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Court hears Ai Weiwei's appeal against tax penalty
Chaoyang District Court in Beijing hears a request filed by dissident artist Ai Weiwei (left) to overturn the 15 million yuan (HK$18.42 million) tax-evasion penalty imposed by the city's tax office on the company that markets his work. The office had rejected his appeal against the penalty imposed on Beijing Fake Cultural Development, which helps produce his art and designs. Ai, 54, was released on June 26 last year after 81 days in detention, and posted a bond against the tax penalty raised from donations by his supporters.
Government tables C.Y.'s restructuring plan in Legco
The government tables in the Legislative Council a resolution for its restructuring plan under which the number of policy bureaus will increase from the present 12 to 14 and create the posts of deputy chief secretary and deputy financial secretary. Under the contingency plan announced by Chief Secretary Stephen Lam Sui-lung yesterday, ministers appointed to the new posts - the deputy chief secretary, deputy financial secretary, and chiefs of the new culture and technology and communications bureaus - will start service five days after Legco's Finance Committee passes the bill next month.
Grandson tells of missionary in Manchuria