Mainland-HK civil, commercial arrangement comes into operation

STORY: Mainland-HK civil, commercial arrangement comes into operation SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 29, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 30, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:31 LOCATION: HONG KONG, China CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ceremony 2. various of exterior of the Court of Final Appeal, the High Court, Hong Kong 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): YANG WANMIN, Vice President of Supreme People's Court (SPC) 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): PAUL LAM, Secretary for justice of HKSAR government STORYLINE: The courts of mainland and Hong Kong may recognize and enforce reciprocally effective judgments in civil and commercial matters after a new arrangement came into effect on Monday. The Mainland Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters (Reciprocal Enforcement) Ordinance and the Arrangement on Reciprocal Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters by the Courts of the Mainland and of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) came into operation Monday. The new mechanism will significantly enhance the