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News 1.
KCRC
2. MTR
3. HKHA News
of the Day 29
November 2002 1.
HA Endorses Measures in Housing Policy Statement
2. Deep Bay Link and Widening
of a Section of Yuen Long Highway Authorized
3. Authority backing for property
rescue plan
4. HK will seek Beijing's approval for a Y-shaped bridge to Zhuhai
and Macau
5. KMB blames passenger for bus blaze
6. monitor
7. Cute
digital cameras manage to carry some substance
8. A streak of light from
the space shuttle Endeavour illuminates the Florida skyline 28
November 2002 1.
Invitation for EOI for operation of cross boundary passenger ferry services
2. Lawmakers oppose Lok Ma Chau upgrade plan
3. Firewall may cause live feed
problem
4. Social engineers make a success out of preying on the weakest
link - people
5. Balance the needs of country residents and visitors 27
November 2002 1.
Hopewell may spin-off roads to fund bridge
2. China ferry plan for Tuen Mun
3. Rescue package makes muted impact
4. Housing rescue package reduces
government influence 26
November 2002 1.
Wharf near deal in $5b port plan
2. Nansha yet to match promise Pudong offers
3. Psion unveils its tough new Asian language netpad
4. SuSE makes installing
Linux so much easier 25
November 2002 1.
Group seeks to raise internal sales quota
2. Simple lines leave the deflation
riddle unsolved
3. Professor's inner vision beats most obstacles
4.
Fine wine and smelly cheese the best traps for dengue mosquitoes
5. SAR can
finance delta bridge: Leung 23
November 2002 1.
Fast rail is planned to link west Pearl cities
2. Chan sees $18b in land
bank
3. Pledge to speed up bridge study 22
November 2002 1.
Offer made for Mong Kok site
2. $1b Disney deals offer 4,000 jobs
3.
Santa's cyber shops can take the footwork out of gift buying 21
November 2002 1.
Housing (Amendment) Bill 2002 to be introduced into the Legislative Council
2. LCQ 20: Land demand for primary and secondary school premises
3. Building
plans approved in September
4. 'Significant' staff cuts in housing shuffle 20
November 2002 1.
One in six helpers leaves children alone, survey finds
2. Tse remains free
after magistrate refuses to budge
3. Property agent jailed for computer hacking
4. Historic Kom Tong Hall saved from demolition
5. Sino Land emerges
as most aggressive developer with $10b committed to deals 18
November 2002 1.
Crackdown on housing cheats
2. Bank picks up $330m from sale of building
in Central
3. Bombs removed from Disney site
4. Property buyers back
in the fray
5. Lindows seeks to unite qualities of Linux and Windows
6. Wheeler 16
November 2002 1.
Asbestos Abatement in North Point Estate Safe
2. Submission for pre-qualification
of tenderers for Tamar closes today
3. Contract for construction of the Sha
Tin Heights Tunnel awarded
4. Temples in Fanling and Sai Kung gazetted as
historical buildings
5. Housing prices up to market to decide: Suen
6. Eight groups vie for $4.9b Tamar contract
7. Decision on the bridge called
for The private sector expertise in that area is staggering. Let Hutchison, Wharf,
Hopewell, Swire and the likes take the lead instead of dithering over another
consultancy report
8. Measures to boost prices lift property counters
9. Results will take time, says Suen
10.
Financial chief assures no new levies are needed
11. Strong medicine is right
remedy, says Stanley Ho 15
November 2002 1.
New home measures lift stocks
2. Sales halt blow to coffers: Leung
3.
Projects freeze casts shadow on rail firm
4. Shareholders could seek compensation
5. Worries grow over the future of housing body 14
November 2002 1.
Statement on Housing Policy
2. HA Welcomes Government's Statement on Housing
Policy
3. Statement by Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands
4.
LCQ18: Ngong Ping development project
5. LCQ15: Outline Zoning Plans
6. Homes plan 'not enough'
7. Measures will spur market: developers
8.
Talk of spin-off to fund big bridge buoy Hopewell
9. Housing policy revamped
to stabilise market
10. The Measures
11. Sales of public flats come to
an end
12. Freeze on land auctions leaves 37 sites and projects on ice
13. Sliding prices
14. Appeals to lift cap on home loans dismissed by minister
15. Rising vacancies
16. Anti-speculation measures deemed obsolete
17. Tung's tinkering shows how little he has learned
18. The twisting path
of Tung’s Housing Policy
19. Tycoons united in praise of new policy
20. Legislators warn that halting sales will increase deficit
21. Review
of tenancy laws to spur rental market
22. Anson Chan urges respect for public's
views on Article 23
23. Power firms pressured as Legco urges cuts in electricity
charges
24. Cartoon
25. Lai See
26. Wheeler
27. A heavy price
28. Historic buildings need legal protection
29. Sino Land chairman
rejects reorganisation options 13
November 2002 1.
Senior Appointments Announced
2. Only two bids for KCRC project
3. Land-sale
system deemed outdated
4. Ratings of Tung's team take a plunge
5. I
had to hold horse back for safety, says Fradd
6. KCRC project attracts just
two developers 12
November 2002 1.
Demand for executives falls again
2. Retreat signalled on housing policy
3. Debt-laden Lai Sun in the crunch 11
November 2002 1.
Lai Sun auditors decline to sign off on financial statement
2. Please save
historic mansion, says family 9
November 2002 1.
New York has first case of plague in a century
2. Wharf's giant Ferris wheel
proposal approved for TST
3. Lai Sun Development losses widen 8
November 2002 1.
Proposed sewerage works for Pak Shek Kok Development approved
2. MTRC board
backs railway merger plan
3. MTRC board endorses merger proposal 7
November 2002 1.
LCQ6: URA to modify redevelopment projects
2. Booklet fails to clear cloudy
law
3. Wheeler
4. Some parents will not let their children play with guns
for good reason. 6
November 2002 1.
Developer backs halt to land sales
2. Depot costs weigh on KCR tender
3. Yu Ming eyes shop premises
4. Wheeler 2
November 2002 1.
Mong Kok WSD site tipped to fetch $1.6b 1
November 2002 1.
Stanley pier planned to ease traffic
2. Liao vows to consider all parties
in rail plan
3. Cash, share rail buy proposed
4. Dragages' bid offers
value for money: Tien Keith Wallis | 
