Bird Garden reopens after bird flu alert
The Bird Garden in Mong Kok, where samples from a stallholder's cages tested positive for the H5N1 bird flu virus, will reopen today after being closed for 21 days for inspections. The government will provide a one-off payment of HK$12,000 to each of the 69 stall owners in the garden and a month's rental waiver.
Developer challenges redevelopment refusal
Developer Well Spread Trading is seeking a judicial review challenging a buildings appeal tribunal's decision not to overturn rejection of a plan to redevelop a building at the junction of Tin Hau Temple Road and Braemar Hill Road, North Point, into a 31-storey residential tower comprising 174 flats.
HK strikes gold at Physics Olympiad
Five secondary school pupils from Hong Kong won two gold medals, two silvers and a bronze at the 43rd International Physics Olympiad in Tallinn, Estonia, attended by 378 contestants from 81 countries and regions.