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A group of alumni will hand a petition with 1,000 signatures against national education to management at Baptist Lui Ming Choi Primary School and hand out black ribbons to parents and pupils. The school is due to announce an update to its policy on the controversial subject. Across the city, people will wear black in protest at the subject.

Shareholders in mining giant Xstrata vote on a takeover bid by rival Glencore, as well as payments that will give Xstrata boss Mick Davis an annual "retention award" of £9.6 million (HK$118 million) for staying after a Glencore takeover. Seventy-three senior managers and executives may share as much as £250 million under incentives and stock-performance plans, the company said.