News At Seven-Thirty highlights: HSBC reported a 57 percent fall in first-half profit; Standby Signal No. 1 is in force; 2 men die and 1 injured after their barge flipped over in Shek O; 5 men who are believed to have been plotting a robbery were arrested; thousands flocked to the streets of Manila to watch Corazon Aquino’s coffin in procession; Pakistani Christians closed their schools and colleges across the country for 3 days; Iranian Prime Minister held a meeting with the president of Masoud Barzini; 4-day country music festival in Canada came to an abrupt end because of a thunderstorm; 3 more religious groups expressed skepticism over voluntary drug-testing; elderly man infected with H3N2 virus died at Tuen Mun Hospital; value of local retail sales in June dropped by 4.8 percent from a year earlier; 4 men were jailed for involving in a scam; mainland authorities stepped up pressure on exiled Ughur activist Rebuya Kadeer; 2 undiscovered movements by Mozart was identified.