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KCRC
2. MTR
3. HKHA
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Daily Weather
5.
Daily Hang Seng
Index News
of the Day 23
July 2003 1.
US$12b Las Vegas-style Strip planned for Macau
2. KMB, Sun Hung Kai in $1.27b
property venture
3. HK and Guangdong set for bridge-building talks
4.
Call to ban development on key sites
5. KCR expansion on track
6. Planners
slash Tseung Kwan O density levels 22
July 2003 1.
Appointment of Chairman of MTR Corporation Limited
2. Ch'ien takes over reins
at troubled MTR Corp
3. Paladin bid to block sale of Peak property
4.
Shui On sinks into $47m loss
5. Backspace
6. Chien picked to succeed Jack
So for chairman role
7. Authorities back HK bridge design
8. Outrage
as 60,000 dogs killed in attempt to control rabies
9. Developer to seek order
halting $700m Peak sale
10. Shui On plans three mainland cement acquisitions
21
July 2003 1.
Private-sector funds boost for political groups
2. Ministers fail on accountability:
study
3. Still the mainland's man, still with legitimacy problems 20
July 2003 1.
Town Planning Board to appeal judgement on Wan Chai plan
2. West Rail opening
delay
3. Wind-power project gets green light
4. Controversial Lantau
road upgrade wins funding
5. How to build a world-class waterfront
6.
Politics first
7. Open mind 19
July 2003 1.
Widening of a Yuen Long Highway section commenced
2. Lai Chi Kok Outline
Zoning Plan approved
3. Twenty-Nine approved Outline Zoning Plans referred
for amendment
4. Draft Tsuen Wan West Outline Zoning Plan approved
5.
Resumption of land for drainage improvement works in Yuen Long
6. Approved
Nam Sang Wai Outline Zoning Plan referred back for amendment
7. New Trackrecord
covers completion of Nam Cheong Station 18
July 2003 1.
Call for public rental estates to be demolished
2. Contract broke WTO pact,
panel rules
3. Charting a new course for the harbour
4. Cartoon
5.
A crisis we could have avoided
6. A letter to the chief executive, from friends
7. Wheeler 17
July 2003 1.
How should the harbour be betted utilised?
2. Hopewell set on 50pc bridge
stake 16
July 2003 1.
North Point hotel plan rejected
2. Mr Tung, you must get the people's consent
3. Delta bridge report expected next week
4. Court ruling threatens key
projects
5. Plans for new towns put on hold
6. State meddling blamed
for global housing shortage
7. State meddling blamed for global housing shortage
8. Wheeler 15
July 2003 1.
Land Clearance for Deep Bay Link
2. A duty to speak for the people
3.
How should the harbour be better utilized?
4. Typhoid was rife in the colony 14
July 2003 1.
Altitude helps change attitude to delta
2. Justifiable returns seen for Zhuhai
bridge
3. Slip of the tongue?
4. Dengue Fever 12
July 2003 1.
Amendments to the draft Sai Ying Pun & Sheung Wan OZP
2. Approved Tsim
Sha Tsui Outline Zoning Plan amended
3. Amendments to the draft South West
Kowloon OZP 11
July 2003 1.
Owners at Mega Tower site `hold out for $50m'
2. Flat sales down 41pc in
first half for major developers
3. Pointed example of what's wrong with Legco
4. Wheeler
5. Cartoon 10
July 2003 1.
Tung Chung Road plan angers Lantau residents
2. Sign of the times
3. Town
Planning Board will meet soon to consider an appeal against ruling
4. Lantau
group lodges query over cost of road
5. Bridge plan not affected by cancelled
meeting
6. Ways to make the ministerial system work
7. Trust Hong Kong
8. Cartoon
9. Hotel-room boom on way fuelled by mainland visitors 9
July 2003 1.
`Landmark victory' in Wan Chai harbour battle
2. No U-turn on emails in Lamma
road row
3. $500m set to redevelop two sites in Kowloon
4. Let no one
doubt it: we are ready for democracy
5. A catalyst for restoring harbour to
the city's heart
6. Should Tung go? 8
July 2003 1.
Crisis sinks Zhuhai bridge meeting
2. Should Tung Chee-hwa fight on? Only
he can say 5
July 2003 1.
$720m flats plan revealed
2. Cheung Kong Reit `market value $2.2b'
3.
In the Chief Executive's own words...
4. Former officials add their weight
to the debate
5. Four groups planning protests at Legco
6. Shows of anger
that brought change
7. Bar Association gives warning 4
July 2003 1.
Wu says bridge approved
2. Village land row sparks threat of human torches
3. The people speak. Is he listening?
4. Cartoon
5. Monitor
6.
Tenders invited for footbridge at Kai Cheung Road
7. Approved Ma Tau Kok Outline
Zoning Plan amended
8. Amendments to the Approved North-East Lantau Outline
Zoning Plan
9. Draft Ho Man Tin Outline Zoning Plan amended
10. Repair
works at Kwai Chun Court to start soon (Friday, 04 July 2003) 3
July 2003 1.
Important milestone in Lo Wu Station Improvement Project
2. LCQ10: Development
on private land in the NT
3. Land resumption for Deep Bay Link continued
4. Dodging the issue fails to appease a restive public
5. Anna Wu's EOC legacy
is well worth preserving
6. Wheeler
7. Cartoon
8. People power 2
July 2003 1.
HK People Have Spoken
2. Kowloon Tong to get hi-tech makeover
3. Kevin
Sinclair's Hong Kong
4. Delta links offer best way forward for HK
5. The
people have spoken. They deserve a response
6. Mass appeal
7. Wheeler
8. Protecting the property market is the key to recovery 1
July 2003 1.
Top-level support for bridge project
2. Listening is the duty of a responsible
leadership
3. ... and accountability is measured by deeds
4. Don't march
for fun, march for freedom
5. Wheeler | 
