Working Group on Patriotic Education launches TV API
The Working Group on Patriotic Education (WGPE) under the Constitution and Basic Law Promotion Steering Committee today (October 1) launched a new government TV Announcement in the Public Interest (API) to further promote the message of "Love our Country, Love Hong Kong, Love our Community".
The Convenor of the WGPE, Ms Starry Lee, said, "The one-minute API makes use of the theme song of patriotic education 'Our Home', and features national achievements as well as citizens' heartwarming clips and inspirational moments. We hope it can reach out to different walks of life and age groups in the society, and subtly instil stronger feeling of 'Love our Country, Love Hong Kong, Love our Community'".
The API presents many touching moments, including national achievements in aerospace and science and technology, families helping and loving each other, hard-working young people, perseverance of Hong Kong athletes, and disciplined force personnel providing emergency services. All these scenes depict deep love and affection for our home.
The API will be broadcast on various TV channels starting from today, and will be uploaded to the Information Services Department's website at www.isd.gov.hk/eng/tvapi/24_ms345.html and its YouTube channel at youtu.be/o89noH3jt70.
In addition, USB devices containing the karaoke version of "Our Home" and folders with messages of loving our country, Hong Kong and our community, which are produced by the WGPE, will be sent to primary and secondary schools and students respectively starting from early October, so that patriotic education can be better integrated across campuses and into students' daily studies and lives in an interesting and diversified manner.
Working Group on Patriotic Education launches TV API Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
Hong Kong Customs extends FTA Scheme to Myanmar and Honduras
Hong Kong Customs today (October 1) extended the Free Trade Agreement Transhipment Facilitation Scheme (FTA Scheme) to cover transshipment cargoes from the Mainland to Myanmar via Hong Kong, and from Honduras via Hong Kong to the Mainland.
The scope of service of the FTA Scheme originally covers cargoes of 69 economies under 21 trade agreements signed between the Mainland and its trading partners to be transshipped northbound via Hong Kong to the Mainland, and the Mainland transshipment cargoes heading southbound via Hong Kong for Taiwan, Korea, Singapore, Vietnam, Nicaragua and Australia under eight trade agreements signed.
Upon the extension, local traders starting from today can apply to Hong Kong Customs for a Certificate of Non-manipulation for the purpose of claiming a preferential tariff under the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Co-operation between the Association of South East Asian Nations and the People's Republic of China or the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, and the Early Harvest Arrangement of the China-Honduras Free Trade Agreement, for cargoes from the Mainland transshipped to Myanmar via Hong Kong, and those from Honduras transshipped to the Mainland via Hong Kong.
Hong Kong Customs will make persistent efforts to extend the coverage of the FTA Scheme to enable more goods passing through Hong Kong to enjoy tariff concessions provided under relevant trade agreements, assist enterprises to tap into new markets, and reinforce Hong Kong's leading status as a logistics hub.
Hong Kong Customs has implemented the FTA Scheme since December 20, 2015, to provide traders with Customs supervision service and issue the Certificate of Non-manipulation to certify transshipment cargoes that have not undergone any further processing during their stay in Hong Kong. For applications, please visit www.customs.gov.hk/en/service-enforcement-information/trade-facilitation/fta/procedure/index.html.
