Issue: August 10, 2012   (Archive)
Thursday, May 23, 2013   

Sinopec skirts liability call after mop-up vow
Mainland oil giant Sinopec says it will set aside HK$10 million for cleaning up tonnes of plastic pellets that spilled from a ship two weeks ago and contaminated local beaches and fish farms.



Poisoned by her hand
The cold-blooded poisoning of a British businessman at the hands of Gu Kailai, wife of disgraced mainland politician Bo Xilai, was dramatically exposed yesterday as cameras whirred in a Western-style courtroom drama.

Numbers spark rate hopes
China's factory output growth slowed unexpectedly in July to its weakest in more than three years, underlining stiff global headwinds that may prompt policymakers to take more action to keep growth on track to meet a 7.5 percent annual target.

ESF in letter barrage for subsidy scheme
The English Schools Foundation is urging the parents of its 13,000 students to write to all candidates in next month's Legislative Council election to urge the government to continue its subvention.

Leung, Lam at odds over Chan case
The chief executive and his Executive Council convener are contradicting each other over the credibility of scandal-hit development minister Paul Chan Mo-po.



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