4 Monday, August 20, 2018 It’s necessary for Hong Kong to make use of its advantages instead of only paying attention to maintaining the container throughput.” CHINA Zhu Hanliang, managing director of Asia Container Terminals based in Hong Kong CHINA DAILY HONG KONG EDITION Officials lose jobs for failure of oversight
Company was told to stop polluting; it visit to the company, howev er, that Tairui had resumed secretly resumed production instead production without authori zation. “This is a case that’s vile in By HOU LIQIANG over by Shi Taifeng, Ning nature and with especially [email protected] xia’s Party secretary. The flagrant circumstances,” the committee also established a meeting of the regional CPC Three officials responsible team to investigate the three Standing Committee said. for a county in the Ningxia officials. The committee will launch Hui autonomous region In 2016, environmental an investigation into Tairui have been removed from inspectors from the central and its executives and severe their posts after a company government asked Ningxia ly punish its environmental that violated environmental Tairui Pharmaceutical Co in violations, it said. protection rules resumed Yongning to rectify its envi Local authorities had shut production without authori ronmental violations after down and sealed all the facili zation. finding that an “undesirable ties that Tairui used for its Qian Kexiao, Party secre odor” emitted by the factory clandestine production, as of tary of Yongning county in had affected nearby resi 7 am on Saturday. Ningxia’s capital, Yinchuan, dents’ lives. The committee also vowed and Li Runjun, head of the Tairui was ordered to sus to comb through major com county government, have pend production after the panies in Ningxia for envi People pass through a flooded road in Jinan, Shandong province, on Sunday as the city issued an alert for rain brought by Typhoon Rumbia. been held accountable for the inspectors revisited Ning ronmental violations and to CUI JIAN / FOR CHINA DAILY situation along with Xu Qing, xia in June and found it had ensure that any found are vicemayor of Yinchuan, who failed to rectify the prob “completely rectified”. Regu oversees environmental pro lem. lar environmental inspec tection in the city. The company released gas tions and law enforcement Typhoon Rumbia leaves heavy damage; 2 killed Qian is also a member of with an offensive odor at will also be enhanced, it the Standing Committee of least once a day. The inspec said. the Yinchuan Committee of tion team received 28 public Tairui, in Yinchuan Typhoon Rumbia, the 18th More than 1.7 million people around 3 am on Saturday. storm alert to the thirdhighest the Communist Party of Chi reports on the first day after Wangyuan Industrial Park, this year, has been moving and nearly 243,000 hectares of Around 888,000 residents have of a fourtier warning system, na, according to a statement arriving in Yinchuan in claims to be China’s largest northwest since making land crops have been adversely been affected. as storms were expected to bat from Ningxia authorities on June, with 17 of the com production and export base fall in Shanghai’s Pudong New affected, local authorities said. As of Sunday noon, one per ter Henan, Hebei, Shandong, Saturday. plaints related to Tairui. for veterinary antibiotics and Area on Friday, bringing heavy Typhoon Rumbia has caused son has been reported dead. Anhui and Jiangsu provinces The decision was made in Tairui said on June 22 that a major global producer. downpours and causing floods direct economic losses of over Nearly 109,000 hectares of on Saturday and Sunday. a meeting of the Standing it would suspend production Established in 2000, it has along the way. 1.1 billion yuan ($160 million) in crops have been affected, local Some parts of the provinces Committee of the Ningxia and relocate its factory. about 3,000 employees and The civil affairs department the province. More than 4,000 authorities said. Direct eco could experience downpours of Committee of the Commu Local inspectors in Ning boasts total assets of 6 billion of Anhui province said one houses have been damaged. nomic losses are estimated at up to 35 centimeters within 24 nist Party of China presided xia found during a recent yuan ($872 million). person has been confirmed According to the meteorolog 198 million yuan. hours, according to the center. dead and 13 others were ical bureau of Henan province, The National Meteorological injured as of Sunday noon. the typhoon entered the region Center upgraded the rain XINHUA As other ports