Home run: Secretary for Development Carrie Lam briefs the media on May 25, on land provisions which could see the building of about 5,000 flats.
Men at work: Chief Secretary Stephen Lam (centre) inspects the construction site for the Giant Panda Conservation & Disease Control Centre in Dujiangyan, Sichuan, on May 25.
Accident free: Secretary for Development Carrie Lam speaks at the Considerate Contractors Site Award Scheme 2011 award presentation ceremony on May 24.
Masters' works: More than 300 cartoon works created by Feng Zikai will be displayed at the Museum of Art from May 25 to October 7.
Powered up: Financial Secretary John Tsang gets behind the wheel of an electric vehicle while officiating at the launch ceremony for charging points at the Star Ferry government car park on May 24.
Site inspection:
Chief Secretary Stephen Lam (left) checks construction progress at the Sichuan-Hong Kong Rehabilitation Centre in Chengdu on May 24.
Economic partnership: Financial Secretary John Tsang speaks at the Business Forum on CEPA 2012 at the Central Government Offices, Tamar, on May 23.
Singapore sojourn: Secretary for Labour & Welfare Matthew Cheung meets visiting Singaporean Manpower & National Development Minister Tan Chuan-jin on May 22.
Full Story6 sites to be sold in Q3
Secretary for Development Carrie Lam has announced that six residential sites will be sold in the next quarter. Together with two West Rail property development projects to be tendered in the same period, about 5,000 flats can be provided.
Full StoryTKO site to be sold by public tender
A Tseung Kwan O residential site will be disposed of by public tender from June 22 to July 27, the Lands Department announces.
Full StoryMTR fares to rise 5.4%
MTR fares will rise 5.4% on June 17, the MTR Corporation announces.
Full StoryFS to attend Beijing trade fair
Financial Secretary John Tsang will attend the opening ceremony and summit forum of the China (Beijing) International Fair for Trade in Services in Beijing on May 28.
Full StoryCS happy with Sichuan progress
Chief Secretary Stephen Lam has concluded his two-day visit to Sichuan, saying he is pleased to see Hong Kong-funded reconstruction projects are running well.
Highlight:
- Tainted medicines recalled
- 6 sites to be sold in Q3
- TKO site to be sold by public tender
- MTR fares to rise 5.4%
- LPG prices to fall
- CS happy with Sichuan progress
- FS to attend Beijing trade fair
- Link road funds approved
- Approved mortgage loans fall
- Man arrested for online inhaler sales
- 20 ill with hand-foot-mouth disease
- 17 beaches rated ‘good’
- Extra screening set for All About Eve
- Tenders for traffic detectors invited
- Central-Wan Chai bypass tenders invited
- 500 more charging stations to open
- Feng Zikai’s works to be shown
- Two Chinese medicines recalled
- Warning issued on tainted sardines
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6 sites to be sold in Q3
- TKO site to be sold by public tender
- MTR fares to rise 5.4%
- FS to attend Beijing trade fair
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CS happy with Sichuan progress
- 500 more charging stations to open
- Residential site tenders awarded
- Total exports, imports grow
- 20 ill with hand-foot-mouth disease
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Business & Finance
- Approved mortgage loans fall
- 6 sites to be sold in Q3
- TKO site to be sold by public tender
- FS to attend Beijing trade fair
- Residential site tenders awarded
- Total exports, imports grow
- SME 80% loan plan to launch
- CEPA liberalisation aids traditional industries
- HK-London forum to promote RMB business
- Gregory So to attend OECD meeting
- 'MICE' arrivals up 4.6%
- Consumer prices up 4.7%
- Exchange Fund sees $43.8b inv't income
- Financial dispute centre to be formed
- InvestHK tops Asia in bank survey
- HK helps enterprises go global
- Tax orders gazetted
- Composite interest rate down
- Gregory So concludes Japan visit
- KC Chan to attend Hunan expo
At School, At Work
Health & Community
- Tainted medicines recalled
- 20 ill with hand-foot-mouth disease
- Two Chinese medicines recalled
- Warning issued on tainted sardines
- 2 more contract eye infection
- HK welcomes Margaret Chan's WHO re-election
- Care fund to aid inadequately housed
- Welfare cases fall 0.3%
- Suspicious cream examined
- Man treated for flesh-eating disease
- Boy critical with severe flu
- Public housing rent to rise 10%
- Rogue eateries shut down
- Woman arrested for slimming drugs
- 31 ill with conjunctivitis
- 21 ill in flu outbreak
- Meat samples fail safety check
- Primary healthcare plays pivotal role
- Health chief continues London visit
- 46 green schools commended
Environment
Law & Order
- Man arrested for online inhaler sales
- Alert issued on bogus website
- 16 arrested for illegal work offences
- Man charged in Cheung Sha Wan wounding case
- Police chief meets Japan counterparts
- 166 tickets issued in traffic blitz
- 9 arrests in Cheung Sha Wan wounding case
- Safe-cycling campaign to launch
- 689 tickets issued in traffic blitz
- 41 arrested for illegal work offences
- Money changers must apply for licence
- Four new Senior Counsel appointed
- Police watchdog reappointed
- Drug trafficker charged
- Firemen work hour plans shelved
- Driver arrested for cigarette smuggling
- Man arrested for smuggling
- Father, son jailed for lottery fraud
- 6 arrested for Cheung Sha Wan knife attack
Infrastructure & Logistics
- MTR fares to rise 5.4%
- Link road funds approved
- LPG prices to fall
- Tenders for traffic detectors invited
- Central-Wan Chai bypass tenders invited
- Fuel surcharges fixed for June
- Land clearance runs smoothly
- Carrie Lam stands firm on illegal structures
- Airport CEO to stay
- Constructon site accident rate declines
- Yuen Long illegal structures to go
- Carrie Lam welcomes Heung Yee Kuk plan
- MTR fare concessions planned
- Action taken against water loss
- Carrie Lam to visit Singapore
- Transport complaints fall 4%
Admin & Civic Affairs
- CS happy with Sichuan progress
- CS holds Sichuan ceremony
- Joseph Lai made Permanent Secretary
- Pay trend indicators announced
- CS to visit Sichuan
- CE-elect invites political talent
- Gov’t accepts LegCo ruling
- Gov't to ensure LegCo quorum
- $6m set for Mali, Niger drought victims
- Pay Trend Survey Report issued
- Pay adjustments approved
- Health chief denies home irregularities
- Voter registration to end on May 16
- CS urges lawmakers to vote on proposal
On the Record
City Life
- Extra screening set for All About Eve
- Feng Zikai’s works to be shown
- Jingkun Theatre to pay tribute to Yu Zhenfei
- Critic Chow Fan-fu to give music lectures
- Picasso expo to open
- Taiwan troupe to make HK debut
- Picasso comes to the Heritage Museum
- HK anniversary concert to be staged
- Master mentor hones Macau’s theatrical edge
- Picasso works to be shown
- Tornado show to open
- City Hall memories go on show
Feature
- From rebellion to respectability
- Creating a digitally-inclusive society
- Master mentor hones Macau’s theatrical edge
- Opening lines of communication
- Getting in the swing
- Video games aid stroke patients’ recovery
- Burial at sea a loving farewell
- Love some bunny - for life
- Thespians relish oral history roles
- Scenic venues in demand for weddings
- Replacing harm with harmony
- City Hall memories go on show
- Getting minds on the mend
- Hairy high jinks set for HK zoo
- Inmates’ band strikes right chord
- Mainland studies improve prospects
- Police pups, host families share life lessons
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