Police have arrested a taxi driver for dangerous driving causing death following a Kowloon City traffic accident in which a 32-year-old taxi passenger died.

The Fire Services Department has formed a three-member investigation team to probe a No. 3 alarm fire at Hai Phong Mansion, Tsim Sha Tsui in which a man died this morning.

Maybe this isn't news to anyone, but if you're into international trade and do not shy away from a few stats or a graph, I highly recommend this post at VoxEU. It's a short article that tracks trade flows and compares individual country stats to some aggregate numbers.
Here's the bottom line:
[P]eriods of abrupt decline of [...]

Deputy Secretary for Security Carol Yuen says the Government will increase resource allocation to ambulance service if it launches the proposed medical priority dispatch system.

Excellent post by Will Lewis on governance issues. The discussion stems from some World Bank rankings, but Will muses about what factors a Chinese government official would most value. No surprise that stability is the first thing that pops into his mind (me too).
This gets much more interesting when Will decides to make comparisons, particularly [...]

OK, the post title is a tad melodramatic. However, two related newsish items found their way into my Inbox at the same time. Both were disturbing.
First was a straightforward news item from the FT on June car sale numbers, up 48.5% from last year. Yeah! A nice boost to GDP, more indications that domestic consumption [...]

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People's Liberation Army Hong Kong Garrison Commander Major-General Zhang Shibo has commended the Correctional Services Department for being a well-trained, well-disciplined and outstanding service.

Just a quick note. I saw on
ATL that DLA Piper incoming associates have been asked to defer until January 2011. That is a serious lemon. As one deferred associate put it:
Thus, people are frantically trying to find work in this economy while studying for the bar – obviously many of the [...]