Police will implement special traffic arrangements in Happy Valley in order to facilitate a soccer match to be held at the Hong Kong Stadium today (September 4).

The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) today (September 4) signed a visa-free agreement and a Customs Co-operative Arrangement with the Government of Ukraine at the Government House. The Chief Executive, Mr Donald Tsang, and President of Ukraine, Mr Viktor Yanukovych, witnessed the signing ceremony.

Giant Hong Kong cartoon characters have landed in Shanghai for the Hong Kong Ani-Com Carnival launched today (September 4) to showcase the creativity and achievements of the sector during Shanghai Expo.

To promote waste separation and recycling in villages, the Environmental Protection Department (EPD) launched the Source Separation of Waste Programme in rural areas with the support of the Heung Yee Kuk, New Territories, early this year.

The poll for the Southern District Council Pokfulam constituency by-election will be held tomorrow (September 5).

In response to media enquiries regarding barging point facilities at Telegraph Bay for the construction of South Island Line (East) as outlined in a leaflet distributed in the Southern District, a Transport and Housing Bureau spokesman said today (September 4) that the information was misrepresented.

Hong Kong Customs, Marine Police and Guangdong Customs conducted a two-day (September 2 and 3) joint operation against cross boundary smuggling activity by speedboats under the code name "Minesweeper". As a result, two cases were effected in Tuen Mun and Tai Tam with seizure of smuggling goods including 288 nos of live monitor lizards, 1,630 nos of hard disks and 697,500 nos of integrated circuits, one light goods vehicle and one altered 7-seater private car worth HK$2.2 million.Three Hong Kong men were arrested.

In northern Uganda, women with disabilities are often excluded from the post- conflict reconstruction efforts. Jessie Graham reports.

(New York) - Decisions by state and local officials in several US states to uphold the building of mosques and Muslim community centers despite protests is an important affirmation of the right to freedom of religion enshrined in international human rights law as well as the US Constitution, Human Rights Watch said today. Such projects are going forward in at least five states.

A new method of predicting solar storms that could help to avoid widespread power and communications blackouts costing billions of pounds has been launched by researchers at the University of Bradford.

The Forbes survey attempts to measure only what colleges and universities actually add to students’ salary expectations.

Researchers from the University of Cambridge analyzed 155 boys from two independent UK schools, Tonbridge and Hampton, before and after a four-week crash course in mindfulness. After the trial period, the 14 and 15 year-old boys were found to have increased well-being, defined as the combination of feeling good ( including positive emotions such as happiness, contentment, interest and affection ) and functioning well.

Funded by a $999,966 Teaching American History grant from the U.S. Department of Education, the program will involve fifth-, eighth- and 11th-grade teachers from the Lake Elsinore Unified, Perris Union and Romoland school districts.

In July, Comptroller Liu led a coalition looking for answers from Bank of America, Citibank, HSBC Bank, JP Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo. The deadline for a response was September 1.

Public Health – Seattle & King County is posting advisory along beaches and harbors warning people to not collect shellfish from these areas. The closure includes clams, oysters, mussels, scallops and other species of mollusks. Crabs and shrimp are not included in the closure.