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        <pubDate>2012-02-04 07:40:04</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Tang slips back after refusing to debate]]></title>
            <pubDate>2012-02-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Chief executive hopeful Henry Tang Ying-yen's reluctance to debate with his key opponent may have cost him the chance to narrow the gap in their popularity ratings, according to a new poll. 
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            <title><![CDATA[Doctors not to blame for death of jogger, 69]]></title>
            <pubDate>2012-02-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[A probe into the death of an elderly man from a brain haemorrhage after he was prescribed the wrong medicine at Tuen Mun Hospital has concluded doctors were not to blame.
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            <title><![CDATA[HK$4,500-a-month help for elderly]]></title>
            <pubDate>2012-02-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[The elderly are in line for a monthly subsidy of as much as HK$4,500 to pay for services such as the delivery of meals and physiotherapy. 
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            <title><![CDATA[Robbers claiming to be police choose wrong man]]></title>
            <pubDate>2012-02-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Two young men masquerading as policemen were caught red-handed when they picked on the wrong target - a plain-clothes police constable - in a bungled hold-up in Tai Po early yesterday.
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            <title><![CDATA[Shy Jason gives Shino's heart a lift]]></title>
            <pubDate>2012-02-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Pretty Dragonair flight attendant Shino Fok had no lack of pursuers in the romance department. What made Jason Li the lucky guy, she said, was that he loved her with all his heart. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Cable car faces HK$35m losses]]></title>
            <pubDate>2012-02-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[The MTR Corporation, which operates the Lantau cable car, may lose  as much as HK$35 million in revenue, because services will be suspended for at least two more months to allow worn ball bearings to be replaced.
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            <title><![CDATA[Lawmakers propose doubling their pay]]></title>
            <pubDate>2012-02-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[A disapproving public is not enough to deter legislators from proposing a near-doubling of their salaries to a huge HK$141,000 a month.
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            <title><![CDATA[New bid hurdle for HK-Zhuhai bridge]]></title>
            <pubDate>2012-02-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Construction of the multibillion-dollar Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge could face further delays when the government re-tenders a major contract after bidders quoted &quot;unreasonably high prices&quot;. 
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            <title><![CDATA[HK-mainland carping takes off on web]]></title>
            <pubDate>2012-02-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[The war of words between Hongkongers and mainlanders is playing out on a new front, as the full-page &quot;anti-locust&quot; advert in one of the city's newspapers spawned two such notices in cyberspace.
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            <title><![CDATA[Hoo sees way to fix rules on abode]]></title>
            <pubDate>2012-02-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[The solution to the right of abode controversy lies with the Hong Kong government - or even the British government - rather than amending the law, a Basic Law expert says. 
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            <title><![CDATA[City Digest]]></title>
            <pubDate>2012-02-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Justice Secretary has applied to the High Court to access documents and exhibits in a high-profile divorce case in which a property tycoon and his son appeared to have engaged in criminal conduct. The secretary seeks to obtain the items to help a police investigation into Samuel Tak Lee and son Samathur Li Kin-kan's actions in their attempt to defeat the son's ex-wife Florence Tsang Chiu-wing's claim. In the HK$1.2 billion settlement awarded to Tsang, Mr Justice John Saunders found that the pair might have committed forgery, conspiracy to pervert the course of justice and perjury. The application will be heard on March 1.   ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sex-shame HK tycoon in court row  ]]></title>
            <pubDate>2012-02-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[A Hong Kong billionaire is at the centre of a legal storm in Canada after admitting his role in a sordid drama involving a prostitute, cocaine and illegal guns.
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            <title><![CDATA[It's a quick scan with a smartphone boarding pass]]></title>
            <pubDate>2012-02-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Helter-skelter dashes to the airport check-in desk will now be a thing of the past for many passengers, with nine airlines offering smartphone boarding passes in Hong Kong from this month. 
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            <title><![CDATA[Incentives for new data centres]]></title>
            <pubDate>2012-02-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[The government will encourage the building of data centres with incentives for redeveloping industrial buildings.
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            <title><![CDATA[Police, HKU duo hit over protest]]></title>
            <pubDate>2012-02-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Police used &quot;unjustifiable&quot; and &quot;unreasonable&quot; force to contain protesters during the visit of Vice-Premier Li Keqiang to the University of Hong Kong in August, a review committee said yesterday. 
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            <title><![CDATA[What the local media says]]></title>
            <pubDate>2012-02-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[A 59-year-old died after seeking treatment for bronchial pains at the blunder-stricken Tuen Mun Hospital in December. The hospital  suspected he may have  contracted pneumonia and  conducted an endoscopic check, after which his condition  worsened, with blood filling  97 per cent of his left lung.  The hospital denied any mistakes but did not explain the cause of death.
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            <title><![CDATA[Probe into HK link to Iraq bombs]]></title>
            <pubDate>2012-02-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Law enforcement officials in Hong Kong are investigating a locally registered company which the US government alleges was part of a conspiracy to obtain US equipment that killed and maimed hundreds of US and allied soldiers in Iraq.
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            <title><![CDATA[Cast brings out fun and wit of Oscar Wilde play]]></title>
            <pubDate>2012-02-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Here is a play to be enjoyed. Sure, you can read a lot more into this Oscar Wilde  classic than just a comedy - it is also a satire on the sexual repression and  hypocrisy in Victorian England, the social class system, and a study on identity duality with a homosexual subtext (&quot;earnest&quot; can be deciphered as &quot;gay&quot;, for instance). But why get so serious when the writing is so full of wit, charm and fun? ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Uphill challenge for racer who lost both legs to polio]]></title>
            <pubDate>2012-02-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[It's an uphill task, but Patrick Au Yeung Yee-kan, 52, is all ready to conquer the steep slope on the Marsh Road bridge in Wan Chai - in a wheelchair.
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            <title><![CDATA[Forget wine, pair got a taste for each other]]></title>
            <pubDate>2012-02-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[When Howard Kwong first set eyes on Christine Lau during a wine-tasting weekend in Napa Valley, his heart skipped a beat. 
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            <title><![CDATA[Equal pay for all lawmakers]]></title>
            <pubDate>2012-02-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[When it comes to pay, it seems lawmakers are united - they should all get the same salary increase. Those elected by the public will be paid the same as those who represent small trade bodies and who are often perceived as underperforming.
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