SKYLINE News Briefing -16 February 2007

What if Dr Zuess did I.T. Training?

If a packet hits a pocket on a socket on a port, and the bus is interrupted as a very last resort, and the address of memory makes your usb port abort Then the socket packet pocket has an error to report!. If your cursor finds a menu item followed by a dash, and the double-clicking icon puts your window in the trash, And your data is corrupted 'cause the register doesn't cache, Then your situations hopeless, and your systems gonna crash!! If the label on the cable on the table at your house, Says the network is connected to the button on your mouse, But your packets want to tunnel on another protocol, That's repeatedly rejected by the printer down the hall. And your screen is all distorted by the side effects of Gauze, So the icons in your window are as wavy as a souse, Then you may as well re-boot and go out with a bang, 'Cse as sure as I'm a poet, the suckers gonna hang!! When the copy of your floppy's getting sloppy on the disk, And the microcode instructions cause unnecessary RISC, Then you have to flash your memory and you'll want to RAM or ROM. Quickly turn off the computer and run and tell your Mom!!

Nan Fung wins tender for Wan Chai site
YVONNE LIU , SCMP 9 February 2007
Nan Fung Development, a privately held mid-tier developer, has won the tender for an Urban Renewal Authority development site in Wan Chai.

Planning board says it will accept court ruling on SoHo site
CHLOE LAI , SCMP 3 February 2007
The Town Planning Board yesterday decided not to challenge a Court of Appeal ruling that it was wrong in refusing to exclude land in SoHo owned by Henderson Land from an Urban Renewal Authority redevelopment zone.

Heritage row over old building brews
CHLOE LAI , SCMP 2 February 2007
Angry district councillors yesterday demanded a report on the future of one of the city's oldest Chinese tenement blocks be released after learning it would not be made public until a heritage policy review had been completed.

Politician group plans North Point cultural hub
Staff reporter , The Standard 29 January 2007
A number of politicians, including two pro-Beijing lawmakers, have formed a group aimed at turning North Point into a financial, cultural and entertainment hub.

Heritage and development must exist side by side, says Tsang
JIMMY CHEUNG , SCMP 29 January 2007
Heritage conservation should not be carried out at the expense of infrastructural development, Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen said yesterday.

K Wah aims for HK$2b income from two projects
YVONNE LIU, SCMP 26 January 2007
K Wah International, a mid-tier developer run by gaming tycoon Lui Che-woo, expects to book about HK$2 billion of revenue from sales of units in two residential projects this year.

The fate of Queen's Pier remains uncertain although it will survive the bulldozers for now, a top official said yesterday.

Developers tap market for HK$7b in funding
TIM LEEMASTER , SCMP 24 January 2007
Kerry Properties and Cheung Kong (Holdings) are raising a combined HK$7.35 billion to fund expansion and refinance existing debt, market sources said.

24 building plans approved in December, 2006
Hong Kong Government, 23 January 2007
The Buildings Department approved 24 building plans in December, 2006 - seven on Hong Kong Island , eight in Kowloon and nine in the New Territories .

Planning review vital, say architects
CHLOE LAI , SCMP 22 January 2007
Planning and building regulations need to be thoroughly reviewed if the city's heritage is to be conserved, the Hong Kong Institute of Architects said.