The Hong Kong South China Morning Post Corpus
| dc.contributor | Benson, Phil English Centre University of Hong Kong Hong Kong |
| dc.contributor.editor | Benson, Phil |
| dc.coverage.placeName | Hong Kong |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-27 |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-07-04T10:02:02Z |
| dc.date.available | 2019-07-04T10:02:02Z |
| dc.date.created | 1992 |
| dc.date.issued | 1994-02-08 |
| dc.identifier | ota:2036 |
| dc.identifier.citation | http://purl.ox.ac.uk/ota/2036 |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12024/2036 |
| dc.description.abstract | The Hong Kong South China Morning Post corpus consists of 2874 Hong Kong and China news reports originally published in the South China Morning Post, Hong Kong's leading circulation daily English-language newspaper. The reports were published between February 1992 and March 1992. In total, the corpus contains 1 million+ running words. The reports in the corpus are not a complete set of items for this period, and they are not listed in any special order in the files. The corpus has been produced solely as a large sample of text for linguistic analysis |
| dc.format.extent | Text data (41 files : ca. 7 MB) |
| dc.format.medium | Digital bitstream |
| dc.language | English |
| dc.language.iso | eng |
| dc.publisher | University of Oxford |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Oxford Text Archive Core Collection |
| dc.rights | Distributed by the University of Oxford under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ |
| dc.rights.label | PUB |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Linguistic analysis (Linguistics) |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Newspapers -- Language |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Chinese newspapers -- China -- 20th century |
| dc.subject.other | Linguistic corpora |
| dc.subject.other | Newspapers |
| dc.subject.other | Anthologies |
| dc.title | The Hong Kong South China Morning Post Corpus |
| dc.type | Corpus |
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| branding | Oxford Text Archive |
| files.size | 7354264 |
| files.count | 42 |
| otaterms.date.range | 1900-1999 |
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*** THE HONG KONG SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST CORPUS ***
Compiled by Phil Benson (Hong Kong University) with the
assistance of Joseph Leung (South China Morning Post)
The Hong Kong South China Morning Post corpus consists of 2874
Hong Kong and China news reports originally published in the
South China Morning Post, Hong Kong's leading circulation
daily English-language newspaper. The reports were published
between February 1992 and March 1992. In total, the corpus
contains 1 million+ running words. The reports in the corpus
are not a complete set of items for this period, and they are
not listed in any special order in the files. The corpus has
been produced solely as a large sample of text for linguistic
analysis.
The text in the corpus has been prepared from original
typesetting tapes, and has been modified only in order to make
explicit certain textual features. The modifications are in
the form of additional codes in angle, curly and double square
brackets:
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<P 4>
{headline} Education plan may hit grades {byline} By CATHERINE
CHAN {article} TEACHING standards will fall if the Government
goes ahead with plans to lower admission requirements for
Hongkong's colleges of education, legislators warned
yesterday. {para} They also claimed the move flew in the face
of pledges to upgrade these colleges to degree-conferring
institutions, as outlined in the Education Commission's fifth
report. {para} The Director of Education, Mr Dominic Wong
Shing-wah, told legislators at yesterday's education panel
meeting that the Government would announce the new enrolment
requirements in about 10 days. {para} Members would be
provided with information on the requirements for different
universities and polytechnics, he said. {para} Mr Wong said
the new proposal would require applicants to have six passes
in the Hongkong Certificate of Education Examination (HKCEE)
obtained in a maximum of two attempts. {para} The director
said th . . .
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{headline} US talk show host set for reign in HK {article}
IT'S late morning in Hongkong, but over in Washington DC it's
a few minutes after 10 pm the previous night and global
talking head Larry King has just come off air. {para} As
always, his guests that night were a richly diverse bag - a
senator, an admiral, a former Soviet military chief and a
Russian defector - all discussing the impending cuts in US
military installations that were not due to be officially
announced until the next day. {para} ``Don't you worry, we're
right on top on this show,'' he remarks without a trace of
modesty. {para} The loud-tied and colourfully-braced host of
CNN's Larry King Live - probably the only talk show that is
universal in its outreach - was talking to Keeping Posted by
telephone about his forthcoming visit to Hongkong, and he
could hardly contain his excitement about this his first ever
visit to Asia. {para} ``I've never been so excited about
something . . .
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{headline} Fishermen protest at dumping {byline} By BONNIE
CHIU {article} ILLEGAL dumping and the extension of a gazetted
marine spoil ground were destroying the livelihood of Cheung
Chau fishermen, claimed protesters who organised a flotilla
yesterday. {para} About 200 boats gathered near the island to
protest against the dumping of mud and construction waste in
the sea south of Lantau. {para} More than 2,000 fishermen were
affected by the diminishing number of fish, the protesters
said. {para} The mud came from the seabed in the West Kowloon
reclamation area. Hard rock is placed there instead so the
land can be used immediately after reclamation. {para} The
barges are required to dump in designated spoil grounds south
of Lantau. However, illegal dumping is frequent, especially at
night. {para} Fishermen's representative Mr To Kwong-biu said
the number of fish being caught had dropped drastically since
the use of the spoil ground began last y . . .
