Blind woman told to pay HK$250,000 for attack
A blind woman jailed in 2009 for pouring hot congee on the genitals of her unfaithful husband was ordered by the District Court yesterday to pay HK$250,293 in compensation. The husband, Leung Yiu-yuen, 60, who divorced Miu Tsui-fun and remarried three months after the attack, had sought HK$821,950. But Deputy District Court Judge Grace Chan Yuk-fan dismissed most of his claim for loss of income because he did not provide sufficient supporting evidence. Miu pleaded guilty in 2009 to wounding with intent and has served two years in jail.
Subsidies slash cost of drugs for MS, 2 cancers
Three drugs that can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars a year will be added to the government's list of subsidised medicines, cutting the cost to patients to HK$10 for two weeks of treatment. The cost would be covered by HK$230 million announced in the 2012-13 budget, which would widen subsidies to cover 50 drugs, the Hospital Authority said. The three drugs are used to treat multiple sclerosis and colon and bladder cancer.
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