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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
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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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