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News Update for
June 2002 |  |  |
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KCRC
2. MTR
3. HKHA News
of the Day 29
June 2002 1.
Opinions differ on railway tie-up
2. Landyork developers arrange $1b loan 28
June 2002 1.
$600b railway budget defended as essential
2. Legco transport panel members
stage walkout
3. 'We don't favour property developers'
4. New site proposed
for Girl Guides HQ
5. Lawmakers walk out over contract announcement 'snub'
6. Sino, Kerry win Tseung Kwan O project
7. Professor supports building
of bridge to link Pearl River Delta 26
June 2002 1.
Construction Output for the First Quarter of 2002
2. Merger of rail rivals
mooted
3. Tang exit won't halt building sector reform
4. Merger would
create $148b giant
5. 'Bigger elephant' could be heading down the track
6. Commuters and construction staff to benefit from project
7. KCRC beats
rival to Sha Tin link as possible merger announced
8. Chinachem zooms in on
Tsuen Wan
9. Developers cool on Hang Hau project
10. Opportunity and challenge
for new housing chief
11. Tom Hilditch and Vivienne Chow now have a section
in the SCMP called S.A.R [Salacious And Repeatable].
12. CyberWorks to delay
sale of Cyberport flats until next year
13. Cyber-age 'open sesame' can be
so easy to decipher
14. A bridge too far?
15. Monitor 25
June 2002 1.
Transcript of Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands (Designate)
2. 11
developers fall out of $3.5b contest for MTR project
3. Six bids submitted
for MTRC Hang Hau Station project
4. Symantec introduces the answer to attacks
like Nimda, 'Code Red and other blended threats. Blended security. Today's complex
attacks can overwhelm traditional security, slip through your gateway and bring
down your entire company. Intrusion Detection. Firewall. Virtual Private Networks.
Content Filtering. Virus Protection.
5. Naked in the city. If toilet tissue
is for your bottom, why is it always in your face?
6. Java conquests open
territory for world's software pioneers 24
June 2002 1.
A Mars a day helps you work, Rest and Play 22
June 2002 1.
Draft Pak Shek Kok (East) Outline Zoning Plan approved
2. Draft Kennedy Town
& Mount Davis Outline Zoning Plan approved
3. Draft Quarry Bay Outline
Zoning Plan approved
4. Approved Ping Che and Ta Kwu Ling Outline Zoning Plan
amended
5. Draft Tsuen Wan Outline Zoning Plan approved
6. Draft Aberdeen
and Ap Lei Chau Outline Zoning Plan approved
7. Government to resume land
in Yuen Long
8. Draft Cha Kwo Ling, Yau Tong, Lei Yue Mun OZP amended
9. Proposed road reconstruction and widening in Causeway Bay
10. Unions fear
mass layoffs after housing bodies merge
11. Housing revamp raises hope of
faster clearance of slums
12. Disabled could staff new park, says group
13. Fears rise for KCRC on land projects
14. URA offers Tsuen Wan sweeteners 21
June 2002 1.
Statement by CS on the review of institutional framework for public housing
2. Tsang pledges better controls on land
3. Housing body's powers cut
4. Sky Plaza project attracts developers' interest
5. Housing challenge 19
June 2002 1.
Shatin to Central Link to be announced before Exco recesses?
2. Mixed Development
for North Point Estate Approved
3. Building plans approved in April
4.
Housing review completed
5. Hysan on hunt for debt-hit properties
6. More
railway lines urged in route to healthier future
7. KCRC facing $2b-plus land
premium at Ho Tung Lau 18
June 2002 1.
Draft Tsim Sha Tsui Outline Zoning Plan amended
2. Approved Kwu Tung South
Outline Zoning Plan amended
3. Approved Ngau Tam Mei Outline Zoning Plan amended
4. Two sites snapped up for $422m in auction
5. Developer prepares tenders
6. Bidding brisk as small sites go for $422m 13
June 2002 1.
LCQ4: Consolidated development mode for North Point Estate and adjacent lot
2. LCQ7 : Measures to strengthen selection of public works contractors
3.
Discounts to ease on HOS flats
4. Henderson Land eyes two new sites
5. Building company directors deny piling case conspiracy
6. Public works
contract system tightened after cost overruns
7. Small players set for bidding
battle
8. HOS reduction fails to lift sales
9. KCRC puts off land-premium
settlement
10. Serviced flat group boosts brand in Asia 12
June 2002 1.
Swire loses appeal, faces $4.5b bill
2. Small players set for bidding battle
3. KCRC puts off land-premium settlement
4. Oracle update pushes Linux
5. HOS sales to go by 2006: Li
6. HOS cuts could buoy prices
7. Internet
links to the office 'too slow'
8. ID maker taps security fears
9. Partnering
is catching on
10. Cartoon - Dilbert 11
June 2002 1.
Towngas eyes development partnership
2. $1.1b Customs HQ under fire
3. Proposal to boost building penalties 8
June 2002 1.
Draft Wang Tau Hom and Tung Tau Outline Zoning Plan approved
2. Draft South
Lantau Coast Outline Zoning Plan approved
3. Draft Peng Chau Outline Zoning
Plan approved
4. Approved Lam Tsuen Outline Zoning Plan referred back
5. Three approved Outline Zoning Plans referred back 6
June 2002 1.
LCQ10: Outline Zoning Plans
2. LCQ13: Hong Kong Disneyland
3.
LCQ12: Old tree preserved in Kennedy Town housing project site
4. Authorities
not informed of Kier deal
5. New World plans tallest hotel
6. Initial
$1.6b due at MTR project
7. Chairman rules out buy-backs
8. Kerry banks
on green concept 5
June 2002 1.
Contract for the construction of trunk sewers awarded
2. Contract for Widening
of Tung Chung Road awarded
3. Scope of pilot scheme for water-cooled air-con
systems extended
4. Consultancy for Wan Chai Development Phase II awarded 3
June 2002 1.
Wai Kee buys into contract list | 
