Mr Hashimoto has been chairing the Administrative Reform Council himself to keep in line the panel of the good and the great.

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Whether living in a Cheung Kong apartment, switching on a Fortress appliance powered by Hong Kong Electric, buying groceries at Park 'N Shop or toiletries at Watson's, listening to Metro Radio, or, soon, connecting via a PCCW-HKT line, people in the Special Administrative Region are a captive market.

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Higher selling, general and administrative expenses also were factors dragging down its bottom line, as the company hired more people.

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The incident Thursday occurred as Virginia Tech was appealing that fine before an administrative law judge in Washington, contending its actions were in line with prevailing practices on campuses then.

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The von Kleist family was a long line of Prussian landowners, who had served the state for centuries in high-ranking military and administrative positions.

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