Hong Kong (dpa) - Police in Hong Kong were Tuesday facing an inquiry
into why they carry out 18 strip searches a day on suspects with some
claiming they are repeatedly ordered to undress.

Legislators have set up a sub-committee to investigate the practice
after hearing that more than one in five suspects detained between July
and September were strip-searched.

Many of the suspects strip-searched are women from mainland China
and other South-East Asian countries detained for prostitution and
related offences in the wealthy city of 6.9 million.

A hearing of the legislative council's security panel Monday heard
that of 8,086 people detained by police between July and September,

In the times of financial meltdown and rising oil prices, the aviation industry had to suffer a lot. Since it seems that the industry is finding it hard to pay dues to the airports, it has called for government intervention to pay it in installments, in the same manner as they have been allowed to pay for the fuel.