News: 2280 election date announced ★ Free Conservative Party launches electoral manifesto, van Nieuwhuisen promises "assertive" foreign policy ★ Chief Minister Cheung touts record in coalition, promises continuity ★ Businesses prepare for slower growth forecast ★ PPDS "hateful party" - APP's Catherine Teng ★ Liberal Party risks massive defeat according to new poll ★ High Court rules use of Mandarin on advertisement "illegal" ★ Drought in Kraalfontein, Viljoensfontein, Fort Windsor ★ Riots in Jewish areas "provoked" - Khilh's Aaron D. Shapiro ★ Former Chief Minister Carmichael says SASDLP-led anti-bourgeois alliance "would be a mistake"