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Heritage conservation built on trust
IAN BROWNLEE, SCMP 5 August 2004
The report that some of Hong Kong's public-spirited, well-established families want to put together a charitable foundation to preserve the Central Police Station site, and operate an arts complex there, is great news. But the Tourism Commission is perhaps the wrong body to be leading the process on the sale of this important site, because there is more than just another tourist attraction involved here.

Will projects launched in the second half revive the housing market?
SCMP, 4 August 2004
To answer this question, we need to understand why the housing market began to weaken in the second quarter..

Hang Lung wins $1b hotel battle with Sino
David Hilton, The Standard 3 August 2004
Hang Lung Group has won a six-year legal fight to get rival Sino Land to pay for a HK$1.07 billion hotel it had agreed to buy.

Rail firms linked to search for extra $10b
Raymond Wang, The Standard 3 August 2004
MTR Corp and Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation, which aim to hammer out final details of their planned merger by month's end, are reportedly seeking a combined HK$10 billion in financing.

Preservation the priority for heritage site
Editorial, SCMP 31 July 2004
The three colonial-style buildings that make up the Central Police Station complex are among Hong Kong's greatest remaining historical treasures. Any plan for their conversion should therefore ensure that - above all else - their historical value is maintained.

Central heritage site tendering to go ahead
CARRIE CHAN and CHLOE LAI, SCMP 31 July 2004
The Tourism Commission vowed yesterday to push ahead with the tender for the Central Police Station, Victoria Prison and former Central Magistracy.

Delta bridge on agenda for regional conference
STAFF REPORTER, SCMP 31 July 2004
Tung Chee-hwa and his wife, Betty, arrive at a Friends of Hong Kong Association reception at the convention centre last night. On Wednesday, he will meet Guangdong Governor Huang Huahua.

Arts centre proposed for Central heritage site
SIMON PRITCHARD and JANE MOIR, SCMP 30 July 2004
A group of at least five established families is proposing to convert the Central Police Station, Victoria Prison and the former Central Magistracy into a massive arts complex, funded by $500 million in donations.

Super-jail proposal's '7 deadly sins'
NICK GENTLE, SCMP 30 July 2004
The government has been accused of lies, deceit, pride and a host of other sins over its approach to the proposed development of a $12 billion "super-jail" on an island off Lantau.

Tree chopping costs Cheung Kong $32m
KENNETH KO, SCMP 30 July 2004
Cheung Kong (Holdings) yesterday paid $32 million in compensation to settle a dispute over the illegal destruction of 250 mature trees at its One Beacon Hill luxury development in Kowloon Tong.

Cheung Kong branches out
Lai See, SCMP 30 July 2004
Property experts were last night trying to get their heads around a new Hong Kong financial concept - "tree premium", otherwise known as what developers must pay for destroying the environment.

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