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1. News - Hong Kong - CRIME

   Drug seizures jump sharply in first three months

   Posted May 15th 2013, 12:00am by Simpson Cheung

   ... Statistics from the government's Fight Crime Committee showed that 11kg of cannabis was seized in the first three months of 2013, 4.5 times the amount found in the same period last year. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1237792/drug-seizures-jump-sharply-first-three-months
2. Business - Companies - COMPANIES

   Independent trio resigns from Trony Solar board

   Posted Feb 09th 2013, 12:00am by Eric Ng

   ... Business Companies Trony Solar Independent Committee Eric Ng eric.mpng@scmp.com All three independent non-executive directors spearheading a review of the company books of suspended solar cell maker Trony Solar have resigned. The trio formed an independent committee to examine the company's accounts for possible discrepancies identified by the board. The departures could ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1146349/independent-trio-resigns-trony-solar-board
3. News - China - POLITICS

   Jiang Zemin moved down party pecking order 'at own request'

   Posted Jan 24th 2013, 12:00am by CHOI CHI-YUK

   ... News China Jiang Zemin Central Committee Choi Chi-yuk Chiyuk.choi@scmp.com Former Communist Party chief Jiang Zemin moved down the top leadership's pecking order at his own request, state media reported yesterday. Jiang asked the party's new Central Committee to put his name among those of other retired leaders, and behind incumbent party and state leaders, after ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1134743/jiang-zemin-moved-down-party-pecking-order-own-request
4. Doctors resign from panel in pay-cut row

   Posted Aug 25th 2009, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... scrutiny by a bills committee, which has yet to convene its first meeting. Doctors not on civil service appointments require separate consent under the general labour law. In a letter ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/690569/doctors-resign-panel-pay-cut-row
5. Sport - OLYMPICS

   Singapore's Ng Ser Miang enters race to succeed Jacques Rogge as IOC chief

   Posted May 17th 2013, 12:00am by AP

   ... Sport Ng Ser Miang International Olympic Committee Jacques Rogge Associated Press 64-year-old hopes to become International Olympic Committee’s first Asian president Ng Ser Miang entered the race for International Olympic Committee president yesterday, seeking to become the first Asian to hold the most powerful job in the Olympic movement. The Singaporean, 64, announced his ...

   http://www.scmp.com/sport/article/1239191/singapores-ng-ser-miang-enters-race-succeed-jacques-rogge-ioc-chief
6. News - Hong Kong

   Setback on filibustering as pan-democrats debate killed off

   Posted Jan 05th 2013, 12:00am by Tony Cheung

   ... News Hong Kong Legislative Council Finance Committee Filibustering Tony Cheung tony.cheung@scmp.com The pan-democratic camp's fight to retain the right to filibuster in the legislature suffered a setback yesterday, when the Finance Committee cut off a debate - itself facing a filibuster - on how to amend its own rules. When the meeting began, the committee was due ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1120061/setback-filibustering-pan-democrats-debate-killed
7. News - Hong Kong

   Pan-democrats defeat finance committee filibuster block again

   Posted Nov 03rd 2012, 12:00am by Tony Cheung

   ... News Hong Kong Filibuster Pan-Democrats Finance Committee Tony Cheung tony.cheung@scmp.com Pro-government camp's bid to change procedures fails after 1,244 amendments The pan-democrats stalled the pro-government camp's attempt to block filibusters on the Legislative Council Finance Committee yesterday for the second time in a month. At the end of a two-hour meeting, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1074769/pan-democrats-defeat-finance-committee-filibuster-block-again
8. News - World - NOBEL PRIZES

   The phone call from the Nobel Committee that changes lives

   Posted Oct 12th 2012, 12:00am by Agence France-Presse in Stockholm

   ... News World Nobel Prize Nobel Committee Laureates Agence France-Presse in Stockholm It's a life-altering moment when the Nobel Committee ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1058982/phone-call-nobel-committee-changes-lives
9. Comment - Insight & Opinion - TALKING POINTS

   Talking points

   Posted May 18th 2013, 12:00am

   ... Accounts Committee. Tong is also under investigation by his old colleagues at the Independent Commission Against Corruption amid claims of lavish spending on receptions, gifts and duty visits. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1240144/talking-points
10. News - Hong Kong

    Task force set up to review CityU's veterinary school plan

    Posted Jan 29th 2013, 12:00am by Emily Tsang

    ... News Hong Kong City University University Grants Committee veterinary school Emily Tsang emily.tsang@scmp.com Expert panel to advise on whether to start city's first such facility amid divided opinion A task force will be formed to review City University's proposal to set up the city's first veterinary school, the University Grants Committee has said. ...

    http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1138160/task-force-set-review-cityus-veterinary-school-plan

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