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{headline} e3 Governor rejects call for `cabinet' consultation
{byline} By FANNY WONG and DOREEN CHEUNG {article} THE verbal
battle between China and Britain took a serious turn for
Hongkong yesterday with Beijing demanding that it be consulted
on appointments to the territory's ``cabinet'', the Executive
Council. {para} Mr Guo Fengmin, Chinese team leader on the
Sino-British Joint Liaison Group, insisted Britain discuss
Exco appointments with Beijing since appointees who might
openly subvert the Chinese Government and oppose the Basic Law
would affect Hongkong's stability and prosperity. {para} ``All
important issues should be discussed with us,'' he said.
{para} ``There needs to be convergence with the Basic Law.
There should be discussionon important issues.'' {para} It was
the second warning to Britain in as many days by Mr Guo, who
on Thursday had said China would oppose the appointment of
United Democrats' members to Exco. {para} But the . . .
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{headline} Teresa Tang to perform at Paris vigil {byline} From
WANDA SZETO in Toronto and STAFF REPORTERS {article} TAIWANESE
pop star Teresa Tang will perform at a candlelight vigil to be
held on Thursday in central Paris to mark the third
anniversary of the 1989 democracy movement in China, a
dissident group has said. {para} But in Hongkong, a top
Chinese Government official has criticised the organisers of
such activities and questioned their motives. {para} Ms Tang,
who has a large following on the mainland, would sing a few of
her favourite songs at the vigil, organised by the Paris-based
dissident flagship, Federation for Democracy in China (FDC),
said spokesman Mr Lu Yang. {para} Dissident Wu'erkaixi will
also appear at the vigil near the Eiffel Tower. {para} Early
in the morning, FDC chairman Mr Wan Runnan will lead a bicycle
parade from the Chinese Embassy to the Eiffel Tower to demand
the immediate release of political prisoners in C . . .
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{headline} Farewell dinners all taken in stride {byline} By
LORNA WONG {article} THE outgoing Governor, Lord Wilson, will
have eaten more than 100 farewell lunches and dinners in the
three months running up to his departure. {para} But there is
no worry about his waistline - the discerning Governor is
careful about his intake of food, and stays slim by doing
enough exercise, according to sources. {para} With less than
one month to go before Lord Wilson leaves Hongkong on July 3,
there is little information on his final farewell. {para}
Sources said this was partly because the administration had
not made similar arrangements for a long time. The most recent
farewell was 11 years ago, for Lord MacLehose, who left the
territory shortly after a minor stroke. {para} His successor,
Sir Edward Youde, died in office in December 1986. {para} ``A
dignified occasion'' was definitely on the cards for Lord
Wilson's departure, however. The sources said a gen . . .
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{headline} Stripping down bare essentials for charity
{article} ADIES, this is your moment. Perusing the small ads
in a local magazine, we spotted a notice looking for a
stripper. The only requirements seemed to be that the said
clothes- divester should be male and have his own G-string.
{para} He should also be ``tasteful'', and available for a
charity dinner at a private club on June 13, said the advert.
{para} This set the great Keeping Posted brain a-ticking.
What's the charity? Who will be attending? And how many male
strippers are there in Hongkong? {para} Unfortunately, there
was only a box number at the end of the advert and we could
pursue our inquiries no further. {para} But why wait for the
man of your dreams to take his kit off? We at Keeping Posted
have conceived a once-in-a-lifetime do it yourself stripper -
if you had the choice, female readers, who would you bag to
strip down to the basics? {para} Because we can do it for you.
T . . .
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{headline} Pay row may lead to strike action {byline} By KAREN
CHENG {article} CIVIL servants may press the Governor, Lord
Wilson, to set up a committee of inquiry in a bid to resolve
their pay dispute with the Government. {para} This comes as
unions threaten to take drastic action, including striking, to
protest against the 11.17 per cent pay rise offer to senior
officers and 11.6 per cent to their middle and junior
counterparts. {para} The chairman of the Hongkong Chinese
Civil Servants' Association, Mr Wong Hyo, said they would
raise the issue in a meeting with the Senior Civil Service
Council this afternoon, during which they would decide on a
counter-proposal on pay rises to be submitted to the
Government. {para} Meanwhile, the 40,000-strong Hongkong Civil
Servants' General Union yesterday threatened to strike if the
Government rejected its call for a higher pay increase. {para}
It stood firm on its claim for a 14.62 per cent rise for
seni . . .
