20 held after immigration raid
Nineteen men and a woman were arrested for unauthorised entry into the city, overstaying visas and failing to produce identification documents in a four-hour joint operation by police and the Immigration Department in Chungking and Mirador mansions on Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, which ended at 2am yesterday.
HK$360m in voucher scheme
About HK$360 million has been spent on the pre-primary education voucher scheme since its launch in August, Secretary for Education Michael Suen Ming-yeung said. The amount of special grants to children of families on public assistance for kindergarten fees was HK$159 million in the 2006-07 school year.
293 complaints about adverts
Some 293 complaints against the content of advertisements were received by the Television and Entertainment Licensing Authority and the Consumer Council between October last year and September, 160 involving the electronic media.