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SCMP Reporter

Ex-university professor to appear in fraud case

A former Chinese University associate professor wanted by the Independent Commission Against Corruption for alleged involvement in a $1.5 million housing allowance fraud will appear in Sha Tin Court today.  He returned  to Hong Kong from Australia last night.

Paul Chan Wing-yiu, 52,  is alleged to have used false or erroneous statements with intent to deceive the university when applying for a private tenancy allowance.

The alleged false statements between September 1993 and December 1998 claimed that neither he, his wife  nor their relatives had a financial interest in the leased property.

Chan left Hong Kong for Australia in July 2000. The Australian minister for justice and customs signed a warrant for his return on August 13.

An economic brief for visiting Guangzhou mayor

Visiting mayor Zhang Guangning  will today preside over the opening ceremony of a briefing on Guangzhou's social and economic development  at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.

A seminar titled 'Guangzhou Enterprises - Investing in Hong Kong' will be held for delegates at the centre later in the day.

The mayor has already met Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa and central government liaison office director Gao Siren since arriving in Hong Kong on Tuesday.

Customs chief in talks with mainland officials

Strengthening co-operation in customs procedures, and improving intelligence exchanges against cross-border smugglers, were among topics the customs commissioner discussed with mainland counterparts when he visited the Huanggang customs site and the construction site of the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Western Corridor.

Timothy Tong Hin-ming  also paid a courtesy call on Shenzhen customs director-general Zou Zhiwu.

Mr Tong said that after completion of the new checkpoint at the Shenzhen Corridor, the fourth border crossing to link the northwest New Territories to Shekou, Hong Kong's position as a logistics and business hub would be further improved.



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