September 2006 in Hong Kong

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September 2, 2006 (Friday)

• A father and his 11-month-old daughter were knocked down and killed by a lorry in Central - the second fatal accident in two days involving a vehicle that was reversing. 1

September 4, 2006 (Monday)

• The government has come under mounting pressure to get tough on domestic and [...] violence, with advocates of women's rights calling for a further review of what they described as "outdated and insufficient" programs to deal with the issue. 2

September 5, 2006 (Tuesday)

• Hong Kong Disneyland has drawn more than five million visitors in its first year of operation, but is not expected to hit its target of 5.6 million by the time it celebrates its first anniversary next Tuesday. 3

September 7, 2006 (Thursday)

• Cases of youngsters found taking the party [...], ketamine, soared by more than 30 percent in the first seven months of this year, according to Secretary for Security Ambrose Lee Siu-kwong. 4

September 9, 2006 (Saturday)

• A top anti-organized crime and triad officer who was credited with arresting Hong Kong's most notorious robber plunged to his death from a public housing estate in Kwai Chung. 5

September 12, 2006 (Tuesday)

• In a rare move, the Independent Commission Against Corruption has rejected allegations it had used "improper tactics" to threaten a top anti-triad police officer who committed [...] last week. 6

September 14, 2006 (Thursday)

• Blue-chip fashion retailer Esprit Holdings said chairman Michael Ying Lee Yuen will step down in December - 13 years after founding the company - to be replaced by chief executive Heinz Krogner. 7

September 15, 2006 (Friday)

• A small-intensity earthquake rattled Hong Kong Thursday night, causing skyscrapers to shake and sending worried people running into the streets. The Hong Kong Observatory said it recorded a tremor, measuring 3.5, or minor, on the Richter scale, in waters near Hong Kong, at 7.53pm. 8

September 18, 2006 (Monday)

• An exodus of managers has hit Hong Kong's latest tourist attraction Ngong Ping 360, which is set to open today. 9

September 19, 2006 (Tuesday)

• Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen has defended his stance that Hong Kong's laissez-faire - or "positive non-intervention" - economic policy is dead, saying the brouhaha over his remarks is mere quibbling over economic vernacular. 10
• Hong Kong's newest tourist attraction - Ngong Ping 360 - finally got off the ground Monday after a three-month delay due to technical glitches. 11

September 20, 2006 (Wednesday)

• Hong Kong's labor force hit a new record high of 3.663 million as the city's unemployment rate in the three months ended August 31 dropped to its lowest level in five years. 12

September 21, 2006 (Thursday)

• The High Court has handed the government its second defeat in its attempt to uphold a law that says men younger than 21 who engage in sodomy may be imprisoned for life. 13

September 22, 2006 (Friday)

• Independent lawmaker Leung Yiu Chung has received a letter containing a threat to kill his entire family within seven days. 14

September 23, 2006 (Saturday)

• Hong Kong customs officers have arrested an alleged mastermind in a massive international fake pharmaceutical [...]-smuggling syndicate in the first joint operation with US customs and the US Food and [...] Administration. 15

September 25, 2006 (Monday)

• A member of former Chief Secretary for Administration Anson Chan Fang On-sang's core group said Sunday he would not be surprised should Beijing invite Chan to visit the capital following her decision not to contest next year's chief executive election. 16

September 27, 2006 (Wednesday)

• The parents of a 10-year-old boy who died after they stuffed him inside a suitcase pleaded guilty to [...] Tuesday, clearing the way for sentencing next month. 17

September 28, 2006 (Thursday)

• Hong Kong saw its competitiveness ranking jump three places to 11th in the world, according to the latest edition of the World Economic Forum's annual index. But the SAR was kept out of the top 10 by a flagging performance in education. 18

News collections and sources

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