Ngong Ping 360 closes for month

Ngong Ping 360 will suspend its cable car service for a month beginning May 23 for scheduled maintenance.

Work will be undertaken on the rope ways and the system will also undergo its annual inspection.

Ngong Ping Village will be open as usual. Visitors can reach there from Tung Chung by New Lantao Bus No 23 or taxi.

Neighbor 'too sensitive'

A family that was sued by a neighbor because of their regular practice of burning incense argued their neighbor is "too sensitive".

The lawsuit at the District Court was filed by Hu Wei-hsin, who lives in a rented apartment in Lai Chi Kok Bay Garden.

Hu was seeking an injunction to stop her neighbors, a family of three, from burning incense at their door.

The suit alleges the incense burning generates heavy smoke which is harmful to her baby's health.

At a hearing Monday, Hui Sim-mei, mother of the family, told the court that she has been burning incense since moving into her apartment in 2006 but no other neighbors have ever raised any objection. She said Hu is "too sensitive".

Judge David Lok Kai-hong said the family failed to address the matter properly when Hu first complained, causing the situation to deteriorate.

The case was adjourned to next Monday.

HK$36m to replace radar

The Hong Kong Observatory has proposed replacement of a storm detecting weather radar at Tate's Cairn.

Assistant Director Lau Sum-yee said at a meeting of the Legislative Council on Monday that the new dual-polarization radar will be put into service in 2014, together with the introduction of new rainfall estimation technology that will help forecast rainfall for the next hour accurately.

According to Lau, the replacement will cost HK$48 million in total, of which HK$36 million will be applied from the legislature's Finance Committee in June.

The new radar has been widely used in Japan, South Korea and Singapore.

At present, Hong Kong Observatory has one storm detecting weather radar at Tate's Cairn and another at Tai Mo Shan.

iPads seized in smuggling bust

The marine police seized HK$5 million of electronic products in an anti-smuggling operation near Grass Island in Tuen Mun Sunday night.

A local man was arrested.

Police officers discovered two speedboats heading toward the mainland Sunday night. One was intercepted. The electronic products, including iPads, were found in a hidden compartment on board.

Police said smugglers can usually earn HK$1,000 for each iPad brought to the mainland. But there is no indication that the popular tablet computer has spurred a surge in smuggling activity.

Hard summer for job seekers

Hong Kong Young Women's Christian Association held a job fair at Sheung Wan Civic Centre on Monday, offering 900 summer jobs.

Organizers said the number of posts is one third more than the previous year.

Job applicants, however, said available posts are fewer than before, thanks to the HK$28 minimum hourly wage. This observation was echoed by some firms, which said previous hourly wages for summer jobs were usually set between HK$22-HK$26.

China Daily

(HK Edition 05/24/2011 page1)