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School places plea likely to get a fail

Height of Incompetence Edward Yau Tang Wah and Michael Suen Ming Yeung should be charged with misconduct in public office for their failure to do their jobs during their tenure. Why would people come here with families ? Increased roadside pollution during Yau’s tenure, no ECA controls on our major polluter- ocean going vessels high [...]

Patrick Mercer MP resigns from Tory party after lobbying sting

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/may/31/patrick-mercer-resigns-conservative-party Patrick Mercer MP resigns from Tory party after lobbying sting Former shadow minister is understood to have been approached by journalists posing as lobbyists Rajeev Syal guardian.co.uk, Friday 31 May 2013 13.47 BST Patrick Mercer, the Conservative MP for Newark, who has said he will not stand at the next general election. Photograph: Johnny [...]

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The Roadmap – European Commission

http://ec.europa.eu/environment/resource_efficiency/about/roadmap/index_en.htm The Roadmap The Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe The Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe (COM(2011) 571) outlines how we can transform Europe’s economy into a sustainable one by 2050. It proposes ways to increase resource productivity and decouple economic growth from resource use and its environmental impact. It illustrates how policies interrelate [...]

Watchdog steps up pressure on non-transparent Hong Kong charities

Published on South China Morning Post (http://www.scmp.com) Home > Watchdog steps up pressure on non-transparent Hong Kong charities Watchdog steps up pressure on non-transparent Hong Kong charities Tuesday, 21 May, 2013, 12:00am Lifestyle›Family & Education CHARITY Nora Tong life@scmp.com Pressure is growing for greater transparency in the surprisingly murky world of charity finances, writes Nora [...]

Hong Kong immigrants streaming out of Canada | Vancouver Sun

http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2013/05/18/hong-kong-immigrants-streaming-out-of-canada/ COMMUNITY/Opinion/Immigration Immigration RSS Feed Hong Kong immigrants streaming out of Canada May 18, 2013. 2:23 pm • Section: Immigration, The Search Numerous studies for Metropolis, a Canadian government-funded immigration research body, report that many newcomers to Canada from Hong Kong (as well as from Taiwan and China) “never intended to stay.” Posted by: Douglas Todd [...]

Deflated Rubber Duck’s not in the soup – it needs to freshen up, say organisers

Wednesday, 15 May, 2013, 10:09am News› Hong Kong Comments: May 16th 2013 11:30pm Actually insiders say it caught H7FDUCK1 causing it to empty its bladder aka ‘lame duck fowl incontinence’ The pathogen is air and water borne and a legacy of the former administration who did fowl all whilst adopting the ostrich pose in between [...]

2013 Europe Recipient Biography | Goldman Prize

http://www.goldmanprize.org/pressroom/2013/print/bios/europe · The Prize o About o History o Ceremony o Nominations o Blog o Newsletter o Yearbook o Educational Curriculum · Recipients o Current Recipients o By Name o By Year o By Issue o By Region o Donate to the 2013 Recipients · Press Room o 2013 Press Materials o Recent Press o [...]

BBC News – Bee deaths: EU to ban neonicotinoid pesticides

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22335520?print=true Bee deaths: EU to ban neonicotinoid pesticides Comments (450)  Honeybees are vital for pollinating crops – a job that would be very costly without them Continue reading the main story Related StoriesBee campaigners march on Parliament Watch [/news/science-environment-22312105] Ban pesticides to save bees, say MPs [/news/science-environment-22021104] Pesticides ‘damage brains of bees’ [/news/science-environment-21958547] A vote [...]