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...don’t know why they would be empty this long unless we’re going to eliminate that board,” said Councillor Marjorie C. Decker, adding that she thinks the board is important and should continue to exist...
...Tung, the son of a shipping magnate, is the biggest old boy, but even he now appears to realize that he cannot remain aloof from the public. Last Thursday, a double-decker bus plunged off an elevated highway, killing 21 people; the Chief Executive rushed to the accident scene and then visited the injured in hospital. It was the kind of P.R. Tung had eschewed in the past, even during the SARS crisis. But Tung's heartstrings these days may well be more attuned to the victims and survivors of a crash: his Administration is in the middle...
...held criminally responsible. River of Death BANGLADESH The government announced two inquiries into the sinking of an overcrowded ferry that killed more than 500 people, as criticism mounted of its failure to enforce safety measures. Only 220 people survived out of an estimated 750 passengers on the triple-decker MV Nasreen, which sank in the River Meghna near the southeastern town of Chandpur; the vessel was licensed to carry only 350 people...
...cases last year, the most of any city in Pakistan. M.R.'s rates are 50,000-100,000 rupees ($880-$1,760) a hit?unless it involves a "prominent figure," which ups the bill to a million rupees. His boys also do a profitable sideline in intimidation; a Black & Decker drill applied to the kneecap has a wonderful way of loosening tongues and wallets, he says...
...April, City Councillors Marjorie C. Decker, Kenneth E. Reeves ’72 and Timothy J. Toomey co-sponsored an order asking city manager Robert W. Healy to report on how much tax-exempt property the local universities own and how much money the city would receive if the land were taxed...