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Global Cities
ASIA
Hongkong
2003
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More than 10,000 people - fans and celebrities - bade farewell to the late actor-singer Leslie CHEUNG yesterday at the Hong Kong Funeral Home in North Point. (Straits Times 9 Apr 2003)(L12) |
| Cantopop idol Leslie CHEUNG, 46, fell to his death from the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in the Central District yesterday evening. He was rushed by ambulance to Queen Mary Hospital where he was certified dead at 7.06am. CHEUNG left a note which spoke of "affairs of the heart". (Straits Times 2 Apr 2003)(1,A1) |
2002
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At yesterday's hearing, Magistrate Allan Wyeth, the magistrate who imposed 240 hours of community service on pop idol Nicholas TSE for his role in subverting justice, allowed the sentence to stand, saying the young singer should be given a chance. (Straits Times 19 Nov 2002) (A4) |
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A total of 2,777 bankruptcy orders were issued in October 2002, the highest since record-keeping began in 1989, the Official Receiver's Office said on its Web site. For the 10 months to Oct 31, bankruptcy orders issued amounted to 20,204, more than double the total for the whole of 2001. (Straits Times 18 Nov 2002) (A18) |
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Hongkong actor Tony LEUNG Ka Fai has been arrested on suspicion of drink driving and assault, after his car crashed into a bus, media reports said yesterday. Hongkong newspapers carried pictures of the actor sitting in a police van and blowing into a breathalyser. (Straits Times 11 Nov 2002) (8) |
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Two Pakistanis - Syed Mustajab Shah, 54, and Muhammed Abid Afridi - and an Indian-born American - Ilyas Ali, 57, who used Hongkong as a venue to negotiate the purchase of four Stinger missiles for the Al-Qaeda terrorist organisation, were arrested on 20 Sep 2002 following a sting operation by FBI agents. They are now contesting an extradition demand by the US. (Straits Times 7 Nov 2002) (3) |
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About 200 relatives and friends of cantopop singer Roman TAM crowded into a small room to say their goodbyes before his body was cremated on Tuesday afternoon, said Hongkong reports. Among those present were his good friends, Lydia SUM and Anita MUI. His pall-bearers included singers Ekin CHENG, Jacky CHEUNG and James WONG, actor TANG Kwong Wing and entertainment magnate Alfred YEUNG. (Straits Times 31 Oct 2002) (L18) |
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Pop idol Nicholas TSE, 22, avoided prison yesterday and was instead sentenced to 240 hours of community service by Magistrate Allan Wyeth for trying to cover up a car crash - in a tumultuous court session delayed by a bomb scare. The singer had spent the past two weeks in jail awaiting his punishment. (Straits Times 17 Oct 2002) (4) |
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Singer-actor Nicholas TSE was yesterday found guilty of conspiring to pervert the course of justice by allowing a chauffeur to take the blame after crashing his Ferrari in central Hongkong. TSE, 22, was ordered to be held in remand until sentencing on October 16. (Straits Times 3 Oct 2002) (6) |
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Personal bankruptcies here rose 169 per cent to 2,440, the highest level since records were kept, the Official Receiver's Office said yesterday. For the first eight months, these surged to 14,847 from 5,247 a year ago. (Straits Times 17 Sep 2002) (A15) |
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The 420-m, 88-storey Two International Finance Centre, abbreviated as Two IFC, is set to be Hongkong's tallest building and the world's fourth tallest when it is completed in 2004. (Straits Times 21 Jul 2002) (15) |
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Canto-pop singer-actor Kenny Bee has filed for bankruptcy. Apple Daily reported yesterday that a hearing has been scheduled for October. Bee is said to have accumulated HK$25 million (S$55 million) worth of debts with his socialite ex-wife Teresa Cheung during their marriage. (Straits Times 17 Jul 2002) (L10) |
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Socialite Teresa Cheung's ex-boyfriend Edmund CHAN has filed for bankruptcy, fuelling speculation that his fall from grace could be linked to debts which she had chalked up. (Straits Times 14 Jul 2002) (6) |
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Chief Executive TUNG Chee Hwa yesterday said that Hongkong's economic and unemployment problems will take more than one or two years to iron out, and residents should not expect instant results from the territory's new government. (Straits Times 2 Jul 2002 (4) |
