Issue: March 22, 2007 (Archive)

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`Herculean' reform task awaits Tsang
Incumbent Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam- kuen vowed Wednesday to come up with a solution once and for all to the universal suffrage controversy during his next five-year term.

Local sources blamed for most air pollution woes
Hong Kong is responsible for its own air pollution for more than half of the year while the Pearl River Delta is the culprit for just one-third of the time, a study says.

Premier derailed by MTR report
New South Wales premier Morris Iemma said a report on Sydney's CityRail network compiled by Hong Kong's Mass Transit Railway Corp, was invalid as the comparisons made were unfair.

New spot for pier at old location
Queen's Pier will be rebuilt at its original location after the reclamation off Central is completed, Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands Michael Suen Ming-yeung told the Legislative Council Wednesday.

Bird flu sparks renewed calls on poultry sales
The avian flu contracted by a nine- month-old baby girl is "an isolated case," Hong Kong's health chief said Wednesday, but he vowed to take all precautionary steps necessary to prevent an epidemic.

HKU asks former dean to cooperate with audit
Hong Kong University vice chancellor Tsui Lap-chee Wednesday urged former dean of medicine Lam Shiu-kum to cooperate with an audit of billing practices of private patients' bills at Queen Mary Hospital.

Medics shed light on fatal gun wounds
Ten shots were fired during the Tsim Sha Tsui underpass shootout last year, including five which killed the alleged attacker, off-duty police constable Tsui Po-ko, pathologists told the Coroner's Court Wednesday.

Leong not impressed by suggestion of Executive Council position
With the chief executive election just days away, Civic Party candidate Alan Leong Kah-kit said Wednesday he is still focused on his election campaign and will not be sidetracked by suggestions he may be invited to sit in the Executive Council.

Pope rejects Zen request to retire
Hong Kong Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze- kiun said Wednesday Pope Benedict XVI has rejected his request to retire as the head of the city's Catholic Church so he can continue to oversee China affairs.

SAR `risks losing edge in services'
Hong Kong stands to lose its edge in service industries over neighboring cities like Shenzhen and Guangzhou if the government does not improve transport facilities to reduce the time cost involved in commuting across the border, an academic has warned.

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