Ships are being diverted to Guangdong Province as strikes disrupt Hong Kong ports. Protesters camped outside Cheung Kong Centre in downtown Hong Kong and over the weekend thousands marched.
SCMP
l HK: Attack on tycoons with no conscience
-Elsie Tu says things are getting worse in Hong Kong as the wealth gap widens
l HK: Freed teen slams police after a year of detention
-Lawmaker questions strength of evidence used in court after judge dismisses case
l HK: DPP wants easier way to seize dirty cash
-Chief prosecutor wants approval to confiscate assets without a criminal conviction
l HK: Legco head approves filibustering amendments
l China: Struggle to help quake victims
l China: China’s low-cost carmakers race up the value chain
l China: Reform still vital, say business leaders
-Despite slowing growth in China, participants at Boao Forum came to this consensus. The SCMP has a two-page focus on this issue today.
Sing Tao
l Sichuan earthquake: At least 184 dead, anesthetics used up, people must bite sticks during operations
l Man tries to kill neighbor by pumping gas through a hole he drilled in wall
l Financial Secretary points to falling commodity prices as sign of global economic difficulty
l Labour and Social Welfare Secretary calls for restraint in labor dispute
Caixin
l 91 listed companies in the earthquake zone report in, most have not been affected
l Economist Xu Xiaonian: Reform needs more than high-level design
l Boao consultant: Thought liberation needed in enterprise in ownership structures
l CSRC firmly opposed to securities transfer and will conduct a check of enterprises to ensure they are in line
Xinhua
l Li Keqiang: Saving people is the most important in earthquake disaster
l Storm of black gold in the debt market
l Processed oil prices to be given their largest downward adjustment of the year on 25 April
l Ministry of Land and Resources: Water quality is bad under 60 percent of municipal administrative areas
l Canton Fair shows that the first-quarter export situation is serious
