U Win Myint resigned from speaker of the House of Representatives (Lower House) last week but was re-elected as vice-president and nominated as a candidate in the presidential election.
Twelve political parties have contested in Sunday's elections, with the ruling CPP and the opposition CNRP being the major contestants, according to the National Election Committee (NEC).
Two police community relations officers bleed after being attacked by a group of rioters as their colleagues try to guard them from further harm in Central on Sunday. China Daily
Two of the bills, the National Anthem Bill and the Patent (Amendment) Bill, have been delayed for a very long time, Lam noted. "We do expect these two bills to be given priority in the resumption of second reading by the Legislative Council."
Two of the tourists were seriously injured. On Tuesday, 8 of the 31 injured tourists were flown to a hospital in Vientiane under the care of a medical team from the People's Liberation Army, who were in the country for Peace Train-2019, a China-Laos humanitarian and medical joint rescue exercise.
Two presidential aides said the president was considering forcing out deputy national security adviser Mira Ricardel, but as of Tuesday afternoon, the adviser remained in her West Wing office.
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Two passengers who had tested negative to the deadly disease before being flown back to Hong Kong were confirmed to have contracted the virus after moving into the newly built Chun Yeung public housing estate in Fo Tan for a 14-day quarantine, Chuang Shuk-kwan, head of the Communicable Disease Branch of the Centre for Health Protection, said at the government's daily briefing on the epidemic on Monday.
Two panda cubs born in 2019 snuggle up together while they make a public appearance at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan province, on Sept 24, 2019. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
ULAN BATOR - A new direct flight will be launched Wednesday evening between the Mongolian capital Ulan Bator and North China's Tianjin municipality, according to Aero Mongolia airline.
UNITED NATIONS - A Chinese envoy said Thursday that it is unacceptable to use China as an excuse for the United States to leave the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, which ended on Aug 2 after the United States formally withdrew from it.