ATV World News (2014/04/10)

 

News Summary 1. The investors who arrived to save ATV just hours before the broadcaster was refused a new licence are still interested in buying the company because it has "a lot of history". Meanwhile, senior ATV management were in court again today to answer charges stemming from late payment of staff wages. 2. The Hospital Authority has apologised for a delay in reporting flu-related deaths. But the health minister says the late report did not affect the authority's judgment or assessment of the flu situation. 3. Hong Kong is a city that is free from corruption according to the latest ICAC survey. 4. A 19-year-old man has been handed a year's probation for assaulting a police officer during the Occupy protests. / A Sheung Shui rural committee chairman has been found guilty of fly-tipping. 5. Hong Kong stocks closed at a seven-year high today and the biggest weekly gain in more than three years on expectations the quota for the through-train scheme will be increased. 6. US President Barack Obama has accused China of bullying other nations in disputes over territory in the South China Sea. / Authorities in Italy are demanding to know how someone was able to take a weapon into a court and gun down three people including a judge.