22 Jul 1997

The taxman may be the most unpopular person but he does have one admirer - he has just won top marks for good attitude from the Ombudsman.


In second and third places came the...

2:51AM
27 Jun 1997

Plans to let off two 200-kilogram fireworks at Tuesday's spectacular have gone up in smoke because of fears they could detonate a dangerous goods store.

11:46PM
26 Jun 1997

Memorabilia collectors have flooded the Government with inquiries on how to obtain police and correctional services badges and caps bearing colonial emblems.


Requests have come from...

11:29PM
12 Jun 1997

The number of public seats for the British farewell ceremony on the old HMS Tamar site has been slashed to 1,700 after a last-minute decision to give a large block of tickets to civil servants.

9:58PM
29 May 1997

Tight security will be imposed when 20 tonnes of fireworks are detonated to light the sky above Victoria Harbour on July 1.

8:46PM
27 May 1997

The skipper of the Diaoyu protest ship which was in collision with the Japanese coastguard could be banned from captaining any boat.

8:35PM

Fancy getting behind the wheel of one of the Commander British Forces' sleek black Rovers? Major-General Bryan Dutton's two official cars are up for sale - albeit minus the chauffeur, flag and...

8:28PM

'IF there was an amnesty I would be the first on the plane,' says Emmy, who has been in Hong Kong for 13 years, eight of them illegally.


The single mother spent five years as a...

7:49PM

Prisoners would be less likely to reoffend if they traded in their sewing machines for spanners and spark plugs, according to a leading rehabilitation expert.

9:43AM

Victims of crime could soon face their attackers across the conference table instead of in the courtroom under a plan to shame young offenders back on to the straight and narrow.

7:39AM

A Correctional Services officer blamed for the separation of a five-year-old girl from her parents after the Whitehead riots has been disciplined.

8:37PM

Would-be fathers who cannot produce sperm could soon be helped by a new technique causing controversy in the United Kingdom.


Until recently, little could be done for men whose semen...

4:45PM

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