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Chief Executive TUNG Chee Hwa yesterday broke with tradition and introduced a ministerial system under which he appoints all 14 policymakers, who report to him directly and serve at his pleasure. Prior to this, most Cabinet members were politically neutral senior civil servants. (Straits Times 25 Jun 2002) (3) |
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Hongkong bankruptcy orders almost tripled in the first five months of this year from the same period last year, the government said, as a record jobless rate made it difficult for many debtors to repay loans. There were 8,104 bankruptcy orders issued in the five months through May 31, up from 2,735 in 2001. Hongkong's jobless rate rose to 7.1 per cent in April 2002. (Straits Times 12 Jun 2002) (A17) |
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Singer-actor Nicholas TSE was charged in court yesterday with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. Also charged were former chauffeur SHING Kwok Ting and two police officers. The judge postponed the hearing until June 17 at the request of TSE's lawyer. (Straits Times 8 Jun 2002) (1) |
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Hongkong's jobless rate, now at 7.1 per cent, is expected to rise in the next few months when school-leavers and university graduates join the job market. Unemployed Hongkongers are so anxious for jobs that many are willing to accept positions with Chinese mainland-based firms paying 2,000 yuan to 3,000 yuan (S$435 to S$655) a month. (Straits Times 4 Jun 2002) (4) |
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Chief Executive TUNG Chee Hwa yesterday unveiled a new system of government for Hongkong, where 14 top political appointees will run the powerful civil service and report directly to him. The three-tier administration - the Chief Executive supported by 14 political appointees overseeing 11 permanent secretaries in the 180,000-strong civil service - represents the biggest overhaul since Hongkong returned to China in 1997. (Straits Times 18 Apr 2002) (4) |
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Hongkong singer Nicolas TSE and actress Cecilia CHEUNG were questioned by graft investigators at the weekend. The young pop star was detained in connection with an alleged pay-off to a man, to take the blame for a recent car accident, according to media reports here. TSE was said to have been picked up for questioning in the early hours of Friday at the home of CHEUNG, and released the next day. (Straits Times 14 Apr 2002) (6) |
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Immigration authorities yesterday began to deport Chinese migrants back to the mainland, closing the door on negotiations despite appeals and protests by hundreds of people. According to Immigration Department figures, at least 4,300 right-of-abode claimants have refused to leave, whereas 4,700 others returned to China over the three-month grace period which ended at midnight on Sunday. (Straits Times 3 Apr 2002) (4) |
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Hongkong's financial chief, Mr Antony LEUNG, 50, yesterday confirmed a newspaper report, saying that he is dating Chinese Olympic old medalist diver FU Mingxia, 23. Reports said the couple planned to marry within a year. "I'm happy to confirm to you that FU Mingxia and I are dating," he told reporters. Mr LEUNG divorced his wife in 1998. They have no children. Chief Executive TUNG Chee Hwa told reporters, "I wish them both well," (Straits Times 24 Mar 2002) (1) |
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A 21-year-old youth who weighed a hefty 136 kg took to sleeping on his stomach to lessen the pressure on his back. But that turned out to be fatal when he died in his sleep at the weekend, apparently after suffocating. The family of Mr NG Wai Tsuen, the youngest of five children, tried to rouse him from his sleep on Sunday morning but failed to wake him up, the Ming Pao Daily News reported yesterday. (Straits Times 12 Mar 2002) (4) |
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In what was described as a crucial part of plans to bring Hongkong's Budget into balance by 2006-2007, Financial Secretary Antony LEUNG proposed a 4.75 per cent pay cut for the territory's 180,000 civil servants. The civil service pay cut alone would save HK$6 billion a year, said Mr LEUNG who was appointed in May last year. (Straits Times 7 Mar 2002) (5) |
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The discovery of a pin-hole camera in the ladies' toilet of a Hongkong pub on Tuesday night was prominently reported by the Hongkong media yesterday. A 22-year-old employee of the pub reportedly found the tiny voyeuristic equipment after noticing light being reflected from the ceiling, She called her boyfriend who then made a police report. Investigators found that the camera was connected to a close-circuit TV in the pub's office located in the attic. Police have reportedly arrested the alleged culprit - the pub's 39-year-old manager. (Straits Times 21 Feb 2002)(A1) |
