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30
March 2004
1. Airport
exhibition centre to get station
2. Portable data storage goes cutting edg
3. 'X' words add eXtra eXcitement to Macs
29
March 2004
1. Triumph
over concrete Goliath a true Hong Kong Story
2. Shui On has no plans to list building materials arm
27
March 2004
1. MTR needs
funds for line
2. Harbour society to appeal against reclamation ruling
3. MTRC seeks $7.5b in subsidies for island loop projects
4. ERP is not an alternative to Central-Wanchai Bypass
5. Draft South West Kowloon Outline Zoning Plan amended
6. 10 approved Outline Zoning Plans amended
7. Approved Stanley Outline Zoning Plan amended
8. Approved Ping Shan Outline Zoning Plan amended
9. Kwun Tong (South) Outline Zoning Plan approved
26
March 2004
1. Groups
protest at plan to raze flats
2. Green groups attack Hunghom project
3. Green Property Management Awards Presentation Ceremony 2004
4. $800m for Lee Tung Street
25
March 2004
1. Developer
seeks damages over flat sales suspension
2. Good security depends on human factor, says adviser
3. Wider array of weapons vital in war on spam
4. NWD sues over second project
5. More Wedding Card Street owners accept proposals and sell
24
March 2004
1. Offers
under $300m aim to win Peak site
2. Wedding Card St invitation declined
3. Leading developers avoid Skyhigh tender
23
March 2004
1. Hung Hom
call within 3 months: New World
2. Developers bow to pressure on project
3. More consultation further delays review of heritage conservation
policy
20
March 2004
1. Greens
enter Hung Hom row
2. Demolition of estate 'not acceptable'
3. Ideas for West Kowloon project to be put to public
4. Harbour activist wants to see the bill
5. Approved North Point OZP and Pok Fu Lam OZP amended
6. Town Planning Board welcomes decision on harbour, calls for
unity
7. Public to be consulted on West Kowloon Cultural District development
proposals
19
March 2004
1. CII-HK
Research Study of Feasibility of Establishing Construction Standards
for Hong Kong
2. Construction output for fourth quarter and whole year of 2003
3. Government to declare Morrison Building a monument
4. Downturn in building projects continues
5. The battle to oust Green Island
6. Harbour row redress may total $100m
7. Developers to build luxury flats on estate they bought for
knock-down price
8. Morrison Building to be declared official monument
9. Harbour delays ‘have cost up to $100m’
18
March 2004
1. Way cleared
for $30b Yau Tong Bay project
2. Show up or we'll drop harbour appeal: Chu
3. Yau Ma Tei high-rise flats snapped up at a premium
17
March 2004
1. Speech
by the Director of Planning
2. Harbour planning to be reviewed with full public participation
3. Harbour facts ‘hidden’
4. Dismay at development proposal for green sites
5. Harbour protection group hands fight to the public
16
March 2004
1. Flats plan
for green sites
2. Contractors face lean year
3. Speech by FS at Hong Kong Institute of Architects Annual Awards
15
March 2004
1. Architect
scales heights with 1 Peking Road
2. West Kowloon's glass-house effect reflects differing views
3. Check urged on partnership projects
13
March 2004
1. ‘Give
developers a break’ on land prices
2. Harbour conservationists refuse to lie down
3. Approved Tuen Mun Outline Zoning Plan amended
4. $390m land premium at Tai Kok Tsui
12
March 2004
1. CII-HK
Forum on Research Ideas and Directions held on Saturday, 6 March
2004
11
March 2004
1. Cuts mean
difficult times for building
2. Reclamation project 'will not be redrawn'
3. LCQ13 : West Rail achieves high reliability
4. Doubts raised over land sales forecast
10
March 2004
1. Government
welcomes High Court judgment on Central Reclamation Phase III
2. ‘Full ahead’ on harbour fill-in
3. Harbour reclamation broke no rules
4. Response strong for URA project in Tsuen Wan
9
March 2004
1. Big names
get in line for $1b development
2. Dilbert
8
March 2004
1. Developers
look for new angles
5
March 2004
1. MTRC puts
up plan for Hunghom extension
2. Lau project may reap about $3b
4
March 2004
1. LCQ6: Implementation
of Culture and Heritage Commission's Report
3
March 2004
1. Urban renewal
is about more than money
2. $1b projects face Friday deadline
3. Call to take back land from airport
4. Watchdog plan for privatised airport
5. Dim hope for cheap deals in land sales
6. Tycoon hits new heights with property on The Peak
1
March 2004
1. Nasa gives
clear picture of smog from Guangdong
2. Which Wan Chai will it be - heritage district or air-conditioned
glass box?
3. Government responds to Culture and Heritage Commission Report
4. Hung Hom Outline Zoning Plan approved
5. Approved Shau Kei Wan Outline Zoning Plan amended
6. Five approved Outline Zoning Plans referred back for amendment
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