November 2006 in Hong Kong

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[edit] November 2, 2006 (Sunday)

• More than 200 candidates Wednesday rushed to register on the first day of nominations for next month's elections to the Election Committee which will pick the next chief executive. [1]

[edit] November 6, 2006 (Monday)

• Local Catholic church leader Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun said Sunday the Catholic diocese would remain politically independent and that the seven Catholic representatives to be returned in next month's Election Committee subsector elections could freely decide on whom they would like to support as the next chief executive in March next year. [2]

[edit] November 7, 2006 (Tuesday)

• Civic Party lawmaker Alan Leong Kah-kit has formally announced his candidacy for the chief executive election in March in an attempt to encourage more pro-democracy candidates to submit their nomination papers for the Election Committee election before tomorrow's deadline. [3]

[edit] November 9, 2006 (Thursday)

• The World Health Organization's governing body Wednesday nominated Hong Kong's Margaret Chan Fung Fu-chun as its new chief to guide the global struggle against a threatened flu pandemic, infectious disease and chronic illness. [4]

[edit] November 14, 2006 (Tuesday)

• Lawmakers, academics and social workers have stepped up calls for a review of housing policies for victims of domestic violence to prevent a repeat of incidents like Saturday's slaying of a woman and her two daughters in a Wong Tai Sin flat, which is believed to have arisen from a broken marriage. [5]

[edit] November 17, 2006 (Friday)

• The Social Welfare Department paid out more than HK$21 million in disability allowances to people who did not qualify for such aid, including nearly HK$200,000 to one who had been dead since 1990, the Ombudsman's office has reported. [6]

[edit] November 20, 2006 (Monday)

• The Hong Kong Taoist Association has kicked off a yearlong publicity campaign which will climax next November with a massive group prayer ritual, historically used by state leaders to wish for peace and harmony. [7]

[edit] November 21, 2006 (Tuesday)

• More than 11 million square feet of factory space in Hong Kong has been left vacant over the past five years, wasting HK$7.5 billion in government resources, a study by Polytechnic University has found. [8]

[edit] November 29, 2006 (Wednesday)

• Tensions in the food fight between Hong Kong and the mainland were ratcheted up again as Guangdong fish suppliers abruptly halted their exports to the territory, accusing local officials of being too "picky" on safety standards. [9]

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