October 2006 in Hong Kong

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October 2nd - Day after National Day
October 7th - Day after Mid-Autumn Festival
October 30th - Chung Yeung Festival

Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen has pledged to bolster Hong Kong's financial, logistical and tourism infrastructure to create a better life for the city as supporters hit the streets to mark the 57th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. [1]

Raymond Wu Wai-yung, a National People's Congress local deputy and Basic Law Committee member, died Tuesday at Queen Mary Hospital. He was 69. [2]

Hong Kong workers will grow poorer next year as their projected average pay increase will lag behind inflation. The Employers' Federation of Hong Kong said Wednesday the average pay hike for the public should be less than 2.5 percent next year. Meanwhile, economists forecast the inflation rate to hit 3 percent. [3]

Businesses including banks, utility companies and telecommunications providers could face criminal charges for sending customers e-mails or electronic invoices under the government's proposed anti-spam legislation. [4]

Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen, reacting to strong criticism he had sidestepped the question of political development in his policy address, said Thursday the introduction of universal suffrage would not immediately solve all of Hong Kong's problems. [5]

Restaurants and entertainment establishments are likely to see a 20 percent drop in business in the first six months after the anti-smoking law comes into force next year, according to a restaurant and karaoke operator. [6]

Hong Kong activists, who survived a clash with Japanese Coast Guard vessels last week in their bid to reclaim sovereignty over the disputed Diaoyu Islands, are to petition Beijing to demand that legal action be taken against Tokyo for "attacking a Chinese boat in Chinese waters." [7]

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