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News Update for
August 2002 |  |  |
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KCRC
2. MTR
3. HKHA News
of the Day 29
August 2002 1.
Wu moves to calm furore over link plan
2. Finance chief backs Zhuhai bridge
3. SCMP Cartoon
4. Microsoft sends out XP update to comply with deal 28
August 2002 1.
Speech by Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands
2. Kowloon Tong high-tech
plan
3. Hutch opposed to bridge fund plan
4. Developers cautious on price
strategy
5. Pigs
just won't fly, no matter what the Internet says
6. Tamar site poses design
challenges
7. November deadline for applications 27
August 2002 1.
Assessment scheme to determine green status of buildings
2. SCMP Cartoon 26
August 2002 1.
Law makes an ass of itself as our sex policeman
2. Surfers choking on force-fed
cookies 24
August 2002 1.
EC Harris Agrees Terms to Buy Citex Asia
2. EC Harris buys Citex's Asian trade
3. $200m facelift on the cards for Stanley
4. Hopewell to build 88-storey
hotel tower 23
August 2002 1.
Premium deters developers
2. S*A*R [Same Awkward Reality] with Tom Hilditch
and Shirley Lau
Reclaim the name
3. Monitor
4. Ensuring the future
5. Pointless Trial 21
August 2002 1.
West Rail land policy under fire
2. Station projects draw heightened interest
3. Developers turn up heat on HOS flats
4. Tiny Ma Wan Island hosts unique
SHKP development
5. Network
best route for Linux on laptops
6. Terminate blacklisted buzz-words 20
August 2002 1.
Building plans approved in June
2. Authority approves changes in projects
3. FileMaker Pro keeps it simple, with extras
4. Private, keep out
5.
SCMP Cartoon
6.
DILBERT 19
August 2002 1.
Linux animates savings 17
August 2002 1.
Clear policy needed 16
August 2002 1.
KCRC lines up six sites
2. KCRC puts brakes on projects 14
August 2002 1.
Better training and safety could save lives, say engineers
2. Crackdown on
illegal workers after fatal fall 13
August 2002 1.
MTRC lines up entry into cross-border housing market
2. Team probes fatal
balcony collapse
3. Plea to expose rogue bosses as 17 illegal workers held
4. Body blends land-release tender flow
5. Final
plans in works for Landmark East 12
August 2002 1.
Section of Sai Sha Road to be widened
2. SHKP asks green groups for cash to
help meet park costs
3. Worker killed in balcony collapse
4. New strategy
urged on illegal structures 10
August 2002 1.
Drainage channel project to alleviate flooding in Yuen Long
2. Bridge collapses
as deluge wreaks havoc 9
August 2002 1.
S*A*R [Stock At Rock-Bottom] with Tom Hilditch and Vivienne Chow
Recipe for
success 7
August 2002 1.
Infrastructure for Penny's Bay Development, Contract 2 signed
2. Tourism groups
appeal for Universal Studios project
3. Body blends land-release tender flow
4. Final plans in works for Landmark East
5. S*A*R
[Scrap And Rebuild] With Tom Hilditch and Vivienne Chow
From the top down
6. Conspiracy theory as safe as houses
7. SCMP Cartoon
8. Some Mondays
it doesn't pay to get out of bed
9. Incredible as it may seem, there was a
time, years ago, when people actually drank the water that came out of their taps
10. High Hopes 5
August 2002 1.
Henderson in $380m deal
2. Towngas awards parent project rights on gas site 3
August 2002 1.
Reclamation works at Kai Tak Approach Channel
2. Board decision paves way
for village redevelopment 2
August 2002 1.
Route 10 Southern Section and Deep Bay Link
2. KCRC still waiting for land
cost notification
3. Construction sites checked after unrest over unpaid wages
4. Cheung Kong sale to head off rivals 1
August 2002 1.
KCRC flat plans on hold
2. Early bids seek Tamar project
3. Dual checkpoint
ready in 2004
4. A recipe for tears before bedtime in Exco
5. Arabs
and Jews can live together in harmony
6. Pick of the Day
7. SCMP Cartoon | 