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{headline} `Honest mind' plea in allocation of shares
{article} JOHN Chung Lap-hung has ``a fierce belief in his
heart that he has done nothing wrong'' and his defence is an
honest mind, the High Court heard yesterday. {para} Counsel
for Chung, Mr Gary Alderdice, invited the jury to find him not
guilty on all corruption charges. {para} ``His defence is that
he had an honest mind,'' said Mr Alderdice. ``This man is not
corrupt. There is no concealment or secrecy in any way in Mr
Chung's case or his life. {para} ``Everything is open for you
to see. He is an honest man keeping normal records of
commercial transactions.'' {para} Chung had given a full set
of personal records of all transactions to the ICAC. {para} He
had bought his share allocations in his own name or that of
his company, using his own cheques, and knew his name would be
seen on a list of placees by the Office of the Commissioner
for Securities (OCS). {para} In the case of QPL, Chu . . .
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{headline} Questions on airport financing {article} AIRPORT
Consultative Committee members have demanded that the
Government clarify queries concerning negotiations over
airport financing plans. {para} Questions were raised
yesterday during the first meeting of the ACC sub-committee on
financial matters. {para} An ACC member, Mr Leung
Kwong-cheong, said the Chinese and British governments should
tell Hongkong people unequivocally whether the airport talks
were related to the negotiations on Hongkong's political
development. {para} Mr Lau Kong-wah said he wanted the
Government to explain whether contingent liabilities could be
replaced by additional equities or a larger amount of
financial reserves. {para} The sub-committee on financial
matters elected Mr Wong Po-yan as the convener and Mr Shao
You-bao as the deputy. {para} Mr Wong told members that the
Chief Secretary, Sir David Ford, had responded to their
complaint that their views had been n . . .
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{headline} Runaway truck kills pedestrian {byline} By JIMMY
LEUNG {article} A RESIDENTS group has renewed calls for a
crackdown on illegal parking after a pedestrian was killed and
two others injured by an unattended container truck which
careered 180 metres down a steep road in Wong Tai Sin
yesterday. {para} A mechanical fault may be to blame for the
fatal crash which occurred at 8.10 am in Sha Tin Pass Road
outside Our Lady of Maryknoll Hospital, which was unable to
treat the victims because it did not have an accident and
emergency unit. {para} The casualties were taken to Queen
Elizabeth Hospital where 53-year-old Ms Leung Yuk-ping was
certified dead on arrival. Two other pedestrians, Ms Wong
Chin-wan, 52, and Mr Lee Chi-keung, 44, were admitted for
treatment. {para} A staff member of Our Lady of Maryknoll
Hospital dialled 999 when she was told by the caretaker, Mr
Cheung Chak-chiu, that a serious car accident had occurred
outside. {para} ` . . .
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{headline} Relatives unhappy with Nanjing payout {byline} By
DANIEL KWAN {article} FAMILY members whose relatives were
killed in the air crash in Nanjing last Friday have expressed
dissatisfaction over the amount of compensation offered by the
Chinese Government. {para} Although the full compensation
package has yet to be announced, it is believed Chinese
officials have suggested that each Hongkong family be given
US$45,000 (HK$347,800). {para} Relatives were yesterday taken
to the Shizigang Funeral Home in Nanjing to identify the
bodies. {para} A relative of Mr Wong Ah-long and Mr Wong Ah-
shun, both Hongkong residents, said yesterday the US$45,000
offered was far too little compensation for their losses.
{para} He said he wanted the Government to allow the family to
transport the bodies to Zhangzhou in Fujian province, the
hometown of the two brothers, for burial. {para} But since
Chinese rules require compulsory cremation, it was unlikely
th . . .
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{headline} It's a pleasure doing business with Deacon
{article} AN irresistible tale of mistaken identity reaches
the Keeping Posted desk concerning Lan Kwai Fong's Queen of
the Night, Nichole Garnaut. {para} We hear Ms Garnaut, who has
swapped her trademark peroxide blonde locks for auburn
tresses, was out doing a spot of business last week that took
her to Deacon Chiu's offices. {para} She was determined to
find the operations manager, but upon entering the reception
area could only find a casually-attired unassuming old
gentleman standing by himself. {para} ``Excuse me,'' she said,
tapping him on the shoulder. ``Do you speak English?'' {para}
``Yes, I do, as a matter of fact,'' said the old man and Ms
Garnaut, relieved that business was proceeding easier than she
had hoped, pressed ahead. {para} He proved to be highly
co-operative and Ms Garnaut, impressed with the efficiency of
this resident manager, asked for his business card so they
coul . . .
