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and the Prime Minister of Vietnam, Mr Nguyen Xuan Phuc, to explore opportunities for further cooperation.

Ms Chan Hoi-yan wins the LegCo Kowloon West geographical constituency by- election triggered by the court invalidation of a LegCo oath taken by Ms Lau Siu-lai. A total of 216,522 electors cast votes for a field of five, a turnout of 44.45 per cent. The Immigration Department starts to issue the new form of smart Hong Kong identity cards, with the four-year territory-wide identity card replacement exercise beginning on 27 December.

WTO members commend Hong Kong, China, for the city's free and open trade regime at a Trade Policy Review meeting in Geneva. The last review took place in 2014.

LegCo passes the Travel Industry Bill to establish a Travel Industry Authority to regulate travel agents, tourist guides and tour escorts in a holistic manner.

The Dutiable Commodities (Amendment) Ordinance 2018 comes into operation to prohibit the sale or supply of intoxicating liquor to people under the age of 18 in the course of business and the sale of alcoholic beverages in vending machines.

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The civil jurisdictional limits of the District Court and Small Claims Tribunal are increased from $1 million to $3 million and from $50,000 to $75,000 respectively.

The government accepts the holistic assessment strategy proposed by the MTR Corporation regarding the platform slabs and diaphragm walls in the Hung Hom Station extension, including a physical investigation of at least 16 weeks that requires breaking open and then re-installing the built structures.

For the first time, Hong Kong makes a clean sweep of all four Group One horse races. in the Hong Kong International Races.

The Hong Kong Open is voted the best international tennis tournament of 2018 by players of the Women's Tennis Association for the first time.

The large-scale Hong Kong International Tourism Convention is held for about 1,000 participants to explore the tourism potential of the Belt and Road Initiative and the Greater Bay Area together for the first time.

The government announces assigning about 4,500 MHz of spectrum for fifth- generation mobile services, more than eight times the spectrum being used for 2G, 3G and 4G services.

The Agreement on Trade in Goods is signed under the framework of the Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement, providing for the full implementation of zero tariffs on goods of Hong Kong origin imported into the Mainland and expediting customs clearance to facilitate the movement of goods in the Greater Bay Area.

Ms Doo Hoi-kem and Mr Wong Chun-ting make history as the first champions of the inaugural mixed doubles event in the International Table Tennis Federation's World

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