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By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Senior marine staff would not be questioned as part of the internal investigation into the Lamma ferry tragedy unless new information came to light, the city’s transport chief insisted yesterday. His remarks came in the face of criticism about the limitations of the Marine Department investigating itself. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Blind activist Chen Guangcheng has accused the British government of running scared from Beijing. Chen is in the UK to receive an award for exposing the plight of hundreds of thousands of Chinese women forced to undergo abortions and sterilisations as part of China’s strict one-child policy. But his request to meet with the Prime Minister David Cameron and Foreign Secretary William Hague during his five-day visit has been snubbed because Downing Street fears “further punishment” from Beijing and that it will lose out on trade deals. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Britain’s relationship with Beijing was set to chill further last night when the British Parliament gave a human rights award to blind activist Chen Guangcheng . Chen – who escaped extra-legal house arrest in Shandong last year before seeking refuge at the US embassy in Beijing and finally making it to New York – was handed the Westminster Award for his contribution to “human rights, human life and human dignity”. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Former ICAC chief Timothy Tong Hin-ming spent HK$100,000 of public money on a reception at The Peak in one of two lavish dinners he will face questions over in the Legislative Council today. The Independent Commission Against Corruption confirmed the details in a written reply to the Legislative Council’s Public Accounts Committee, before which Tong will testify today. It will be the former ICAC commissioner’s first public appearance since the scandal emerged last month over his spending on entertaining mainland officials during his tenure. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Student protesters who were forcibly removed from a Tseung Kwan O college by police on Thursday condemned officers for abusing their power. They also complained about how male officers handled females. One said she felt “uncomfortable and offended” when a policeman grabbed her from behind, touching her breasts. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The dire manners and “uncivilised behaviour” of some of its tourists are harming China’s image overseas, a top official said. Vice-Premier Wang Yang singled out “talking loudly in public places, jay-walking, spitting and wilfully carving characters on items in scenic zones”. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By Christine Pelisek, on May 16th, 2013 An almost unrecognizable Simpson took the stand Wednesday in a bid for a retrial. By Christine Pelisek.
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By By ADAM NAGOURNEY, on May 15th, 2013 O.J. Simpson testified in Las Vegas on Thursday, trying to overturn the kidnapping and robbery conviction that sent him to prison.
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By , on May 15th, 2013 
A total of 130 MPs have backed an amendment to the Queen’s Speech “expressing regret” that plans for an EU referendum were not included in the government’s plans for the year ahead.
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By , on May 11th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The Independent Commission Against Corruption has long been one of Hong Kong’s most cherished institutions, credited with helping turn the city from one of Asia’s most corrupt into one of its cleanest. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 11th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Corruption complaints that are deemed “pursuable” – excluding election-related cases – account for 70 per cent to 80 per cent of all reports the ICAC receives every year, a review of its annual reports for the years 2000 to 2011 shows. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY, on May 11th, 2013 The death of a leading British sailor, the Olympic champion Andrew Simpson, shows how technology and modern danger have found their way into the America’s Cup.
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By By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY, on May 10th, 2013 Andrew Simpson, a British sailor and Olympic gold medalist, was caught beneath the capsized boat, the team said. Simpson had been sailing for Artemis, Sweden’s entry in the America’s Cup.
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By , on May 8th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> More than HK$9.6 million held in company bank accounts was targeted in a sophisticated e-mail scam that tricked 13 people into revealing the code generated by personal security devices banks issue for customers to conduct transactions online, police say. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 8th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Students who took part in a protest on Monday when Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying visited City University accused some security guards of unnecessary violent treatment and demanded an explanation from the school. About 30 students from different universities, some of them members of the Federation of Students, protested on the Kowloon Tong campus to demand that Leung intervene in the dock workers’ strike, which was ongoing at the time, and fight for a collective bargaining law. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 6th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A taxi driver and his passenger escaped serious injury yesterday when a giant metal pipe fell from a construction site and crushed his car. The 12-metre pipe, 30cm in diameter, plunged from the Central-Wan Chai reclamation site onto the busy Island Eastern Corridor near Watson Road in North Point. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 6th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Three digital broadcasters have been given only another year to produce an electronic programme guide, although they had asked for an indefinite extension. The Communications Authority ordered the three to comply with their licence requirements by September 21, 2014. It said it did not consider their request for an indefinite postponement justifiable. Digital Broadcasting Corporation (DBC), Metro Broadcast Corporation, Phoenix U Radio and RTHK were required by their licences to launch the guide, showing their current and upcoming programmes, by September 21, 2012. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By Adam Simpson, on May 2nd, 2013 The power of pro-Israel narratives in the American political discourse is what gives groups like AIPAC their clout, writes Adam Simpson.
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By , on April 30th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The government’s decision to cancel the National Day fireworks has alarmed some in the tourism trade while also sparking a debate over whether the display should ever take place again. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 29th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Officiating at the 2012 News Awards prize presentation ceremony in which the South China Morning Post won 11 prizes, Lam said it was newspapers’ mission to unmask secrets. “Some of the award-winning scoops today may not be a delight to see, but … they are fulfilling the mission of the press,” she said. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Minister backs immunity for inquiry
<!– google_ad_section_start –> Senior marine staff would not be questioned as part of the internal investigation into the Lamma ferry tragedy unless new information came to light, the city’s transport chief insisted yesterday. His remarks came in the face of criticism about the limitations of the Marine Department investigating itself. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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