1.   Zhang Junsheng, vice director of Xinhua in Hong Kong, on Friday denied the agency had issued such a list, the South China Morning Post reported.

2.   It quoted Zhang Junsheng, vice director of the agency branch, as saying religious freedoms would be upheld after the handover.

3.   Vice director Christian Tschopp said Sunday the company had now decided to dismiss him, effective at the end of April.

4.   Vice director Christian Tschopp said Sunday the company had now decided to dismiss him, with effect from the end of April.