Mourners on the march in Hong Kong
Tens of thousands of people joined a rally in Hong Kong yesterday (29th) afternoon to demand justice for the victims of the Manila hostage bloodbath, as the city's Filipino community staged its own memorials for the dead. The sea of demonstrators observed three minutes of silence as they gathered in Victoria Park, many wearing yellow ribbons and carrying white flowers, the traditional Chinese color of mourning. Hong Kong's lawmakers, pressed the government to demand that the Philippine authorities conduct a thorough investigation as soon as possible and strive for direct involvement in the investigation, although the Philippine police said on Sunday that they are certain the Hong Kong tourists were killed by Mendoza, rather than by police bullets during the rescue operation.
Tourism to develop in Pan-Pearl River Delta
At the pan-Pearl River Delta Conference held in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, tourism bureaus from different provinces co-signed an announcement to forge deeper cooperation in tourism. With the new partnership strategy, they hope to send over 1 million tourists each year to destinations of partner provinces.
Lionrock to hit Guangdong
The 6th tropical storm of the year, named Lionrock, has formed over the China Sea to the south-east to Shenzhen yesterday afternoon. The meteorological office expects Lionrock to move at a speed of 5-10 km per hour and to hit the center and east of Guangdong some time today. It is also expected that Eastern Guangdong shall see rainstorms on Wednesday and Thursday. Today in Guangzhou the weather will be mainly fine with temperatures ranging between 26 and 36 degrees.