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Bidder confirms its interest in arts hub
MAY CHAN , SCMP 27 January 2006
One of the shortlisted bidders for the West Kowloon Cultural District project yesterday publicly affirmed it intends to stay in the race to win the development tender.

Builders scrap hotel plans in favour of office towers
YVONNE LIU , SCMP 27 January 2006
Henderson Land Development and Sun Hung Kai Properties have cancelled plans to build hotels in industrial districts in favour of putting up office blocks which they see as offering greater returns.

27 Building plans approved in December 2005
Hong Kong Government, 25 January 2006
The Buildings Department approved 27 building plans in December 2005 - six on Hong Kong Island, 10 in Kowloon and 11 in the New Territories.

Drop hub for large green park: survey
AndreaChiu, The Standard 24 January 2006

A substantial majority of Hong Kongers want to see a "large green park" with cultural and leisure facilities replace the planned West Kowloon cultural district mega-development, according to a survey.

"Construction Industry Council to harmonize Construction Standards for HK"
CII-HK Press Release, 24 January 2006
The Project Leader, Prof CM Tam, and Mr Michael Arnold who is the Chairman of the Construction Standards Research Task Force, jointly delivered a presentation on the research findings and recommendations derived from the CII-HK research project "Construction Standards for Hong Kong" to the members of PCICB on 13 Jan 2006.

Temples refuse to move for housing
BENJAMIN WONG, SCMP 21 January 2006
A government plan to relocate three temples in Sau Mau Ping to make way for a new public housing development has run into opposition from temple operators.

HK Island buildings in class of their own, says university study
PAUL TSANG, SCMP 21 January 2006

Associate professor Daniel Ho inspects a fire exit yesterday at Victoria Centre in Causeway Bay. Hong Kong Island buildings are a cut above those in Kowloon. Picture by Oliver Tsang

Twenty per cent of buildings in a random survey of Hong Kong Island's eastern district are A-class, compared with just 7 per cent in Kowloon.

Hopewell coffers ready for bridge project
ANDY CHENG, SCMP 21 January 2006
Hopewell Highway Infrastructure has prepared the capital needed to build the long-awaited Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge, even though the company has not been awarded the contract, according to chairman Sir Gordon Wu Ying-sheung. "We will submit our bid once the project is tendered," Sir Gordon said on the sidelines of an American Chamber of Commerce luncheon yesterday.

Housing Authority endorses budget for 2006/07
Hong Kong Government, 20 January 2006
The following is issued on behalf of the Housing Authority:

The Housing Authority at a meeting today (January 20) endorsed the Revised Budget for 2005/06 and the Proposed Budget for 2006/07.

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