Local wedding market is small: contractor

Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) Deputy Director Tang Yuk Wa said yesterday that the bureau had received nine suspected domestic violence cases in the first quarter of this year, while last year’s number of suspected domestic violence cases stood at 39, with an average of 3.1 cases per month, which was, he added, lower than the previous average of 5.2 cases per month.Less than 10 percent of reported domestic violence cases had men as the victim each year, according to Tang.Speaking to reporters on

BEIJING – The 14th National People’s Congress (NPC), the national legislature, opened its second session yesterday at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.Xi Jinping, Li Qiang, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang, Li Xi and Han Zheng were present at the opening meeting, which was attended by nearly 3,000 NPC deputies.Zhao Leji, executive chairman of the session’s presidium, presided over the meeting.Premier Li Qiang delivered a government work report at the meeting.In the face of an