Tang and Leung at odds over mainland mums

Chief executive hopefuls Henry Tang Ying-yen and Leung Chun-ying traded blows yesterday over the best way to manage the influx of mainland women coming to the city to give birth.

A day after business and entertainment heavyweights turned out in force at a campaign rally for Tang, the former chief secretary countered Leung's suggestion that the authorities stem the tide of pregnant mainland women by having immigration officers block the women at border checkpoints.

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