The number of those injured increased to 26 who were taken to nearby hospitals after inhaling smoke.
The office's major tasks are to analyze the security situation in Hong Kong, oversee and guide the SAR government's national security work and gather intelligence. Its staff was dispatched by the central government's national security authorities.
The offenses of secession and subversion are mentioned in both laws, but the offense related to terrorism is added in light of the current situation. While Article 23 mentions "subversion of the Central People's Government", the proposed law says "subversion of State power".
The number of breeding sows, a major indicator for the potential of pork production, in stock in China has kept rebounding for seven months consecutively, he said, adding total production of pork this year may reach close to the normal level before the African swine fever outbreaks.
The official also warned that for countries that are seeing a tapering off of cases, they should not let down their guard, or the virus may come surging back.
The novel coronavirus outbreak has had an influence on the steel industry, in the form of delayed demand, limited logistics, falling prices and mounting export pressure, said Gao.
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The number of allegations is likely to rise further during the current fiscal year, given that Catholic dioceses in New Jersey and Pennsylvania have started large compensation programs in the wake of a scathing Pennsylvania grand jury report released in August. The grand jury identified more than 300 priests in six of the state's dioceses who have been credibly accused of child sexual abuse committed over many decades.
The office reiterated that "Hong Kong independence" is a serious violation of laws and is "absolutely impossible". All Chinese people including Hong Kong residents have "zero tolerance" to the "Hong Kong independence" advocacy, it said. Such a notion also has "zero room" in China and even elsewhere in the world, the liaison office stressed.
The number of customers without power in the Carolinas and Virginia had decreased to about 138,000 by Monday evening from more than 220,000, Poweroutage.us reported.
The officials spoke as this year's China Marine Economy Expo opened in Shenzhen on Thursday. The event is the biggest of its kind in the country and a major occasion to display developments in domestic and global marine industries.