HONG KONG GOVT Financial Secretary Paul Chan said on Oct. 4 that over the first three days of the National Day Golden Week more than 732,000 mainland China visitors entered Hong Kong, up about 8.4% YoY. The Immigration Department expects roughly 1.29 million mainland visitors for the full Golden Week and said average daily arrivals were up more than 5% YoY.

On the 4th, Iran’s parliament speaker Ghalibaf said Washington has recently made proposals via intermediaries and is in a state of despair in the face of Iran’s firm stance. He said the era of imposing unilateral demands through a war of attrition is over. Iran’s position is clear: the Strait of Hormuz will not reopen until seven conditions set out in the Islamabad memorandum of understanding are satisfied. U.S. President Trump on the 2nd said the conflict with Iran would "end soon" and that Iran would "never have nuclear weapons."

美国国务院：强烈敦促埃塞俄比亚和厄立特里亚尊重邻国的主权和领土完整。双方保持最大克制，重返对话与合作。