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Gay Pride parade gets back in step today
After a hiatus last year because of a lack of funding, the Hong Kong Pride Parade struts its stuff. This year, organisers found sponsors to pick up the rainbow flag and bring back the gay pride parade, but managed to raise less than half of their target amount of HK$150,000. That's meant settling for a smaller stage for the end-of-parade performance show at Southorn Playground in Wan Chai. The parade starts at 3pm on East Point Road in Causeway Bay. Some 1,500 people are expected to participate. The dress code is 'Dress Sexy and Act Out' to encourage protesters to turn up the sex appeal and be confident in their bodies.
Obama hosts Asian leaders in jobs bid
With Europe mired in crisis, US President Barack Obama is launching a charm offensive this weekend to hitch the US economy to growth opportunities in Asia. Obama, who was born in Hawaii and spent part of his childhood in Indonesia, will host Asian leaders including Chinese President Hu Jintao and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda in Honolulu for the Apec summit to seek to improve trade ties across the Pacific. Obama is expected to announce tomorrow a tentative free-trade deal called the Trans-Pacific Partnership with eight nations - Australia, Brunei, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam.
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