The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge. [Photo/VCG] In the Government Work Report Premier Li Keqiang delivered at the NPC session on Tuesday, the central government expressed firm support of the Hong Kong and Macao SARs in seizing the major opportunities by the Belt and Road Initiative and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area development strategy. The central government has every confidence that Hong Kong and Macao will develop and thrive together with the mainland and maintain long-term prosperity and stability, and encourages Hong Kong and Macao to give better play to their strengths, and deepen mutually beneficial cooperation with the Chinese mainland in all fields, according to the report. The National Development and Reform Commission, setting out the major tasks for economic and social development in 2019, said it will give more support to Hong Kong and Macao in integrating themselves into the overall development of the country, and accelerate the planning and development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Concrete policies and measures will be rolled out to make it easier for Hong Kong and Macao residents to apply for mainland residence permits and to pursue development on the mainland, the NDRC said. The NDRC said it will draw up plans on industrial development, infrastructure and ecological conservation and environmental protection for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Grater Bay Area, and support the development of Shenzhen's Qianhai, Guangzhou's Nansha, and Zhuhai's Hengqin as platforms for cooperation between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao. Hong Kong will enjoy further support in its efforts to raise its standing as an international financial, shipping, and trade center, and develop itself as an international center for innovation in science and technology. Macao will also receive the central government's support in building the city into a world tourism and leisure center, in serving as a platform for business and trade cooperation between China and Lusophone countries, and in building itself as a hub for scientific and industrial development of traditional Chinese medicine, the NDRC added. wristbands canadacustom silicone bracelets canadarubber bracelets canadasilicone bracelets canadasilicone wristbands canadacustom wristbands canadacanadian wristbandswristbands canada
BANGKOK - Southern Thailand's public health departments warned tourists Wednesday not to swim at certain beaches where warning signs have been put up after 23 people were stung by poisonous jellyfish.The tourists, including Thais and foreign visitors, are still being treated in hospital after they were stung by blue bottle jellyfish that have appeared just off the shore of Samila beach in Songkla province recently, the public health department of Songkla said.According to the department, one of the hospitalized foreign tourists suffered serious hurt on his chest and arms and had breathing trouble.Tourists should be alerted when swimming at beaches in Samui island and Songkla in the south, said the department who also warned that tourists must distance themselves from the blue bottle jellyfish.Any tourists who get stung should quickly exit the water and immediately pour vinegar on the burn before going to hospital, the department said, advising against using water or rubbing the area with sand.Blue bottle jellyfish is known for its long blue venomous tentacles. The species lives in the surface of the sea and are found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Jellyfish appear seasonally on the shores of southern islands during the monsoon season.A bluebottle sting usually causes an immediate and severe pain. In some cases there will be nausea, vomiting, headache, pain in the abdomen and weariness. The toxins will be fatal once it leads to lesser circulation failure.
