Acid crime reward may increase

Police announced it may raise the reward for information about the acid attacks in Sham Shui Po, which is currently HK$300,000. Detectives yesterday continued the investigation over the bottle of acid thrown near the building at No 212 on Ap Liu Street on Sunday evening, by conducting door-to-door visits in the building. They also collected surveillance-camera tapes from merchants in the Vicinity.

Care for dementia patients promoted

Secretary for Food and Health York Chow says the government is committed to maintaining the quality of life of dementia patients, expanding support services to them in recent years. "We have launched a series of measures to strengthen the support services to dementia patients in the past few years. These include the expansion of psychogeriatric outreach services, improvement of associated facilities in elderly homes and elderly healthcare centers, as well as stepping up public education and promotion of the concept of caring for the elderly," he said at a forum on care and support for dementia patients. Nobel Laureate professor Charles K Kao's wife May Wan Kao shared her experience as a carer providing support to a dementia patient.

Cheng considers home budget

Head of HSBC China Vincent Cheng has echoed calls by New World Development managing director Henry Cheng to have the government restart its Home Ownership Scheme. In Beijing to attend the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Cheng said it was becoming very difficult for young people to buy flats in Hong Kong.

Coroner blamed in Limbu case

The legal team representing the wife of a homeless Nepalese man who was shot and killed by police say refusals by the Coroner to disclose police training manuals have hampered their case. The inquest, which has lasted for more than six months, is reviewing the actions of police constable Hui Ka-ki who fatally wounded Dilbahadur Limbu in a confrontation on a Ho Man Tin slope. "How does one consider whether his actions were appropriate if one does not know if he was following his training?" solicitor Michael Vidler asked in response to Coroner William Ng's decision to not disclose police training manuals on the use of firearms and pepper spray.

China Daily

(HK Edition 03/09/2010 page1)