In other news:
- Hong Kong can handle up to 100 million tourists, says Commerce Secretary
- Third airport runway will not endanger dolphins, says Airport Authority
"In other news..." is a standard satirical device for ridiculing absurd official statements. In most countries, this means producing a humorously exaggerated version of other public statements. Here in Hong Kong, there is no need to do that - what the authorities say is already absurd enough to be a satire of itself.
Typically absurd Pro-China Morning Post front page above, as well - giving the opinion of one clapped-out retired Chinese politician greater prominence than the opinions of more than half a million Hong Kongers.
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