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Confusion over levy hits supply of maids Employment agencies in Indonesia are stopping recruitment of domestic helpers for Hong Kong because of confusion over the suspension of the maids levy.
Clear view for the Games? It's too early to tell Beijing kicked off massive traffic restrictions and building bans yesterday in a bid to clean up the city's air ahead of the Olympics, but the real test of the measures is yet to come.
Food banks get HK$1m to help poor The Social Welfare Department will allocate more than HK$1 million in immediate relief to those too poor to feed themselves, department director Stephen Fisher said yesterday.
Wen urges Guangdong to restructure, deepen reforms Premier Wen Jiabao has called on Guangdong to speed up economic restructuring and deepen reforms to turn the province into a world-class manufacturing base and a regional centre for ...
7 maids sacked since levy decision At least seven foreign domestic helpers have been sacked since the government decided last week to suspend the maids' levy from September, a migrant workers' centre said.
Citic may raise privatisation offer amid shareholder pressure China Citic Group, an investment arm of the central government, is considering raising the price it will pay to privatise subsidiary Citic International Financial Holdings because of shareholder ...
Drug monitoring plan key to good health care LEADERProgress towards reforms in financing and delivery of care that will enhance Hong Kong's health system remains slow and difficult. Meanwhile, doctors and patients in public hospitals are coping with ...
Lifelike dolls spawn a collectors' cult Their chests rise and fall and you can hear a tiny heartbeat, but these babies for sale over the internet are not alive.
Brilliant Hamilton storms to GP win MOTOR RACINGLewis Hamilton used two dramatic overtaking moves to overcome a McLaren strategy gaffe and win the German Grand Prix yesterday, seizing the lead in Formula One's championship race.
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