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Councillors to debate Fa Yuen Street fire
The Yau Tsim Mong District Council's committee on fire prevention will hold a meeting to discuss last week's deadly inferno in Fa Yuen Street, in which nine people were killed and 34 injured. Food and environmental hygiene officials and fire chiefs are expected to be grilled by the councillors, who have blamed the disaster on the government's lack of long-term planning and lax control over the hawkers.
Briefing on mainland poverty alleviation plan
The director of the State Council's Leading Group Office on Poverty Alleviation and Development, Fan Xiaojian, will hold a briefing on the 2011-20 Rural Poverty Alleviation and Development Programme. China has recently raised its poverty line to cover people with annual incomes of 2,300 yuan (HK$2,810) per capita or less, up 80 per cent from the threshold of 1,274 yuan introduced last year.
Japan returns Korean documents
The Japanese government will return to Seoul 1,200 volumes of historical royal documents taken to Japan during its 1910-45 annexation of the Korean peninsula. The move comes weeks after Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda delivered five volumes of the treasured books when he met South Korean President Lee Myung-bak. Japan's foreign ministry said the return of the remaining volumes from the Joseon dynasty (1392-1897) would enhance ties.
