Entrusted by China's central government, Chongqing municipality has been sending medical aid teams to Papua New Guinea since 2002. It is the first medical team sent to the region of South Pacific from China.
Rampant violence continues to spread across Hong Kong as rioters wreak havoc in multiple locations. A tour bus was burnt down in Tsim Sha Tsui on Monday and radicals threw petrol bombs and set fire on the streets.
During a HK police news conference on Monday, Kwok Ka-cheun, chief superintendent of the police public relations branch, commented on the recent police deployment in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) campus. "It's necessary and justified for police officers to take action in order to contain the violence and public order," Kwok said.
The US Senate passed the so-called Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019 on Tuesday. US senator Macro Rubio tweeted: "Hong Kong we hear you. We continue to stand with you. Tonight the Senate passed my Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act."
Protesters under 18 were persuaded to leave the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) campus peacefully on Monday. The youngsters were accompanied by mediators and brought back home from the campus amid violence and chaos.
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said on?Tuesday in light of the special circumstances in recent events, participants under the age of 18 who were involved in vandalism and violent clashes within the campus should be treated in a very humanitarian way. "If they come out peacefully, we will just put down their data. So we make a record of their personal data, and they may leave the campus," Lam said.
It is reported that, due to vandalism by rioters at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Rock S. Tuan, the university's president, has applied for 1.4 billion HK dollars to restore the campus. A huge amount of money is needed after the wanton destruction that took place across the city, but who will pay for it?
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said on Tuesday that the voluntary and charitable activities by soldiers and officers from the People's Liberation Army Hong Kong Garrison should not be over-interpreted.
During a disturbing event that took pace on Monday night, rioters in Hong Kong besieged a group of police officers and tossed bricks at them, stopping police from sending injured protestors to the local hospital.
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