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SKYLINE News Update for March 2002February HeadlinesApril Headlines

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1. KCRC
2. MTR
3. HKHA

News of the Day

28 March 2002

1. New initiatives for better working environment at construction sites
2. LC: Speech by Secretary for Works

27 March 2002

1. Route 10 proposal 'will face Legco vote again'
2. Figures confirm continuing decline in office development
3. Henderson Land Development triggered a residential
4. New housing plan 'favours developers'
5. $1.1b Kowloon bid confirmed by Henderson

26 March 2002

1. Construction Output for the Fourth Quarter and the Whole Year of 2001
2. Row 'will not harm KCRC bid'
3. KCRC still on track to win $30b cross-harbour line

23 March 2002

1. Draft Hung Hom Outline Zoning Plan approved
2. Clear Water Bay and Tseung Kwan O plans gazetted
3. The Peak Area OZP amended
4. Appointments to Hong Kong Housing Authority
5. Membership of Housing Authority (2002/03)
6. $210m to ease crush at Lowu station
7. Push to double cruise terminals

21 March 2002

1. Building plans approved in January
2. Developer bids $460m for luxury Kowloon Tong site
3. Road to Disneyland could be built on polluted site, says official
4. Offices at Furama site gain approval
5. Cryptic security code keeps animal crackers out of loop

20 March 2002

1. $84m lure for villagers
2. Housing chief So may quit
3. Disputes delay CT9 by eight months
4. Town plan delays hit NT projects
5. Developer bows to concerns over heritage

19 March 2002

1. Always look on the dark side of life
2. Pacific Century CyberWorks' mobile phone unit CSL reported an operating profit of HK$1.36 billion ($174 million) for 2001
3. For the first time, high-speed Internet usage surpassed dial-up access
4. Half a billion people worldwide now access the Internet from home
5. BT became the first foreign company to enter China's telecom sector following china's accession to the World Trade Organization
6. Sohu.com and Sina.com, China's top two portal operators, look set to got to court over law suits accusing each of the of copyright infringement
7. Linux-based software developer Red Flag software abandoned listing
plans because of market conditions

18 March 2002

1. $2.3b contracts under scrutiny
2. Planners shelve reforms giving public more say
3. No office shortfall if Government uses Tamar site, says chief

16 March 2002

1. Proposed works of Shenzhen Western Corridor and Deep Bay Link gazetted
2. Draft Shouson Hill and Repulse Bay Outline Zoning Plan amended
3. Old Hong Kong plan in doubt

15 March 2002

1. LCQ1 : Outsourcing programme of ArchSD
2. HA Corporate Plan 02/03 Endorsed
3. Magnet rail 'could lure 20m tourists'
4. Design will minimise impact of bay bridge
5. Magnetic train line proposed
6. Move to end some flexible zoning meets opposition

14 March 2002

1. LCQ4: Housing Authority's financial arrangements under review
2. KCRC defends banned fibre use at stations
3. Homes and schools for ex-HOS sites
4. Developers to gain with return of sites set aside for cheap flats

13 March 2002

1. Kowloon Tong faces change
2. Smaller players keen on key sites in sales

12 March 2002

1. Green go-ahead for KCRC spur line
2. Land wrangle hits snow theme park
3. New train service to ease crush
4. KCRC spur line gets green light
5. Projects lined up for $90b launch

11 March 2002

1. Developers vie for prestige site

9 March 2002

1. Legco scuttles Route 10 plans
2. 'Let private firms share public works'
3. Legco rejects funding for Route 10
4. Ombudsman seeks building reform
5. Tamar may be cheaper option
6. MTRC station project draws 18 developers

8 March 2002

1. Draft Tsuen Wan Outline Zoning Plan amended
2. Draft Yuen Long Outline Zoning Plan amended
3. Ombudsman criticises public housing bodies
4. Villagers object to Route 10 evictions
5. Greek vision for Lantau as plan suggests low-rise tourist haven
6. Cheung Kong seeks partner for KCRC tender
7. Photo sites - the online price picture
8. Greek Island
9. Doubt over land sales

7 March 2002

1. Building sector puzzled
2. KCRC seeks developers for residential site at Sha Tin
3. Don't let developers hijack road users

6 March 2002

1. West Rail 'saves $9.5b'
2. Route 10 lobbying efforts stepped up

5 March 2002

1. Land Sale and Development Programmes announced
2. KCRC denies negligence over Siemens tender
3. Closer scrutiny of Siemens urged after KCRC job

4 March 2002

1. Architects may go to private sector under scheme to reduce head count
2. Airlines brace for rough ride

2 March 2002

1. Housing body 'faces $12b deficit in two years if action not taken'
2. Provisional Construction Industry Co-ordination Board on the Internet
3. Draft Tsuen Wan West Outline Zoning Plan amended

1 March 2002

1. Speech on West Kowloon Reclamation Concept Plan Competition (English only)
2. Winning concept plans for West Kowloon Reclamation announced
3. Mainland beckons if rival wins Sha Tin rail link
4. Hang Lung cautious on development
5. Housing priorities
6. MTRC posts 5.3pc net rise



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