The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government has provided financial support covering taxes, rent, water, electricity, sewage charges and other disaster-relief benefits to local residents badly affected by a deadly fire that engulfed the Wang Fuk Court residential complex in Tai Po last Wednesday, claiming 159 lives and leaving 31 others unaccounted for.
The HKSAR government has also granted waivers for other costs such as document replacement, medical treatment, and funeral services.
Cai Rongxing, a member of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, has praised the relief efforts.
"The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government has flexibly handled government fees and bills for residents of the Wang Fuk Court housing complex in Tai Po. This measure is timely and impactful, helping to alleviate the financial burden on the affected residents, enabling them to overcome their distress and difficulties as soon as possible. It also reflects the swift and proactive response of the entire Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government, providing the most practical and needed assistance to the affected residents. For example, tax relief, free medical services, and exemptions from water and electricity fees are among the most urgently needed support for the residents at this time," he said.
HK government provides affected residents with tax relief, fee support, associated cost waivers
China's domestically developed T1200-grade ultra-high-strength carbon fiber holds broad application prospects in strategic emerging industries, according to its developer.
The country on Wednesday unveiled SYT80, a domestically developed T1200-grade ultra-high-strength carbon fiber, marking a major breakthrough in the China's high-performance carbon fiber technology.
This new material has achieved a hundred-tonne-level annual production capacity, making China the first nation to mass-produce this caliber of fiber, according to its developer, China National Building Material Group Co., Ltd. (CNBM).
Featuring lightweight and high-strength properties, the fiber's diameter is less than one-tenth that of a human hair, and yet its tensile strength is 10 times that of ordinary steel and its density is only one-quarter of steel's.
"Compared with the previous-generation T1100, T1200 has seen its tensile strength increase by more than 14 percent. With its ultimate lightweight and high-strength characteristics, T1200 can achieve weight reduction of over 10 percent for equipment in related fields. It holds broad application prospects in strategic emerging industries such as commercial aerospace, low-altitude economy, and humanoid robots," said Chen Qiufei, head of T1200 ultra-high-strength carbon fiber research and development at Zhongfu Shenying Carbon Fiber Company, a subsidiary of China National Building Material Group.
The new material also possesses many other outstanding properties.
As the fiber undergoes carbonization at nearly 2,000 degrees Celsius during production, its chemical properties remain stable and its corrosion resistance is excellent.
This fiber material also features strong fire and flame retardant properties, offering good safety performance.
The development of this fiber material demonstrates China's fully independent and controllable capabilities across the entire industrial chain of high-performance carbon fiber, spanning technologies and equipment as well as the transition from laboratory research to mass production, said Zhou Yuxian, chairman of CNBM.
China's high-strength carbon fiber shows strong potential in strategic emerging industries
