Twenty-nine people, including three Housing Society staff, have been arrested for alleged bribery in relation to consultancy and renovation projects involving residential buildings.

The Ukraine Governmental Commission has expressed its gratitude towards the Fire Services Department, Marine Department and Marine Police for their rescue efforts after a Ukrainian tugboat collided with another vessel and sank off Lantau Island .

My inbox is frequently visited by articles that breathlessly point out how China's economy will outstrip that of the U.S. in a certain number of years. These are the "juggernaut" stories that seem to scare a lot of folks back in the U.S.
I also see quite often the counter argument, explanations as to why the [...]

China has replaced North Korea as one of the top three U.S. enemies, according to a poll of Americans.
Iran topped the list, with 25 percent naming it when asked which country is the greatest U.S. enemy, according to the Gallup Poll. Iraq came next at 22 percent, then China with 14 percent.

From the Washington Post [...]

Great little debate on the CFR site about China policy, trade and the next U.S. president. The free trade viewpoint is from Dan Ikenson at Cato, a person I am predisposed to agree with on a majority of trade policy issues. He's been writing great stuff for years. His basic point is that the US [...]

Fire Services divers have found another body of a missing crewmen of the sunken Ukrainian tugboat off Lantau Island.

A 34-year-old man has died after the motorcycle he was driving collided with a taxi in Sham Shui Po this evening.

Seems like everyone is talking nowadays about the poor growth and slow down of the Chinese economy. I started talking about the subject a few days ago, and now all I see is how China's economy is slowing, the bubble is bursting, etc.
Here are some of the articles. First, from the
Wall Street Journal [...]

An additional $53 million has been allocated to implement enhanced measures to combat youth drug abuse, Secretary for Justice Wong Yan Lung says.

Fresh from his kidnapping by the police, Teng Biao has now joined an effort to offer legal assistance to Tibetans detained in the recent unrest. Here is the open letter in which he and several other signatories offer assistance. Teng…