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The authorities yesterday starting culling another 60,000 chickens as a fresh outbreak of bird flu spread to other farms here. The rapid spread of the disease has fuelled allegations of lax controls by farms and distributors. (Straits Times 6 Feb 2002)(4) |
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Shoppers scurried for cover, shops pulled down their shutters and traffic was brought to a standstill when a gunfight broke out between police and two kidnappers in Tsim Sha Tsui, a major tourist district. 19 bullets were fired during the shootout on Wednesday. (Straits Times 1 Feb 2002)(A1) |
2001
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A Hongkong woman who suspected her husband of having an affair severed his penis, which was later re-attached by surgeons but with no guarantee of potency. The 54-year-old woman, who was identified as Madam LEE, had tried to geld her husband because she believed he was keeping a mistress. (Straits Times 3 Nov 2001)(A3) |
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Hongkong's anti-graft agency has smashed the territory's largest-ever cross-border syndicate which has allegedly laundered a record HK$50 billion and counted China's most sought-after man LAI Changxing as one of its clients. The five-year-old syndicate, whose operations covered Hongkong and China, was crippled after a raid by the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) which began last Tuesday. About HK$8.5 million cash in various currencies, and HK$70 million in bank deposits belonging to the syndicate were seized, and 39 people were arrested, the Ming Pao Daily News reported yesterday.(Straits Times 20 Sep 2001) (A4) |
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The Eric TSANG-Joey YUNG saga - which has drawn high-level attention, including from Police Commissioner TSANG Yam Pui and Financial Secretary Anthony LEUNG - took a twist yesterday with the swift arrest of well-known businessman Albert YEUNG. A police spokesman yesterday confirmed that a 57-year-old businessman surnamed YEUNG had been arrested in connection with an attack case, the Apple Daily reported. (Straits Times 16 Aug 2001)(H1) |
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One of Hongkong's fastest-rising pop singers Joey YUNG was released on bail after being arrested in connection with the attack last month on comedian Eric TSANG, Hongkong reports said. The 21-year-old singer was detained and grilled for at least 10 hours in a police station in west Kowloon district on Saturday before she was arrested at midnight on suspicion of having conspired in one or more assault incidents, reported The Sun Daily yesterday. (Straits Times 13 Aug 2001)(6) |
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Hongkong's former Chief Secretary Anson CHAN will reportedly take up a teaching post at the Hongkong University, ending speculation about her next move after stepping down as the territory's No. 2 leader in April 2001. (Straits Times 25 Jul 2001)(3) |
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Last night, Hongkong actor and comedian Eric TSANG made first first appearance after a vicous attack by three men, saying he wanted to refute allegations that the incident was a fight over a woman. He refused to speculate on who his attackers were or their motives, saying that he trusted the police to handle the case. (The Straits Times 16 Jul 2001)(4) |
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Cathay Pacific took a tough stance yesterday, sacking 49 pilots and unilaterally imposing a new pay-and-benefits package in a bid to end a week-long labour dispute that has inconvenienced thousands of travellers. (Straits Times 10 Jul 2001) (4) |
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Hongkong's vital tourism industry is expected to be hit as a "work-to-rule" protest by Cathay Pacific pilots entered its third day yesterday, leaving thousands of passengers fuming over cancelled or delayed flights. (Straits Times 6 Jul 2001) (1) |
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Hongkong has been lashed by torrential downpours, making June 2001 its wettest month in 117 years, reports here said yesterday. The rainfall recorded so far this month hit 1,045.2 mm, the highest June reading since 1884. Heavy rains on Wednesday turned many low-lying areas into instant lakes, with flooding reported across the territory, said the Chinese- language Oriental Daily News. (Straits Times 29 Jun 2001) |
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A 10-week-old baby was killed by heroin smoke after her adduct-mother went on a drug binge with the infant in her lap, court officials said yesterday. NG Ling-li breathed in enough heroin smoke to give her body six times the lethal dose as her mother, Lorraly NG Lok-wan, 21, used tin foil to inhale the smoke in a public toilet. NG pleaded guilty to manslaughter in a court hearing on Tuesday, officials said. She will be sentenced on 21 Jun 2001. (Straits Times 31 May 2001) |
