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Issue: November 06, 1996 (Archive)

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Isolation dad explains bid for freedom The father of a family who left an isolation ward at Queen Elizabeth Hospital without permission said he had been on the verge of a nervous breakdown over the dissatisfactory arrangements. Tobacco tax not steep enough, says group The 11 percent increase in tobacco tax in the budget is too low to push smokers to quit and deter youngsters from starting, the head of the Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health said. Dozen to snub liaison meetings A dozen lawmakers will snub breakfast meetings with central government liaison officials on political reforms arranged by the chief secretary. Kai Tak monorail finds public favor Most people responding to a public consultation favor an elevated monorail above the Kai Tak development area, the government said. Wayward spouses hurting divorce rate Spouses having affairs is the main reason behind the high rate of divorce in the SAR, a poll has shown. Defendant denied bail over `adult game' shots A magistrate has remanded in custody a man accused of abuse and blackmail after being told of disturbing pictures showing a naked woman doused in icy water and having her head covered in a plastic bag. N Korea ordeal told An elderly Hong Kong missionary deported from North Korea has told of the tough interrogations he faced during his 13-day ordeal in the Stalinist state and the stress of being watched constantly. Woman held over village airgun shots A woman was arrested and three airguns seized in Tai Po yesterday over the earlier wounding of a couple. Erwiana willing to return as witness An Indonesian domestic helper who was allegedly abused and tortured over the course of eight months by her Hong Kong employer said she is willing to come back to the SAR as a witness. Hunt for man in black after bikes torched Police are searching for a man in connection with an arson attack on 14 motorcycles and scooters in Kowloon.

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