Talking points

The body of Cambodia's revered former king Norodom Sihanouk, who died late last year, makes its final journey from the royal palace in Phnom Penh. The body will be taken to a nearby park ahead of cremation on Monday. More than a million mourners are expected to line the streets of the capital for the lavish funeral procession. Sihanouk abdicated in 2004 after six tumultuous decades and died in Beijing in October.

Beijing's first formal guidelines for the protection of personal information come into effect. The guidelines regulate the use and collection of personal information and make it compulsory for the collector of information to obtain consent from the person it relates to before making use of the data.

"The Future of Cantonese Culture in Hong Kong" is the topic for a two-day conference at Baptist University. The conference covers everything from the language to music, food and films. Organisers say the event will examine how culture has been affected by what they call an "unexpected paradigm shift" since the city's reversion to Beijing's rule in 1997.