Cathay flight attendants receive guidelines on work-to-rule
The Cathay Pacific Flight Attendants' Union issued work-to-rule guidelines to its 6,000 members yesterday as it stepped up its pay battle with the airline. While management has shut the door on further discussions and insisted on its 'final offer' of a 4.5 per cent rise, the union said it hoped talks would resume. No date has been set for the action.
All entry applications will be considered, security chief says
Secretary for Security Ambrose Lee Siu-kwong said every application for entry would be considered based on reason and sentiment. Lee was responding in Legco over a non-binding motion of whether to urge the government to allow exiled June 4 activists, including Wang Dan, to enter Hong Kong for the funeral of veteran democrat Szeto Wah, who died on January 2 of lung cancer.
Octopus 'data sale' probe rejected
The Legislative Council voted against a resolution to appoint a select committee to investigate the collection and transfer of customers' personal data to third parties for monetary gain by Octopus, and examine the role of the MTR Corp, the firm's biggest shareholder. Octopus sold personal data of more than one million cardholders without their consent.
Dioxin tests for German pork