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{headline} Hearty waves from a seasoned political campaigner
{article} THE vote-catching instincts of Mr Chris Patten,
politician, emerged on his first day in Hongkong yesterday
when he took the chance to greet cheering crowds on his way
from Kai Tak to City Hall. {para} Once the rigid tradition
surrounding his ceremonial landing on Hongkong Island was
over, Mr Patten stamped his own style on the event, smiling
and waving at crowds, encouraging his wife Lavender and
daughters Laura, 17, and Alice, 12, to join in. {para} At
first he looked anxious, pursing his lips by the hall steps,
but warmed up as soon as Chief Secretary Sir David Ford, in
the role of acting Governor, showed him the crowd. {para} It
was not the regal flick of the wrist of past governors, but
the hearty wave from a seasoned campaigner who has spent years
on the hustings. {para} However, he said he would rather his
family was spared media attention so that they could ``behave
n . . .
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{headline} Child abuse in overdose case denied {article} A
FOUR-YEAR-OLD boy was found to have bruises and burn marks on
him and was seen being forced to eat dog faeces just a few
months before he died from an overdose of methadone, the High
Court heard yesterday. {para} Cheung Siu-fai, who admitted the
manslaughter of the child, Poon Loh-man, however, maintained
that he treated the boy as his sworn son and denied
allegations he had ill-treated him. {para} He had pleaded not
guilty to murder but guilty to the lesser offence. The plea
was accepted by the Crown and Mr Justice Gall. {para} Cheung,
35, while admitting the methadone he had secreted out of a
clinic had been drunk by the boy, denied he gave it to him
deliberately to scare the child's father into repaying a debt
as alleged by the Crown. {para} He contended that his guilty
plea was based on recklessness and a hearing was held for the
judge to determine the facts of the case. {para} Acco . . .
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{headline} Shake-up in police command {byline} By LUISA TAM
{article} A MAJOR review of the police force is underway that
could lead to a shake-up of top management, redeployment of
officers, and streamlining of the 27,000-strong force in a bid
to make it a leaner, fitter organisation. {para} But the
review, the first in 15 years, has sparked fears it may be a
veiled attempt to cut costs at a time when law and order is a
major concern. {para} However, last night, Deputy Secretary
for Security Mr Ian Strachan stressed the review was needed to
identify police needs into the 1990s, and there was no hidden
agenda to cut back the size of the force. {para} ``Any savings
identified by the review on individual parts of the force will
be given back to the commissioner for redeployment to new
areas of growth,'' he said. {para} The review, which is being
conducted by a five-member working group, will look at ways to
revamp the command structure which con . . .
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{headline} Schoolgirl saves boy from pool {byline} By TOMMY
LEWIS {article} A HEROIC young schoolgirl dived into a
swimming pool at a Sai Kung housing complex yesterday
afternoon to rescue a 12-year-old boy lying at the bottom of
the pool. {para} Ten-year-old Hayley Jannesen brought the boy,
Lau Ka-ho, to the surface but was not strong enough to get him
to the side of the pool. Her five-year-old brother, Brendon,
stood on the steps and helped pull the boy to the edge. {para}
Their mother, Yvonne, telephoned the police while her husband,
Cathay Pacific pilot Mr Ross Jannesen, and a nearby building
worker tried to resuscitate the unconscious boy. {para} The
boy, who lives with his parents at Mau Ping Sun Tsuen, which
is close to Green Peak Villa, was taken to the Mona Fong
Clinic. He was later transferred to the Prince of Wales
Hospital, where his condition was described as ill last night.
{para} Mrs Jannesen said last night that Hayley, a Prima . . .
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{article} A PROPOSAL to amend the Marriage Ordinance by giving
mothers the right to give consent to children under 21 wishing
to get married will be submitted to the Legislative Council in
November. {para} Present legislation stipulates that paternal
consent is required when young people between 16 and 21 want
to get married, and responsibility falls to the mother only
when the father is dead or mentally ill. {para} Under the
proposal, minors between 16 and 18 have to seek approval from
both parents, while those between 18 and 21 will only need the
consent of one parent. {para} The Government believes the
present ordinance is sexually discriminatory and contravenes
the Bill of Rights, so has decided to change it. {/article}
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{headline} Denial on indecent assault of domestic {article} A
MEDICAL technologist who was alleged to have drugged and
indecently assaulted his maid at their home, appeared in Tsuen
Wan Court yes . . .
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{headline} Plea on constituency seats {byline} By JEREMY LAU
{article} THE number of seats in each constituency should be
written into law as a system for Hongkong's three-tier
political structure, legislators said yesterday. {para}
Members of the Omelco Constitutional Development Panel agreed
that such a provision should be written down to replace the
current practice of having the Governor exercise his power to
designate constituencies and the number of seats assigned to
them. {para} Speaking after a panel meeting, convenor Mr
Andrew Wong Wang-fat said that at present the constituencies
of the two municipal councils and most of the district boards
were single-seat. {para} If the Government decided that the
Legislative Council should have single- seat constituencies,
as endorsed by legislators last July, Mr Wong said the
Government should write it into the law book. {para} He said
members of the panel believed that all constituencies for the . . .
