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Index News
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30
May 2004
1. Go-ahead
for 42-storey hotel in Kowloon Bay
2. Sale sought for two luxury sites
29
May 2004
1. URA Olympic
project draws interest from 17 developers
2. Resumption of land in Tai Kok Tsui and Hung Hom gazetted
3. Five Outline Zoning Plans amended
4. Approved Tin Shui Wai Outline Zoning Plan amended
5. Draft North-East Lantau OZP amended
28
May 2004
1. Balfour
takes 50pc stake in Gammon Skanska for $510m
2. Henderson likely front runner for $1b URA project
27
May 2004
1. K Wah to
spend $1.5b on flats
2. Designer's ideas rejected, but point is made
26
May 2004
1. Land auction
nets $3b
25
May 2004
1. Urban renewal
chief lays out plans
2. 'Why must everything look like a wet market?'
3. Design and build drive for road contracts
4. Savings built with alliances
5. MTRC renews $6b funds call for new lines
6. 300,000 a day expected to use new MTR Island lines
24
May 2004
1. K Wah triggers
site for sale at Kowloon City
2. Building plans approved in April
22
May 2004
1. Dengue
alert raised as mosquito numbers soar at seven locations
2. Wan Chai Market 'a key war relic'
3. Vow to save Wedding Card St was betrayed
4. Wu threatens court bid to ban hearing
5. Government strictly follows procedures for planning applications
6. Developers may go high in auction bids
7. Sino Land seeks allies in projects
21
May 2004
1. K Wah triggers
site for sale at Kowloon City
2. Sino Land seeks allies in projects
3. Developers aim to hit $30,000 psf mark for houses
4. $682m Kowloon site offer stirs market
5. Resumption of land in Wan Chai gazetted
6. Housing Department keeps frontline staff on alert against SARS
7. Lands Department to hold the second land auction this year
8. Housing Department Studies Public Housing Building Problems
Report Findings
20
May 2004
1. Kowloon
canopy a must: Suen
2. Great Eagle disapproves of cultural hub tender
3. Landlord dumps Tuen Mun industrial sites
19
May 2004
1. Housing
Authority proposes to sell HOS flats to Government
2. Developers gear up for fierce bidding
3. Reda pushes for sharing of mega project
4. 'Heritage sites must not be just for rich'
5. LCQ4: Canopy for West Kowloon Cultural District
6. Housing Department studies building problems report findings
18
May 2004
1. Kingsford
Terrace deal on horizon
17
May 2004
1. $1b Tai
Kok Tsui project for tender
2. Building plans approved in March
15
May 2004
1. Analysts
see fierce bidding for two sites
2. Winsor scales back $1b tower complex
14
May 2004
1. Mid-tariff
hotels set to rise
2. $2b set aside for Park Island
3. $4b hospital rebuild plan under fire
4. Private developer may be enlisted for controversial project
5. Tai Po Outline Zoning Plan approved
6. Tsing Yi Outline Zoning Plan approved
7. Draft Wang Tau Hom and Tung Tau OZP amended
8. Ho Man Tin Outline Zoning Plan approved
9. Draft Tsz Wan Shan, Diamond Hill and San Po Kong OZP amended
10. Approved Sai Ying Pun & Sheung Wan Outline Zoning Plan
referred back
13
May 2004
1. 14 bid
for Wan Chai project
2. Wedding Card Street residents storm URA headquarters
3. Wai Kee plans to diversify
4. Consultation launched on building height restrictions in two
districts
12
May 2004
1. $2.7b bridge
go-ahead
2. 1.6km bridge to break record
3. Tension builds at YoHo site
11
May 2004
1. Venus Last
dazzled like this in 1882
2. SETW: Bridge shows Gov't's commitment to invest in our future
3. KCRC wants to fast-track flats
4. West Kowloon arts hub 'worth $36b'
8
May 2004
1. Development
of border zone 'puts species at risk'
2. Two land plots to be returned after conversions blow
7
May 2004
1. Authority
`likely to buy back' ex-HOS project
2. Fund picks out eight sustainable projects
3. Draft Mong Kok Outline Zoning Plan amended
4. Harbour committee weighs up three tunnel options for easing
congestion
5. Two projects secure approval for flat sale
6
May 2004
1. Two pilot
projects to beautify the harbour
2. Legco rejects plan for Sha Tin school
3. First meeting of the Harbour-front Enhancement Committee convened
today
4. Grants approved for 8 projects under Sustainable Development
Fund
5. West Rail contractor wins international quality award
5
May 2004
1. Public
'in dark' about Pui O resort
2. 400 iron gratings stolen from reservoir
3. Skyscraper ban at reclamation site
4. Kevin Sinclair's Hong Kong
5. SHKP pays $2b land premium for 2 sites
6. Developers woo arts groups in bid to win hub project
7. Retail podium up for tender
8. Building plans approved in February
4
May 2004
1. Maintenance
contracts worth $2.2b awarded
2. Cyberport plays host to digital summit
3
May 2004
1. Marine
Police HQ makes room for hotel
2. Li to spend $1b at police site
3. Waterfront's future 'depends on compromise'
4. Developer accused of back-door dealings
5. Speech by Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands
1
May 2004
1. Tenants
offered $200 to replace dangerous drying poles
2. Shamshuipo slum clearance to cost $2.58 billion
3. Park Island new release to test property market
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