Our editors will be looking ahead today to these developing stories ...
Group meets police on national education protest
An alliance of teachers, pupils and parents meets police at North Point police station to discuss plans for a rally on Sunday against the national education curriculum. The government says national education is intended to foster a sense of national pride and belonging, but the National Education Concern Group says it is brainwashing. A rally organiser, Eva Chan Sik-chee (left), said more than 10,000 people were expected to march on the government headquarters. The subject is due to become compulsory in primary schools in 2015 and secondary schools in 2016.
Patient, 17, goes on trial for hospital doctor's murder
In a case highlighting the tense relationship between patients and staff at mainland hospitals, a 17-year-old suspect goes on trial in Harbin for the murder of doctor Wang Hao. In March, Li Mengnan allegedly stabbed Wang and three other doctors at Harbin Medical University's First Affiliated Hospital after being told to get treatment for his tuberculosis before he could be admitted for spinal inflammation. Wang, 28, had recently won a place in a doctoral programme run by the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
LME shareholders vote on HKEx takeover offer
Shareholders of the London Metal Exchange vote tomorrow on Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing's ?1.4 billion (HK$17 billion) takeover offer. The LME, the world's largest market for base metals, and HKEx announced on June 15 that they had agreed on the acquisition, which will give LME members a gateway to China, the world's biggest metals buyer. HKEx has been criticised for making far too generous an offer, which values the LME at 181 times its earnings last year.