Instant islands: developers shake and stir Hong Kong to create more land

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Hong Kong's frenetic growth is creating enormous new opportunities and moving huge sums of money in a series of major developments. The Hong Kong convention center's expansion project, built on an island created in 35 days, foreshadows the 2.8-million-hectare Central-Wanchai reclamation, which will run from the Central business district to the Causeway Bay shopping district. Building in the bay will halve its original 1841 width. Fully half of the world's dredgers are in the British colony, moving 50,000 tons daily.

Environmental aspects, Design and construction, Islands, Land reclamation, Reclamation of land

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Fall from grace: closure of the Hongkong Hilton follows hard on the heels of a $14 million face-lift

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Hutchison Whampoa chose to close the Hongkong Hilton despite $14 million recently spent on renovations and an ad campaign promoting it as the 'hotel for the 21st century' because it would be worth more as office space. The hotel was valued at HK$500 million while the land value was HK$1 billion. Though the staff was surprised by the decision, 400 of the 863 employees were already hired by a new Li Ka-shing hotel by the farewell party and the rest expected to be hired soon because of a shortage of skilled workers.

Management, Hotels and motels

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Walking with Dinosaurs

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A brief description is given about the Dinosaur, which is an extinct animal. But some reports describe it as one animal that is still found alive in the island of New Britain, and the description about the recent found dinosaur in Britain is presented.

United Kingdom, Science & research, Research, Dinosaurs, Reptiles, Fossil, Fossil reptiles

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