News at Seven-Thirty highlights: HSBC lost 24 percent; Hospital Authority stopped prescribing Europharm products; authorities continue investigations in Europharm Laboratories; 2 Chinese drwoned when diving in Cebu; an explosion occured in Qinghai; Wu Bangguo said China will not adopt multi-party political system; tensions on Korean peninsula are heightened; Real IRA claimed responsibility for the shot of British soldiers; former Israeli president charged for sex crimes; Education Bureau plans to extend early retirement scheme.