Clash over barrister subsidy Many senior barristers oppose a proposed HK$20,000 subsidy by the Bar Association for fellows under paternity and maternity leave, due to the self-employment nature of the profession.

Bribery hearing told of copter firm boost in exchange for flat deposit Former senior civil servant Wilson Fung Wing-yip agreed and endorsed all eight applications that a helicopter company owner filed, the District Court heard on the first day of a trial accusing him of taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes from a Macau businesswoman.