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Firemen injured fighting blaze

RTHK 03/08/2010

Burning industrial building in Cheung Sha Wan. Photo: RTHK.

Three firemen have been overcome by smoke while fighting a major blaze at a factory in Cheung Sha Wan.

Abide by the Basic Law, Xi warns Hong Kong Colleen Lee The Standard 03/08/2010	Legco worries over health subsidy plan RTHK 03/08/2010
Abide strictly by the Basic Law - that is Vice President Xi Jinping's stark message to Hong Kong.	Legislators have expressed reservations over a government programme that seeks to divert patients with chronic diseases to private doctors.
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Gunning for club Patsy Moy and Beatrice Siu The Standard 03/04/2010	Maryknoll in trouble over tree removal BeatriceSiu The Standard 03/04/2010
A century-old private recreation club originally set up for military personnel and occupying prime Kowloon land is taking flak from lawmakers.	Maryknoll Convent School may be punished for failing to submit the required paperwork for the removal of 18 trees from its site in December 2008 and for drainage works the following year.
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No plan to expand work visa scheme RTHK 02/23/2010	Economic activities survey underway news.gov.hk 02/23/2010
Tokyo has no plans yet to expand a scheme which allows Hong Kong youngsters to work in Japan for a year.	About 21,000 establishments from various sectors have been selected to provide up-to-date statistical data to evaluate their contribution to Hong Kong's Gross Domestic Product and ascertain their cost structure, operating characteristics and output levels.
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Age to catch up with civil service Scarlett Chiang The Standard 02/23/2010	Widow killed as pensioner plunges to death on her Beatrice Siu The Standard 02/10/2010
The civil service is likely to be hit by massive manpower shortages within the next 13 years with half its employees retiring between 2014 and 2023, Secretary for the Civil Service Denise Yue Chung- yee said yesterday.	Two women died in a freak accident yesterday when one, a 74-year-old resident of a block of flats in Ma On Shan, fell on the other after she apparently slipped while cleaning a window in her 27th- floor home.
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Year of the Soggy Tiger Colleen Lee The Standard

Richer and richer Derek Yiu The Standard

Drug cases rise 8% news.gov.hk

FTU joins by-election boycott RTHK

Building checks begin following collapse RTHK

Get me out of here! Colleen Lee The Standard

Tsang warns of deepening conflicts Diana Lee The Standard

Communication with demonstrators pledged news.gov.hk

Block of flats collapse in Hung Hom RTHK

Tit for Tat Diana Lee and Scarlett Chiang The Standard

It's a real tough life in HK Colleen Lee The Standard

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