Misconduct

Canadian PM's top aide resigns over C$90,000 expenses scandal

20 May 2013

Nigel Wright, Harper's chief of staff, resigned after secretly giving a C$90,000 (HK$679,360) cheque in February to Mike Duffy, a member of the upper Senate chamber, to help him cover living...

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Woods fined HK$100,000 for 'misconduct'

1 May 2013

Trainer Sean Woods was fined HK$100,000 by Hong Kong Jockey Club stewards yesterday for comments he made in a South China Morning Post article in March, becoming the first trainer to be fined...

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Hong Kong Freemasons angered by cash controversy 'cover-up'

28 Apr 2013

It is an organisation synonymous with secrecy, but one trying hard to change its image. However, confidential documents from the inner sanctum of Hong Kong Freemasonry - seen by the Sunday Morning...

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Short Soccer, March 14, 2013

14 Mar 2013

Championship leaders Cardiff left it deep into injury time to snatch a point in a 1-1 home draw with Leicester. Rudy Gestede headed a dramatic equaliser, two minutes into stoppage time, as the...

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China Digest, February 8, 2013

8 Feb 2013

The former party secretary of Chaohu's civil affairs bureau was sentenced to 10½ years in jail for embezzling 100,000 yuan (HK$124,400) from village coffers in 2005, when he was party chief of...

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Insurers attack plan for HK$10m fine on perpetrators of mis-selling

6 Feb 2013

The industry body submitted a report to the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau expressing its concerns over the fines, and also the government's plan to set up a new insurance authority to...

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Opinion

Michael Cox

The 1-2 punch heard around the world

Updated 4:14PM

Wang Xiangwei

Placating graduates a work in progress

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Patient 'told doctor she loved him'

Dr Barry Tsang Ka-hung denied the woman's claim that they had sex five times during 2009. He said they had never had a relationship, and had only ever been doctor and patient, and insurance broker...

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Scandals set off watchdog warnings

Shanghai's banking regulator has told lenders to set up telephone hotlines for complaints about staff misconduct in selling wealth management products.

The move is seen as a gesture towards...

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Short Sport, January 8, 2013

Shane Warne hit with fine and suspension

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CHINA DIGEST

China Digest, November 26, 2012

Developers for six skyscrapers planned in the capital's central business district have asked the municipal planning commission for permission to make their buildings taller, by up to 100 metres,...

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LAI SEE HOWARD WINN

Misconduct in public office covers all public officials

Following our reflections on why it was taking so long for the ICAC to announce a decision on whether it intends to prosecute former chief executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen we came across a...

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REGULATION

Medical China's former chief ordered to pay HK$10.7m over misconduct

A Hong Kong court yesterday ordered the former chief executive of Medical China, Li Wo-hing, to pay compensation of HK$10.7 million to the company for the losses it incurred as a result of his...

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