11.   A statement said he will develop a high-level liaison network with senior mainland officials.

12.   A SEVEN-DAY ban on live chicken exports might be lifted earlier, a senior mainland official said on Thursday.

13.   Also yesterday, Hong Kong and mainland government officials pledged yesterday to work together to crack down on farmers illegally using banned growth drugs for pigs.

14.   And the fears that mainland officials will turn it into their mouthpiece have been held and denied for a long time by opposing sides.

15.   And mainland officials had co-operated with WHO in the investigation into the virus, he added.

16.   Another mainland official told Hong Kong businessmen they should not trade with Taiwanese companies seen as supporting independence for the island.

17.   As China opens its economy, gangsters are getting more organized, more dangerous and smarter at finding ways to cash in, a mainland police official said Monday.

18.   Hong Kong and mainland officials are discussing a system to allow the immigrants to move in gradually and prevent a surge of human smuggling.

19.   Hong Kong reporters were required to apply to mainland officials for approval to cover the trial.

20.   Hong Kong government experts are also exchanging information with mainland officials regarding development on both sides of the border, Mr Leung said.