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{headline} Teenager `given botched abortion' {article} A
TEENAGER who found herself four months pregnant and sought
help from two unregistered doctors was given an incomplete
abortion and had to spend two weeks in hospital, the High
Court heard yesterday. {para} Tse Shuet-fong, 40, denied a
charge of aiding and abetting the use of an instrument to
procure the miscarriage of Miss Li Man-wai, 18. She is being
tried by a jury before Deputy Judge Burrell. {para} Senior
Crown counsel Mr Francis Lo said Miss Li began to live with Mr
Poon Tsan-ki in May 1990. {para} A few months later, he said,
she suspected she was pregnant and, on October 12, 1990, the
couple went to a clinic in Mongkok. {para} Miss Li underwent a
pregnancy test and was informed by Tse that she was four
months pregnant, said counsel. {para} Tse said she could
arrange an abortion for $4,000, said Mr Lo. {para} On October
15, Miss Li was taken to a Yau Ma Tei clinic by Tse, where an . . .
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{headline} Forum plan from CRC {article} CONSERVATIVE
Legislative Council group, the Co- operative Resources Centre
(CRC), will hold two public forums after the Governor delivers
his policy address. {para} The news came a day after Mr Chris
Patten announced he would host two forums to answer the
public's questions on his October 7 address. {para} CRC member
Mr Lau Wahsum said they hoped their forums could be held on
the weekend immediately after Mr Patten's speech. {para}
Fellow CRC member Mr Peter Wong Hong-yuen said several
locations had been considered, including Victoria Park and
Southorn Playground. But the initial plan was to have one
forum on Hongkong Island, with the other in Kowloon or the New
Territories. {/article}
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{headline} Land Fund cash move for airport {byline} By DOREEN
CHEUNG {article} CHINA said yesterday it would consider
releasing cash from Hongkong's post-1997 Special
Administrative Region (SAR . . .
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{headline} Territory `to shoulder airport cost burden'
{article} THE Hongkong Democratic Foundation yesterday urged
China not to worry about the financing of the Chek Lap Kok
airport and related projects. {para} The foundation said that
whether the airport was financed by debt or equity, there
would be no liability for the Chinese Government. The cost
burden would be borne by Hongkong people. {para} ``The latest
proposal by the British and Hongkong negotiators to use the
premiums from the sale of land along the airport railway is
misleading,'' the foundation said. {para} ``It is not
`generous' of the British to throw in the Hongkong
Government's share of the premiums; nor should the Chinese
Government be concerned at the use of the Land Fund's share.''
{para} The land premiums were money raised from and belonging
to the people of Hongkong, the foundation said. ``The money
comes out of our pockets either way.'' {/article}
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{headline} Castle Peak `a dumping ground' {article} THERE are
so many patients and so few staff in Castle Peak Hospital that
the beds are crammed next to each other. {para} In the severe
confines of an institution with twice the number of patients
it was intended to have, patients are restrained because there
are not enough nurses to stop them hurting each other - and
themselves. {para} Nursing staff no longer pretend to provide
anything more than the bare minimum of service. {para} ``We do
the basics. We feed the patients, we keep them clean, we make
sure they take the medicine their doctors prescribe. No, we
can't and don't provide an ideal service,'' admitted Mr Paul
Law Hau-ping, nursing officer in the psycho-geriatric ward.
{para} Castle Peak Hospital has 2,100 patients in an
institution originally designed to take 1,000. {para} Opened
in 1961 as the first major development in the management and
treatment of psychiatric illness in Hongkon . . .
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{headline} Controversial drama episode to be screened
{article} THE controversial episode of a Radio Television
Hongkong (RTHK) drama series, Stormy Weather, will be aired on
Saturday now the director has made some cuts. {para} The
executive producer of RTHK's drama section, Auguste Yem Wai,
said yesterday the director, Rachel Zen Wei-che, had finished
cutting down the drama to 51 minutes. {para} The theme song
and promotion shots will not be shown to give extra time for
Ms Zen's production, which is five minutes longer than the
standard length. {para} The original 90-minute version of
Stormy Weather was an episode in the drama series Below The
Lion Rock, and was meant to be screened last week. {para} It
included scenes of a crackdown on democracy in an unnamed
country and focused on the dilemma of a television station
editor over how to handle an interview with the country's
leader. {para} RTHK decided to postpone the episode because Ms
Zen h . . .
