December 2006 in Hong Kong

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[edit] December 3, 2006 (Sunday)

• The Liberal Party has joined the chorus of voices demanding a more effective government response to air pollution, questioning the administration's sincerity in tackling a crisis that the party says "transcends party lines and business interests." [1]

• Wong Kam Po won the windblown cycling road race Sunday to earn Hong Kong's first gold medal at the 2006 Asian Games. [2]

[edit] December 5, 2006 (Tuesday)

• A cleaning woman, backed by activist lawmakers Leung Yiu Chung and "Long Hair" Leung Kwok Hung, has applied to the High Court for a judicial review of the government's failure to legislate a minimum wage, opening a new front in the long-running battle to fix a living wage for Hong Kong's low-income workers. [3]

[edit] December 6, 2006 (Wednesday)

• Three days after China's No2 state leader Wu Bangguo told senior Hong Kong officials "to keep their fingers on the pulse of the people" and to foster "social harmony," the government announced Tuesday it was scrapping the proposed goods and services tax following its failure to convince the public. [4]

[edit] December 8, 2006 (Friday)

• About nine in 10 women in Hong Kong are at risk of developing osteoporosis, heart disease and constipation, a survey by the Hong Kong Dietitians Association has found. [5]

[edit] December 12, 2006 (Tuesday)

• The bid by Civic Party legislator Alan Leong Kah-kit to challenge Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen for the top job next March received a huge boost Monday, after the pan-democratic camp received 134 seats in the 800-strong Election Committee. [6]

• Protesters Tuesday night stormed the construction site surrounding the old Central Star Ferry Pier after constructors began the demolition of the clock tower by removing its antique bell. [7]

[edit] December 13, 2006 (Wednesday)

• Demolition of the Central Star Ferry Pier resumed after all demonstrators were forcibly removed from the site by police, despite protestors remaining outside^[1]

[edit] December 14, 2006 (Thursday)

• 200 people attended candlelight vigil to mark the Central Star Ferry Pier's 49th anniversary; activists again broke through a police cordon to retake the building^[2], 13 protesters were detained in the early hours of the morning

[edit] December 15, 2006 (Friday)

• Pregnant mainland women with tourist permits may be denied entry at the border if the purpose of their visit is anything other than tourism, Secretary for Security Ambrose Lee Siu Kwong said Thursday. [8]

[edit] December 18, 2006 (Monday)

• Grassroots organizations and activists assembled in Central Sunday to launch a new campaign to arouse awareness of HIV and AIDS among the city's 200,000 migrant workers, who are often deprived of proper medical attention and health services. [9]

[edit] December 21, 2006 (Thursday)

• Thousands of fishermen staged a 400-boat protest near the loading area of the Hongkong Electric's power plant on Lamma Island Wednesday, claiming that the laying of natural gas pipelines on the seabed around Hong Kong has damaged marine ecology and fishing gear, seriously affecting their livelihood. [10]

[edit] December 27, 2006 (Wednesday)

• Mainland utilities and mineral resources will sustain Hong Kong's resurgence as an international financial hub after a wave of public listings from mainland banks and corporations, said Financial Secretary Henry Tang Ying-yen. His comments come as figures from the World Federation of Exchanges show Hong Kong has leapfrogged New York to become the second most popular market, after London, for companies to float new stock listings this year. [11]

[edit] December 29, 2006 (Friday)

• Internet and long-distance telephone connections were gradually restored to Hong Kong Thursday following a day of headaches for financial traders and one which reminded the city of life before e-mail. [12]

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[edit] References

1. ^ Asprey, Donald (December 14, 2006). Standoff at old ferry pier turns nasty. Hong Kong Standard. Retrieved on December 16, 2006.
2. ^ Chan, Tonny (December 15, 2006). Protesters retake Star Ferry tower. Hong Kong Standard. Retrieved on December 16, 2006.

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