Super Tuesday

Voters in 10 American states are choosing a Republican presidential candidate, as the rollercoaster race reaches a potentially decisive moment. Super Tuesday sees contests in Ohio, Georgia, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, Oklahoma, Idaho, North Dakota and Alaska. Voting is under way, with Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum level-pegging in the key battleground Ohio. The eventual nominee challenges Barack Obama in November's general election. Nick Beacroft asks our Washington correspondent Daniel Ryntjes if he's got a sense of how the states are voting. (4.45 mins)

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Daya Bay Power Plant evacuation exercise

The government has planned to carry out a full scale evacuation exercise in the second quarter of this year to test the authority's ability to handle a clear crisis at the Daya Bay Power Plant. However, the government is maintaining its existing 20 kilometre evacuation zone, which means that only a andful of residents living on Tung Peng Chau need to leave their homes. Ian Pooler asks a campaign manager of Greenpeace, Prentice Koo for this comment on the government's contingency plan. (3.04 mins)

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HK Consumers shop less

A survey by marketing research firm, Nielsen, has found that Hong Kong consumers have become less willing to shop while business confidence has slipped to its lowest level in two years. Mike Weeks asks the firm's managing director for Hong Kong, Oliver Rust for more. (3.08 mins)

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Students to vote on the CE

School students will be given an opportunity to vote on who they prefer to be the next chief executive. The poll will take place on the twenty-first of this month - four days before the actual voting for the new chief executive by election committee members. The event is organised by the Boys' and Girls' Clubs Association together with the Public Opinion Programme of the University of Hong Kong. Ian Pooler asks the association's Francis Ma for more. (3.12 mins)

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