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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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