Baby missing after hit-and-run

A Hong Kong driver who allegedly sped away with a baby entangled under his container truck after a hit-and-run accident in Shenzhen remained in police custody Tuesday. The baby still has not been found.

Th e driver, identified as Liang Guanbiao, ran down Li Yun as she pushed a baby stroller, with her 4-monthold son inside, across Bushan Road in Longgang district Sunday. The driver left the scene with the baby stroller

stuck underneath the truck, despite the frantic waves and screams of passersby. Police were able to identify the truck and had Liang arrested and returned to Shenzhen Monday. He was detained on hit-andrun charges. Liang claimed he was not aware of any accident. When he found an empty baby stroller later, he discarded it by an expressway. The woman remains hospitalized.

Nurse blamed in bathing accident

A panel investigating the scalding of a baby in bath water at Princess Margaret Hospital concluded the nurse had failed to test the water temperature properly beforehand. The committee estimated the bath water was about 40-50 Celsius degrees, a temperature an adult would find hot. Th e Hospital Authority will decide on follow-up action on the nurse, who is currently on leave. Th e 3-month-old baby boy, who suff ered a 14 percent burn in the incident on April 9, remains in QueenMary Hospital. His father said he's recovering well and is expected to be discharged in the near future.

CE plays down rivalry in Shanghai

Chief Executive Donald Tsang said it's natural for mainland cities to close in on Hong Kong in terms of competitiveness, a phenomenon pointed out in

a Chinese Academy of Social Sciences report. After meeting Shanghai

mayor Han Zheng and party secretary Yu Zhengsheng Tuesday, Tsang said at a

press briefi ng that there's no intense competition between Shanghai and Hong Kong. The two cities boast diff erent advantages and can develop

financial service in parallel. At the meeting, he also

expressed his wish for permanent on-site retention of the Hong Kong Pavilion at the Shanghai Expo to allow more opportunities for mainlanders to learn about

Hong Kong.CHINA DAILY

(HK Edition 04/28/2010 page1)