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30
April 2003
1. Chief of
security crew disappears with $2.1m cash
2. Your Sars questions answered
3. S*A*R with Tom Hilditch
4. Close to Home
5. Donations declared tax-deductible
6. Private tunnel groups puzzled by government stance
7. The Hot Spots
8. Popularity of Tung hits a new low
9. Wheeler
10. Food for thought offered amid thoughts of food
11. Heritage site to be released for preservation tender next
year
12. Cartoon
29
April 2003
1. Lax attitudes
perpetuate the spreading of viruses
2. Frequency of attacks rises sharply in HK
3. Close to Home
4. Official guidelines on Sars
5. Take better care of hospital workers
6. Wheeler
28
April 2003
1. Start the
week
2. 26 building plans approved in March
3. Develop Central Police Station, Victoria Prison and the Former
Central Magistracy into a heritage tourism attraction
4. 'Careless, thoughtless' people jeopardising fight against virus
5. SAR with Tom HIlditch
6. Study backs single owner for tunnels
7. Taiwan gets ready for Apple Daily
8. Culture veteran hopes to pass the torch to the next generation
9. Works starts on Oriental Hollywood theme park
10. Cartoon
11. Shanghai considers cruise centre
12. Hotelier envisions building HK resort
13. Opinions divided over Hoi Ha marine centre
14. Scheme would be illegal now, claim critics
15. Your Sars questions answered
16. Official guidelines on Sars
17. Doonesbury
27
April 2003
1. God knows
it's foolish pride that drives politicians
2. Air pollution Worst since January
26
April 2003
1. Lawmaker
makes formal call for Tung's resignation
2. Hong Kong's Image
3. Experts agree with Cathay: airplane cabins are not particularly
Sars-friendly
4. Your Sars Questions Answered
5. Tung's cabinet under the spotlight
6. Worldwide Cases
7. Yaproved
8. Fixung
9. Drapproved
10. Buildings
11. Neoposed
12. Drroved
13. Drpproved
25
April 2003
1. WHY HONG
KONG CAN'T CLOSE THE BORDER
2. Your chance to make a difference
3. We've been lobbying for weeks, say doctors in the firing line
4. Medic who changes his outfit six times a day
5. A hi-tech barrier against infection
6. Project Shield - Help protect our frontline workers
7. Urban Renewal
8. Cartoon
9. Symptoms of confusion follow school decision
10. Dengue threat hangs over strained hospitals
11. Officials branded arrogant over maids' levy
12. How much do you want a clean harbour?
13. Your Sars Questions Answered
24
April 2003
1. Hi-tech
suits issued to medics
2. Swathed in protective suits, Doctors and Nurses are still at
risk
3. Body-dumping probe says no one should take blame
4. Doctor jailed for abortion in backstreet clinic
5. Your Sars Questions and Answered
6. S*A*R with Tom Hilditch
7. Cartoon
8. Tung's $11.8b Sars rescue package
9. Wheeler
10. Protecting Doctors
23
April 2003
1. Cuts in
red tape to hasten building repairs
2. Bridge to lift delta economy by $110b
22
April 2003
1. Changes
to minor building works system proposed
17
April 2003
1. Contract
on Penny's Bay Reclamation (Stage 2) awarded
2. Draft Sha Tin Outline Zoning Plan amended
16
April 2003
1. Road T3
construction contract awarded
15
April 2003
1. Planner
rejects harbour facelift criticism
14
April 2003
1. It's almost
time to go: Wu
11
April 2003
1. New Lok
Ma Chau - Huanggang Boundary Bridge proposed
2. Draft Ngong Ping Outline Zoning Plan approved
3. Draft Clear Water Bay Peninsula North DPA Plan approved
4. Draft North Point Outline Zoning Plan approved
5. Draft Lung Yeuk Tau and Kwan Tei South OZP approved
6. Draft Ping Shan Outline Zoning Plan approved
7. Yau Ma Tei Outline Zoning Plan approved
8. Fixed pontoon system to be built in Sai Kung
9. Draft Tung Chung Town Centre Area Outline Zoning Plan approved
10. Buildings Ordinance to be amended
11. Test runs of West Rail
9
April 2003
1. 3 HKP seeking
pre-lease consent on Kowloon Station commercial units
8
April 2003
1. Harbour
reclamation `will create Victoria River'
2. Public projects worth $2.5b to go to private sector
7
April 2003
1. Leung accused
of car cover-up
2. Judge jails ICAC officer who made threats to witness
3. Blasting may have spread the outbreak on estate
4. We handled it badly, admits disease expert
5. Infected with a crisis of confidence in HK
6. Experts tally the cost of mainland's policy of silence
5
April 2003
1. Look again,
our loans are close to pre-crisis levels
2. Draft Quarry Bay Outline Zoning Plan amended
3. Covered bridge to be constructed across Kwun Tong Road
4
April 2003
1. Potential
smoking gun in the ruins of battle
2. Close the border? It should have been done already
3. Wheeler
4. Construction site linked to Amoy Gardens outbreak
5. Zhuhai bridge a money-loser, says Nansha backer's adviser
3
April 2003
1. Crisis
forces exodus from construc
2. S*A*R with Tom Hilditch
3. WHO tells travellers to avoid Hong Kong
4. Cartoon
5. Results speak louder than reassuring words
6. Some people still spit
2
April 2003
1. Leung gaffe
gone from front pages, but not forgotten
2. Health scare provides lessons for HK ...
3. ... and for the nation, in sharing information
4. Maids mark the first day of pay cut with court action
5. SAR FACTS AND FIGURES
1
April 2003
1. Promotion
of Tung's aide angers some legislators
2. Proactive leadership needed in tough times
3. Cartoon
4. We should have pushed mainland authorities to curb the virus'
spread
5. Airlines should give US fresher air
6. Schools become 'daycare centres' during closure
7. Wheeler
8. British survivor claims the US pilot who killed his comrade
is a 'cowboy'
9. Van Shung Chong builds on Linux
10. Dilbert by Scott Adams
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