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Hong Kong to eliminate 'shoebox' flats

his aerial photo taken on October 14, 2024 shows apartment blocks in Tung Chung on Lantau Island in Hong Kong. (Photo by Peter PARKS / AFP)

Hong Kong leader John Lee rolled out plans on Wednesday to ban flats under eight square meters and cut import tax on spirits in a bid to ease a long-term housing crunch and boost the city's sluggish economy.

Li: Vucic, Xi have laid groundwork for new era of Sino-Serbian cooperation

BELGRADE - Chinese Communist Party official Li Xiaoxin, who is heading a Chinese delegation visiting Serbia, on Monday highlighted the significance of building a Serbia-China community for a shared future and a new era of bilateral cooperation, for which the groundwork was laid by Presidents Aleksandar Vucic and Xi Jinping during Xi's visit to Serbia in May.

Djuric: Serbian exports to China worth 6.6 bln dollars

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Marko Djuric said on Thursday Serbia strongly supported China's Belt and Road initiative and noted that Serbian exports to China were worth 6.6 bln dollars a year.

Addressing a conference titled Dialogues On China, Djuric said Serbia maintained a neutral position and friendly relations with all countries.

Dacic: Serbian delegation's visit to China contributing to strategic partnership

SHENZHEN - Serbian Deputy PM and Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said in Shenzhen, China, on Thursday a Serbian delegation's visit to the Asian country contributed to the implementation of a Serbian-Chinese strategic partnership and all that had been agreed by Presidents Aleksandar Vucic and Xi Jinping.

Momirovic: Chinese partners to invest 400 mln euros in Belgrade industrial park

XIAMEN - Serbia has made the most of the chance to present its potential and investment opportunities at the 24th China International Fair for Investment and Trade (CIFIT) in Xiamen, Serbian Minister of Internal and External Trade Tomislav Momirovic told Tanjug on Thursday at the end of a working visit to China.

Vulin: Chinese support for Serbia's integrity appreciated exceptionally highly

ST PETERSBURG - Serbian Deputy PM Aleksandar Vulin met with Chinese FM Wang Yi in St Petersburg on Wednesday, noting that Belgrade appreciated exceptionally highly China's support for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Serbia and Beijing's principled position of not recognising the false state of so-called Kosovo.

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