Issue: June 27, 2012 (Archive)

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Forget friends in high places, top rents worry us
Personal connections with those of influence - or guanxi - is one of the concerns troubling young professionals working in Beijing.

Writ filed to bar club from shooting range
Legal action has been taken by the government to evict the Hong Kong Rifle Association from an 8,400-square-meter site in Lai Chi Kok where it keeps a shooting range.

Suen takes shot at REIT wrong
Outgoing education chief Michael Suen Ming- yeung claims to have no regrets about setting up The Link REIT to privatize shopping malls, markets and car parks in public housing estates.

Here comes the bride, there goes the cash
A wedding banquet has turned into a financial nightmare for a couple who fear guests have stolen 58 lai see packets believed to contain up to HK$50,000 in cash.

Copyright bill on back burner
The administration has decided not to try to push controversial amendments to the copyright law for the time being.

Why use of that iPad at work is not so smart
Smartphones and iPads pose a bigger threat to network security in the workplace than USBs.

Doubts grow on ram vessel
The Philippines yesterday backed away from allegations a Hong Kong vessel may have rammed a Filipino fishing boat in the South China Sea, leaving one man dead and four missing.

Fish thriving in reef habitats
Plans are afoot for the creation of more fisheries protection areas and artificial reefs.

Historic buildings are not just museums
Ask people what a preserved historic building should be used for and many will say a museum. But there can be other uses. For instance, the old magistracy in North Kowloon is now an arts school, while Central Market will be an indoor park.

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