Professional drivers demand fuel tax cut
Demands are growing from embattled drivers for a cut in fuel taxes as the chief executive's policy address approaches. Thirty professional drivers marched to the Central Government Offices yesterday chanting slogans and waving placards, urging the government to cut the tax.
'The monthly expenditure of professional drivers has increased 50 per cent as fuel prices have soared by almost 30 per cent in the past year,' said Motor Transport Workers General Union chairman Li Wing-sang.
Patrick ho, deputy in Beijing to discuss Games
Secretary for Home Affairs Patrick Ho Chi-ping and his new deputy Thomas Tso Man-tai were in Beijing for meetings on co-hosting the Olympic equestrian event in 2008. It was understood the session focused on providing facilities at the event venue and the composition of the event's organising committee.
Grass-roots party gains at democrats' expense