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<D 92:10:17>
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{headline} Contract for sewage work {article} A $58.3 MILLION
contract to improve the sewerage facilities in Hongkong south
was awarded yesterday. {para} The work is part of a plan aimed
at improving water quality at bathing beaches. {para} Works
for the contract will begin later this month and should be
completed in two years. {/article}
<U 1716>
<D 92:10:17>
<P 6>
{headline} Appeal on writ ruled as abuse {article} A
BUSINESSMAN wanted in the United States in connection with one
of the world's biggest drug cases was abusing the court's
process by trying to bring a third writ of habeas corpus
before Hongkong's courts, the Court of Appeal held yesterday.
{para} Law Kin-man, 35, was appealing a decision made by Mr
Justice Mayo without hearing his case, that his application
was an abuse of the process. {para} Law wanted to argue that
the proceedings before the magistrate which led to an order he
be detained for extradition were fundamentally flaw . . .
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<D 92:08:31>
<P 3>
{headline} Heat was on for three candidates {byline} By
JONATHAN BRAUDE {byline} By JONATHAN BRAUDE {article} YOU
could tell the heat was on as the candidates raced to shake as
many hands as possible in the blazing sun. {para} Mr Albert Ho
Chun-yan, the tubby United Democrats hopeful, lunged left and
right to introduce himself to fathers with young children and
bow-legged grandmothers alike. {para} But Mr Ho looked as
uncomfortable and buttoned up as his grey suit. Many of those
whose palms made contact with his looked put- out or
glassy-eyed as they quickly withdrew their hands and strode
forward into the air-conditioned cool of the Butterfly Estate
polling station. {para} Rural candidate Dr Tang Siu-tong, by
contrast, looked like a man accustomed to pressing the flesh.
Casually dressed in short sleeves and a tie, his handshakes
were longer, his smile readier and the patter flowed more
fluently as he walked his voters towards the door. But hi . . .
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<D 92:10:08>
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{headline} Extra funds `not enough to cover plans' {byline} By
FIONA CHAN {article} BILLIONS of dollars of extra cash
proposed for improving health services would not cover the
costs of the programme spelt out in the policy speech,
according to medical professionals. {para} They were also
concerned about the lack of resources provided for primary
health care, which could help prevent disease and cut the need
for hospital services. {para} Mr Patten's speech promised to
provide an additional 4,200 hospital beds, 13 new clinics and
enlarge 11 existing clinics by 1997. {para} Seven health
centres for the elderly, three ``well-woman'' clinics, 800
more beds at the Castle Peak Hospital and another 900
psychiatric beds in other hospitals were also guaranteed.
{para} And about 300,000 chronically ill patients would be
provided with advanced appointments at general clinics to
reduce waiting times. {para} The waiting time for accident and
emergency serv . . .
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<D 92:10:13>
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{headline} Call for mainland role in MTRC {byline} By S. Y.
YUE {article} A CHINESE representative should be on the Mass
Transit Railway Corporation (MTRC) board if the airport
railway is to be partly funded by the Special Administrative
Region (SAR) government's Land Fund, it was claimed yesterday.
{para} Legislative Councillor, Mr Samuel Wong Ping-wai, said
membership of the MTRC board should be overhauled if it was
going to build the airport railway. {para} ``It completely
lacks transparency at the moment since all the board members
are appointed and the senior management of the company are all
foreigners,'' he said. {para} Mr Wong said it should have at
least two local people acceptable to China. {para} Airport
Consultative Committee (ACC) member, Mr Ho King-on, said there
should be a representative of the future SAR government on the
board since the Hongkong Government proposed to use its Land
Fund to construct the airport rail link. {par . . .
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<D 92:10:10>
<P 3>
{headline} Pool drama student safe {article} A PRIMARY school
student almost drowned after slipping into a fountain in a Sha
Tin park yesterday. {para} Lai Shue-kan, 10, was rushed to
Prince of Wales Hospital in a critical condition after he fell
into the pool at Penford Gardens while trying to retrieve a
ball shortly before 11 am. {para} Shue-kan was playing ball
games with friends from the Toi Shan Association Primary
School, which was having its annual picnic day at the park.
{/article}
<U 2024>
<D 92:10:17>
<P 6>
{headline} Black market spurs cigarette price rise {byline}
By ELAINE CHAN {article} TOBACCO prices were increased
yesterday as a result of a growing black market for the
product in Hongkong. {para} The prices of different brands of
cigarettes have been increased by an average of five per cent,
with a packet of 20 cigarettes now costing $21 instead of the
old price of $20. {para} The chairman of the Tobacco
Institute, Mr Robert F . . .
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<D 92:11:12>
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{headline} Child dumped outside casino {article} A
FIVE-year-old girl was left in the cold without food for more
than 13 hours yesterday while her aunt gambled at Macau's
Lisboa Casino. {para} Security guards found Lau Yin-yin
sitting on a pavement just after lunch. She had come from
Zhuhai with her aunt but was too young to enter the Lisboa.
