Australia’s dollar is coasting downward as China devalues the yuan, a situation Canberra hopes can translate into more of dollars coming in from Hong Kong.
Four water samples taken from flats in phases one and two of Wah Fu Estate in Pok Fu Lam contained the heavy metal nickel at well above the World Health Organisation standard.
The competition between political parties rushing to test for tainted tap water descended into another fight yesterday in the run-up to the district council elections in November.
A Cathay Pacific relief flight flew to Alaska to pick up 276 passengers and 18 crew members and continue their journey to Los Angeles after their original airliner was forced to make an emergency landing.
Blood samples of 40 residents, including an infant, from two public housing estates that were hit by the tainted water scare were found to contain "slightly higher than normal" amounts of lead, the government announced yesterday.