News At Seven-Thirty highlights: SMEs turned down bank loans due to high interest; HK Food Festival discounted items sold out; Senior staff of Sanlu Group charged; Christmas celebrated around the world; Main Orthodox church in Athens vandalised; Military tension in Gaza reaching boiling point; Russia threatened to cut gas supplies; Harsh winter storms battered US; More than 400 evacuated from Macau hotel on fire; Temperature expected to dip next week; 2 new counselling centres to combat drug abuse.