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Credit Crunch Tips - how to get through this mess
Some excellent advice below for all of us.....
DON'T waste money on expensive ipods. Simply think of your favourite tune and hum it. If you want to "switch tracks", simply think of another song you like and hum that instead.
DON'T waste money buying expensive binoculars; simply stand closer to the object you wish to view.
SAVE electricity by turning off all the lights in your house and walking around wearing a miner's hat.
HOUSEWIVES, the best way to get two bottles of washing-up liquid for the price of one is by putting one in your shopping trolley and the other in your coat pocket.
OLD telephone directories make ideal personal address books, simply cross out the names and address of people you don't know.
SAVE on booze by drinking cold tea instead of whisky. The following morning you can create the effects of a hangover by drinking a thimble-full of washing up liquid and banging your head repeatedly on the wall.
SAVE a fortune on laundry bills. Give your dirty shirts to the hospice shop, they will wash and iron them and you can buy them back for fifty cents.
CAN'T afford contact lenses? Simply cut out small circles of cling film and press them into your eyes.
MAKE your own inexpensive mints by leaving blobs of toothpaste to dry on a window sill. Use striped toothpaste to make humbugs.
SHOPPERS, when buying oranges, get more for your money by peeling them before taking them to the counter to be weighed.
SAVE money on expensive personalised car number plates by changing your name to match your existing plate. - Mr. KVL 741GP. |
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News Headlines
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| Bonnie Chen , The Standard 29 May 2009 |
One of the world's top architects has accused a fellow high-flying international designer of talking "bull****" as the race to design the West Kowloon Cultural District hots up. |
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| Olga Wong, SCMP 29 May 2009 |
Developers will have to meet a set of design guidelines if they want to get extra gross floor area for their projects, according to a government proposal. |
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| Joyce Ng, Olga Wong and Yvonne Liu, SCMP 29 May 2009 |
Property developers have threatened to give up providing any green features in projects if they are given no floor-area exemptions, while greens have urged them to accept their corporate social responsibilities and embrace moves towards reducing such concessions. |
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| Hong Kong Government, 22 May 2009 |
The Chief Executive in Council has approved the draft North Point Outline Zoning Plan (OZP). |
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| Hong Kong Government, 22 May 2009 |
The Chief Executive in Council has approved the draft Wan Chai North Outline Zoning Plan (OZP). |
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| Hong Kong Government, 22 May 2009 |
The Town Planning Board (the Board) has amended the draft Kowloon Tong Outline Zoning Plan (OZP). |
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| Hong Kong Government, 22 May 2009 |
The Town Planning Board today (May 22) announced amendments to the draft Tuen Mun Outline Zoning Plan (OZP). |
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| Hong Kong Government, 22 May 2009 |
The Government published a notice in the Gazette today (May 22) on proposed improvement works at Pok Oi Interchange. |
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| Hong Kong Government, 22 May 2009 |
The Government today (May 22) gazetted the Chief Executive in Council's authorisation of the Central-Wan Chai Bypass and Island Eastern Corridor Link (the Trunk Road) project under the Roads (Works, Use and Compensation) Ordinance (Cap. 370). |
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| Joyce Ng, SCMP 21 May 2009 |
Work on Central-Wan Chai link to start by end of year; activists may go to courts again |
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| Anita Lam and Austin Chiu, SCMP 21 May 2009 |
Noise, traffic disruption and subsidence are not the only problems likely to arise when construction of the Sha Tin-Central Rail Link begins next year - even animals will have to pack their bags. |
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| Anita Lam and Joyce Ng, SCMP 21 May 2009 |
More than 15,000 jobs will be created when work begins on three major infrastructure projects later this year. |
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Event Calendar |
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10 June 2009
Half Day Workshop on Assessment of Prolongation Cost Claim
Organizer : Charlton Martin Consultants Limited
Time : 2:00pm-5:00pm
Venue : The Joint Professional Centre, Central, Hong Kong
Details : Fees: HK$700 per delegate. To register, please contact Mrs Frances Tsui, tel: 2110 1616, fax: 2110 1850 email: frances.tsui@charltonmartin.com |
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08 June 2009
BLOOM Association World Ocean Day Benefit Dinner
Organizer : Bloom Association
Venue : The Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club's Compass Room
Details : For more information, please send us an email at isabeljareet@bloomassociation.org
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17 June 2009
Reinventing with Design (ReD) 2009
Organizer : Hong Kong Design Centre
Venue : Hong Kong Design Centre
Details : For more information, please call 852-3586 3016 or send us an email at day.lee@hkdesigncentre.org
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