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The number of live chickens available at the Cheung Sha Wan Temporary Wholesale Poultry Market this morning (March 13) is 19,910, with 8,600 imported from the Mainland and 11,310 from local farms. A spokesman for the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department said the average wholesale price was $12.90 per catty.

The following is issued on behalf of the Electoral Affairs Commission:

The following is the opening address by the Secretary for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC, at the Youth Summit of the §I Generation¨ Youth Integrity Programme today (March 13):

The "New Links New Kwun Tong Design Ideas Competition", co-organised by the Development Bureau, Urban Renewal Authority and Civil Engineering and Development Department (CEDD), attracted 77 entries. The CEDD will incorporate the design concepts of the winning entries in the detailed design of two pedestrian links for the Kwun Tong Town Centre project.

Understanding dementia can help dispel myths and stigma towards the disease, and enable dementia patients and their family members to live with fulfillment and dignity.

The government has issued SMS to Hong Kong residents in Thailand this afternoon (March 13) reminding them that Red Outbound Travel Alert (OTA) for Bangkok and surrounding areas is still in force.Those who are there should attend to their personal safety, and avoid protests and large gathering of people.

Police Commercial Crime Bureau (CCB) officers broke an account-take-over fraud syndicate and arrested the mastermind and core members yesterday (March 12).

(New York) Catherine Ashton, the EU foreign relations chief, should raise human rights concerns with Syrian officials during her visit next week and seek specific commitments to improve their record, Human Rights Watch said today. So far, the increased Western engagement with Syria has not resulted in any human rights gains because the US and Europe have failed to press the issue, Human Rights Watch said.

BTS, a part of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration, reported that the Freight TSI index has risen 3.3 percent over the last eight months, starting in June. It has increased in six of the last eight months ( Table 2 ).¡ The index started 2010 with an increase in January, after having declined 4.1 percent during 2009 and 12.4 percent in two years ( Table 3 ).¡ For additional historic data, go to http://www.bts.gov/xml/tsi/src/index.xml

A real-time audio webcast of the meeting will be available at http://ir.amd.com.

“Establishing an open and affordable physics development environment is an important accomplishment for both game developers and gamers, signaling a move away from exclusionary or proprietary approaches,” said Eric Demers, chief technology officer, AMD Graphics Division. “Not only does the integration of Bullet Physics into partner middleware help drive broader adoption of physics in games, it ensures that when those games are released, all gamers, regardless of the hardware in their PC, can benefit from the more realistic experience enabled by those effects.”

With the determination that Smart Grid Investment Grants to corporations are non-taxable, corporate utilities will be able to launch their investments with a clear indication of the tax status for their projects.¡ This decision will allow the Department of Energy to move forward quickly to finalize grant agreements over the coming weeks.

In the first game, Boston College lost a heartbreaker to the University of Virginia 68-62.¡ Scoring 21 points for UVA was Sammy Zeglinski leading to the victory.

The schedule has four opening round games starting at 12 noon with the lowest eight seeded teams playing.¡ All games during the conference tournament are to be played at Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina.¡