On top of the world The Olympic flame reached the top of Mount Everest yesterday an emotional moment for China and the crowning of the Beijing Olympics torch relay that was dogged by anti-Chinese protests on its world tour.
In a landmark ruling, a magistrate yesterday branded the Road Traffic Ordinance requiring the owner of a car to disclose the name of the driver involved in a traffic violation as both draconian and a breach of a persons right to silence.
Winehouse in drug arrest Troubled singer Amy Winehouse was bailed by police after she was arrested in connection with a video which allegedly shows her taking drugs at a party at her north London home.
Bureaucracy stifles our creativity Hong Kong businesses have made an art form of trying to imitate designs and ideas seen elsewhere, attempting, often very successfully, to manufacture these products and sell them at a much cheaper price.
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