Misconduct

Short Soccer, February 21, 2013

21 Feb 2013

Marseille midfielder Joey Barton has taken a gentle swipe at David Beckham, saying Paris Saint-Germain's star signing was no longer feared and would not be a major threat when the two French title...

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...

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...

Patient 'told doctor she loved him'

28 Jan 2013

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...

Scandals set off watchdog warnings

25 Jan 2013

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...

Opinion

Wang Xiangwei

Super ministries may not be the right answer for mainland China

Alex Lo

Church developers remain unbowed by government rules

George Chen

A house is not a home until it becomes affordable

Short Sport, January 8, 2013

Shane Warne hit with fine and suspension

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,...

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...

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...

RATIONAL REF

Education, not 'Olympic spirit', is solution to bad behaviour in soccer

As we transition to the new English Premier League season and approach the player-transfer deadline, another kind of transfer is flavour of the month. It's the transfer of Olympic ideals to the...

Community service order for architect

A Housing Department landscape architect has been ordered to perform 100 hours of community service. Paul Wong Kwong-shun, 54, was found guilty of recommending the use of a landscaping material...