{para} The casino management failed to find her aunt and she
is now under the care of the Social Welfare Department.
{/article} {headline} Flat view rape {article} AN estate
agent, 24, was raped last night by a man she had taken to view
a flat in Laguna City, Kwun Tong. {para} After viewing one
flat, she met the man at another at 7 pm. He then threatened
her with a knife, raped her in a second floor flat and stole
her bank card. {/article} {headline} Goods seized {article}
POLICE arrested eight men and seized used electrical
appliances worth $200,000 during an anti-smuggling operation
yesterday. {para} Th . . .
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{headline} Broker staged $4.6m raid {article} A BROKER for an
international finance company took part in an armed raid which
netted $4.6 million in watches and ornaments. {para} Wong
Hon-choi, 26, pleaded guilty to robbing the Piaget Watch
Company, in the basement of the Peninsula Hotel. {para} The
High Court case was delayed for 25 minutes because a senior
inspector who should have been present went instead to a
promotion board interview. {para} {para} Senior Crown Counsel
Miss Ida Cheung apologised and informed Deputy Judge Jones
that Detective Senior Inspector Wong Wang-chow, who was in
charge of the case, had instead sent a sergeant who went to
the wrong court. {para} The judge said the senior inspector
should have made ``more intelligent arrangements''. {para}
Wong also admitted possessing two pistols at the time of the
robbery on May 21 last year. {para} He was arrested five
months after the raid. {para} Sentencing was adjourned until
No . . .
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{headline} 22-year term for drug manufacture, dealing
{article} A FILM production assistant who acted as both heroin
manufacturer and trafficker was yesterday jailed for 22 years
by the High Court. {para} Passing sentence, Deputy Judge
Jennings said To Wai-kwok had taken part in a substantial drug
deal. He said he was sure To did not act alone and the
evidence showed that he was both drug manufacturer and
trafficker. {para} To, 32, had denied one count of trafficking
in a dangerous drug and three counts of possession of
dangerous drugs for trafficking but was found guilty by a
jury. {para} His two co-defendants, Man Ming-yiu, 32, and Lui
Ka-chun, 25, had earlier pleaded guilty to one count each of
trafficking and possession and were yesterday sentenced to
nine years' and six years' jail, respectively. {para} Handing
down the sentence on Lui, Deputy Judge Jennings said he was
satisfied that the assistance Lui had given authorities
relating to o . . .
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<P 3>
{headline} Motion urges action on ethnic minorities {byline}
By LOUIS NG {article} CONSERVATIVE and liberal camps in the
Legislative Council are likely to join forces in a bid to
ensure Britain takes care of Hongkong's non-Chinese ethnic
minorities after 1997. {para} Liberal member Mr Jimmy McGregor
has moved a motion to be tabled tomorrow which urges the
Government ``to examine the problems faced by the ethnic
minorities in Hongkong in terms of their nationality before
and after 1997 and to take such steps as may be open to it to
ensure that citizens of the ethnic minorities who have lived
in Hongkong as permanent residents for many years do not
become stateless in 1997''. {para} But conservative
Co-operative Resources Centre member Mr Ronald Arculli
submitted an amendment yesterday which reads: ``That this
council urges the Government to press the UK Government to
give an unqualified assurance that non-Chinese ethnic
minorities in Hongkong w . . .
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{headline} Headmaster `claimed he was framed' {byline} By AMY
CHEW {article} A HEADMASTER accused of soliciting and
accepting bribes from a publishing company told his superiors
he had been framed, the District Court heard yesterday. {para}
Mr Mak Kwai-po, principal education secretary for the Po Leung
Kuk (PLK) group of schools, was testifying at the trial of
Mong Kam-hung, who has denied soliciting and accepting bribes
from Longman Group in return for arranging for his school to
buy books from the company. {para} Mong is headmaster of the
Mrs Chan Nam Chong Memorial Primary School of the Po Leung Kuk
group of schools. {para} Mong also allegedly told his
superiors that if he was convicted, he would lose the
provident fund contributions made by his employer. {para} A
meeting was called on May 29 last year by the chairman of PLK,
at which a decision was made to suspend Mong. {para} On the
following day, Mong asked for a meeting with the PLK's
c . . .