rise, HK still Chamber chief lauds has much value for shippers Greater Bay initiatives By JIANG CHENGLONG the trend mainly arises from helping Chinese shipping in Hong Kong the fact that Hong Kong’s companies further invest By EDITH LU in Hong Kong when VicePremier Han Zheng jiangchenglong@ nearby ports optimized along the 21st Century Mari [email protected] reiterated the central govern chinadaily.com.cn their infrastructure dramat time Silk Road.” ment’s support at the first offi ically over the past two dec High valueadded shipping Although the nittygritty of cial meeting of the leading Logistics industry insiders ades — facilities such as service is Hong Kong’s other the development plan for the group for the development of called on Hong Kong to Yantian Port in Shenzhen traditional advantage, GuangdongHong KongMa the Bay Area held in Beijing. enhance its highend ship and Nansha Port in including maritime arbitra cao Greater Bay Area have yet Chief Executive Carrie Lam ping services, rather than Guangzhou — attracting tion, marine insurance and to be unveiled, Hong Kong Cheng Yuetngor, who attend focusing so much on contain plenty of cargo that other ship management. business leader Jonathan Choi ed the meeting, said the Chi er throughput. Doing so, they wise would have been International law firms in Koonshum has hailed a host nese Academy of Sciences said, would burnish its repu moved through Hong Kong. Hong Kong provide legal of practical steps that have would establish an affiliated Jonathan Choi Koonshum, chairman of the Hong Kong Chinese tation as an international M.V. Cosco Netherlands, a advice on ship chartering, been rolled out and imple organization in Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, predicts the GuangdongHong shipping center. container ship that can carry cargo claims and dispute res mented by the central govern and arrange for two of its insti KongMacao Greater Bay Area could become the world’s largest bay “Hong Kong should pro 13,000 containers, left Yanti olution. According to Hong ment. tutes to set up branches at area in terms of gross domestic product and area size in five to 10 vide more highlevel ship an port on Aug 2 after stop Kong Trade Development Stressing that “action always Hong Kong Science Park. years. ROY LIU / CHINA DAILY ping services, including ping in Hong Kong port on Council, Hong Kong Interna speaks louder than words”, Besides the boost for the maritime arbitration and Wednesday. It set sail from tional Arbitration Center Choi, who chairs the Hong innovation and technology reason for the delay. Hong Kong enterprises with logistics, to Chinese compa China in late July, heading for handled 297 new arbitration Kong Chinese General Cham sector, the Chinese mainland In his view, the delay could plants on the mainland to be nies investing in countries Europe. cases in 2016, with 9 percent ber of Commerce, says the cen announced major social poli have been brought about by negatively impacted to a cer along the 21st Century Mari “We loaded 1,662 TEUs at of those involving maritime tral government would prefer cies changes earlier this the ongoing trade standoff tain extent by the ongoing row. time Silk Road,” said Zhu Yantian and only 926 in disputes. to implement some concrete month, including allowing between China and the United He urged the SAR government Hanliang, managing director Hong Kong,” said Wang Lin, There were 88 authorized measures first before the Hong Kong and Macao resi States. to help these companies by of Asia Container Terminals, the ship’s chief officer. “Most ship insurers in Hong Kong details are announced, possi dents to work on the mainland “On the surface, it’s trade offering them loans and other which is based in Hong Kong. ships had to stop in Hong before March, 35 of which bly, later this year or early next without having to apply for friction between the two coun resources so that they can ride “It’s necessary for Hong Kong previously, but now it’s were foreignowned, offering year. work permits. tries. But, in reality, it’s the US it out. Kong to make use of its not necessary. Both Yantian services in loss or damage to “Normally, such a big devel Another new regulation was that’s trying to hinder China’s As Hong Kong companies advantages instead of only and Nansha ports have enor ship hulls, machinery and opment project with a basket unveiled on Thursday, where development,” he said. are growing in the free compe paying attention to maintain mous berths for huge freight cargoes. of measures would be rolled by Hong Kong, Macao and Tai Choi had