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27
February 2004
1.
Architect who wasn't has designer's eye for form
2. Presses nude newsreader
3. HSBC, Citigroup `to win toll project'
4. New home sites may fetch $20b
5. K Wah to spend bond cash on land
25
February 2004
1.
Should this proposal be kept on the rails?
2. Mandarin Oriental considers facelift
3. About CIRIA
4. International Collaboration between BEC, CIRIA & HKPU that
Benefits Construction Industry in Hong Kong
5. Rail operators given six months to arrange merger
21
February 2004
1.
Housing Authority 2004/05 Budget endorsed
2. Approved Pak Kong and Sha Kok Mei Outline Zoning Plan amended
3. Sino Land wins Mid-Levels site with $250m bid
4. Housing Authority looks for ways to avoid cash crunch
20
February 2004
1.
News of first land sale expected today
2. Hang Lung's `jewel' to reap $10b
3. Historic Kom Tong Hall saved
19
February 2004
1.
Airport Authority plans second hotel
2. Update for heritage law
3. LCQ7: Reclamation Projects
4. Hang Lung Properties profit rises despite refusing to sell
out
5. United front over harbour
6. Legco at Tamar site is 'value for money'
7. Why is it taking so long to decide how to save HK's precious
heritage?
8. Others use carrots and sticks to conserve buildings
9. Harbour design project to forge sustainable plan
10. Hang Lung back to buy land after four-year break
18
February 2004
1.
SCMP Picture
2. Architects clinch deal to practise on the mainland
3. Professional recognition
4. Buyers of estate may have to pay more
17
February 2004
1.
Professionals build on mainland links
2. City to host UN forum on sustainable development
3. No Shenzhen detour for bridge, says works chief
4. Causeway Bay rail works may last 5 years
5. HOS flats could raise $2.1b in 2007
6. Anger at harbour 'switch'
7. Wan Chai reclamation hinges on Central ruling: lawyer
16
February 2004
1.
Lamma road plan approved
2. Controversy clouds Hunghom property sale
14
February 2004
1.
First meeting of Lantau Development Task Force convened today
2. Lai Chi Chong Public Pier to be rebuilt
3. Shenzhen wants link to cross-delta bridge
4. Contractor to restore concreted streams
13
February 2004
1.
Ocean Park unveils Disney-style revamp
2. Government awaits MTRC plan
3. NWD in $4b rights issue
12
February 2004
1.
HK risks property bubble, says HSBC chief
2. LegCo: Transfer of Functions Under Housing Ordinance (Cap 283)
3. Housing fiasco attacked
11
February 2004
1.
Owners offered 3 times market price
2. Agreement Reached on Disposal of PSPS Flats (Monday, 09 February
2004)
3. Transcript of Secretary for Housing Planning and Lands
4. Developers win a double
5. Housing chief defends cut-price flats sale
6. Wedding Card Street 'could last 30 years'
7. Public 'should have a say on harbour'
8. Sale exposes folly of homes policy
10
February 2004
1.
SAR takes $775m hit on Hung Hom flats
2. Harbour at risk from Exco error, court told
3. Illegal structures ‘going too slowly’
4. Cut-price sale of flats on harbour stirs anger
5. Appeal to speed cross-border zone
6. Wan Chai in danger of losing its unique character, academic
says
7. Battle over future of Victoria Harbour enters round two
8. Tung Chung cable car wins monk's blessing
9. MTR maps out details for new lines on Hong Kong island
10. Super prison or big mistake?
9
February 2004
1.
People don't buy reclamation claims: report
2. Contest puts new slant on beauty
3. SCMP Cartoon
7
February 2004
1.
Mega projects panel call
2. Hung Hom subsidised flats may be demolished
5
February 2004
1.
Consistent image the coolest option
2. Are flu vaccinations necessary?
3. No contradiction
4. Hopewell in charm offensive over Mega Tower hotels
5. SHKP buys half of Hung Hom project
6. Tsim Sha Tsui plan seen as pedestrian
7. HK given priority status by Grosvenor Group
4
February 2004
1.
Swire presses on with 54-floor project
3
February 2004
1.
Construction of Big Buddha cable car project starts
2. SHKP to raise $5b ahead of land sales
3. Chief Executive addresses International Housing Conference
2
February 2004
1.
Speech by Chairman of the Hong Kong Housing Authority
2. Legislator urges consultation over building of cultural hub
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