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in the World Rowing Coastal Championships on home ground, where the Hong Kong team also clinches a bronze.

The first Hong Kong Legal Week is inaugurated, comprising the 3rd UNCITRAL Asia Pacific Judicial Summit, the inaugural Hong Kong Mediation Lecture and the 32nd LAWASIA Conference, attracting over 800 government officials, judges, academics, legal professionals and businessmen from some 30 jurisdictions.

The Chief Executive attends the opening ceremony of the second China International Import Expo in Shanghai, where Hong Kong sets up an exhibition area themed 'Hong Kong In' to demonstrate the city's edge as the leading international commerce and trading platform in Asia and its role in bringing in foreign investment to the Mainland.

The Chief Executive attends the meeting of the Leading Group for the Development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area in Beijing. She welcomes the 16 policy measures introduced by the CPG after the Leading Group meeting, which would benefit people from all walks of life and facilitate the development of various sectors in the Greater Bay Area.

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'Glistening Treasures in the Dust - Ancient Artefacts of Afghanistan' opens at the Museum of History, featuring rare artefacts unearthed in the country that attest to the important role played by ancient Afghanistan, as the cultural intersection of the Silk Road, in promoting the exchange and integration of world civilisations.

Ms Ng On-yee lifts her third International Billiards and Snooker Federation world title at the World Snooker Championships in Antalya, Turkey, nine years after emerging victorious in Syria.

The police take law enforcement action outside the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and University of Hong Kong (HKU) following rioters' violent acts. In Hung Hom, rioters barricade the Cross- Harbour Tunnel, then escape into PolyU and throw petrol bombs, glass bottles and hard objects at the nearby footbridge, where police are making arrests. At CUHK, rioters throw objects from a footbridge at vehicles driving along Tolo Highway below. At HKU, arsonists set fire to the MTR station entrance. Over the next three days, rioters. at the three locations throw objects onto the Kowloon exit of the Cross-Harbour Tunnel, Tolo Highway and Pok Fu Lam Road.

A record 2,943,842 registered electors cast their votes in the 2019 District Council Ordinary Election, a record high turnout rate of 71.23 per cent.

The Chief Secretary for Administration announces that the Cross-Harbour Tunnel will reopen to traffic the next day after a two-week closure owing to severe damage by rioter-initiated arson and vandalism earlier in the month. An inter-departmental action task force chaired by the Chief Secretary for Administration coordinated the collaboration amongst government departments and contractors in the extensive and urgent repairs of the tunnel. During the closure, the government arranged free ferry services between Wan Chai and the piers in Hung Hom and Kowloon City. The Cross-Harbour Tunnel reopens to traffic.

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