Lau read her oath at a six-second interval deliberately, as she admitted, to profane the oath.
Lee made the remarks as the city's universities have become hotbeds of violence and vandalism in recent days.
Lau noted that under the 13th Five-Year Plan, Hong Kong made several landmark achievements in cross-boundary infrastructure and connectivity with the mainland's capital market. He cited the construction of the Hong Kong Section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link and the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, as well as the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect and northbound trading of Bond Connect.
Legislating on national security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is undoubtedly within the remit of the central authorities, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said on Tuesday.
Leading telecom company Huawei Technologies Co Ltd shipped more handsets worldwide than archrival Apple Inc, for the first time, in the second quarter of 2018.
Lawmakers on Tuesday called for expansion of the scope of a proposed criminal default judgment mechanism during panel discussions at the ongoing session of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee.
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Launched in November 2011 for elementary and middle school students in China's rural areas, the nutritional improvement plan offers schools subsidies to build canteens or outsource breakfast and lunch from catering companies, as well as free nutritional packages for infants and information on healthy nutrition for their caregivers.
Legislators will deliberate on reports on the enforcement of infectious disease prevention and control law, and a temporary adjustment to the application of the civil servant law in a number of central organs.
Lau hoped that the public of Hong Kong can step forward to raise their voice against vandalism and safety threats targeting the MTR stations. In the past few weeks, the MTR has tried many different ways to maintain a safe and orderly rail operation and the company welcomes any suggestions to better cope with the current situation, Lau said.
Lee Hiu-ying, a council member of the Hong Kong Federation of Education Workers, said young students need to be protected from being used. They should not be at the front lines of political turmoil, he said.