31.   Members of the cinema elite and the Chinese and French communities, including mainland officials, attended the reception.

32.   Mr Ho also worried that mainland officials might punish the mothers of the children because extra-marital affairs are not acceptable on the mainland.

33.   Newspapers in Taiwan have reported that some of the money might have been used to bribe mainland Chinese officials, who opposed the sale.

34.   Some told him that local journalists were treated unfairly by mainland officials.

35.   Suen refused to say whether he had discussed the issue with mainland officials, or whether he was given any explanations.

36.   THE ban on chicken exports to Hong Kong will be extended indefinitely, a senior mainland official said on Monday.

37.   The government said he would have working meetings with mainland officials on issues of mutual concern, but gave no further details.

38.   The mix-up left mainland cultural officials all steamed up after they discovered the bare facts on the videos were not those they had in mind for young students.

39.   The measures include allowing more semi-finished Chinese products into Taiwan and permitting visits by more mainland Chinese officials to this island.

40.   The Post reported that mainland health officials told their Hong Kong counterparts only earlier this week.