Police are appealing for information on an April 19 Sheung Shui traffic accident in which a 68-year-old woman was injured and later died in hospital.

A 41-year-old woman was killed in a Tsuen Wan alley last night.

The American Chamber of Commerce recently published its "2008 White Paper on American Business in China", which can be found
here. (
h/t to Chinese Law Prof Blog) It is a very helpful overview of issues that American businesses will face coming into and doing business in China. The usual suspects are there: [...]

Additional provisions imposing civil and criminal liabilities on people who deal in circumvention devices or provide a circumvention service for commercial purpose have come into effect, the Intellectual Property Department says.

The District Court has sentenced 37-year-old Hong Kong man and two Mainland women, aged 28 and 36, to prison terms ranging from two years to two years and eight months, for credit-card fraud.

Human Rights Watch has just published a report on lawyers in China. Here are two ways of getting it: HRW web site | download from this site.

The report is available here.

The District Court today convicted the former chairman, chairman and three other senior executives of Tse Sui Luen Jewellery Company Limited of conspiracies to offer $170 million in illegal commissions to travel-agency employees, embezzlement and tax fraud.

While I am still talking about intellectual property and IPR enforcement, I thought I would highlight an article I read recently. The Associated Press recently published an
article entitled "While upset about piracy, EU is more serene about China than US". The article reads:
Compared to Washington, the European Union has been serene about [...]

Secretary for Security Ambrose Lee has appealed to people wanting to demonstrate during the Olympic Torch Relay to exercise restraint and not hinder the tens of thousands of spectators expected to welcome the runners.