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| A few questions and issues that really have no explanation |
Can you cry under water?
How important does a person have to be before they are considered assassinated instead of just murdered?
Why do you have to 'put your two cents in'... But it's only a 'penny for your thoughts'? Where's that extra penny going to? Why does a round pizza come in a square box?
What disease did cured ham actually have?
How is it that we put man on the moon before we figured out it would be a good idea to put wheels on luggage?
Why is it that people say they 'slept like a baby' when babies wake up like every two hours?
If a deaf person has to go to court, is it still called a hearing?
Why are you IN a movie, but you're ON TV?
Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in binoculars to look at things back down on the ground?
Why does Goofy stand erect while Pluto remains on all fours? They're both dogs!
If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, what is baby oil made from?
Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog's face, he gets mad at you, but when you take him for a car ride, he sticks his head out the window?
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News Headlines
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| More protection for grade-one buildings |
| Joyce Ng, The Standard 27 November 2008 |
Grade-one historic buildings can be given monument status under revisions to the heritage grading system after a mansion in Mid-Levels was defaced before it was declared a monument. |
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| $100b plan promises 40,000 building jobs |
| Paul Mozur and Beatrice Siu, The Standard 26 November 2008 |
A government proposal to spend HK$100 billion on construction projects to create jobs will soon be submitted to the Legislative Council for approval, legislators were told yesterday. |
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| Hong Kong Government, 26 November 2008 |
The Antiquities Advisory Board (AAB) endorsed at its meeting today (November 26) a proposal to establish a formal relationship between the statutory monument declaration system and the administrative grading system for historic buildings of the AAB. |
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| LCQ9: Vetting and approving applications for the construction of small houses |
| Hong Kong Government, 26 November 2008 |
Following is a question by the Hon Lau Wong-fat and a written reply by the Secretary for Development, Mrs Carrie Lam, in the Legislative Council today (November 26) |
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| LCQ1: Hopewell Centre II |
| Hong Kong Government, 26 November 2008 |
Following is a question by the Hon Cyd Ho Sau-lan and a reply by the Secretary for Development, Mrs Carrie Lam, in the Legislative Council today (November 26) |
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| Secretary for Development visits Eastern District |
| Hong Kong Government, 20 November 2008 |
The Secretary for Development, Mrs Carrie Lam, today (November 20) visited Eastern District to understand district planning issues in the harbourfront areas. |
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| Mega Tower height cut by 38 floors. Hopewell looks to speed up project |
| Olga Wong, SCMP 20 November 2008 |
The Mega Tower - Hopewell Holdings' proposed 93-storey hotel skyscraper in Wan Chai - is no more. The developer yesterday announced a revised plan, cutting its height by 38 floors. |
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| HK$20m plan to save trees at tower site Green groups press for changes |
| Joyce Ng, SCMP 20 November 2008 |
The Hopewell Mega Tower project will include a HK$20 million plan for tree conservation and transplantation, but conservationists have urged the developer to build the hotel on cantilevers to preserve the trees instead of transplanting them. |
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| Subway plan for Nathan Rd revised to spare old trees |
| Cheung Chi-fai, SCMP 20 November 2008 |
The MTR Corporation has scrapped the idea of building two new entrances to Tsim Sha Tsui station next to Kowloon Park, thereby avoiding any negative impact on a group of old trees. |
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