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What you liked, June 21, 2014

An advertisement starring a Chinese man as a Filipino maid sparked online fury after it was condemned as racist. Malaysia's Hong Leong Bank, which was selling insurance for domestic helpers, later withdrew the ad.

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Dickson Cheung Hon-yin was one of four people arrested for breaking into the PLA barracks in Admiralty in December.

An advertisement starring a Chinese man as a Filipino maid sparked online fury after it was condemned as racist. Malaysia's Hong Leong Bank, which was selling insurance for domestic helpers, later withdrew the ad.

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A big cobra slipped into a home in Hoi Ha village in Sai Kung, shocking a couple and their visitors. The wife slammed the door on the snake and broke the creature's backbone. The cobra had to be put to sleep.

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Scientists in the US say they have discovered a vast reservoir of water - enough to fill the world's oceans three times over - trapped up to 660km under the earth's crust.

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