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1. News - Hong Kong

   He backed rival, but Jack So urges support for CY Leung

   Posted Jul 12th 2013, 12:00am by Anita Lam, Amy Nip

   ... Council business mission to the United States was overshadowed by a row over the fate of US whistle-blower Edward Snowden, who was then hiding out in Hong Kong before moving on to Moscow. "On the whole it was handled very well," he said of the Snowden case, although he would not be drawn on who should take the credit. He backed rival, but So urges support for CY ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1280434/tangs-backer-jack-so-urges-business-sector-support-cy-leung
2. Drivers confine minister to hot taxi to drive home their point

   Posted Jul 27th 2010, 12:00am by Anita Lam

   ... Taxi drivers refused yesterday to let a sweltering environment minister leave a taxi whose cabin temperature was well into the 40s, although the driver stepped out to take a break. Edward Yau Tang-wah was confined to the cab at the Hung Hom railway station taxi stand after deciding to bow to demands of the city's professional drivers that he get a taste of what ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/720635/drivers-confine-minister-hot-taxi-drive-home-their-point
3. Bill for ban on idling engines by year's end

   Posted Jul 09th 2009, 12:00am by Anita Lam

   ... A draft bill for a ban on idling engines is expected to be scrutinised in the Legislative Council by the end of this year, the environment minister said. Edward Yau Tang-wah told lawmakers in a written submission yesterday that the government had extended the scope of exemptions for public and commercial vehicles, but that officials did not agree on waiving the ban during hot weather. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/686286/bill-ban-idling-engines-years-end
4. Business - Economy - TRADE

   Hong Kong exporters' mood lifted by brighter world outlook

   Posted Mar 20th 2013, 12:00am by Anita Lam

   ... of 49.5 from 31.6 in November, a survey of 510 exporters last month by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council shows. Edward Leung, the council's director of research, who forecasts 4 per ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/economy/article/1195016/hong-kong-exporters-mood-lifted-brighter-world-outlook
5. Business - Economy - REMUNERATION

   Minimum wage to rise 19pc in Guangzhou

   Posted Feb 07th 2013, 12:00am by Anita Lam

   ... survive the changes have already left and those who remained have begun cutting manpower for the past two years," said vice-president Edward Tsui Ping-kwong. "For example, I have nearly ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/economy/article/1144867/minimum-wage-rise-19pc-guangzhou
6. Business - Economy - ECONOMY

   HK exports on course to shrink as confidence falls

   Posted Sep 18th 2012, 12:00am by Anita Lam

   ... quarter, given the positive sentiment in the second quarter, but now the outlook simply isn't good," said Edward Leung, the development council's director of research. Exporters ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/economy/article/1039382/hk-exports-course-shrink-confidence-falls
7. Taxi drivers invite minister to hot seat

   Posted Jul 06th 2010, 12:00am by Anita Lam

   ... Light Bus General Association said the minister should not wait for the lawmakers. 'Edward Yau could always come by himself without the lawmakers. He should stop making excuses if he dare ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/718972/taxi-drivers-invite-minister-hot-seat
8. HK$28 will be a stretch, employer says

   Posted Aug 31st 2010, 12:00am by Anita Lam

   ... a cha chaan teng in Kowloon City to a coffee shop in Prince Edward, was happy that the new job came with a 50 per cent pay rise. 'I used to earn just HK$18 an hour, now I earn about ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/723430/hk28-will-be-stretch-employer-says
9. Petrol, diesel prices cut

   Posted Aug 22nd 2008, 12:00am by Anita Lam

   ... Anita Lam More reductions in fuel costs may be on the way after Shell took the lead in cutting retail prices by up to 22 HK cents a litre at midnight. Motorists will today be charged HK$17.09 a litre for diesel, HK$16.19 and HK$17.04 for unleaded and premium petrol respectively. The reduction was announced by environment chief Edward Yau Tang-wah, who said he expected to see ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/649908/petrol-diesel-prices-cut
10. Minibus, taxi fares may rise two weeks after increase in tunnel toll

    Posted Aug 02nd 2010, 12:00am by Anita Lam

    ... applied for fare rises,' said the league's Edward Yam Liang-hsien. League members joined a slow-drive protest yesterday. The convoy stopped at the tunnel's toll plaza on the Kowloon ...

    http://www.scmp.com/article/721138/minibus-taxi-fares-may-rise-two-weeks-after-increase-tunnel-toll

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