Talking points

Members of the Legislative Council's panel on development debate the implications of Cheung Kong Holdings' sale of hotel rooms at its Apex Horizons complex in Kwai Chung. The firm last week sold all 360 units at the hotel, which opened in 2009. The units are classified as commercial properties, so the owners escaped the extra stamp duties imposed on apartment buyers last year. The government announced new taxes on buyers of commercial property on Friday.

The Court of Final Appeal hears one of its most high-profile cases in recent years, with strong implications for foreign domestic helpers and the Hong Kong-born children of mainland parents. The Department of Justice is expected to ask the court, as part of the case by foreign helpers appealing for permanent residency, to ask Beijing to "clarify" the meaning of its 1999 interpretation of Article 24 of the Basic Law, which deals with residency.