop Michael Yeung Ming-cheung, 71, takes office as Hong Kong's eighth diocesan bishop, succeeding Cardinal John Tong Hon, 78, who retires on the same day. The Holy See raised the Catholic Church in Hong Kong to the status of a diocese in 1946. The Chief Executive embarks on her first overseas trip in the capacity of Chief Executive. She calls on the Emeritus Senior Minister, Mr Goh Chok Tong, and the Prime Minister, Mr Lee Hsien Loong, in Singapore separately. In Bangkok, she meets the Prime Minister, Mr Prayut Chan-o-cha, to explore areas for further cooperation. The government announces a Non-means-tested Subsidy Scheme for Self-financing Undergraduate Studies in Hong Kong, which grants $30,000 to cover eligible full- time self-financing locally accredited local and non-local undergraduate and top-up degree programmes at 15 institutions with effect from the 2017-18 academic year. A non-means-tested annual subsidy of $5,000 is launched under the Mainland University Study Subsidy Scheme for eligible students pursuing undergraduate studies at designated Mainland institutions from 2017-18 and do not receive the means-tested subsidy of $15,000 or $7,500.

Ms Ng On-yee cruises to victory at the World 6-Reds and Team Snooker Championship for women in Hurghada, Egypt.

Oil patches are sighted on the sea and at beaches in Islands District and Southern District after two vessels collided in Mainland waters southwest of Hong Kong. Thirteen beaches are closed and about 212 tonnes of palm stearin are collected in an interdepartmental cleanup.

The Chief Executive pays her first visit to Beijing in her capacity as Chief Executive and calls on 16 central ministries and organisations, achieving fruitful results.

Minibuses with 19 seats debut in Sai Kung, Tai Po and Southern District, upgraded from 16 seats after LegCo enacted the Road Traffic (Amendment) Ordinance 2017 in July.

JPC @ Pat Heung in Yuen Long opens. The campsite provides large-scale indoor and outdoor training facilities for the Junior Police Call, Senior Police Call, youth groups and ethnic minorities.

'Eternal Life - Exploring Ancient Egypt, which opened on 2 June at the Hong Kong Science Museum, receives its 500,000th visitor.

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