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Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying.

It could be the biggest mystery of the year - how a swear word can divide a city. The case - featuring a foul-mouthed teacher, a posse of policemen, Falun Gong activists and the Youth Care Association - has all the ingredients of a colourful dispute. But the understands that the name of Alpais Lam Wai-sze, the primary school teacher in question, caught the attention of the Executive Council days before the scuffle last Sunday. Sadly none of them spotted the escalating tension. "The members were curious how such a teacher could win the Chief Executive's Award for Teaching Excellence," a source said. "There was even a query whether the award could be retracted." While it's good Leung's cabinet is keeping abreast of the hot topics in the city, the chief executive might need better aides - those who do not add fuel to the fire - if he wants to prevent what happened last Sunday from happening again. Joshua But

 

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