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News 1.
KCRC
2. MTR
3. HKHA
4.
Daily Weather
5.
Daily Hang Seng
Index News
of the Day 31
October 2003 1.
Deaths soar 38pc at
construction sites
2. West Kowloon bids draw fire
3.
EOC chief faces 'gifts' inquiry
4. Government to declare Morrison Building a monument
5. Five approved Outline
Zoning Plans amended
6. Approved Fanling/Sheung Shui OZP amended
7. Approved
So Kwun Wat Outline Zoning Plan amended
8. 31/10/03: Post-1July Effect Lingers
9.
The Lighthouse Club Picture 30
October 2003 1.
$58m approved for super-bridge study
2. Government seen adamant on land prices 29
October 2003 1.
Warning of winter dengue outbreak
2. Kevin Sinclair's Hong Kong 28
October 2003 1.
26-storey waste problem 25
October 2003 1.
Developer lashes out at West Kowloon planning
2. MTR Corp offers merged Island
lines to cut cost
3. Continental for Po Sang building
4. Green light for
Cheung Kong
5. Joint development of two rail links 'more viable' 24
October 2003 1.
Land to be resumed for
construction of schools in Sheung Shui
2. Developers hit out at migrant investor
policy
3. Hutch
sells Tsing Yi hotel site
4. "Names of Buildings" 2003 published
5. Building plans approved
in August 23
October 2003 1.
Transport Advisory Committee
briefed on HK-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge
2. Building plans approved in July
3.
Rail plan may include two more stations
4. MTRC braces for debate with legislators 22
October 2003 1.
Mega bridge's landing
point named
2. Harbour pride
3.
Man drops over Niagara Falls - and survives
4. SCMP Picture 21
October 2003 1.
Opening of West Rail 20
October 2003 1.
Disney rail link to be ready six months ahead of schedule 18
October 2003 1.
Appointments of the
Audit Sub-Committee Announced (Saturday, 18 October 2003)
2. SHPL's speech
at building conference
3.
West Kowloon cultural project receives 10 indications of interest
4. $3.5b project `to end in loss'
5. Hopewell knocks back KCRC rail plan
6. Bridge does not need a rail link, says developer
7. Using one developer
for cultural hub 'illogical' 17
October 2003 1.
PolyU partners with
Industry to Study healthy buildings
2. Shortlist this month for HA's $20b
asset spin-off
3.
New World reveals record $4.81b loss
4. ICAC may take part in West Kowloon tender
5. Legco to rule on West Kowloon
deal
6. Conservation group says nature site review needs to be broader
7.
HA to Invite Expression of Interest in Converting HOS Blocks to Guesthouse (Friday,
17 October 2003)
8. Approved Stonecutters Island Outline Zoning Plan amended
9.
Draft Tsim Sha Tsui Outline Zoning Plan amended 16
October 2003 1.
Contract of works for
Eagle's Nest Tunnel signed
2. Property Development 15
October 2003 1.
Limited land sales set
to resume
2. Wu's hotel project to cost $3b
3.
Developers eye luxury sites 14
October 2003 1.
Speech by the Secretary
for Housing Planning and Lands
2. Illegals are taking our jobs: builders
3. Planning chief admits
the project could be scrapped
4. Hong Kong's identity crisis 13
October 2003 1.
Authorities examine possible landing spots for delta bridge
2. Tech firms
are staying in HK
3.
Bridge feasibility contract goes to mainland: Liao 10
October 2003 1.
Lo's lost contracts
set to hit revenues
2. Ho makes case for resuming land sales
3.
Land sales expected to resume next year
4. Delta bridge study will weigh impact on habitats of rare species
5. Approved
Ngong Ping Outline Zoning Plan referred back
6. Draft Aberdeen and Ap Lei
Chau OZP approved
7. Draft Tuen Mun Outline Zoning Plan approved
8. Draft
Kau Lung Hang Outline Zoning Plan approved
9. Draft Shek Kip Mei Outline Zoning
Plan approved
10. Approved Central District OZP and Mid-Levels West OZP referred
back 9
October 2003 1.
Wheeler 8
October 2003 1.
Activists set to meet Suen on harbour crisis
2. Single firm for Kowloon mega
project
3. Family
donates historic home
4. Kowloon landmark donated to city
5. Delayed
projects to ease market glut
6. Discovery Bay concerns about hotel resurface 7
October 2003 1.
Mong Kok's historical Lui Seng Chun tenement donated to people of HK 6
October 2003 1.
Lai Chi Kok Viaduct contract signed
2. Cyberport appoints Mr Nicholas Yang
as Chief Executive Officer 3
October 2003 1.
Why we need to reclaim land
2. A harbour for the people
3.
A sustainable solution 2
October 2003 1.
PLA chief keeps out of reclamation row
2. Gorges project called on for more
power 1
October 2003 1.
Jiangsu investors call for international airport
2. Building plans approved
in June
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