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isPermaLink="false">http://www.civic-exchange.org/wp/?p=17917</guid> <description><![CDATA[(By Wilson Lau, research and project officer) Passions were running high last Saturday as government officials met the public for the second stage of consultation on reclamation in Hong Kong waters. Large-scale development is understandably a touchy subject, and none more so than in the government’s updated proposal for reclamation at five sites, the majority [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.civic-exchange.org/wp/20130517scmp/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>SCMP &#8211; A House Divided</title><link>http://www.civic-exchange.org/wp/130507scmp/</link> <comments>http://www.civic-exchange.org/wp/130507scmp/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 01:23:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>mwong</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Issues]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Newspaper Column]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Publications]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Social]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.civic-exchange.org/wp/?p=17815</guid> <description><![CDATA[What does the word &#8220;temporary&#8221; mean to you? In the case of the small-house policy, it means 40 years and more. It was first introduced in Hong Kong as a temporary measure to address housing needs of indigenous villagers in the New Territories. Today, it has been criticised as unsustainable and outdated. The administration has [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.civic-exchange.org/wp/130507scmp/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Civic Exchange newsletter – May 2013 Issue 1</title><link>http://www.civic-exchange.org/wp/130507newsletter/</link> <comments>http://www.civic-exchange.org/wp/130507newsletter/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 04:01:09 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>mwong</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Issues]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Newsletters]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Publications]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.civic-exchange.org/wp/?p=17750</guid> <description><![CDATA[Hong Kong, 24 April 2013 … Independent policy think tank Civic Exchange today published a report on reviewing the Small House Policy (SHP) in Hong Kong. Entitled “Small House Policy II: An Update”, the report aims to provide an update of the development of the SHP over the past decade (2003–2012), to identify the existing [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.civic-exchange.org/wp/shppr_en/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Small House Policy II: An Update</title><link>http://www.civic-exchange.org/wp/shp_en/</link> <comments>http://www.civic-exchange.org/wp/shp_en/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 06:00:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>mwong</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Highlights]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Index_Publications]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Issues]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Press Releases]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Publications]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Research Reports]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Social]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Small House Policy]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.civic-exchange.org/wp/?p=17718</guid> <description><![CDATA[By Mandy Lao Man-Lei As a continuation of Civic Exchange’s publication ‘Rethinking Small House Policy’ (2003), this report provides an update of the policy over the past decade (2003 – 2012),  identifies remaining problems and conflicts between different stakeholders (the government, the Heung Yee Kuk, indigenous villagers, non-indigenous residents, politicians, green groups, professionals and academics, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.civic-exchange.org/wp/shp_en/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Civic Exchange Newsletter &#8211; April 2013 Issue 2</title><link>http://www.civic-exchange.org/wp/civic-exchange-newsletter-april-2013-issue-2/</link> <comments>http://www.civic-exchange.org/wp/civic-exchange-newsletter-april-2013-issue-2/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 05:44:15 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>mwong</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Newsletters]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Publications]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Energy mix]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gender]]></category> <category><![CDATA[walkability]]></category><guid
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.civic-exchange.org/wp/?p=17578</guid> <description><![CDATA[(By Amber Marie Beard, Senior project manager) In our continued attempt to reduce our city&#8217;s energy consumption, Hong Kong&#8217;s environment minister Wong Kam-sing said last month that the government is moving forward on the phasing out of incandescent light bulbs. After two years of discussion on the topic, the agreement takes not the form of [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.civic-exchange.org/wp/20130405scmp/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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