SKYLINE News Update for April 2002

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Useful News

1. KCRC
2. MTR
3. HKHA

News of the Day

30 April 2002

1. $1.1b Kowloon bid confirmed by Henderson
2. New housing plan `favours developers'
3. 12 in line for $4b KCRC venture
4. Old areas may yield 35,000 extra flats
5. Bridge contractors unpaid five years on
6. Tamar site should be 'lobby' for HK, says group

27 April 2002

1. Key urban renewal projects for tender

26 April 2002

1. LC: Bill on road excavations introduced
2. Building plans approved in February

24 April 2002

1. Legco protest at Stanley mall plan
2. Bidders shy away from Hunghom tender

23 April 2002

1. SAR sticks to Tamar office plan

20 April 2002

1. Engineering works for Wan Chai Development Phase II
2. Central - Wan Chai Bypass and Island Eastern Corridor Link
3. Sewerage works at Anderson Road gazetted
4. Draft Tuen Mun Outline Zoning Plan amended
5. Draft Wan Chai North Outline Zoning Plan announced
6. Wan Chai facelift given green light
7. Complex gets off ground at Chek Lap Kok

19 April 2002

1. New World eyeing Hung Hom complex
2. Garley Building 'a drug den overrun by mice'

18 April 2002

1. LCQ15: Overall development plan of the Cheung Kong Center
2. LCQ12: Development density for Tsing Yi public housing project
3. LCQ1: Planning brief for the South East Kowloon Development
4. KCRC on route out of The Metropolis
5. Resettlement wrangle resolved
6. Kai Tak bill to land at least $6b lighter
7. Pipe supplier wants to strike Games gold

17 April 2002

1. Kowloon facelift plan condemned

16 April 2002

1. Appointments to Electrical Safety Advisory Committee
2. Maintain Your Slopes Early
3. Membership of Housing Authority Committees 2002/03

15 April 2002

1. Keen competition expected at land auction

13 April 2002

1. Approved So Kwun Wat Outline Zoning Plan amended
2. Draft Kowloon Tong Outline Zoning Plan amended

12 April 2002

1. LCQ18: Chek Lap Kok airport project
2. Traffic arrangements facilitating KCR works implement tomorrow
3. Award of Airport Expansion Contract to Balfour Beatty Group

10 April 2002

1. Roving exhibition to promote sustainable development
2. Land sale and development programme discussed
3. Auction set to excite developers
4. Give people fair chance to challenge intrusive developers
5. Airport Authority awards contract for East Hall Extension

9 April 2002

1. Snowball keeps rolling for $780m theme park

8 April 2002

1. Heritage zone plea for Kowloon City

6 April 2002

1. Two draft outline zoning plans amended
2. Snow park plans suffer meltdown
3. Exhibition centre size set to double
4. Authority chief defends controversial housing plan
5. Lantau elder backs developing tourism
6. Open housing design to tenders, say architects

4 April 2002

1. Slope safety begins with you

2 April 2002

1. Draft North Point Outline Zoning Plan amended
2. Bridge contractors unpaid five years on
3. 12 in line for $4b KCRC venture
4. Drive for Route 10 goes on
5. MotionPoster eyes region on back of MTR contract
6. Highway opportunities in the spotlight
7. Field work delays study into wetland protection
8. Magnetic train gains points in KCRC study