February 2007 in Hong Kong

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Holidays February 17th - The day preceding Lunar New Year's Day February 19th - The second day of the Lunar New Year February 20th - The third day of the Lunar New Year

February 2, 2007 (Friday)

• At least two pregnant mainland women were turned away from a local hospital Thursday as new measures to deter nonresident mothers from abusing Hong Kong's maternity services took effect.[1]

February 5, 2007 (Monday)

• Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen has already secured more than 450 nominations on the fourth day of his election campaign but vowed to continue scrambling for votes against his rival contender Alan Leong Kah-kit.[2]

February 7, 2007 (Wednesday)

• Police are investigating a series of threatening letters sent to legislators in the past month, but have not made any arrests - not that lawmakers are losing any sleep over it.[3]

February 10, 2007 (Saturday)

• Octopus cardholders using EPS add-value services at MTR and KCR stations have had more than HK$140,000 deducted from their bank accounts in 571 transactions over the past two months even though the transactions did not complete, Octopus Holdings said Friday.[4]

February 12, 2007 (Monday)

• The two candidates vying for Hong Kong's top job sparred Sunday over a timetable for universal suffrage, with challenger Alan Leong Kah-kit pledging to squeeze an answer out of Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen on his views toward a "one person, one vote" election in 2012.[5]

February 16, 2007 (Friday)

• More than a quarter of bakery products taken from major local supermarkets and chain bakeries have been found to be mislabeled and may contain trans fat, which can cause coronary heart disease, the Consumer Council has warned.[6]

February 17, 2007 (Saturday)

• Assured of victory even before the nomination period has closed, and with the strong backing of Beijing, incumbent Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen has got his first job done. Armed with 641 nominations - four times that of his challenger Alan Leong Kah-kit - Tsang formally registered as an eligible candidate for the chief executive election Friday.[7]

February 20, 2007 (Tuesday)

• Brilliant chrysanthemums several stories high lit up the dull skies over Victoria Harbor Monday night as 330,000 residents welcomed in the Year of the Pig on the second day of the Lunar New Year.[8]

February 24, 2007 (Saturday)

• The Centre for Health Protection has warned the public to ensure water tanks, domestic water filters and home respiratory equipment are kept clean to prevent the spread of legionnaires' disease. The warning followed the announcement that the 66-year-old former chairman and chief executive of the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation, Yeung Kai Yin, died of the disease earlier this month.[9]

February 28, 2007 (Wednesday)

• In what health experts see as a worrying trend, Hong Kong last year saw the highest rise in the number of HIV cases, it was reported Tuesday. Equally worrying is the fact that between October and December last year, 40 percent of the new HIV cases were non-residents, forcing several legislators to urge the government to rethink its pricing strategy at social hygiene clinics.[10]

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