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Austin Chiu
The British government's role in licensing the sale of arms to Hong Kong that could be used for "internal repression" has come under scrutiny.
A delegation of British lawmakers accused by Beijing of "meddling'' in Hong Kong affairs could arrive in the city as early as next month for a parliamentary inquiry.
Britain said it may ban tear gas exports to Hong Kong as London's commitment to its former colony came under scrutiny in a House of Commons debate.
A former personal assistant to ex-chief secretary Rafael Hui said in court that he did not have "concrete business" to do during a period of nearly two years before becoming the city's No 2 government official.
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One of two Happy Valley flats that became rent-free homes for former chief secretary Rafael Hui was bought by the Kwoks of SHKP in 2002 for "long-term investment", the High Court heard yesterday.
An executive director of SHKP told a high-level corruption trial about his "disturbing" experience of being warned years ago by his boss, Walter Kwok, over a lease agreement he had reached with a bank.
The five leading business chambers formed a united front yesterday to oppose Occupy Central, warning that the pro-democracy civil disobedience movement might inflict damage on the city's economy.
Retired government minister Michael Suen has denied being a good friend of a SHKP executive who is a co-defendant in the corruption trial of former chief secretary Rafael Hui.
A witness has for the first time told the corruption trial of former chief secretary Rafael Hui and two of the Kwok brothers of SHKP that their older brother was involved in arranging rent-free accommodation for Hui.
Former minister Michael Suen Ming-yeung said he was aware in 2005 of Hui's work for developer's parent company, but not for its joint venture which bid for the West Kowloon job.
The wife of Rafael Hui Si-yan discussed with a Sun Hung Kai Properties representative in 2001 how to fit out two luxury Happy Valley flats developed by the property giant, the High Court heard yesterday.
Rafael Hui did not declare to the MPFA chairman two loans totalling HK$2.4 million he obtained from a SHKP subsidiary just before and after becoming authority managing director, a court heard yesterday.
When the MPF authority voted to renew its lease at SHKP development One IFC, Rafael Hui, at the time the authority's managing director, made no declaration of interest, the Court of First Instance was told yesterday.
Principal officials appointed by the chief executive would be expected to have private sector connections, the corruption trial involving ex-chief secretary Rafael Hui Si-yan heard yesterday.
Sun Hung Kai Properties threatened to pull out of its Ma Wan Park project as it pressed the government to relax a stipulation that most journeys to the development would be by ferry, the High Court heard yesterday.
A "golden yacht model" that former chief secretary Rafael Hui Si-yan received from a top Guangdong official wasn't real gold, Hui's one-time assistant told the Court of First Instance yesterday.
Rafael Hui did meet with a SHKP co-chairman over a project on Ma Wan, but there was nothing unusual about the city's second-highest government officer meeting property developers, a corruption trial heard yesterday.
Billions of dollars paid in property transactions have been put at risk by a delay in passing a law that enacts a doubling of stamp duties, lawyers warn.
Rafael Hui led a committee to make a deliberate decision to suppress the fact that a joint venture involving SHKP was the most popular proponent for an arts hub project, a corruption trial heard yesterday.
Planned arts and cultural facilities at the West Kowloon arts hub were projected in 2005 to incur losses of up to HK$300 million a year, a corruption trial involving Rafael Hui heard yesterday.
Rafael Hui was one of only two members of the steering committee for the West Kowloon Cultural District project allowed to take away a confidential document from the committee offices, the Court of First Instance heard yesterday.
A senior executive of SHKP was "shocked" to learn in 2005 that plans for a theme park on Ma Wan island might not be approved by the government even though the Town Planning Board had given them the nod two years earlier.
The mother of former Sun Hung Kai Properties chairman Walter Kwok Ping-sheung was concerned that he may have been influenced by "outsiders", the Court of First Instance heard yesterday.
Former chief secretary Rafael Hui Si-yan did not exert influence on a transport official who was handling a request by SHKP to change policies on the mode of transport servicing Ma Wan, a corruption trial heard yesterday.
SHKP persuaded the Transport Department to allow buses as well as ferries to serve its development on Ma Wan in the 1990s, the corruption trial involving the firm's co-chairmen and a former government No 2 heard yesterday.
A man who, as a teenager, sexually assaulted his triplet sisters when they were aged between 10 and 13 years old was jailed for five years yesterday for what a judge described as a serious crime that attracted public disgust.
A captain involved in the National Day ferry collision that killed 39 passengers almost two years ago has received court permission to hire a Queen's Counsel to fight his case against manslaughter in November.
A former Law Society president staged a small-scale demonstration of mostly non-lawyers in Central yesterday to counter a march by about 1,800 legal professionals voicing their discontent with Beijing's white paper.
A record number of lawyers took to the streets yesterday to protest against Beijing's white paper that they say jeopardises judicial independence, a value that sets Hong Kong apart from the rest of the country.
A long-time friend of Rafael Hui did not ask questions before helping him transfer funds because he believed Hui would never engage in illegal activities, the Court of First Instance heard.
