Issue: April 20, 2012   (Archive)
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Tsang rejects 'two power bases' criticism
Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam- kuen yesterday dismissed criticism that there are now two power bases in Hong Kong and that his is a "lame duck" administration.



'Hands-on' Leung targets reserves to aid industries
Leung Chun-ying says he will dig into the city's mammoth fiscal reserves to help local industries.

Law takes on job as director of CE-elect office
Fanny Law Fan Chiu-fun will be appointed as the director for the Office of the Chief Executive-elect until June 30.

Madness in midair
About 400 Cathay Pacific passengers got the fright of a lifetime when a man ran amok on a Hong Kong-bound flight and attacked two cabin crew on the approach to Hong Kong International Airport.

China Mobile hits 4G road
China Mobile (0941) revealed plans to become the second carrier to launch fourth-generation cellular data services in Hong Kong.

Age helps save fallen surgery head from jail
Disgraced former University of Hong Kong head of surgery John Wong Kin- ling was spared jail despite his convictions for misconduct in public office and false accounting.

Don't buy medicines online, warns group
The Society of Hospital Pharmacists has expressed grave doubts about the efficacy of medicines bought online and urges people not to buy them.

Cost of link road to bridge climbs by $25b
The cost of the 12-kilometer link road to the massive Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge has swelled by 50 percent to HK$25 billion.



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