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A Half-Hearted Measure to Save Pink Dolphins, UK Stays Silent after Pact with Beijing, and Bank Pulls Racist Domestic Helper Ad

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A Half-Hearted Measure to Save Pink Dolphins

The Airport Authority has launched a 30-day public consultation for its environmental impact assessment of the proposed third runway. The report says the project will only have a “moderate” impact on Chinese white dolphins. It has offered to set up a new marine park in 2023 after the runway’s completion. Hong Kong Dolphin Conservation Society chairman Samuel Hung calls the report “dishonest” for disregarding the reclamation area’s value as the dolphins’ major traveling route: the project will cut off access to Lantau’s waters for at least 55 dolphins. Hung and the WWF said the marine park would come far too late: dolphin sightings have dropped significantly since the last report. Hung is organizing a “30 Dolphin Victims” Campaign to engage the public and aims to collect 10,000 comments on the EIA report. Head over to www.facebook.com/3Rwdolphin for more details.

Our take: The dolphins are screwed. This lame marine park won’t save them.

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UK Stays Silent after Pact with Beijing

British Prime Minister David Cameron signed a $230 billion trade deal with Premier Li Keqiang in London last week. He also made no comment on the controversial white paper on “one country, two systems,” released by Beijing to clarify that Hong Kong’s autonomy is subject to the central government’s discretion. The Basic Law and the Sino-British Joint Declaration of 1984 state that Hong Kong is entitled to a high degree of autonomy. Veteran democratic politician Martin Lee Chu-ming called Cameron out as “very irresponsible” for staying silent. He urged the UK to not give up monitoring the Joint Declaration in favor of business interests.

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Our take: Sucks, but can’t say we’re surprised.

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