NEW! 10/16/2012 10:23:42 PM EST
Chief Executive CY Leung said he will talk about the government reorganisation proposal at the Legislative Council meeting. Speaking to the media before the Executive Council meeting today, Mr Leung said he would tell lawmakers and the public what he thinks...
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10/16/2012 10:21:25 PM EST
SCMP reports pro-government lawmakers were elected on Tuesday to chair 16 of the 20 panels and subcommittees in the Legislative Council for the coming four years. http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1062545/pro-government-lawmakers-head-majority-legco-panels...
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10/16/2012 10:15:00 PM EST
SCMP reports private cancer-treatment clinics yesterday rejected allegations by pharmacists that their safety measures were inadequate to protect patients and staff. http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1062747/private-clinics-reject-claims-mishandling-cancer-drugs...
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10/16/2012 10:07:28 PM EST
The Standard reports Hong Kong's shortest-serving development chief, Mak Chai-kwong, is likely to be charged today with three counts of corruption in a case involving a HK$250,000 housing allowance. http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=127415&sid=37932184&con_type=3...
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10/15/2012 10:16:45 PM EST
The Standard reports nearly half of investments made by mandatory provident funds surveyed by the Consumer Council are in the red, with the worst loss at 14.04 percent. http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=127369&sid=37918873&con_type=1...
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10/15/2012 10:25:14 PM EST
The Standard reports police are investigating why a mentally retarded man reported missing was close to being sent to the mainland. http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=4&art_id=127363&sid=37917409&con_type=1&d_str=20121016&fc=2...
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10/15/2012 9:57:28 PM EST
SCMP reports the head of the city's liberal arts college, Lingnan University president Chan Yuk-shee, has resigned for what he says are health reasons. http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1062093/lingnan-university-president-chan-yuk-shee-resigns...
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10/14/2012 10:52:28 PM EST
The Standard reports a British lawyer collapsed and died meters from the line in a tragic finish to a grueling triathlon at Disneyland yesterday. http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=127320&sid=37911814&con_type=3...
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10/14/2012 10:46:08 PM EST
SCMP reports while Hong Kong's rich get richer, the poor are still getting poorer, according to the findings of a new study. http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1061248/more-elderly-hong-kong-people-living-poverty-according-study
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10/14/2012 10:38:56 PM EST
A 27-year-old Mainland woman was arrested at the airport yesterday after she was found to be smuggling about 700 grams of heroin with an estimated market value of $580,000. Customs officers stopped her when she arrived in Hong Kong from Kuala Lumpur. They...
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10/11/2012 9:50:53 PM EST
The Standard reports the giant limb of a tree crushed a worker to death and injured a driver when it smashed onto their truck yesterday. http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=127279&sid=37890347&con_type=1
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10/11/2012 9:44:34 PM EST
SCMP reports one of the city's biggest retailers has been rapped on the knuckles by the privacy watchdog for putting at risk the personal details of 1.6 million customers who signed up for its loyalty programmes. http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1058950/top-retailer-ticked-privacy-commissioner-over-data-lapses...
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10/11/2012 9:39:20 PM EST
Kowloon City Magistracy has sentenced three restaurant workers to two to four months’ jail for their roles in vote-rigging in the 2011 Yau Tsim Mong District Council Election (King's Park Constituency), the Independent Commission Against Corruption...
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10/11/2012 9:37:15 PM EST
SCMP reports the Marine Department appealed yesterday for ship operators to look at increasing the number of lifejackets for children following last week's fatal ferry crash off Lamma in which 39 people died, including eight under 12 years old. http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1059032/hong-kong-ship-operators-urged-add-more-lifejackets-children...
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10/10/2012 9:54:31 PM EST
Jasper Tsang was elected Legislative Council President at the new-term Legislative Council's first meeting. Lawmakers elected the president after taking the Legislative Council Oath. The council’s House Committee also held its first meeting this...