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The spectre of chicken flu reared its head in Hongkong again on 16 May 2001 as the government shut down poultry stalls in three markets after hundreds of birds died. The three stalls were closed immediately by the Agriculture, Conservation and Fisheries Department after the chicken flu attack, Secretary of Environment and Food Lily YAM told a press conference. (Straits Times 17 May 2001) |
| A crack security team stormed a flat in the coastal gambling haven of Macau early on 5 Mar 2001 and rescued "super lawyer" and businessman Jorge Neto Valente after a four-day hostage ordeal, police said. The kidnapping was the highest profile crime in Macau since Portugal returned the enclave to China in December 1999. One suspected abductor leapt to his death from the seventh floor of the apartment block while two others were reportedly detained. (Straits Times 6 Mar 2001) |
| Hongkong police are investigating a suspected soccer-betting syndicate operating within the force's own ranks, new police commissioner Mr TSANG Yam Pui, who assumed his post on 2 Jan 2001, told reporters on the same day. The Chinese-language Apple daily said most of the officers questioned were based in the east of Kowloon. (Straits Times 3 Jan 2001) |
| Hongkong Chief Executive TUNG CHee Hwa promoted Financial Secretary Donald TSANG to Chief Secretary for Administration and appointed banker Anthony LEUNG to take up the post he vacated. Many believe that this signals the beginning of a truly Tung era and paves the way for his second term. (Straits Times 16 Feb 2001) |
2000
Twelve illegal immigrants from China were short on oxygen and semi-conscious when authorities found them in a shipping container, and they probably would have died en route to the US, police said on 11 Dec 2000. (Straits Times 12 Dec 2000)
Three men - CHAN Man Lok, 34, LEUNG Shing Cho, 28, and LEUNG Wai Lun, 21 - who tortured 23-year-old FAN Man Yee, cut up her body and then stuffed her skull into a Hello Kitty doll in one of Hongkong's most grisly murders, were sentenced to life imprisonment on 6 Dec 2000 by Mr Justice Peter Nguyen. All three were members of a triad, with CHAN as the "big brother" to the other two. The judge ordered them to be imprisoned for a minimum of twenty years. The trio almost got away with the murder if not for the confession of the 13-year-old girlfriend of one of the men. In exchange for immunity, she described how the men tortured the victim, whom they kidnapped on 17 Mar 1999. (Straits Times 7 Dec 2000)
A youth, aged about 18, punched and kicked a pregnant woman in the stomach after she refused to answer his questions about when she would give birth and after she tried to stop him touching her. This was the third attack of its kind in a month in three neighbouring housing estates. Ms TANG Shuet Fong, 25, who was expected to give birth on Friday 1 Dec 2000 was attacked inside a lift while she was on her way to visit her mother. (Straits Times 4 Dec 2000)
Hongkong Secretary for the Environment and Food Mrs Lily YAM has been hospitalised and is undergoing treatment for breast cancer. Popularly known as the Iron Butterfly, she is the third senior Hongkong official to be diagnosed with cancer in as many years. The other two were Housing Secretary Dominic WONG, who had nose cancer, and Justice Secretary Elsie LEUNG, who was treated for colon cancer. Both were diagnosed in 1998. (Straits Times 1 Dec 2000)
A 43-year-old man was injured on 29 Nov 2000 when his car exploded here under suspicious circumstances, a police spokesman said. The car had veered off course, ramming a roadside barrier before exploding at a junction in Yuen Long in the New Territories, he said. (Straits Times 30 Nov 2000)
The mutilated body of a woman who went missing after a trip to her hometown has been found, pickled in a jar of salt. The body of Ms YUAN Fengxia, 44, was found in the 81-cm- high jar filled with 44 kg of salt, the Chinese Language Apple Daily said. It was found in a house rented by her 49-year-old ex-boyfriend, MIU Jianguo, in the coastal city of Qinghuangdao, in Hubei province. (Straits Times 17 Nov 2000)
A young man was shot 165 times with an air rifle, sprayed with insecticide and had petrol poured on to his buttocks during "triad family discipline", a jury was told. Mr CHAN Lai Kong, 22, died as a result of the assault in June 1999. On trial for his alleged murder are CHEUNG Wai Lun, 24, HO Kwok Leung, 23, WONG Ki Choi, 20, Antonio Jacinto MORALES, 25, CHAN Pak Yin, 22, and CHU Kam Hong, 24. All have pleaded not guilty to murder but all have admitted preventing the lawful burial of Mr CHAN, the South China Morning Post reported.
