HONG KONG: The government plans to revise non-legally binding rules to regulate the numbering of floors after the "marketing gimmick" used on a Mid-Levels luxury residential block stirred up controversy.

HONG KONG: The Hong Kong International Wine and Spirits Fair commenced in Wan Chai yesterday to explore market opportunities in Asia for exhibitors from around the world.

The Shanghai municipal government finally announced yesterday that the National Development and Reform Commission has agreed to cooperate with the Walt Disney Co to build a Disney theme park in the city.

HONG KONG: The next generation of media is headed for a brighter future, ruled by Broadband, says Jeffrey Cole, director of the Center for the Digital Future at USC Annenberg School for Communication. Professor Cole isn't speaking only of new media and software entertainment. Traditional media these days are fighting a battle for survival: newspapers, magazines, radio and television and the way back to prosperity is broadband, says Cole.

TAIPEI: Local prosecutors' offices soon will begin "adopting" embattled baseball teams that have been swept up in the latest "game fixing" scandal. The plan was announced yesterday by Tai Hsia-ling, head of the Sports Affairs Council.

TAIPEI: The Taipei city government took its first concrete step yesterday to boycott the new market-opening to US beef by issuing signs to be displayed by stores that have joined an alliance to reject the sale or use of what critics believe are potentially hazardous products.

TAIPEI: Mainland sales of Taiwan Beer, a brew made by the government-owned Taiwan Tobacco and Liquor Corp (TTLC) are expected to reach NT$30 billion in three to five years. That will account for about 1 percent of the mainland beer market, TTLC Chairman Wei Po-tao said yesterday, during a legislative session, Wei said the company has estimated that sales of Taiwan Beer on the mainland will reach NT$200 million this year and NT$1.5 billion next year.

TAIPEI: Non-partisan lawyer Lai Hau-min became the chairman of the Central Election Commission (CEC) yesterday, vowing to stamp out vote-buying in Taiwan's elections.

TAIPEI: The economic affairs authorities promised yesterday that pleas from three DRAM manufacturers for help with restructuring will be decided by the end of the month.

TAIPEI: For all the devastation and tragedy it wrought, Typhoon Morakot has created a wildlife paradise, for wildlife, in an area next to Jiaming Lake in eastern Taiwan.