Our editors will be looking ahead today to these developing stories...
Exco convenor to share thoughts on governing
As examples of bad administration pile up and concerns mount over how well the Hong Kong government does its job, one of the potential candidates to become the city's next leader will stick out his neck with a talk entitled: 'How to restore the pride and effectiveness of the Hong Kong government''. Chief executive hopeful Leung Chun-ying, convenor of the Executive Council, will spell out his vision at a luncheon hosted by the Hong Kong Public Administration Association.
Data due on ministry trips, cars and meals
A fuller picture of how much China's ministries and central government agencies spent on overseas trips, official cars and often lavish lunches and dinners may come out soon, after the State Council ordered them to disclose the controversial spending to the public nearly two months ago. According to the People's Daily's website, at least 89 out of 101 agencies and ministries have disclosed their figures, leaving, among others, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the National Bureau of Corruption Prevention, the National Security Ministry and National Administration for the Protection of State Secrets still to declare as of Tuesday.
BSkyB board meets amid phone-hacking scandal
The phone-hacking scandal riling the British political and media worlds has posed a significant challenge to British Sky Broadcasting, the lucrative satellite-television network known as BSkyB that has long been the centerpiece of media mogul Rupert Murdoch's European ambitions. BSkyB's board will meet for the first time since the outcry over phone hacking forced Murdoch's News Corp to drop its bid to buy the 61 per cent of BSkyB shares it does not own. The future of BSkyB's broadcasting licence and the fate of its chairman, Murdoch's son James (pictured), were on the line, analysts said.