From the South China Morning Post this week in: 1999
Hollywood, March 9
Baseball legend Joe DiMaggio, former husband of Marilyn Monroe, died yesterday aged 84. He died at his Hollywood home surrounded by family and friends. Known as the 'Yankee Clipper', DiMaggio patrolled centre field for the New York Yankees from the 1930s until the early 1950s and established one of baseball's most revered records with a 56-game hitting streak in 1941. During his tenure the Yankees won 10 World Series titles in 11 appearances. He underwent lung cancer surgery in October.
Hong Kong, March 9
The tycoon behind the Pokfulam cyberport, Richard Li Tzar-kai, says the HK$13 billion project alone is not enough to turn Hong Kong into a leading information technology hub. The Pacific Century Group chairman said the Government had to do more to enhance the territory's competitiveness in meeting the challenges of the information era.
Mr Li, the younger son of Li Ka-shing, said the cyberport proposals were 'thrown out' by the Government when they were put forward more than a year ago. 'The original proposal was that the Government build it ... the Government didn't want to spend HK$16 billion - HK$8 billion on land, HK$8 billion on construction.'
