Issue: August 21, 2012   (Archive)
Tuesday, May 21, 2013   

Gas leakages at hospital are no laughing matter
All public hospitals are being checked for possible leaks of nitrous oxide, or "laughing gas," after 42 out of 48 obstetrics staff of the Prince of Wales Hospital received up to 12 times the safe limit.



Diaoyu group mulls wider protest on Japan
Hong Kong's Diaoyu activists are planning an anti-Japan protest to drive home the message that the islands are not Tokyo territory.

Evening paper gets new start after 15-year hiatus
A resurrected New Evening Post - which is back after a 15-year absence - has "no particular political stance," its chairwoman Hsia Ping claimed yesterday.

Top dentists get taste of our problems
Hongkongers, whose mouth problems are often a cause for nightmares, may get to meet some of the top dentists at next week's 100th World Dental Congress.

Picture perfect for CUHK team
Researchers at Chinese University have come up with a ground-breaking software that interprets and generates high- resolution satellite imaging of Earth in a much shorter time frame.

Six of the best for law student
A student who wants to be a lawyer has won an appeal against the marking of his chemistry paper in the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education exam, raising his grade to the highest possible 5** from 5*.

Two to face court over waterworks bribes
Two directors of an engineering firm are due to appear in court tomorrow, charged with offering nearly HK$1 million in bribes involving a Water Supplies Department project.

Natasha beats the odds for glory ride
If you were born prematurely at 29 weeks with congenital cerebral palsy and motor function impairment, what would you be doing when you reached your teens?



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