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CE candidate to outline housing policy
Would-be chief executive Leung Chun-ying (pictured) will unveil his blueprint on housing policies. The former Executive Council convenor has said that he will increase the provision of public housing flats to 35,000 in 'one of the future five years' if elected. He has also said that the government should consider land reclamation instead of encroaching on green areas. Despite strong support from the public, Leung is under pressure to get 150 nominations from the 1,200-member Election Committee that will choose the next chief executive.
No more tears for Kim Jong-il
Top North Korean officials are expected to attend a mass meeting to pay tribute to former leader Kim Jong-il after his funeral yesterday. Kim Jong-un, Kim Jong-il's son and successor, is expected to attend. Mourning will officially end today with a nationwide memorial service including a three-minute silence, at the end of which trains, ships and other vehicles will sound their hooters. Hundreds of thousands of mourners braved freezing conditions in Pyongyang to bid farewell to Kim Jong-il, who died of a heart attack on December 17, aged 69.
Jail sentence triggers call for anti-Putin rally
Hundreds of protesters are expected to attend an unscheduled rally on Moscow's Pushkin Square after Sergei Udaltsov, an ultra-left wing activist, was sent back to jail for another 10 days on completing a sentence for taking part in a rally against Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (pictured) and his plans to return to the presidency. Udaltsov's new sentence prompted 1,900 people to vow on Facebook that they will protest 'for the release and life of Udaltsov and all political prisoners'.