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No relief for distraught father of missing teen
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No relief for distraught father of missing teen


Police have denied a father's claim that they are not doing enough to find his missing teenage daughter. A spokesman said yesterday they had been updating Wong Kay-jor "very ...

Gunman jailed 16 years for Lee plot


A Shenzhen man convicted for his role in a shooting plot involving two of the city's most prominent citizens was yesterday jailed for 16 years. The foiled scheme had "damaged the ...

Wang called me godmother, Chan's wife says


NINA WANG CASE Fung shui master Tony Chan Chun-chuen introduced Nina Wang Kung Yu-sum as his goddaughter when she visited the Chan family home, his wife, Tam Miu-ching, told a court yesterday.

Minibonds buyback bid unfair, says watchdog


The Securities and Futures Commission does not believe a proposal by banks to buy back soured Lehman Brothers minibonds at about 60 per cent of the principal is fair to investors if the ...

Staff raise fears over new ambulance system


Ambulance staff expressed worries yesterday about a new three-level grading system for call-outs, saying judgments on urgency would be made by operators who lacked the paramedical ...

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Brother tells of bags of cash from Chinachem


NINA WANG CASE Two younger brothers of Tony Chan Chun-chuen had helped him carry more than HK$12 million cash in a tennis bag from Chinachem's headquarters, believing it was a gift from tycoon Nina Wang Kung ...

Hong Kong girl's Tamiflu-resistant swine flu is world's third case


SWINE FLU OUTBREAK A Hong Kong girl has contracted a strain of swine flu resistant to Tamiflu - the world's third reported case.
 
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Colour-coded travel alerts proposed


A colour-coded travel alert system resembling the rainstorm warning has been proposed in the wake of the unrest that left thousands of Hong Kong visitors trapped in the Thai capital late last year. ...

Legco approves further HK$3b in quake aid


The Legislative Council yesterday allocated another HK$3 billion to support the reconstruction of Sichuan following last year's earthquake, taking the total contribution to HK$9 billion. But the ...
 
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Take up the baton


West Kowloon needs a super CEO now to drive the project forward and help lift the fog of confusion, writes Sir David Tang.
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Wrestling with pay


DISGRUNTLED POLICE Police officers' claims of unfair treatment at the hands of the government deserve closer inspection, writes Joseph Wong.
 

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