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10/10/2012 9:50:43 PM EST
SCMP reports the swearing-in ceremony for legislators is supposed to be a solemn event marked by tradition. http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1058095/lawmaker-wong-yuk-man-coughing-row-over-legco-oath
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10/10/2012 9:46:05 PM EST
The Standard reports a couple from the family which owns Chow Sang Sang is suing an American college admissions consultant for the return of millions they said they paid to get their sons accepted into Harvard University. http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=11&art_id=127219&sid=37878081&con_type=1&d_str=20121011&fc=7...
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10/10/2012 9:42:00 PM EST
The Standard reports a 46-year-old woman who went into septic shock from a superbug infection after blood transfusions at the DR beauty center died yesterday. http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=127221&sid=37875849&con_type=3...
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10/10/2012 9:37:48 PM EST
SCMP reports two legal bodies issued strong defences of Hong Kong's independent judiciary yesterday, with the Law Society warning the government to "act cautiously" before seeking any interpretation of the Basic Law from Beijing. http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1058202/law-groups-fight-back-after-elsie-leung-attack...
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10/9/2012 10:13:41 PM EST
The Standard reports a woman doctor at the center of a blood transfusion scandal that made four women seriously ill with septic shock is being questioned by police. http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=127187&sid=37866538&con_type=3...
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10/9/2012 10:07:26 PM EST
The aim of the Government’s proposed old age living allowance of $2,200 is to alleviate poverty and supplement needy seniors’ living expenses, Secretary for Labour & Welfare Matthew Cheung said today. A simple declaration of income and assets...
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10/9/2012 9:56:14 PM EST
SCMP reports the troubled radio station Digital Broadcasting Corporation will go off the air tonight after the failure of a last-ditch deal for a change of ownership. http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1057300/urgent-meeting-fails-save-digital-broadcasting-corporation...
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10/8/2012 10:11:47 PM EST
The Standard reports about 30,000 people low-income earners are expected to be given a one-off cash subsidy, the Community Care Fund has decided. http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=11&art_id=127142&sid=37853171&con_type=1&d_str=20121009&fc=2...
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10/8/2012 10:04:28 PM EST
SCMP reports pressure is mounting on the government to close regulatory loopholes that allow beauty salons to provide risky medical therapies without the supervision of health authorities. http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1056548/hong-kong-government-urged-clamp-down-beauty-salon-medical-therapies...
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10/8/2012 9:57:14 PM EST
The Standard reports the 35-year-old model boyfriend of a married celebrity was convicted yesterday of obtaining property by deception and remanded in custody pending sentencing at the end of the month. http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=127115&sid=37853057&con_type=1...
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10/8/2012 9:52:41 PM EST
SCMP reports Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying says the controversial guidelines for national education will be shelved - but not scrapped outright. http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1056653/controversial-guidelines-national-education-shelved...
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10/7/2012 10:33:45 PM EST
The Standard reports Kam Kwan-sing, who two years ago asked the court to liquidate the famous Yung Kee restaurant in a bitter feud with his younger brother, has died. http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=4&art_id=127073&sid=37845729&con_type=1&d_str=20121008&fc=1...
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10/4/2012 10:34:45 PM EST
The Standard reports development secretary Paul Chan Mo- po yesterday said he had voluntarily contacted police over reports that he drove his car after drinking a few beers earlier this week. http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=11&art_id=127054&sid=37823367&con_type=1&d_str=20121005&fc=8...
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10/4/2012 10:19:33 PM EST
Police appealed for witnesses to the Lamma Island ferry collision on October 1 to come forward to assist its investigations. Police believe several vessels were at the scene at the time helping in the rescue operation. Those aboard the vessels, and...
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10/4/2012 10:17:26 PM EST
The Standard reports the captain of the Sea Smooth may not have been aware the Lamma IV was sinking when he left the scene of the collision, the ferry company's general manager said. http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=127041&sid=37822046&con_type=1...
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