Our editors will be looking ahead today to these developing stories ...
CE candidates leave it late to declare funding
Today is the deadline by which those who stood for chief executive must declare the sources of their campaign funds and how they spent the money. The two main contenders, former Exco convenor Leung Chun-ying and former chief secretary Henry Tang Ying-yen, have yet to do so. Democratic Party lawmaker Albert Ho Chun-yan has completed the paperwork, more than four weeks since the Election Committee chose Leung (left) to be chief executive, as has Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee, who failed to garner enough nominations to join the field.
Think tanks discuss trilateral free-trade deal
Think tanks from China, Japan and South Korea meet in Beijing to discuss how their three countries should move towards a negotiation on their trilateral free-trade agreement. Co-organised by the China Centre for International Economic Exchanges, the forum will focus on co-operation in manufacturing, trade in services and new energy.
Chinese eatery offends health officials
A 100-year-old San Francisco Chinese restaurant once notorious for having 'the world's rudest waiter', Edsel Ford Fung, could find out today if it will close for good. The owners of Chinatown's Sam Wo restaurant are scheduled to plead their case to the city's public health department, which has demanded changes after finding violations, including rodent activity.