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1. News - Hong Kong - REDEVELOPMENT

   Owner of collapsed To Kwa Wan block 'won't get URA payout'

   Posted Jan 12th 2013, 12:00am by Olga Wong

   ... News Hong Kong URA To Kwa Wan Redevelopment Olga Wong olga.wong@scmp.com Prospects of a lawsuit may be getting in the way of compensation for To Kwa Wan landlady The owner of a To Kwa Wan tenement building that collapsed in 2010, killing four people, has failed to get any compensation from the Urban Renewal Authority over redevelopment of the area, it emerged yesterday. Chak ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1125790/owner-collapsed-kwa-wan-block-wont-get-ura-payout
2. News - Hong Kong - REDEVELOPMENT

   New health facilities and footbridge to be built in Kwun Tong

   Posted Nov 21st 2012, 12:00am by Ada Lee

   ... News Hong Kong Kwun Tong Redevelopment Ada Lee ada.lee@scmp.com Officials say the amenities are designed to cater for the needs of an ageing population in the area A new pedestrian link and health centre will be provided in Kwun Tong under a redevelopment project now under way, say officials. The HK$95 million footbridge and HK$105 million health centre were designed to cater ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1086893/new-health-facilities-and-footbridge-be-built-kwun-tong
3. News - Hong Kong - DEVELOPMENT

   Residents call on city to bury hearse problem

   Posted May 01st 2013, 12:00am by Olga Wong

   ... a public consultation on redevelopment of the Kowloon City District. The concerns were factored into a series of revitalisation proposals for the area compiled by the District Urban Renewal Forum, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1227044/residents-call-city-bury-hearse-problem
4. News - Hong Kong

   Dying Kwun Tong town centre awaits revival

   Posted Mar 16th 2013, 12:00am by Joyce Ng

   ... The authority has split the redevelopment site into five areas and Yue Man Square was the last to be cleared for the project, involving 1,653 property interests and 5,000 people. Acquisitions started ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1191777/dying-kwun-tong-town-centre-awaits-revival
5. News - Hong Kong - DEVELOPMENT

   Kwun Tong alley shopkeepers stand their ground against URA

   Posted Mar 16th 2013, 12:00am by Joyce Ng

   ... shops in Yan Shun Lane, are among the last holdouts in the Kwun Tong town centre redevelopment area. Their negotiations with the authority are in a stalemate after they rejected an offer of help ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1191776/kwun-tong-alley-shopkeepers-stand-their-ground-against-ura
6. Business - Property - PROPERTY

   High-rise ruling swells costs

   Posted May 14th 2013, 12:00am by Patsy Moy, Yvonne Liu

   ... be at least HK$5,000 per square foot. Chan expects developers to put redevelopments of old buildings on hold and suspend acquisitions of these buildings if the sites are subject to such leases. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/article/1237167/high-rise-ruling-swells-costs
7. News - China - Beijing

   Centuries old Beijing temples converted to high-end 'dining clubs'

   Posted Jan 29th 2013, 04:03pm by Ernest Kao

   ... News China Comment Blogs Cultural Heritage Heritage Site Beijing Redevelopment Ernest Kao Beijing’s Municipal Bureau of Cultural Relics has come under fire after it allegedly allowed two temples to be transformed into upscale “dining clubs”, the Beijing Times reported on Tuesday. The two-hundred-year-old temples were designated as cultural heritage sites in 1984, entitling them ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1138580/centuries-old-beijing-temples-converted-high-end-dining-clubs
8. Property - Hong Kong & China - COMMERCIAL

   Shui On Land to convert Shanghai hotel into flagship retail store

   Posted Apr 24th 2013, 12:00am by Sandy Li

   ... Xintiandi, which is located near the city's core business centre on Huaihai Middle Road. It is part of the 52-hectare retail-commercial-residential Taipingqiao redevelopment, and half ...

   http://www.scmp.com/property/hong-kong-china/article/1221592/shui-land-convert-shanghai-hotel-flagship-retail-store
9. News - Hong Kong - HOUSING

   URA may change consensus threshold after single holdout threatens project

   Posted Dec 22nd 2012, 12:00am by Olga Wong

   ... News Hong Kong Urban Renewal Authority URA Consensus Threshold Redevelopment Olga Wong olga.wong@scmp.com The authority will evaluate its demand-led redevelopment strategy after a single holdout threatens to derail project in Tai Kok Tsui The Urban Renewal Authority will review the threshold set for demand-led redevelopment projects after a pilot project in Tai Kok Tsui, Kowloon, ... the "single hold out". Utter nonsense. The wishes of 20 per cent of the property are already being cast aside in the name of redevelopment under the present system and many consider that too much ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1110106/ura-may-change-consensus-threshold-after-single-holdout-threatens
10. News - Hong Kong - PROPERTY

    Business cut short at alleyway hairdresser

    Posted Mar 09th 2013, 12:00am by Jennifer Ngo

    ... slated for redevelopment. Unluckily for her, the stall lies a few centimetres outside the official redevelopment area, so she gets no compensation even though her business is completely disrupted ...

    http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1186557/business-cut-short-alleyway-hairdresser

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