China's President JIANG Zemin has said he will take the lead in boycotting Apple Daily, one of Hongkong's most popular newspapers, it was reported on 14 Nov 2000. The paper has been the most strident critic of Beijing since it was launched by tycoon Jimmy LAI Chee Ying in June 1995.
Medical experts say that a new type of flu, set to hit Hongkong early next year, could affect half a million people. The "Moscow" flu virus, a variant of the Sydney flu that struck the territory last year, could pose a serious danger to pregnant women and the elderly, according to Hongkong Society for Infectious Diseases president Lai Sik To. (Straits Times 12 Nov 2000)
Government officials confirmed on Friday 3 Nov 2000 that they had received applications from five public transport companies and three tunnel operators for permission to introduce price increases of up to 50% beginning early next year. The transport operators - Lantau Taxis, New Territories Taxis, Star Ferry, Hongkong Tramways and New World First Bus - reportedly sought fare increases of about 10%.
An entertainment group owned by several stars and an investment firm has purchased one of Hongkong's oldest newspapers, Sing Pao, for HK$136 million (S$36 million). Star East Holdings and Hongkong-listed China Internet Global Alliance (Ciga) said their joint venture, Optima Media Holdings, has secured a deal with the newspaper's owner. Star East owns 35% and Ciga, 65%, Hongkong iMail reported on 4 Nov 2000.
The Chinese authorities have arrested about 500 people, including senior officials, in a multi-billion-dollar foreign remittances and tax fraud in southern Guangdong province, a report said on 1 Nov 2000. The arrests of the 500 people, including government, customs, armed police and law-enforcement officials, were made by the high-powered Central Commission for Discipline Inspection in Beijing, the Chinese- Language Ming Pao Daily News said.
Cheating husbands who set up home with mistresses in China will continue to escape arrest or legal action from angry wives, despite a crackdown on bigamy by Beijing. Hongkong's legal experts and pressure groups say. Last week, the National People's Congress announced a review of China's 20-year-old marriage law to stem a rise in bigamy. However, the move is unlikely to affect the thousands of Hongkong men who flit between wives in Hongkong and live-in mistresses in China. (Straits Times 31 Oct 2000)
The major Chinese-language newspapers here on 18 Oct 2000 raised their cover prices by HK$1 (S$0.23) to HK$6 (S$1.36) ending a five-year price freeze. The increase comes at a time when the cost of newsprint has increased substantially in the past 12 months.
Three men tortured a young woman for weeks before they beat her to death, froze and dismembered her body, then cooked her head in an attempt to destroy evidence, a High Court jury here heard. Only her skull and a bag of her innards were found in a horrific crime reported widely in Hongkong newspapers on 10 Oct 2000.
A group of protestors on 8 Oct 2000 marched against the public assembly law - without seeking a police permit. The protestors, mostly former and current student activists, called on the government to amend the Public Order Ordinance which requires protest organisers to get a permit from the police before staging a demonstration.
There is no need to review the controversial public assembly law as most major cities have similar curbs on protestors, said Hongkong Chief Executive TUNG Chee Hwa. (Straits Times 8 Oct 2000)
The Hongkong government said on 5 Oct 2000 it had decided not to prosecute protestors, including five student leaders, involved in an unauthorised rally in April. The decision followed a protest by 300 students and their supporters on Monday calling for the abolition of the public ordinance which requires police permits for marches involving more than 30 people.
The Hongkong government was urged on 29 Sep 2000 to change its recruitment policy after it barred three people with relatives suffering from mental illness from joining public services. Judge Donald Christie ruled on Thursday 28 Sep 2000 on a suit brought under anti-discrimination laws that the government should not reject candidates merely due to a family history of mental illness without conducting individual assessments.
Hongkong's tax chief and her civil-servant husband were charged with cheating the government over housing allowances worth HK$335,650 (S$75,260). Agnes LAW Yuk Lin, who was acting Commissioner of Inland Revenue, became the most senior tax officer to run foul of the law in a recent spate of scams involving the Inland Revenue Department. (Straits Times 26 Sep 2000)
Five lucky punters shared the HK$125 million (S$27.5 million) first prize in the Mark Six draw on Friday night, ending a 17-day frenzy to crack the lottery's largest-ever jackpot, it was reported on Saturday 23 Sep 2000. The numbers drawn were: 5, 15, 24, 29, 32, and 34. The extra number was 6.
