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...going on pretty much from the time that Britain took possession of what its Foreign Secretary back in 1841 called a "barren rock." Whatever else they may have been good at, successive generations of Hong Kong people have been terrific at filling in their harbor. The fashionistas' haunts in Causeway Bay, the new 88-story IFC II building (sixth tallest in the world) in Central, Suzie Wong's bars in Wanchai, the world's busiest container port, the runway at the old Kai Tak airport that used to have white-knuckled flyers fingering their rosaries?they were all built...
...something about it." In 1997, in the waning days of British rule, the local Legislative Council passed the Harbour Protection Ordinance. The incoming postcolonial administration tried, but failed, to repeal the law, and in 2002 pressed ahead with a plan to build a mostly underground highway from Central to Causeway Bay through reclaimed land. Chu spent nearly $1 million of his own money on a legal challenge to the scheme, and in January 2004, the Court of Final Appeal struck down the government's ambitions. The judges deemed the waterfront "a natural heritage" to be trifled with only when there...
...Sweeney ‘88: Sweeney played his 10,000th career game with the Bruins last season. The backliner had spent every one of his first 15 seasons on Causeway Street – a rarity in today’s NHL – but signed with the Dallas Stars in the off-season after Boston opted to bring University of Michigan product Jeff Jillson up from the Baby B’s to start the year...
Harvard fans reluctantly took part in that ritual for the fifth consecutive season Monday night. But—unlike the last two years—they left with pride, thanks to the Crimson’s 4-1 win over Northeastern last night before a sparse gathering on Causeway Street...
...logical choice to balance your portfolio. But how much? And where? Time senior writer Daniel Kadlec and reporter Jyoti Thottam asked three top portfolio managers, Gary Bergstrom, chairman of Acadian Asset Management; Barton Biggs, chairman of invest- ment management for Morgan Stanley; and Sarah Ketterer, CEO of Causeway Capital Management. Here are their top picks among overseas markets and some advice on the smartest ways to diversify globally...