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'Despicable' Jerome Lau faces jail sentence
Businessman Jerome Lau Ting-sing, 62, who was convicted in the District Court last month of indecently assaulting a male model during a photography session and two counts of criminal intimidation, is to be sentenced. The judge, who described Lau (left) as 'morally despicable', indicated that a jail term was likely because of the serious nature of the offences. The sentencing will take into account a psychologist's report.
Church asks High Court to evict Central Hospital
The Sheng Kung Hui Foundation, which manages properties owned by the Anglican church, asks the High Court to order Hong Kong Central Hospital to move out of premises on Lower Albert Road, Central. The church gave the hospital three months' notice to leave in March 2010, but it failed to. The church announced plans in October 2009 to convert four historic buildings occupied by the hospital into a museum and gallery, opening up the site to the public. The HK$800 million redevelopment was to be completed by 2014.
Pakistan, India meet to discuss glacier battlefield
The defence ministers of Pakistan and India hold talks in Islamabad on their dispute over the Siachen glacier, dubbed 'the world highest battlefield'. Pakistan's army chief, General Ashfaq Kiyani (left), has called for the demilitarisation of the site in the Karakoram mountain range, which is uninhabited except for the troops facing each other there since 1984. Kiyani made his call in April after visiting the site of an avalanche that killed 140 people, including 129 Pakistani soldiers.