Our editors will be looking ahead today to these developing stories ...
China Tee Club serves its last supper
Toasts will be raised, no doubt, as the 25-year-old China Tee Club marks its closing tonight with a farewell dinner. The popular private restaurant in the Pedder Building in Central, with about 3,000 members, is being ousted by the trendy clothing chain Abercrombie & Fitch.
Public comment ends on overhaul of criminal law
The public consultation period for a controversial overhaul of the mainland's Criminal Procedure Law ends. One of the most contentious amendments would place new rules on the existing practice of 'residential surveillance'. Many human rights activists contend it would allow police to detain suspects accused of endangering state security - usually dissidents - at secret locations for up to six months with little restriction. Lu Qing , whose husband, the dissident artist Ai Weiwei , was detained in undisclosed locations earlier this year for 81 days, called on lawmakers to reject the draft legislation.
Mainland tightens eligibility for thrifty-car subsidy
The mainland launches a more stringent subsidy scheme for fuel-efficient cars tomorrow. To be eligible for the 3,000-yuan (HK$3,662) subsidy, cars would have to consume no more than 6.3 litres of fuel per 100 kilometres, instead of the present threshold of 6.9 litres, the Ministry of Finance said. The government said it had subsidised 2.15 million cars in the first year of the scheme, which was introduced in June last year.