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{headline} Assault claims remain a mystery {article} ASSAULT
claims made by a watchman shortly before he died remained a
mystery despite an extensive police investigation and $50,000
reward offer, the Coroner's Court heard yesterday. {para}
Watchman Mr Lam Fai, 55, died on January 14 last year at the
United Christian Hospital. He was suffering from chronic
bronchitis, damage to the lungs and fractured ribs. {para} The
court heard Mr Lam had told three doctors and a nurse when he
sought medical treatment that he had been assaulted. {para}
But the offer of the $50,000 reward and a police investigation
yielded no witnesses or information to explain the alleged
assault. {para} When Mr Lam was first examined by Dr Leung
Kam- yee at the hospital on January 12, he told him he had
been beaten on the chest. {para} The doctor ordered an X- ray
but could not detect any injury and did not admit Mr Lam to
hospital. {para} Ms Tsang Wai-lin, a nurse who atte . . .
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{headline} Shares chaos in Shenzhen {headline} Anger over
shares chaos in Shenzhen {byline} By KENT CHEN and IVAN TONG
{article} THE share rush in Shenzhen, which started with
promises of another successful capitalist experiment, ended in
chaos again last night after an estimated 500,000 people
flocked to the city in search of a quick fortune. {para} City
authorities ordered the 300 centres distributing the five
million application forms in the share lottery to remain open
until 9 pm - three hours past the scheduled closing time.
{para} State-run television quoted officials from a government
steering group in charge of the two-day operation as saying
the decision was made to reduce the waiting time of buyers and
relieve their fatigue. {para} The situation in most locations,
however, was tense and closing the doors before everyone was
satisfied or the forms ran out would have provoked trouble.
{para} The whole process begins again . . .
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{headline} American rights record under fire {byline} From
GEOFFREY CROTHALL in Beijing {article} CHINA yesterday
launched another attack on the United States' human rights
record, criticising the US Government's persistent refusal to
sign the International Convention on Human Rights. {para} A
signed commentary in the People's Daily accused the US of
trying to enforce its own standards on the convention and
refusing to sign when it did not get its own way. {para} The
author Liu Xinghan said: ``It is clear that the US took a
leading role early on in drafting international human rights
legislation in a bid to enforce its own standards on the rest
of the world. {para} ``Once it became apparent the convention
would reflect the views of under developed and socialist
countries, the US resolutely opposed it,'' he said. {para}
Following the promulgation of the convention in 1976, Liu
claimed the US pursued its own human rights polic . . .
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{headline} Deng weeds out Gang of Four allies {byline} By
WILLY WO-LAP LAM {article} MORE regional and young officials
will be inducted into leadership positions at the 14th
Communist Party congress. {para} Moreover, patriarch Mr Deng
Xiaoping and his proteges have weeded out cadres suspected of
still professing allegiance to the Gang- of-Four leftists.
{para} Chinese sources said the ninth plenum of the Central
Committee, which closed in Beijing yesterday, had decided on
the make-up of the new politburo. {para} It would officially
be voted into office at the 14th congress. {para} Leaders from
the regions would have an unprecedentedly large representation
on the 21-member politburo. {para} Three local-level party
bosses, from Beijing, Shanghai and Guangdong, would be
inducted into the supreme body. {para} They were Beijing mayor
Mr Chen Xitong, tipped to succeed Maoist Mr Li Ximing as
Beijing party secretary; Shanghai party bos . . .
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{headline} Cadres to get Deng document {article} THE Central
Committee of the Communist Party is ready to disseminate the
pro-reformist talk given by patriarch Mr Deng Xiaoping at
Capital Steel Works in late May. {para} Sources in Beijing
said key excerpts of the talk might be relayed to party cadres
in the form of Central Document No 6. {para} But they said it
was still not clear whether the excerpts would include
portions of the talk which touched on sensitive personnel
matters. {para} For example, while talking to cadres at the
Capital Steel Works, Mr Deng praised Vice-Premier Mr Zhu
Rongji as among the few officials who could handle the
economy. {para} The patriarch also hinted that to expedite
reform, the ``leadership axis'' of party General Secretary Mr
Jiang Zemin and premier Mr Li Peng might be altered. {para}
Analysts said if Document No 6 contained Mr Deng's praise of
Mr Zhu, the latter's chances for promotion at th . . .
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{headline} Police highlight role as `escorts' of reform
{byline} By WILLY WO-LAP LAM {article} THE police and military
forces are highlighting their roles as ``protectors'' of
reform in order to justify recruitment drives. {para} Chinese
sources said the police, People's Armed Police (PAP), and the
Army were seeking a larger share of the economic pie now
patriarch Mr Deng Xiaoping had authorised them to be the
``escort'' for his recently-announced policies of accelerated
reform. {para} The sources said since the Tiananmen Square
crackdown, the strength of both the regular police and secret
police had been boosted, specially along the coastal cities.
{para} While the Army has committed itself to a cut of
half-a-million men in the 1990s, the strength of the PAP and
both urban- and rural-based militia has been increased. {para}
In an unusually frank dispatch yesterday, the New China News
Agency (NCNA) admitted police in the directly-administered . . .
