LONDON - France, Germany and the United Kingdom issued a joint statement on Thursday saying that they cannot support the United States in seeking to reimpose sanctions on Iran.
Lam pledged that the government will "provide the public with an answer this year on how we will improve liberal studies".
Lai and the entire executive body announced their resignation Friday.
Kwok has been widely criticized for indulging his fellow opposition members to filibuster the election process for more than six months in 17 meetings, resulting in the holding up of many important bills.
Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the IMF, said global economic growth is projected to be only 3 percent in 2019, the slowest rate in a decade.
Lam's remarks came a day after two central government bodies-the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council and the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong SAR-hit out at some opposition lawmakers who failed to perform their duties in public office by paralyzing the legislature for over six months.
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Kwok said that of the 31 arrested on Sunday, 17 were students, adding that the statistic was "worrisome". He stressed that people who exploit immature juveniles to commit crimes to achieve their own selfish goals are "despicable".
LOS ANGELES -- California's Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) said Saturday evening some ,100 million have been spent in fighting the Thomas Fire, which has been burning for 12 straight days.Mark Brown, an operations section chief in Cal Fire told reporters at a news briefing that the third largest wild fire since 1932 when the southwestern US state had records had scorched 267,500 acres of land, with the fire so far contained in 40 percent of them.Some 8,500 firefighters from at least a dozen states are battling the huge blaze, aided by 32 helicopters and 5 other planes, he said, the cost of firefighting jumped from million announced Friday to .1 billion in just 24 hours.Fueled by strong winds, the fire on Saturday spread fast toward Montecito, a coastal city of 20,000 population known for its luxury resorts and mansions of celebrities, 160 km northwest of Los Angeles.The firefighters managed to "fight the fire back to the ridges against the wind aggressively", Brown said, adding that hundreds of houses were spared from flames in Saturday's operation.The Thomas Fire, starting Dec 4 in the Ventura County, went northward to the Santa Barbara county last week, destroying about 1,000 buildings and killing two persons there including a firefighter.On Saturday, evacuation orders were called off in the Ventura County while renewed in the Santa Barbara County, for communities around Montecito.
Lam thanked Yuen for his service over the past five-and-a-half years in the justice portfolio, adding she has full confidence Cheng can carry on the work.
Lam pointed to a series of educational controversies since 2012 that saw campuses filled with anti-China and anti-government propaganda. This included negative media reports on the nation, as well as textbooks, lectures and other curriculum at schools that deliberately smeared the government and the police force.