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  Harry's view
Historic step on the road to reunification
LEADER For eight years, the more pessimistic Chinese had worried about Taiwan sliding into independence. But yesterday, instead of the rumbling of warplanes flying across the Taiwan Strait, ...
Gaming wealth comes at a cost for Macau
LEADER Tapping into gambling as a mainspring of economic growth can create its own problems, as Macau is finding out. Among fresh reminders, authorities on the mainland - the main source of ...
Too hot to handle
Tackling climate change is unlikely while nations argue over responsibility, writes Siddharth Srivastava.
G8 can toast our becoming toast
As if this fragile Earth of 6.6 billion souls is not facing enough grave challenges, new evidence has just been found to show how humanity is suffocating itself to death by dependence ...

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  Resurrecting RTHK
ALBERT CHENG In the past week the talk of the town has been the possible appointment of veteran newsman Leung Ka-wing as the new head of Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK). Mr Leung is currently Asia Television's ...
icon arrow OBSERVER  The message, if not as loud, is still clear
icon arrow PETER KAMMERER  Magic number 350
icon arrow OBSERVER  Setting a new benchmark of tolerance
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  Gone, not forgotten
BEHIND THE NEWS Hopes are fading for Japanese abducted by North Korea as western powers soften their stance towards Pyongyang, write Julian Ryall and Hunter Skipworth.
TALKBACK
At what temperature should the air conditioner be switched on?
We refer to the letter from Trupti Patel (Talkback, June 30) regarding the air conditioning on KMB buses. The target temperature for the air-conditioning systems in KMB buses is 23 degrees Celsius.
 
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Poor track record when it comes to marine conservation
I refer to the report ("Donald Tsang's mathematics a little fishy", June 25). Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen's repeated numerical blunders revealed a general lack of awareness of and ...

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