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News 1.
KCRC
2. MTR
3. HKHA News
of the Day 29
January 2003 1.
Seven deals put KCRC on track in Sha Tin to Central link 2. Plaza developer
targeting young pub crowd 28
January 2003 1.
Award of scheme design contracts for SCL 27
January 2003 1.
Appeal for information on theft from construction site case 2. Lai Sun unveils
fresh debt recipe 25
January 2003 1.
Draft Shek Kip Mei Outline Zoning Plan amended 2. Draft Tuen Mun Outline
Zoning Plan amended 3. Draft Kowloon Tong Outline Zoning Plan amended
4. Approved Wang Tau Hom and Tung Tau Outline Zoning Plan amended 5. Footbridge
to be constructed across Lai Chi Kok Road 24
January 2003 1.
MTR Welcomes the Decision to Proceed with the Planning of SIL and WIL Phase 1
2. Appointment of expert members to committees 3. SHKP plans Millennium City
hotel 4. New World claims ownership of PSPS projects 23
January 2003 1.
Housing Authority To Consider Select Committee Report on Building Problems of
Public Housing Units 2. LD inspecting construction sites to check scaffolding
safety 3. Statement by SHPL on LegCo Select Committee's Report on Building
Problems 4. Report's recommendations in line with Gov't actions 5. Cash
delay for big projects 6. Tenders call for $2.12b highway given a bumpy ride
7. Developer expects $600m from sales 8. Short-piling probe blames trio
9. Piling punishment is left to the bureaucrats 10. Analysts welcome
MTR extension plan, but voice fears over funding 22
January 2003 1.
Transcript of Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands' media session 2.
TPS Sales Rescheduled 3. Mixed fortunes for MTR plans 4. MTRC gets approval
for proposed rail loop 5. Risk factor changes Swire strategy 6. Ongley
calls for special approach to sale of Central Police Station and Magistracy
7. Hotel plans gamble on industrial setting 8. Public interests steer Long
Island building boom 21
January 2003 1.
Cheung Kong eyes 2 housing projects 2. Housing Authority members oppose public
flat sales to developers 3. Tsim Sha Tsui East master plan in limbo
4. Hard decisions need to be made on a bridge to Guangdong and deep-sea trade
5. Piling records - Property development site next to West Rail's Nam Cheong
Station 6. Piling Test Records 20
January 2003 1.
Five may bid for HOS project 2. Sun Hung Kai tycoon expresses interest in
cross-border bridge 17
January 2003 1.
Resumption of land at Johnston Road gazetted 2. Construction companies fined
for mosquito breeding 3. KCRC man among 9 arrested for alleged piling scam
15
January 2003 1.
Twelve projects successful in securing CIIF support 2. $20b spin-off for
housing body 3. Air pollution levels soar to 12-month high 4. 'We are
eating dust every day' 5. Research shows link between dirty air and visits
to the doctor 6. Bureaucratic argument for fare deal a basket case 7.
International law firm pulls out of slow HK 8. Hong Kong should embrace its
heritage 9. Tung's speech did not boost confidence 10. Construction
of the Lok Ma Chau Spur Line commences 14
January 2003 1.
Guangdong unveils ambitious delta plan 2. Cheung Kong deals may net $1b
3. Asia's star to rise above IT gloom 4. Teoma stamps authority on search
engine cyber-babble 13
January 2003 1.
Construction companies fined for mosquito breeding 11
January 2003 1.
Project to help push into delta 2. Unimpressed by the ministers' 'sacrifice'
10
January 2003 1.
Lok Ma Chau line may be finished six months ahead of schedule 2. Bridge will
boost growth to the west 3. Water project will cost $44m - and just 300 people
will benefit 4. Will Hong Kong take the lead in the delta's development? 9
January 2003 1.
Shenzhen set to be bypassed by bridge 8
January 2003 1.
Not to be missed 2. Wheeler 7
January 2003 1.
SAR plans to improve delta links 2. Mutiny at the mansions 4
January 2003 1.
Doubt on whether work goal can be achieved 2. Property Market hits 12-year
low 3. Tung's 10 projects to create 1,000 jobs 4. Business sector cut
in new green line-up 5. Delta hub unveils dynamic new team 3
January 2003 1.
Citigroup buys bank stake 2. Ryoden to focus on urban redevelopment 2
January 2003 1.
Construction companies fined for mosquito breeding 1
January 2003 1.
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