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,

Hong Kong - An attempt to launch the United States' second-biggest doughnut chain in Hong Kong appeared to have failed Monday with the franchise going into liquidation after just two years.

Five of the seven Krispy Kreme Doughnuts outlets in the city of 6.9 million suddenly shut down Monday with only two branches, both at the airport, remaining open.

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Hong Kong - A solar-powered lamp, which is as thin as a magazine cover and sticks onto most surfaces has been developed by a Hong Kong inventor, a media report said.

The lamp won designer Keikko Lee, 26, the gold price in South Korea's first international design competition held in October, the South China Morning Post said.

Lee said the lamp has electroluminescent material on one side and solar panels and sensors on the other.