Issue: July 23, 2012 (Archive)

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New drug offers fresh hope to hep C sufferers
Patients infected with a hard-to-treat form of the contagious disease hepatitis C will be offered fresh hope when a new drug is introduced later this year.

'Scrap means test' call as elderly ask for more
About 20 unionists and elderly joined hands to call on the government to remove means- testing and increase the enhanced old-age allowance to HK$3,000 a month.

Bosses 'confused' by exam grades
Employers are confused by the gradings in the first Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education examinations out last week, the City Forum was told yesterday.

Hotel on edge of the sea helps preserve our heritage
The Tai O Heritage Hotel, seated on the edge of Hong Kong's unique Tai O fishing village, which to this day retains the indigenous heritage, combines native rural charm with a contemporary twist.

Legco runner wants new register for tax advisers
A candidate for the accountancy seat in the Legislative Council has called for the establishment of a separate register for tax professionals.

Pro-Taiwan unionists call for change to seats
A pro-Taiwan labor organization is urging the government to change the election method for the Legco labor functional constituency so that the seats will not be dominated by the pro-Beijing Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions.

Filipino helper activists in protest ahead of speech
About 20 radical Filipino helpers' leaders protested in Admiralty ahead of the annual State of the Nation speech by the country's president.

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