Our editors will be looking ahead today to these developing stories ...
Canto-pop legend serenades alma mater
Samuel Hui Koon-kit (pictured in his student days), also known as the 'God of Canto-pop', returns to Hong Kong University - for the first time since he graduated in 1971 - to perform as part of centennial celebrations at Sun Yat-sen Place on the university's Pok Fu Lam campus. Hui, who has composed a song for the 100th anniversary, will also share his views on Hong Kong culture and recall his student days.
Lawmakers debate move against power companies
Lawmakers will decide whether to invoke their power to obtain from the government documents relating to the tariff increases imposed by the city's two power utilities. However, whether they can find enough support for the motion is uncertain after the two companies voluntarily tabled 50 pages of confidential data regarding their capital expenditure at a closed meeting yesterday of the Legislative Council's economic development panel.
Longjiang pollution likely focus of ministry briefing
The Ministry of Health holds its regular news conference in Beijing this morning. A key topic is likely to be the recent public health crisis in Guangxi as a result of cadmium pollution in the water supply of Liuzhou, the province's second-largest city, with more than 3.5 million residents. Official media have reported that the water from the Longjiang (left) is now safe to drink because the poison has been diluted and neutralised, but many environmentalists doubt the assurances.
