In Brief
Arts hub appoints three executive directors
The West Kowloon Cultural District Authority has appointed the first three executive directors to the HK$21 billion arts hub project. Authority board chairman Henry Tang Ying-yen yesterday announced the executive directors for project delivery, finance and general counsel. All three come from a business, rather than an arts background. Dr Chan Man-wai will serve as executive director for project delivery starting on May 3. A 30-year veteran in the area of project management, Chan is vice-president of projects and facilities at the Science and Technology Parks Corporation. In his new role, he will manage a team of more than 400 staff. Starting this week, Eva Lam Yee-wah will serve as the finance executive director. An accountant, Lam was most recently group chief financial officer and executive director of IDT Holdings (Singapore). Ronald Randall, will also start as general counsel this week. He was formerly principal legal adviser on projects and international business for the MTR Corporation.
No evidence that arrested Iranian is a terrorist
There was so far no evidence that an Iranian man allegedly found with a fake Dutch passport and three plane tickets at the airport was a terrorist, a prosecutor said outside court after the man appeared at a hearing yesterday. The comments follow speculation in some quarters that the arrest of Seyfi Fathabad Sadollah Saman, 24, last week was terrorist-related. He had been in hospital until his appearance yesterday in Tsuen Wan Court. Seyfi had complained of feeling sick and he had not been expected to appear in court until this week. Seyfi has been charged with one count of using a false instrument. He entered no plea to the charge during yesterday's appearance. The case was adjourned to May 20 pending further investigation. He was remanded in custody.
Boy, 4, critical after falling out of window
A four-year-old Filipino boy was in critical condition after falling out of the window at his home yesterday morning. The boy lives with his parents and a 10-year-old brother on the third floor of a tenement block on Wah Fung Street, Hung Hom. The boy fell at around 9am and landed on top of a canopy covering the shop on the ground floor, before bouncing off onto the ground. He was taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in a serious condition but his condition deteriorated. According to the preliminary police investigation, his elder brother was asleep at the time, and neither parent was at home. The window was fitted with a safety frame, but there was still a large enough gap for the boy get through. Police said he climbed onto a chair beside the window to get out.
