Our editors will be looking ahead today to these developing stories ...
Protesting pupils call on education chief
Scholarism, a protest group representing secondary school pupils, meets Education Secretary Eddie Ng Hak-kim to discuss its concerns about the national education scheme, which it says is indoctrination. The group, comprising about 150 pupils from top schools, was set up in June last year after a video featuring 15-year-old convenor Joshua Wong Chi-fung (pictured, right, in an earlier meeting with Ng) speaking eloquently about the scheme attracted attention on the internet.
Court rules in test case on money lending
Eastern Court gives its verdict in a test case involving charges of unlicensed lending against Global Merchant Funding, which describes itself as Asia's 'leading business funding expert'. The company, which operates in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore, denies breaching the Money Lenders Ordinance and argues that other common law jurisdictions do not regard its practice of issuing 'merchant cash advances' as loans.
Bureau of Statistics reports on first half
The National Bureau of Statistics announces key economic data for the first half of the year at a briefing in Beijing. News media will be waiting to hear whether the government will announce further measures to boost the economy, following yesterday's release of key economic indicators and the interest rate cut announced earlier this week by the central bank.