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Issue: November 11, 2008 (Archive)

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Call for a 'ycoon tax' to help poor
A new tax on shareholder dividends should be introduced to help narrow the wealth gap, say pressure groups.

Hope brightens for babies with gene disorders
Hong Kong's first screening test for inborn errors of metabolism - a class of genetic disorders of which some are potentially fatal - will be launched by Chinese University.

ESF accepts subvention ax plan
The English Schools Foundation board last night accepted a government plan for the phasing out of its subvention from 2016 over 13 years, with school fees increasing by 23 percent.

Terror for driver as busy road caves in
A freshly repaired part of a road in Tsim Sha Tsui collapsed under the weight of a taxi yesterday, leaving its driver badly shaken but otherwise unhurt.

Pop out
Hong Kong pop fans are being told not to become political pawns and to boycott a concert that clashes with the annual July 1 protest march.

Snowden denies being China agent
Edward Snowden, the National Security Agency whistle-blower, is defending his disclosure of top-secret US spying programs in an online chat with The Guardian and attacking US officials for calling him a traitor.

Chainsaw woman gets seven years
A woman who attacked her boyfriend with a chainsaw, an ax and corrosive liquid after he threatened to leave her has been jailed for seven years and four months.

Trial begins despite Lau no-show
A Macau court has charged billionaire Joseph Lau Luen-hung and businessman Steven Lo Kit- sing with one count of bribery and one count of money laundering. Lau declined to attend the court.

Rule of law pledge on Snowden
The case of whistle-blower Edward Snowden will be handled in accordance with laws and procedures, said the chief executive.

Rough welcome for uni chief
A former economics adviser to the chief executive has denied suggestions he owes his position as the new president of Lingnan University to backdoor politics.

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