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New Stanley park could see just 100 trees cut down
CHLOE LAI , SCMP 21 June 2005
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Scheme penalises site contractors for safety breaches
ELAINE WU , SCMP 21 June 2005
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New bridge will leave city out on a limb
LEU SIEW YING , SCMP 20 June 2005
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Lack of rail link in bridge plan fuels pollution fears
Dennis Chong, The Standard 20 June 2005
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Harbour lobby calls for halt to atrium expansion
CHLOE LAI , SCMP 18 June 2005
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Drainage improvement works in Yuen Long
Hong Kong Government, 17 June 2005
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Construction Output for the First Quarter of 2005
Hong Kong Government, 17 June 2005
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Regal plans $200m upgrade
PEGGY SITO , SCMP 17 June 2005
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Exco backs $1.3b centre expansion
DENNIS ENG , SCMP 17 June 2005
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$9m for park that may be rubble in 2 years
BENJAMIN WONG , SCMP 16 June 2005
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New transport boss to launch a fresh study into electronic tolls
ELAINE WU, SCMP 30 June 2005
The new transport commissioner plans to launch another study into the need for electronic tolls as part of measures to ease traffic congestion after the Central-Wan Chai bypass is finished.

Greener harbourfront tops people's wish list, poll finds
CHLOE LAI, SCMP 29 June 2005
Greening and beautifying the harbourfront is the top wish of most residents, followed by solving traffic congestion in Hong Kong Island and creating more open spaces along the shoreline, a survey commissioned by the Harbour-front Enhancement Committee has found.

Natural wonders captured to entice tourists
CHEUNG CHI-FAI, SCMP 25 June 2005
Country park rangers toiled up and down hills with heavy cameras and criss-crossed Hong Kong in helicopters in a two-year mission to portray the city's natural wonders in a new book.

KCRC welcomes authorisation of Kowloon Southern Link
KCRC Press Release, 24 June 2005
The Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC) today welcomed the authorisation of the Kowloon Southern Link (KSL) by the Chief Executive in Council.

SHKP pays $1.2b for Southside Villa
ERNEST KONG, SCMP 25 June 2005
Sun Hung Kai Properties has splashed out $1.2 billion for a low-rise apartment project on Shouson Hill Road belonging to the family of Ho Sin-hang, one of the founders of Hang Seng Bank.

KCRC awards Wu Kai Sha property development project
KCRC Press Release, 24 June 2005
The Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC) today announced that its Managing Board had approved the award of the tender for the joint venture property development at Wu Kai Sha, Ma On Sha Rail (MOS Rail) to Shine Harvest International Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sino Land Company Limited.

Developers to try again after change to land sales
CHLOE LAI, SCMP 23 June 23, 2005
A property developer is to submit a bid for a luxury site in an attempt to trigger an auction after modifications to the government's land application list system.

Developers' hands tied by inherited land covenants
FOSTER WONG, SCMP 22 June 2005

This five-storey building at 15 Yun Ping Road in Causeway Bay was built in 2001 in accordance with a restrictive covenant from 1953. Picture by Foster Wong.

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