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SKYLINE News Update for May 2003April Headlines June Headlines

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News of the Day

31 May 2003

1. Building a Pearl River Delta dialogue
2. MTRC plans for residential area blocked
3. Cheung Kong to speed up construction of new project

30 May 2003

1. Tenders invited for new boundary bridge
2. Ping Che and Ta Kwu Ling Outline Zoning Plan approved
3. Draft Ma Wan Outline Zoning Plan approved
4. Ngau Tam Mei Outline Zoning Plan approved
5. Draft Cheung Sha Wan Outline Zoning Plan amended

29 May 2003

1. Police hold Gold-Face pair in flats fraud probe
2. Tamar site delay hurts Shui On
3. Tamar firms may seek expenses
4. What would be the best way to use the Tamar site?

28 May 2003

1. Legco anger at decision to delay Tamar work
2. Cheung Kong wins police site project
3. 'Give Tamar back to the people'
4. Marine police HQ to be turned into a 'heritage hotel'
5. Reclamation schemes put on hold
6. Lawmakers given vow on new building
7. Tamar contractors protest over decision
8. The Government's New Home Is Not The Only Project Put On Hold . . .
9. Tamar site: the makings of an urban renaissance?
10. Pearl Delta hailed as rising global star
11. SHKP close to striking deal to take development private
12. Young towns feel brunt of excess

27 May 2003

1. Tamar Development Project put on hold temporarily
2. Government's $4.9b move to Tamar shelved
3. $4.7b Tamar complex put on hold
4. Tunnel firm rules out toll cuts but will offer discounts
5. Developer plays down Gold-Face effect
6. Award of the Tender for the Site of the Former Marine Police Headquarters
7. Annex to "Award of the Tender for the Site of the Former Marine Police Headquarters"

26 May 2003

1. Delta unity means more than roads, bridges

24 May 2003

1. K Wah expects $900m for two residential releases

23 May 2003

1. Contractors dumping soil at bird conservation area

22 May 2003

1. Mainland thieves branch out into pines
2. Objections mount over $629m proposal to widen Lantau road
3. Blinkered view on prison

21 May 2003

1. NWS seeks $6 billion loan deal
2. Lenders take control of Gold-Face villa project
3. KCRC seeking $30b to fund projects
4. $1b Lantau road `not linked' to prison site
5. AGM hooligans
6. Infectious disease facility would not be Hong Kong's first
7. Hot weather triggers dengue fever warnings
8. S*A*R with Tom Hilditch
9. Does Hong Kong still need a superjail?
10. A bit of advice on advisory committees
11. Wheeler

20 May 2003

1. Are our remote beaches being plundered by sand bandits?
2. Is Hei Ling Chau The Best Site For The Superjail?
3. Superjail is doomed by lack of options, security chiefs are told
4. Wozniak becomes latest ambassador for yuppie scooter

19 May 2003

1. Hong Kong's judicial system: the last defender of the people
2. Opponents upset by tourism chief's support for 'superjail' plan

17 May 2003

1. Study into superjail' will be in two stages
2. Cartoon

16 May 2003

1. A $16b 'superjail' Hong Kong doesn't need
2. Tenders invited for improvements to Tung Chung Road
3. Draft Ma On Shan Outline Zoning Plan amended
4. Group wins ground in `super jail' battle
5. Pradera heralds new beginning
6. Cartoon

15 May 2003

1. Ip rejects `super jail' plea
2. Cartoon
3. $13b deals share for CSCEC

14 May 2003

1. Court told of potential $48b loss for Housing Authority
2. Outbreak of dengue is expected
3. A leader honed in the art and skills of politics
4. Launch of housing projects back on track as health crisis eases
5. Restoring relevance to the chief executive post
6. Office woes may signal real estate is maturing

13 May 2003

1. Tenants start battle for rent reductions
2. Government set to offload home loans
3. Cartoon

12 May 2003

1. Shoddy buildings in the firing line
2. Further intervention on housing is ruled out
3. A welcome step towards a better urban lifestyle
4. Supply of flats set to ease only slightly
5. Demand for HK dollars growing in mainland
6. Numbers game taints picture on housing

11 May 2003

1. Guangdong's history as a breeding ground for pandemics is well documented, writes Chris Taylor
2. Underwater tunnel plan proposed to link two provinces
3. No place for superjail
4. Jail critics say they have been snubbed

10 May 2003

1. Draft Wong Nai Chung Outline Zoning Plan approved
2. Town Planning (Amendment) Bill 2003 to be introduced into LegCo
3. Green group tries to block prison on Hei Ling Chau
4. China Flu: Make the name fit the disease

9 May 2003

1. Your Sars questions answered
2. Leaders get tough with local officials
3. Infection rate falls to a new low
4. Change pay structure, not pay levels
5. Lifting the quality of life
6. Different Sars criteria
7. How the toilet flush may spread the Sars virus
8. Draft Kwu Tung South Outline Zoning Plan approved
9. Draft Mid-Levels East Outline Zoning Plan approved
10. Draft Lam Tsuen Outline Zoning Plan approved

8 May 2003

1. Mr Leung is discredited, so let him go, Mr Tung
2. Don't take officials' word
3. Your SARS Questions Answered by Doctor Margaret Cheng
4. Mr Tung's men won the day, but there will still be a price to pay

7 May 2003

1. Government in retreat over Tseung Kwan O reclamation Mr Leung is discredited, so let him go, Mr Tung
2. 'SWAT team' could have alerted us to Sars outbreak

6 May 2003

1. Red tide in the Pearl River estuary is tipped to worsen
2. HK planning to reduce its population density

4 May 2003

1. Joining the clean-up revolution above the City of Strife

3 May 2003

1. Tsueng Kwan O leisure island is being considered
2. Call to improve building designs

2 May 2003

1. Draft Sai Ying Pun and Sheung Wan Outline Zoning Plan amended
2. Call to improve building designs
3
. Wheeler

1 May 2003

1. Joint venture awarded contract for Route 9
2. LCQ7: Guidelines to ensure fairness and integrity of tender assessment for Tamar Project




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