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John Tsang returns to Legco's West Kowloon hearing

Financial Secretary John Tsang Chun-wah (left), who served as secretary for planning and lands in 2002, will testify for a second time at the Legco inquiry into chief executive-elect Leung Chun-ying's alleged conflict of interest as a juror in the West Kowloon design competition 10 years ago. Also expected at the hearing is Permanent Secretary for Home Affairs Raymond Young Lap-moon and former director of planning Bosco Fung Chee-keung. Two former officials at the then planning and lands bureau - Eric Johnson and Po Pui-leong - are also expected to testify.

Consumer watchdog reports on unfair contracts

The Consumer Council is expected to announce its findings on unfair terms in standard-form consumer contracts. As the contracts are drafted by suppliers, it is not uncommon to find the terms and conditions are inherently one-sided, the watchdog has said. It has worked with different service sectors in drawing up a set of guidelines on drafting contracts that are fairer for consumers than previous formulations.

Romney senses victory in Republican vote

Victory for Mitt Romney in the Wisconsin Republican primary could all but end the party's battle to choose its candidate to challenge Barack Obama for the US presidency in November. Romney is predicting success in the upper Midwestern state as he shifts his campaign attacks away from his Republican rivals and almost solely to Obama. The party is also holding primaries in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Texas.

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