Gambling crazy Hongkongers are rushing to place their bets on the Mark Six lottery which will yield a record HK$120 million (S$27 milllion) in prize money in the draw on 22 Sep 2000.
Hongkong's medical association has proposed that doctors' names be carried on prescriptions written out at public hospitals so as to increase accountability and ensure patient safety, following a spate of prescription errors. The Medical Incident Reporting Programme said it had received 7,178 "incidents" in the fourth quarter of last year. Of these, 60% were due to prescription errors, 30% to incomplete prescriptions, 2% to dispensing faults and the rest to administration errors.
A pro-Beijing party made significant gains in the Legislative Council elections on Sunday 10 Sep 2000 although the Democratic Party remains the largest bloc in the legislature. The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hongkong (DAB) saw its total number of seats increase to 11, from 10 two years ago.
A Hongkong newspaper was launched on 8 Sep 2000 immediately after the Chinese language Tin Tin Daily News closed down after 40 years in operation. The Chinese language Everybody's or Yan Yan Daily News hit the newsstands with a pledge to be a people's paper providing impartial and fair reports in the new millennium.
Eight Inland Revenue Department (IRD) officers and a former employee were among 32 people arrested for alleged involvement in two separate taxation bribery scams, the Independent Commission Against Corruption said on 7 Sep 2000. Of the 32 arrested, 15 are still being detained by the ICAC while 17 have been released on bail.
In another series of blunders by the Hongkong Immigration authorities, a Vietnamese tourist was held for 21 days after her passport was stolen. Ms Nguyen Thi Yen Loan, 29, was detained during a routine police check and, while in detention, claimed police hit her on the head with a file. The tourist, who is waiting for a new passport, claimed she was misled by a police interpreter into signing a police statement saying she had overstayed. (ST 5 Sep 2000)
A minor vehicle incident in Shenzhen which led to a bloody scuffle between a group of Hongkong truck drivers and some mainlanders has higlighted the touchy relationship between people on opposite sides of the Hongkong border. Representatives of the Container Truck Drivers' Union plan to meet government officials in Shenzhen on 4 Sep 2000, following a spate of attacks on Hongkong truck drivers at a border crossing recently. The latest and most vicious occurred on Friday 1 Sep 2000, reports said on 3 Sep 2000.
A 15-year-old autistic boy sent over the border wrongly by Hongkong immigration officers has prompted a frantic search involving 7,000 policemen across the entire Guangdong province after he was spotted in Dongguan, 130 km from here. Yu Man Hon has been missing since 21 Aug 200 after he ran away from his mother at a Hongkong subway station. Assistant Immigration Director Tang Man Kit said the Immigration Department had set up an inquiry panel to look into how Man Hon crossed the border without officers' knowledge. ST 2 Sep 2000)
A young man and woman reportedly committed suicide after they were wanted in connection with the murder of a university graduate student last week, a police spokesman said on 29 Aug 2000. The couple, in their 20s, were found dead on Monday 28 Aug 2000 in a village house on Cheung Chau island with a note admitting they had killed 23-year-old Lau Wai Yee.
A Hongkong legislative candidate resigned on 25 Aug 2000 as vice-chairman of a pro-Beijing political party amid revelations he had leaked confidential government documents to a client of his public relations business. Mr Gary Cheng said he will shut down his two public relations firms to avoid any future conflicts of interest - but insists he is staying in the race for a legislative seat to be chosen on 10 Sep 2000.
A 19-year-old man found his vision was blurry and his right eye hurt after being soaked for two hours with soapy liquid from a foam generating canon during a foam party. A person could suffer corneal damage or even blindness if he was struck in the eye at close range by foam ejected from a machine, an eye specialist warned. (ST 22 Aug 2000)
Barely two months after Hongkong's housing chief resigned over a series of construction scandals in the territory, anti-graft officers arrested 12 people involved in public-housing projects on suspicion of conspiracy and bribery, including accepting sexual favours. (ST 20 Aug 2000)
Internet whiz kid Richard Li has severed ties with the Hutchinson Whampoa conglomerate owned by his father, Li Ka-Shing, to avoid a conflict of business interests. He resigned as deputy chairman and executive director of Hutchinson, which is fast becoming a major global telecoms player. (ST 17 Aug 2000)
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