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  10 April 2008

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New Cargo Terminal "coming soon"…

Jokes aside this week, for some real construction news

'Cathay Pacific Services Ltd', is finally handed the 10 hectare site by the Airport Authority of Hong Kong, to design, construct and operate a new air cargo terminal at Hong Kong International Airport. Cathay Pacific will invest a total development cost of approximately HK$4.8 billion into the new terminal which will have a designed annual air cargo throughput capacity of 2.6 million tonnes. The attached pictures were taken on the big day, with Ian Hunt (CX - Project Manager), Jeremy Stowe (Meinhardt Lead Consultant - Projects Director) and other Airport Authority Officials

(Click Here) to view the official media release for this event
     

News Headlines

LCQ10: Construction of the Shatin to Central Link depot at Diamond Hill
Hong Kong Government, 9 April 2008

Following is a question by the Hon Chan Yuen-han and a written reply by the Secretary for Transport and Housing, Ms Eva Cheng, at the Legislative Council meeting today (April 9):
 
Sacred portrait moved in ceremony to mark start of Wong Tai Sin Temple redevelopment
Joyce Man, SCMP 7 April 2008

Wong Tai Sin Temple kicked off its expansion project by moving its patron deity icon amid gong-banging and chanting.
 
Housing Authority park plan modifies tree-felling proposal
Scarlett Chiang, SCMP 7 April 2008

The Housing Authority has unveiled plans for a park on a 50,000 square metre site in Stanley where an earlier plan for a horticultural park was dropped in the face of protests from environmentalists.
 
26 building plans approved in February
Hong Kong Government, 1 April 2008

The Buildings Department approved 26 building plans in February - eight on Hong Kong Island, six in Kowloon and 12 in the New Territories.
 
Building reborn as gallery, pub and restaurants
Olga Wong, SCMP 1 April 2008

The verandah of The Pawn, a pub to opern on Saturday in a refurbished Wan Chai shophouse. Photo: Dustin Shum. Source: SCMP
 
Planning appointments attacked as cosmetic
Ng Kang-chung, SCMP 29 March 2008

Six new faces have been appointed to the Town Planning Board, which reviews town plans and zoning policies for the development of the city. A critic of planning policy called the changes a "cosmetic reshuffle".
 
Appointment of Town Planning Board members
Hong Kong Government, 28 March 2008

The Chief Executive has appointed six officials and 31 non-officials to the Town Planning Board for a two-year term from April 1, 2008 to March 31, 2010.
 
 
 

Upcoming Events

09 May 2008
MANAGING CONSTRUCTION RISK
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