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The Small Claims Tribunal will hear a petition filed by homeless people whose belongings were taken by government sanitation workers. Acting under the waste-disposal ordinance, police and Food and Environmental Hygiene Department workers confiscated half a tonne of "rubbish" on February 15 at a site under a flyover in Sham Shui Po. The street sleepers, including Cheung Muk-luen previously demanded compensation of HK$3,000 each and a government apology.

The Bank of Japan holds a rate review. Market players expect the central bank to hold off from an easing until October 30, when it reviews its long-term economic and price forecasts in a semi-annual outlook report. But the US Federal Reserve's decision last week to push ahead with quantitative easing may force the bank's hand.