Rhonda Lam Wan

6 May 1999

The number of hillfires nearly doubled during the Ching Ming Festival because of dry weather, legislators were told.

3:09AM

5 Apr 1999

The medical profession should set up its own monitoring mechanism to ensure the quality of health care services, a legislator said yesterday.

Dr Leong Che-hung, representing the...

11:23PM

Debate 'healthy'

18 Mar 1999

Debate over the Court of Final Appeal ruling was a healthy sign of the importance attached by the community to the rule of law, Chief Secretary for Administration Anson Chan Fang On-sang said...

9:04PM

Legislators seek details before discussing councils' fate

13 Mar 1999

Lawmakers vowed yesterday to refuse to discuss proposals for the abolition of the two municipal councils unless the Government provided details of how services would be improved.

8:36PM

Building projects to mark 2000

26 Feb 1999

Some infrastructure works would be designated 'millennium projects' to mark the new era, the Home Affairs Bureau chief said yesterday.

David Lan Hong-tsung said the occasion belonged...

6:31PM

Budget deficit up to $50b

1 Dec 1998

The budget deficit for this financial year has now reached $50.1 billion, new government statistics indicate.

Figures released yesterday show spending totalled $131.8 billion against...

10:30AM

Opinion

Alex Lo

A dangerous demagogue in our midst

3 comments

4:18AM

Jake Van Der Kamp

Ferry subsidies to push rents up further

4:27AM

Grandfather feared worst

Grandfather Leung Mei thought his life was over when he found himself unable to move after breathing in too much smoke.

9:51PM

Extortion claim as firm charges for use of free coops

Poultry wholesalers who yesterday claimed they were being charged extra for using new coops in the government-managed Cheung Sha Wan market, said about $20 million in 'service fees' had already...

9:45PM

PLA sends best wishes

The PLA Garrison chief yesterday sent spring greetings to the SAR, expressing gratitude for its treatment since the handover.

9:15PM

Hospitals rush to reach at-risk patients

Staff from the six hospitals where the product was known to have been used were last night scrambling to trace affected patients.

Of the 108 patients, 66 had been contacted by 4 pm,...

8:58PM

Private, public labs compete for test kits

Government clinics and hospitals have been competing with private laboratories for test kits and chemicals, it emerged yesterday.

7:04PM

Parents in fear at flu victim's nursery