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26
March 2003
1. Six tenders
on the table to redevelop old police HQ
2. Spendthrifts ensure fiscal balance is but a dream
25
March 2003
1. Ma On Shan
Rail on track for 2005 start: KCRC
2. Government urged to help kick-start recycling trade
3. Landfills may hit capacity in 8 years
4. Smart IDs plan gives a lifeline to e-Cert
5. IT automation key to SME survival
6. FileMaker success built on easy control
7. Fujitsu claims data management makes storage cents
24
March 2003
1. A US B-52
lifts off from western England late yesterday
22
March 2003
1. Monitor
21
March 2003
1. A liability,
the financial secretary should go
2. Draft Wan Chai Outline Zoning Plan approved
3. Draft Discovery Bay Outline Zoning Plan approved
4. Draft Causeway Bay Outline Zoning Plan approved
5. Draft Pok Fu Lam Outline Zoning Plan approved
6. Approved Tsim Sha Tsui Outline Zoning Plan referred back
7. Draft So Kwun Wat Outline Zoning Plan approved
8. Draft Tsz Wan Shan, Diamond Hill and San Po Kong OZP amended
20
March 2003
1. China advances
backwards down socialist path
2. Guangdong doctor may have triggered pneumonia outbreak at Kowloon
hotel
3. Anti-desert warrior triumphs over adversity
4. Cartoon
5. Body found in plane from HK
6. Officer's hair colour pulls her career back
7. Panicked guests flee from 'virus hotel'
8. S* A * R with Tom Hilditch
9. Warning sounded on hotel boom
10. Developers in dash to enter fray
11. Construction company fined $12,000 for mosquito breeding violation
12. Twenty building plans approved in January
13. LCQ2 : Reclamation project affects significantly WIL Phase
2
14. LCQ8: Protection of private historical buildings
19
March 2003
1. Construction
Output for the Fourth Quarter and the whole year of 2002
2. Chief executive must let Antony Leung go
3. The Financial Secretary must pass tests of integrity
4. Leaving a lucrative post does not justify action
5. Wheeler
6. S*A*R with Tom Hilditch
7. I love Hong Kong but I wish ...
18
March 2003
1. IN Leaps
and Bounds
2. Slice of Life from the South China Morning Post this week in
1953
3. Cordless phones on trail of mobiles
4. Airport quiet as travellers skirt HK
5. Ongoing tests fail to unmask mystery bug
6. Reports of deadly epidemic' ring out through global media
7. Political activists file complaint to the ICAC
8. Business community fears loss of credibility
9. Top team cannot afford doubts about the integrity of its members
10. Lawmakers demand the details of Exco session
11. From early meetings to a public apology . . . how events unfolded
12. Cartoon
13. Incomplete account of digital certificates
17
March 2003
1. ICAC complaint
lodged over Antony Leung's car
2. Cartoon
3. SME loan guarantee scheme a bad idea from the start
4. When money matters more than credibility
16
March 2003
1. Construction
Industry Safety Award Scheme well received
2. A nation's hour of humanity revived
15
March 2003
1. Draft Sai
Ying Pun and Sheung Wan Outline Zoning Plan amended
2. Draft Mong Kok Outline Zoning Plan amended
3. Wan Chai facelift hits legal hurdle
4. Lobby group wins stay on harbour reclamation plan
14
March 2003
1. URA for
$1.13b Western project
13
March 2003
1. Hundreds
demand an apology
2. Monitor
3. Project will bridge wealth gap, say supporters
12
March 2003
1. S*A*R with
Tom Hilditch
2. Learn from mistakes, say architects
3. Symbolic post-war landmarks also need to be protected, say
experts
4. HK tour operators show little concern for ethics
5. Officials powerless to act over Rottweiler mauling
6. Antony Leung 'tried to buy Mercedes'
7. Sarah Liao remains most popular minister
8. Cartoon
9. Indirect tax on maids violates rights covenant
10. In praise of Anna Wu
11. Why Hong Kong's freedom of information is at risk
12. Dave Barry at SCMP
11
March 2003
1. Bargain
buy for Great Eagle
2. Tung admonishes his finance chief
3. Call to expand the Pearl River Delta region
4. Saturation blamed for the fall
5. Clash over treatment of finance chief
6. Antony Leung's tax claims on new vehicle disputed by angry
dealers
7. An apology not enough, say callers
8. Historic buildings must be preserved
9. Government fails to convince on deficit
10. SCO adds legal twist to extreme business planning
11. Blogging to pitch words, images to handsets
12. We need domestic opportunities, not foreign cash
13. Leung does more with a new four-door
14. Free office suite opens door to Word files
10
March 2003
1. China's
largest waste recycling project launched
2. Missing links and many holes. We need more answers, Mr Leung
3. Cartoon
4. More numbers and fewer explanations
5. Accountability faces a key early test
6. Sound proposal worthy of a standing ovation
9
March 2003
1. New measures
will help property tycoons, but leave the poor worse off
8
March 2003
1. Dave Barry
at SCMP
2. SHKP scraps office development and turns to four-star hotel
3. Pupil's text life baffles teacher
4. NET's pleas for toilet paper make a big impression
6
March 2003
1. Asset sales
aim to raise $112b over five years
2. Infrastructure spending cut by one-third
3. Private sector is invited to build recreational projects worth
$2.5b
4. CHINA EYE
5. West - Poorly performing students forced to pay higher fees
6. LCQ19: Protection of historical sites
5
March 2003
1. Skanska
ranked No. 1 in the category of Engineering and Construction
2. Village house policy to end
3. Wave a dead chicken and pick up some sex appeal
4
March 2003
1. Probe into
harbour project award
2. Come on in . . . but keep your head out of the water
3. $8bn harbour foul-up
4. The Heart of the Problem
5. How HK is lagging while other cities clean up their waters
6. We all want a cleaner harbour - but at what cost?
7. Testing the water - a global comparison
8. Courts treat polluters lightly
9. Delta bridge will add 2pc to HK's growth, says study
10. No way to treat our greatest asset
11. Promoting a rational debate
12. Hong Kong visitors at risk in Shenzhen
13. Going public over security garners approval at Oracle
14. New World slashes broadband fee
15. IBM tells government to outsource IT
16. Dilbert by Scott Adams
17. E-commerce growth in HK under threat from tax bill
3
March 2003
1. Beijing
delegation meets potential bridge investors
2. Informal river delta council needed
1
March 2003
1. Authority
to unveil plan to address HOS deficit
2. Remark is a classic
3. How to enrich the city: allow helpers to integrate
4. A pox on chicken
5. Lower land revenue is a reality. A consumption tax is the best
alternative
6. Prospering in the China market is a matter of managing risk
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