HONG KONG - The food safety authority of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) decided on Monday to suspend import of poultry products from Chungcheongbuk-do province in north central of South Korea.The Center for Food Safety (CFS) of the HKSAR government's Food and Environmental Hygiene Department said the decision was made in view of a notification from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) about an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N6 avian influenza in Chungcheongbuk-do.The CFS has instructed the trade industry to suspend import of poultry meat and products, including poultry eggs, from the province with immediate effect to protect public health in Hong Kong.A CFS spokesman said that Hong Kong imported about 255 tons of frozen and chilled poultry meat and 810,000 poultry eggs from South Korea last year.The CFS has contacted the authorities of South Korea over the issue and will closely monitor information issued by the OIE on avian influenza outbreaks. Appropriate action will be taken in response to the development of the situation, the spokesman said. glastonbury wristbandprinted bracelets
BEIJING - Foreign leaders, political parties and organizations around the world continue to watch the ongoing 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), acknowledging China's progress under the current leadership and anticipating further developments. The following is an edited version of some of these messages: Wilma Andrade, president of Democratic Left party, Ecuador The 19th CPC National Congress will have great impact on international cooperation as well as world peace and stability. Jose Luis Gioja, president, Justicialist Party, Argentina The CPC has demonstrated the achievements of socialism with Chinese characteristics to the world under the leadership of Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee. Duminda Dissanayake, general secretary of Sri Lanka Freedom Party and minister of agriculture China is Sri Lanka's largest cooperation partner. The Sri Lanka Freedom Party wishes to form closer ties with the CPC to deepen the relations between the two countries. Davies Mwila, secretary general of Patriotic Front, Zambia (China has achieved) laudable economic successes and is on the world map (as a) country of peace. Gabriela Rivadeneira, executive secretary of PAIS Alliance, Ecuador Ecuador will deepen ties and enhance trade and economic cooperation with China, and achieve shared goals through mutual support. Abdul Raheem Abdullah, vice president of Progressive Party of Maldives Under the leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core, China has achieved unprecedented development and shown increasing influence on the world stage. Mehmet Eker, vice chairman of the Justice and Development Party, Turkey The strategic resolution to be adopted at the 19th CPC National Congress will play a key role in the fulfillment of China's two centenary goals and the Chinese Dream of national rejuvenation. Ignatius Chombo, secretary for administration of Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front and minister of finance We are convinced that the decisions to be adopted at the 19th CPC National Congress will positively press forward world peace and economic development not only for the Chinese nation but for the world at large. Maksym Savrasov, head of the secretariat of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc "Solidarity" party, Ukraine The smooth progress of the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative creates new opportunities to deepen win-win cooperation between Ukraine and China. Manfred Grund, secretary general of the Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union parliamentary group in the German Bundestag China has achieved unprecedented economic development in the past few decades, lifting large numbers of people out of poverty and contributing to international security.