forecast that the tition market, he suggested ing the container through ers to stop. However, older The Hong Kong govern out together but, this time, the wan residents studying or Bay Area could become the they start looking for new put, which shrank in recent machines and equipment in ment also draws attention to central government has cho working on the mainland world’s largest bay area in export markets, such as the years,” he said. Hong Kong’s port reduce effi its highend maritime ser sen to announce them one at a would be issued mainland terms of gross domestic prod mainland and the Association Hong Kong port had the ciency in loading and vice. It established the Hong time when they’re ready,” he identity cards to enable them uct and area size in five to 10 of Southeast Asian Nations. world’s most container unloading.” Kong Maritime & Port Board told China Daily. to access social security, years, overtaking the other The HKCGCC is organizing a throughput of any port from Asia Container Terminals’ in 2016, which takes charge He cited President Xi Jin employment, educational and three major delta areas — summit, slated for this coming 1987 to 2004. However, in the Zhu said the lower labor and of driving the city’s growth of ping’s directive in May to make certain medical services like Tokyo, New York and San Thursday, to discuss the oppor past 10 years, it has been over land cost at the two ports also high valueadded and profes Hong Kong an innovation and local residents from next Francisco. tunities offered by the develop taken by Shanghai; Shenzhen, contribute to the trend, sional maritime services, and technology hub in the Bay month. However, that goal could ment of the Bay Area and the Guangdong province; and which he thought was inevi helping them with transfor Area, which embraces the two Choi had predicted in April now be stalled by the escalat nationled Belt and Road Initi NingboZhoushan in Zhe table. mation and upgrading. special administrative regions that the Bay Area development ing trade tensions. “It’s mean ative, likely to be attended by jiang province, and now ranks “So now Hong Kong’s tradi “Hong Kong has a lot of of Hong Kong and Macao, and plan could be rolled out no lat ingless to predict the timeline Lam, as well as officials from fifth in the world. Some have tional dominance in contain maritime talent and a lead a ninecity cluster in the Pearl er than midMay. For the time now due to the uncertainties the Liaison Office of the Cen predicted it will be surpassed er throughput is gradually ing law system, which should River Delta. being, he would not speculate arising from the trade dis tral People’s Government in by Guangzhou this year. weakening,” he said. “But it be adopted, so as to promote The project gathered further on when a final announce putes,” he said. the Hong Kong SAR and the Ma Danyang, commercial can offer highquality service Hong Kong as an interna momentum on Wednesday ment would be made or the Choi said he expects some Ministry of Commerce. director of CoscoHIT Ter on maritime arbitration, tional maritime hub,” Zhu minals (Hong Kong), said logistics and other aspects, said. Briefly Cultural JIANGSU on Aug 15, the ministry said. suspects, who allegedly gar detained and more than 600 Province reports Local authorities have initiated nered illegal profits of 650 mil cultural relics were retrieved as festival an emergency response mecha lion yuan, have been detained, part of a major tomb robbery swine fever nism to block, cull and disinfect according to police in Jiangsu. case that involves stolen items opens An outbreak of African swine affected pig populations. The online platform had been dating to the seventh century. fever has been discovered at a opened in the Philippines and The suspects are believed to Performers dance at the farm in the city of Lianyungang, Internet gambling had more than 114,000 users. have been involved in the illegal opening ceremony of a two the Ministry of Agriculture and excavation of tombs in Dulan month cultural festival in the network busted Rural Affairs said on Sunday. QINGHAI county, Qinghai province, the Huilongguan neighborhood of The farm in the city’s Haizhou Police have busted a transna 26 suspects accused Ministry of Public Security said Beijing’s Changping district district reported 615 infected tional internet gambling ring on Sunday. on Saturday. pigs, with 88 that died since involving around 7.8 billion of tomb robbery ZHU XINGXIN / CHINA DAILY registration of pig deaths began yuan ($1.1 billion). Fiftysix A total of 26 suspects were XINHUA