| Repairs boost for old buildings |
| Nishika Patel, The Standard 22 November 2007 |
| The government is to relax stringent controls for minor building works in a bid to improve the safety of Hong Kong's numerous crumbling buildings. |
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| Construction Industry Council meets tomorrow |
| Hong Kong Government, 14 November 2007 |
| The following is issued on behalf of the Construction Industry Council: |
| The Construction Industry Council (CIC) will meet tomorrow (November 15) at 2.30pm in Room 1201, 12/F, Murray Building, Garden Road, Central, Hong Kong. |
| The agenda items include: |
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| Planners challenge Sai Kung land ruling |
| Olga Wong, SCMP 12 November 2007 |
| A High Court decision last week directing the Town Planning Board to reconsider a decision blocking development on land at Clear Water Bay, Sai Kung, may lead to the damage of more private sites with conservation value, planners fear. |
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| New land plan urged for 'town of sadness' |
| Carol Chung, The Standard 12 November 2007 |
| Abandoned farmland around Tin Shui Wai should be opened up for tourism and economic development, a legislator has urged. |
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| Proposed extension of footbridge network in Tsuen Wan gazetted |
| Hong Kong Government, 9 November 2007 |
| The Government published in the Gazette today (November 9) proposed extension of footbridge network in Tsuen Wan. |
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| Proposed footbridge at junction of Pui Shing Road and Ngan O Road, Tseung Kwan O gazetted |
| Hong Kong Government, 9 November 2007 |
| The Government published in the Gazette today (November 9) proposed footbridge at the junction of Pui Shing Road and Ngan O Road, Tseung Kwan O. Upon completion of the works, the footbridge linking Ngan O Road and the Hang Hau MTR Station will facilitate pedestrian access to the MTR station. |
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| Land resumption for drainage improvement works in North District |
| Hong Kong Government, 9 November 2007 |
| The Government will resume 135 private agricultural lots with a total area of about 38,880 square metres in the vicinity of Tai Po Tin and Ping Che, Ta Kwu Ling; and Man Uk Pin and Lin Ma Hang, Sha Tau Kok to make way for the implementation of drainage improvement works to alleviate the flooding problem there. |
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| Approved Kennedy Town and Mount Davis Outline Zoning Plan amended |
| Hong Kong Government, 9 November 2007 |
| The Town Planning Board today (November 9) announced amendments to the approved Kennedy Town and Mount Davis Outline Zoning Plan (OZP). |
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| Rethink needed on Wan Chai |
| SCMP, 6 November 2007 |
| The district councillors of Wan Chai are right ("Preservation of open-air bazaar faces opposition", October 31), the land use and transport plans for Wan Chai are unsustainable. |
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| Western corridor underused by 89 percent, says transport chief |
| Carol Chung, The Standard 1 November 2007 |
| The HK$7.8 billion Hong Kong-Shenzhen Western Corridor is being underused by as much as 89 percent, a government official admitted yesterday. |
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