Lam, who has been the city’s least popular chief executive, said she informed authorities in Beijing of her plan at a National People’s Congress session over a year ago.
Hong Kong has so far been relatively unscathed, but as the pandemic approaches its first anniversary, residents are looking to the response systems in place in other nations in envy.
The US Treasury dept said Chief Executive Carrie Lam was sanctioned since she is directly responsible for implementing Beijing’s policies of suppression in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong’s chief executive Carrie Lam will from now on be more closely supervised by several officials who have come up through the Communist Party ranks on the mainland.
The law will let Chinese security agents operate in Hong Kong and also give leader Carrie Lam the power to pick judges to hear national security matters.
Pro-democracy groups have announced large scale protests against China's move to try and bypass Hong Kong’s legislature and implement a new security law.
Chinese President Xi Jinping, in his New Year's address, had expressed concern that the situation in Hong Kong posed a major challenge to the Communist party.
The rally was the first organised by Civil Human Rights Front. They said about 8,00,000 were at the rally, while police estimated 1,83,000 were at peak of the protest.
The move follows weeks of clashes between pro-democracy protesters and Hong Kong police, including this weekend's demonstrations that saw activists lob petrol bombs and set bonfires in the streets.
The Beckhams have had the sleekest, unassailable PR game in celebrity town. And much of it rests on their carefully curated social media image, especially on Instagram.
Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.
Both the governments expressed their commitment to strengthening their maritime cooperation to strengthen the maritime safety and security framework in the region.
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