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By , on June 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The annual festival involving savouring the delights of dog meat hotpot, lychees and strong liquor on the Summer Solstice is a cherished tradition among Yulin locals. Thousands of diners are expected to crowd food streets and enjoy the feast. Animal protection activists estimate more than 10,000 dogs are killed during the festival. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 14th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Hong Kong is urging Manila to act to minimise the burden on employers of domestic helpers after the Philippines banned job agencies from collecting placement fees from maids, forcing bosses to pay extra. The Legislative Council panel on manpower will discuss a paper on the issue on Tuesday. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 14th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> An influential committee of British lawmakers accused search company Google of dodging its taxes on Thursday in a scathing report that said the US Internet company took on highly contrived arrangements serving no purpose other than to avoid paying its fair share. The report came after testimony by Google Vice President Matt Brittin, who tried to persuade members of parliament’s Public Accounts Committee that his company was transparent and fair. Committee chair Margaret Hodge rejected arguments that Google’s advertising sales take place in Ireland and not the UK. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 8th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) set up its Cat Colony Care Programme in 2000. The method behind its attempts to stabilise and reduce the number of stray and feral cats involves three steps: trap, neuter and release. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 6th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The investigation into the deaths of eight Lantau cows believed to have been killed by a hit-and-run driver was under way on Thursday as speculation mounted that more than one vehicle could have been involved. Government officials, forensic and traffic accident experts will be involved in the investigation which will try to establish how the incident happened and how so many cows could be killed at one time. The eight cows were found dead or dying by the roadside close to Tong Fuk Village early on Wednesday morning at a spot where they were known to sleep. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 4th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Philippine aviation authorities said yesterday they were investigating Cebu Pacific pilots and crew who waited 15 minutes before deploying emergency slides to evacuate passengers from a plane that overshot the runway and landed on its nose at Davao. None of the 165 passengers was injured, but some complained about the lengthy delay in attempting to get them off the crippled plane. One critic blamed an inept crew who “froze” during the emergency. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 4th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Philippine aviation authorities said on Tuesday they were investigating Cebu Pacific pilots and crew who left passengers waiting some 15 minutes before deploying emergency slides on a plane that overshot the runway and landed on its nose. None of the 165 passengers was injured, but several complained about the slow response. The rough landing in stormy weather on Sunday evening forced the closure of the Davao International Airport in the southern Philippines while the Airbus A320-200 remained stuck on the runway. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 31st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> An unprecedented study of China’s ageing population has shown a third of elderly mainlanders report poor health and a quarter are struggling below the poverty line. The research reveals the grave challenge facing Beijing as it tries to cope with the fastest-growing ageing population in the world. It is struggling to put in place adequate health care and retirement support before the problem spins out of control. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 31st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Brandon Chau Kwok-fung isn’t an easy man to get hold of. In between the endless high-society jamborees he attends, he manages to find time for fencing, running a luxury bedding business, and working his day job at the chambers of Cheng Huan SC, one of the city’s most well-known defence lawyers. As Chau strolls – fashionably late – into his “British-themed” office in Central, the distinctive Chau family charm begins to work its magic. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Behind Brandon Chau’s big name lies big ambition
By , on May 31st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A landmark study shows mainland’s elderly still get significant support from their children, but the one-child policy could change that forever. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 30th, 2013 
Police in Shropshire are searching an area of woodland following the disappearance of 17-year-old Georgia Williams.
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By , on May 30th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Housing officials could offer no solution to the problem of subdivided flats, which lawmakers yesterday said were a disgrace to the city. At a meeting of the Legislative Council’s subcommittee on long-term housing strategy, lawmakers said they were appalled by the severity of the problem revealed when government-commissioned research was made public earlier this week. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 30th, 2013 
The UK is to be taken to the European Court of Justice over its alleged failure to correctly assess whether immigrants are entitled to benefits.
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By , on May 30th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Ocean Park moved earlier this week to dispel rumours that one of its dolphins had “attempted suicide” at the park’s Marine Mammal Breeding and Research Centre, insisting that it was just normal behaviour. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By By KATE ZERNIKE, on May 30th, 2013 A lack of internal controls at state agencies is blamed for nearly $24 million in various benefits going to 20,000 people behind bars.
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By , on May 25th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Lawmakers have scrapped plans for a week-long poverty fact-finding trip to Sweden and Finland, which could cost taxpayers HK$565,000. They decided the money would be better spent visiting Taiwan and Japan, which are more akin to Hong Kong. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Lawmakers’ poverty fact-finding trip to Europe is scrapped
By , on May 25th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Tiffany Lau Nga-yee did not know what to think when she began volunteering last year for Against Child Abuse’s programme to help newly arrived families adjust to life in Hong Kong. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Volunteer inspired to help more newly arrived migrant families
By , on May 24th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A kindergarten that closed last summer is still advertising its services and claiming membership of the American Montessori Society – a claim the society says is false. Until recently, the Montessori School of Hong Kong also had a section on its website for admission applications and purported to be operating from a site on Caine Road, although in fact it was in Pok Fu Lam when it closed. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Kindergarten’s Montessori claim raises queries
By , on May 24th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Sweden has long been a bastion of generous social welfare and an egalitarian political culture. So many people were shocked when scores of youths hurled rocks at police and set cars ablaze during rioting in several largely immigrant areas near Stockholm this week. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 22nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday he was proud MPs had voted to back gay marriage but admitted the debate has been divisive and said his focus would now be on economic matters. The Conservative leader offered an olive branch to party activists opposed to the same-sex marriage bill by promising there would be no more laws on social issues before the next election in 2015. “If you are saying to me, ‘Is this the first of many other issues like that?’, no it isn’t,” Cameron told BBC radio, the day after the bill cleared a crucial parliamentary hurdle. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Yulin’s dog meat festival deaf to critics
<!– google_ad_section_start –> The annual festival involving savouring the delights of dog meat hotpot, lychees and strong liquor on the Summer Solstice is a cherished tradition among Yulin locals. Thousands of diners are expected to crowd food streets and enjoy the feast. Animal protection activists estimate more than 10,000 dogs are killed during the festival. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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