This may be old news - but it's still red hot in our opinion. Does anyone remember a certain little issue of boulders being "removed" from the Tung Chung riverbed? Not only being removed, but being done so at considerably irreversible damage to the surrounds at the same time. Just why do these findings receive a "Private and Confidential" classification? If the complaint has even been "partially substantiated" then surely these findings should be made public. Especially since it is the tax payers money that has funded the whole enquiry process done by the Civil Engineering Development Department (CEDD) and the Ombudsman's office. The release of this material should heighten public awareness of the shortcuts taken by CEDD and their contractors. We leave it up to our readers to be the judge. Click onto this link for an interesting read....

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SCMP, 30 January 2005 Photo: SCMP

Bulletin Board Postings & Responses

1. Re: The elixir of Hong Kong life
2. Go for the Most Expensive, Not the Best.
3. The Most Expensive Brandy, Not the Best
4. Shanghai Hooters
5. “Indian On-Line Maths Schools Teach US Kids”
6. HK Needs a Casino

2005 Champion

SCMP, 30 January 2005

News Headlines

Forewarned is forearmed
MARGARET CHENG, SCMP 3 February 2005
With meningitis outbreaks in Anhui, Jiangsu and other parts of the mainland, 98 cases of meningococcaemia in the Philippines, avian influenza in Vietnam and 67 cases of dengue haemorrhagic fever in East Timor, people can be forgiven for fearing that the region is being hit by a series of plagues.

A hi-tech seduction
Tony Latter, SCMP 3 February 2005
The row about whether PCCW received a sweetheart deal over Cyberport would never have arisen if the government had not first been seduced by the vision of an IT hub and then been tempted to subsidise it.

Tycoon calls for Wan Chai heliport
AMBROSE LEUNG, SCMP 1 February 2005
One of Hong Kong's leading tycoons, Michael Kadoorie, is pushing for a permanent heliport on the Wan Chai waterfront to improve the city's competitiveness as a regional transport hub.

HK looks to IT tsar for direction
BIEN PEREZ, SCMP 1 February 2005
Howard Dickson, a British-born engineer and former Canadian government official, on Tuesday starts his three-year term as Hong Kong's information technology tsar.

Government response on Wan Chai Development Phase II project
Hong Kong Government, 31 January 2005
In response to press enquiries on the statement issued by the Action Group on Protection of Victoria Harbour on Wan Chai Development Phase II (WDII) project, a Government spokesman said today (January 31).

Secret land use information will be made public: Tsang
Teddy Ng, Carrie Chan and Raymond Wang, The Standard 28 January 2005
Secret information on developer applications for changes in land use will now be released to the public, Chief Secretary for Administration Donald Tsang said.

Dilbert by Scott Adams
SCMP, 1 February 2005

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