Issue: August 23, 2012 (Archive)

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Visa-free district envisioned
Establishment of a visa-free economic zone along the border in which mainlanders can travel freely is being considered by the government.

Crowds welcome boat back home
Scores of well-wishers lined the Star Ferry Pier to greet the returning Diaoyu activists.

'It was do or die'
Diaoyu activist Lo Hom-chau held back tears yesterday as he admitted he did not tell the crew of fishing boat Kai Fung 2 that their mission to land on the Diaoyu Island took on the feel of a do-or-die battle.

Manila black alert stays
The government says it will not lift the black travel warning on the Philippines even though it is two years to the day since a sacked police officer held Hong Kong visitors hostage in Manila before killing seven of them and their tour guide.

Education `seats' rejected
Opponents to the introduction of national education have rejected the government's invitation to sit on the newly formed moral and national education committee.

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