Issue: January 19, 2009   (Archive)
Tuesday, September 7, 2010   

Hikers defy warnings as Tai Po fire rages
Dozens of hikers defied government advice and continued their walk despite fires raging at Pat Sin Leng Country Park in Tai Po for more than 36 hours.

Taiwan goes coupon crazy
Taiwan has started handing out shopping vouchers to each resident as part of a scheme aimed at boosting its flagging economy.


Hang Seng Bank staff have pay frozen but get pledge on jobs
Hang Seng Bank (0011) has pledged to do its best not to lay off employees after freezing staff salaries during the financial downturn.

Kowloon police probe claims of assault by Mugabe wife
Tsim Sha Tsui police are investigating a report by a British journalist who claims he was beaten and punched by the wife of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe as he was trying to snap photos of her.

SAR's peanut butter gets the all-clear
Peanut butter products on sale in Hong Kong supermarkets have been given the all-clear after a salmonella outbreak killed six in the United States.

Twin bird flu threat
Extra beds should be set aside in New Territories hospitals to cope with the threat of a cross-border bird flu outbreak, a leading scientist warned as two more mainland cases were confirmed last night.

             


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