Issue: March 06, 2014   (Archive)
Thursday, March 6, 2014   

Engineer, 73, jailed for North Point lift-plunge horror
An elderly engineer was jailed for five months after a lift under his care in North Point last year failed, injuring seven people.



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.

Family isolated after boy's bird-flu scare
A two-year-old boy and his parents have been isolated after he stayed in a hospital bed next to an 18-month-old girl infected with H7N9 bird flu.

Top man at think-tank questions HKU polls
Some of the opinion polls conducted by the University of Hong Kong were politically motivated, the head of the government's think-tank said.

Fine `fair' says lawmaker in illegal assembly case
People Power lawmaker Albert Chan Wai-yip was fined HK$6,000 yesterday for taking part in an illegal assembly, but acquitted of organizing it.

Waterfront group calls for papers
The Town Planning Board is being accused of keeping secret the minutes of a meeting in which the rezoning of the new Central harborfront was discussed.

Battle over words in Legco editor motion
Legislators are set to move a motion debate condemning the brutal knife attack on a former Ming Pao chief editor, but won't link the incident to press freedom.

CY writes of Oscars boost to film sector
The chief executive has called on Hongkongers to support local movies.

Those who pave our road to success
In Sheryl Sandberg's book Lean In, she says that men are more likely to attribute their success to their own innate quality and skills while women are more likely to attribute theirs to external factors, such as luck and having great mentors.



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