MTR

45 arrested for breaking milk formula quota

4 Mar 2013

They included 26 Hong Kong residents and 18 mainlanders. One person had a foreign passport. Eight of those arrested were cross-border drivers.

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Talking points

1 Mar 2013

Four drug traffickers, including Golden Triangle kingpin Naw Kham, will be executed in Kunming , Yunnan province, according to state media. Naw Kham and three accomplices were convicted of...

Parallel-goods trading activity remains low in Sheung Shui

26 Feb 2013

Predictions that the parallel-goods trading activities in Sheung Shui would pick up again once the Lunar New Year period ended proved false yesterday. In the vicinity of the Sheung Shui MTR...

Social etiquette a global problem

24 Feb 2013

In recent years, the negativity between Hong Kong locals and mainlanders has been disheartening. The most discussed issue is the distasteful and unpleasant behaviour of mainlanders when travelling...

Wan Chai could get three more stations as part of MTR shake-up

22 Feb 2013

Three stations would be built in or close to Wan Chai if a proposal to construct a new rail line is adopted to ease congestion. Under one of two options, trains would cease running the full length...

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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

Letters to the Editor, February 20, 2013

Mr Lo criticised me and the Civic Party for "jumping on the bandwagon" in uploading Lian's article on Facebook and inviting the chief executive to sue me for libel if indeed he had a case for...

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Business Digest, February 15, 2013

The European Union proposed a tax on financial transactions that could be collected worldwide as soon as next year by the 11 countries that have so far signed up to participate.

MTR photo 'sex crime' complaints increase on MTR

The number of women complaining that someone has taken an upskirt photograph of them on the MTR increased by almost a third between 2011 and 2012, police say.

TRANSPORT

East Rail Line users stung by new luggage limits

Luggage limits on the East Rail Line, designed to deter parallel-goods traders, caused problems for regular travellers yesterday.

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TRANSPORT

MTR to inspect platform screen doors after North Point fire

The MTR Corporation will inspect platform screen doors at all stations along the Tseung Kwan O Line after a fire at the North Point station disrupted services yesterday.

North Point MTR service resumes after fire