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Understanding Engineers - Take One
| To the optimist, the glass is half full. |
| To the pessimist, the glass is half empty. |
| To the engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be. |
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News Headlines
| West Kowloon site may raise HK$4.88b |
| YVONNE LIU, SCMP, 8 May 2007 |
The residential site in West Kowloon up for sale today in the first government land auction this financial year could bring in as much as HK$4.88 billion. |
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| Fisherman's wharf to land at new Aberdeen by 2012 |
| CAROL CHUNG, The Standard, 7 May 2007 |
Hong Kong will have a fisherman's wharf by 2012 as one of the highlights of a redeveloped Aberdeen traditional fishing harbor, according to the Tourism Commission. |
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| Kai Tak heliport plan opposed |
| NG KANG-CHUNG, SCMP, 5 May 2007 |
A plan to build a heliport on the waterfront of the future Kai Tak development area has been criticised because it would deprive residents of the rights to enjoy Victoria Harbour. |
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| Site in West Kowloon triggered for auction on June 12 |
| Hong Kong Government, 4 May 2007 |
The Lands Department announced today (May 4) that a site at Hoi Fai Road in West Kowloon Reclamation Area, Kowloon Inland Lot No. 11146, had been successfully triggered for sale under the Application List System. |
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| `China rule' rescue bid for Queen's Pier falters |
| MICHAEL NG, The Standard, 3 May 2007 |
Queen's Pier conservationists have suffered another setback after legislators rejected a non-binding motion urging the government to adopt a Chinese heritage principle in preserving the soon- to-be-demolished landmark. |
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| HK$16m heritage bill |
| AMBROSE LEUNG, CHLOE LAI, SCMP, 2 May 2007 |
Restoring Lui Seng Chun, one of the city's oldest surviving Chinese tenement houses, would cost HK$16 million to comply with building safety standards, Secretary for Home Affairs Patrick Ho Chi-ping said. |
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| Last effort to keep pier close to its current site |
| MICHAEL NG, The Standard, 2 May 2007 |
Civic Party legislator Alan Leong Kah- kit is to make a last-ditch effort to keep Queen's Pier close to its present position and in line with other historic waterfront buildings. |
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| Three bids for KCRC Tsuen Wan site |
| YVONNE LIU, SCMP, 28 Apr 2007 |
The tender for the first phase of Kowloon-Canton Railway Corp's HK$5.4 billion Tsuen Wan West Station residential project attracted bids from only the three largest builders in the city, something analysts blamed on the high investment cost and robust supply in the area. |
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| Tsuen Wan bidders stay away in droves |
| RAYMOND WANG, The Standard, 28 Apr 2007 |
Three property giants lined up Friday for the HK$6 billion housing project at Tsuen Wan West railway station, but smaller developers took a more prudent approach, given the sheer scale of the project and higher-than-expected land premium. |
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| Another site in Tuen Mun triggered for auction |
| Hong Kong Government, 26 Apr 2007 |
The Lands Department today (April 26) announced that another site in Tsing Lung Road, Area 58, Siu Lam, Tuen Mun (Tuen Mun Town Lot No. 422) had been successfully triggered for sale under the Application List System. |
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