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Mainland launches campaign for safer roads
The Ministry of Public Security launches a five-month nationwide road safety campaign, targeting speeding, overloading and drowsy driving. The government said that so far this year, overloading has accounted for about half of very serious road accidents, which are classified as those that cost more than 10 lives. The State Council's Work Safety Commission has also called for intensified efforts to prevent road accidents, vowing to punish offences by drivers severely.
Hong Kong legislators get report card on performance
Catholic Monitors, a watchdog group that monitors legislators' performance, releases its report on the volume and value of lawmakers' work in the 2010-11 Legco session. The annual report tabulates their attendance record and the number of times they have voted, moved a motion, filed a question or made a speech in the council during the year. In the group's report for the 2009-10 session, the performances of functional constituency lawmakers Lau Wong-fat, David Li Kwok-Po and Timothy Fok Tsun-ting were rated as less than satisfactory, as they did not move a motion or amendment throughout the Legco year. The watchdog has compiled the reports since the introduction of direct election to Legco in 1991.
International forum on internet opens in London