Our editors will be looking ahead today to these developing stories ...
Regina Ip to talk about ... Regina Ip
Lawmaker Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee (pictured), who has announced her candidacy for the chief executive race, will give details of her election platform, at her New People's Party's headquarters in Wan Chai. She is also due to speak at Chinese University's Chung Chi College, on a subject billed as 'From Secretary for Security and mother, to mature student and lawmaker'. Ip said late last year that she would not run for the top job, but changed her mind after leading candidates Henry Tang Ying-yen and Leung Chun-ying were hit by scandals.
Woman goes on trial for damaging The One
A 64-year-old Briton living in Tsim Sha Tsui, goes on trial at Kowloon City Court on a charge of criminal damage after she damaged an aluminium plate at The One shopping mall, near her flat. The prosecution says the plate was worth HK$23,600. Mary Mulvihill pleaded not guilty in January, later complaining that she had been affected by the mall's intense light pollution.
Anti-Assad forum opens in Tunisia
The 'Friends of Syria' gather in Tunisia to seek ways to oust President Bashar al-Assad, who has dug in with increasing violence against civilian opponents. Hanging over the Tunis meeting, which is drawing foreign ministers and other officials from about 80 countries, including the United States, is the sustained bombardment of Homs, Syria's third-largest city, where recent fatalities included at least two foreign journalists. Russia said it would not attend, while it was unclear yesterday whether Beijing would send a representative.