Glimmer of Hope; Different Approach; Trouble Again. News Summary 1. In the first real glimmer of hope in recent two weeks, Australian and US forces are looking for suspected wreckage from the missing Malaysia Airlines plane floating in the Indian Ocean. Satellite images appear to show large chunks of debris thousands of miles from Perth, but officials are warning that it may be a false alarm. 2. Police have arrested a man in connection with yesterday's attack on two newspaper executives and found an abandoned vehicle that's believed to be the getaway car. This comes as two men appeared in court charged with the attack on veteran journalist Kevin Lau last month. 3. The Chief Executive has reappointed Norman Chan (陳德霖) as head of the Monetary Authority for another five years, ending speculation that he would be replaced. This came as Hong Kong stocks tumbled to an eight-month low after the US Federal Reserve said it will raise interest rates earlier than expected. 4. Former Chief Secretary Anson Chan has proposed letting ordinary voters choose some of the nomination committee members which will name Chief Executive candidates in the 2017 election. But she denied purposely leaving out the pan-democrats' key demand to have a civil nomination process. 5. The MTR was hit by yet another service disruption today - this time during the evening rush hour along the Ma On Shan Line. Passengers had to wait twice as long for trains, and their complaints are bound to put the railway firm under more pressure to improve services. 6. Customs officers have made the biggest seizure of fake facial masks. They arrested 12 people and seized more than 50,000 imitations of a popular Taiwanese beauty brand. 7. The Ombudsman is pressing for a new law to give the public better access to official information, saying the current system is not good enough. The watchdog has found that government departments block information at their discretion citing privacy laws that may not apply. 8. Hundreds of students occupying Taiwan's parliament for the second straight day have given an ultimatum to President Ma Ying-jeou. They're threatening to escalate their actions if Ma does not meet them face-to-face tomorrow over a controversial trade agreement with the mainland.

• published: 20 Mar 2014
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