Today we are doing a bit of PR for our HKU mates. There is an interesting series of seminars running right as you read this message. Please click on the image to find out more information     And that's not all - The HKU year 3 students have been conducting a study on SkyPlaza and its associated golf course. Their website and findings are quite interesting, especially the discussion forum. To read more information, please click onto the link http://web.hku.hk/~h0333305/champians/index.html

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Push to save Chinese buildings
CHLOE LAI, SCMP 15 November 2005
Overseas heritage conservationists will speak at a workshop on Thursday to share their experience on preserving and restoring historic buildings, especially brick and timber structures.

Ex-judge blasts 'lies' on land reclamation
WINNIE YEUNG, SCMP 14 November 2005
A former High Court judge yesterday accused the government of lying and only pleasing developers in its reclamation policies.

$14m renovation plan for Stanley's famed waterfront
CHLOE LAI, SCMP 12 November 2005
Stanley waterfront is to undergo a major renovation, with its main street being turned into a tree-lined promenade.

Rejected Wan Chai street renewal scheme wins award
FELIX CHAN, SCMP 12 November 2005
Campaigners may have lost their battle to save Wan Chai's "Wedding Card Street", but their efforts have won recognition from the city's professional planners.

Anti-reclamation groups look to carnival to harness people power
CHLOE LAI, SCMP 11 November 2005
Three anti-reclamation groups will stage a carnival on Sunday in Wan Chai in the hope people power will convince the government to abandon its plan to build itself a new headquarters at Tamar and shopping malls on reclaimed land in Central.

Sports club plans $300m upgrade
FELIX CHAN, SCMP 11 November 2005
One of Hong Kong's oldest sport clubs plans a $300 million expansion to provide a modern training and support facility for athletes taking part in the East Asian Games and other major competitions.

Twenty-four expressions of interest received for Tai Wai Maintenance Centre property development project
KCRC Press Release, 11 November 2005
A total of 24 expressions of interest were received for the joint venture property development for Tai Wai Maintenance Centre at the close of submission today

Developer loses fight over SoHo renewal
Albert Wong, The Standard 10 November 2005
One of Hong Kong's largest property developers, Henderson Land, has lost a High Court battle against an urban renewal project in the trendy SoHo area that was first proposed eight years ago.

Cultural district plan under attack
Albert Wong, The Standard 10 November 2005

The government's West Kowloon Cultural District could be facing more troubles as a legal challenge was filed Wednesday objecting to the very foundations of the planning process for the project.

Shortlisted developer warns of delays if new bids are sought
MAY CHAN, SCMP 10 November 2005

Sun Hung Kai chairman Walter Kwok Ping-shueng, centre, shows Chief Executive
Donald Tsang, left, and the director of Beijing's liaison office in Hong Kong, Gao Siren,
a model of the 118-storey tower. Picture by Robert Ng

Re-tendering the West Kowloon Cultural District project will only cause further delay, one of the shortlisted developers warned yesterday.

Investors eye Kwun Tong potential
NG KANG-CHUNG, SCMP 9 November 2005
Investors are turning their gaze on Kwun Tong, where the Urban Renewal Authority (URA) is planning a $25 billion project to rejuvenate the ageing district and make it a commercial and retail hub for eastern Kowloon.

Kwun Tong's $25b 'rebirth' begins
CHLOE LAI, SCMP 5 November 2005

Kwun Tong, a crumbling and depressed area where residents are living in often dire
conditions, will be transformed under the project, with new life breathed into an area
covering 5.5 hectares over 10 years. SCMP photo

Hong Kong's biggest redevelopment project kicked off yesterday amid predictions it will cost $25 billion and take 10 years.

Residents lose control of Wedding Card Street
CHLOE LAI, SCMP 5 November 2005
A dozen former and current residents of Wedding Card Street gathered there for the last time yesterday as it reverted to government land at midnight.

Sports club submits building plan
SANDY LI, SCMP 5 November 2005
The South China Athletic Association plans to add a hotel-residential building on a site next to its sports and recreation club in Causeway Bay.

Cruise hub tender 'just for the big developers'
CHLOE LAI, SCMP 4 November 2005
Expressions of interest were sought yesterday for construction of a cruise terminal in a long-awaited move to turn the city into a regional cruise hub.

Councillors slam estate redevelopment plans
FELIX CHAN, SCMP 4 November 2005

Kwun Tong district councillors yesterday demanded the government rethink its Lower Ngau Tau Kok Estate redevelopment, after accusing it of turning the district into a concrete jungle.

Invitation for Expressions of Interest on development of new cruise terminal
Hong Kong Government, 3 November 2005
The Government invites interested parties to submit Expressions of Interest by December 31 for the development of a new cruise terminal, in order to ascertain whether there are feasible locations other than Kai Tak for development of new cruise terminal facilities before 2011.

We might be forced to reclaim Kai Tak nullah, engineer warns
CHLOE LAI, SCMP 3 November 2005

None of the three concept plans for redeveloping the former airport site involve reclamation.
Picture by Ricky Chung

Reclamation may still be necessary at the former airport site if engineers cannot find a way to clean up the filthy Kai Tak nullah, advisers on harbour development were told yesterday. The answer will only be known next summer.

Kuk's plan for new HQ approved
CHLOE LAI, SCMP 3 November 2005
The Heung Yee Kuk's plan to build new headquarters in Sha Tin has been approved by the Executive Council, a government source said.

Why tall buildings are blocking Hong Kong's efforts to go green
CHEUNG CHI-FAI, 3 November 2005


The grey expanse of such dense urban areas as Causeway Bay will be the subject of master greening plans to be released by the end of next year

Wan Chai could become HK's Manhattan
NG KANG-CHUNG, SCMP 2 November 2005

The world of Suzie Wong has changed a lot in the past 10 years, and may well become unrecognisable 10 years from now.

Macau developers lift their game
FREDA WAN in Macau, SCMP 2 November 2005
Macau's property developers are under pressure to raise their building standards to compete with their Hong Kong counterparts who are entering the market to cash in on the booming economy.

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