Our editors will be looking ahead today to these developing stories .self storage..New director of public prosecutions takes officeKeith Yeung Kar-hung takes over from Kevin Zervos today as Hong Kong’s new director of public prosecutions. Yeung, 48, is the first Chinese to be chosen for the position since the handover 16 years ago. A barrister, Yeung has 25 years’ experience in criminal, civil and regulatory cases, especially commercial crime and securities matters. In 2009, he was appointed a senior counsel. He sat as a deputy judge of the Court of First Instance in January and February of this year.Innovation key theme for Boao Youth ForumThe Boao Youth Forum with the theme of “Creative youth, innovative Asia: joining hands for a better future” is being held at the Convention and Exhibition Centre. Business leaders, officials, scholars and media personalities will attend four panel sessions. Keynote speakers include Liu Mingkang , former chairman of the China Banking Regulatory Commission, and former Singaporean foreign minister George Yeo Yong Boon.Changing of the guard likely in NorwayNorwegians go to the polls with Labour Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg (pictured) tipped to lose out at the hands of opposition leader Erna Solberg. She heads the centre-right Conservatives, who are expected to form a government with the populist right Progress Party. Norway is a prosperous nation amid an ailing Europe. It 迷你倉as a problem that the rest of the world can only look on with envy – an abundance of money from its huge oil wealth.High-profile investment and trade fairMore than 670 delegations from 100 countries and regions are attending the 17th China International Fair for Investment and Trade in Xiamen . The fair, which runs until Wednesday, features topics such as global value chains, trade across the Taiwan Strait, and China’s foreign direct investment. For the first time, the World Trade Organisation is co-sponsoring the event. The fair has been held in Fujian province annually since 1997.Berlusconi faces expulsion from SenateA parliamentary committee begins deliberating on whether to expel former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi from the Senate following his conviction for tax fraud and sentence banning him from public office. Berlusconi has warned he could bring down the government if he is ousted. The billionaire, who has been in parliament since he burst onto the political scene in 1994, lost his final appeal against the conviction early last month.Hussain becomes Pakistani presidentMamnoon Hussain, 73, will be sworn in as Pakistan’s 12th president. A successful textile businessman, Hussain is a staunch loyalist of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. He will formally preside over a government that has to tackle a power crisis, kick-start an ailing economy and counter the threat of Taliban militants.文件倉
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