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US President Trump: We must end the filibuster (in Congress) and win.

SECRETARY OF THE NAVY: Mr. President, your United States Navy and United States Marine Corps are ready - anywhere at sea, at any time.

Trump will attend the Small Business Summit on Monday at 3 p.m. ET.

According to Axios: U.S. Navy ships will be "stationed near (the strait)" to prevent the Iranian military from attacking merchant ships passing through the strait.

Some Hong Kong film and television stocks weakened, with Shaw Brothers Holdings (00953.HK) falling by more than 5%, Huanxi Media (01003.HK) falling by more than 2%, Damai Entertainment (01060.HK) and Chengtian Jiahe (01132.HK) falling by more than 1%.

Gai, a member of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand's Monetary Policy Committee: Current economic conditions support recommendations beyond the traditional framework.

Gai, a member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand: Preemptive tightening is reasonable only when synchronization is high and the coordination mechanism operates effectively.

Gai, a member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand: As far as the Strait of Hormuz shock model is concerned, there is no information suggesting a reflexive tightening tendency.

Hong Kong stocks opened higher, with the Hang Seng Technology Index expanding to 3%, returning to the 5,000-point mark; the Hang Seng Index rose by more than 2%.

Australia's seasonally adjusted annual rate of private construction permits in March was 12%, compared with the previous value of 6.1%.

Australia's seasonally adjusted annual rate of total job advertisements in ANZ was -1.4% in April, compared with -0.6% in the previous month.

Australia's seasonally adjusted monthly rate of total job advertisements in ANZ was -0.8% in April, compared with -3.10% in the previous month.

Australia's seasonally adjusted annual rate of building permits in March was 9%, compared with 14% in the previous month.

Australia's seasonally adjusted monthly building permit rate in March was -10.5%, expected -10.00%, and the previous value was 29.70%.

Australia's seasonally adjusted monthly rate for private construction permits in March was 0.9%, down from 0.2% in the previous month.

Most domestic property stocks in Hong Kong stocks strengthened. China Overseas Land & Investment (00688.HK) rose more than 5%, Longfor Group (00960.HK) rose more than 3%, Sunac China (01918.HK) rose more than 2%, and China Resources Land (01109.HK) rose more than 1%.

HSI opened on May 4 (Monday), up 361.81 points, or 1.4%, to 26138.34 points;Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Technology Index opened on May 4 (Monday), up 77.11 points, or 1.58%, to 4948.43 points; br/>The state-owned enterprise index opened up 107.06 points, or 1.23%, to 8788.89 points on May 4 (Monday);The red chip index opened up 32.91 points, or 0.75%, to 4423.24 points on May 4 (Monday).

Hong Kong stocks opened, with the Hang Seng Index opening up 1.4% and the Stock Exchange Index opening up 1.58%. Most technology stocks strengthened, with Baidu (09888.HK) and NetEase (09999.HK) rising by more than 3%.

Australia's April TD-MI inflation index recorded an annual rate of 4.3%, compared with the previous value of 4.30%.

Australia's April TD-MI inflation index was 0.6% on a monthly basis, compared with the previous value of 1.30%.