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The Pearl River Delta Region: News and Views

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#10 ·
it is a quite very very dense area, but still, it's hard to call the whole deal, from macau through zuhai and zhongshan and guangzhou and dongguang and shenzhen to hong kong a 'metropolis' ... its like those who call new york-philadelphia a metro. , even worse.. its like calling beijing-tianjin a metro, shanghai-hangzhou, the 'nagoya-kyoto-osaka metrolpolis' next thing the whole world's a metorpolis !
the whole pearl river delta vicinty can't be a metro area, it's a 100KM between HK and Guangzhou !
 
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Originally posted by beivushtang

it is a quite very very dense area, but still, it's hard to call the whole deal, from macau through zuhai and zhongshan and guangzhou and dongguang and shenzhen to hong kong a 'metropolis' ... its like those who call new york-philadelphia a metro. , even worse.. its like calling beijing-tianjin a metro, shanghai-hangzhou, the 'nagoya-kyoto-osaka metrolpolis' next thing the whole world's a metorpolis !
the whole pearl river delta vicinty can't be a metro area, it's a 100KM between HK and Guangzhou !
yes, but the sat pic shows more density continuous urban area than NY-Boston.
 
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Pearl River Delta News

Guangzhou plans twin towers

Latest Updated by 2004-02-25 14:55:30
The Guangzhou Municipal Government planned to build two skyscrapers in the Pearl River New Town, Guangzhou Mayor Zhang Guangning said Monday (Feb. 23).

The Guangzhou Municipal Government was seeking investors for the two 530-meter-tall buildings, which would cost about 10 billion yuan (US$1.2b), said the mayor. The two buildings would be multi-functional complexes with restaurants, commerce centers and hotels.

At a seminar on the development of the Greater Pearl River Delta that closed Sunday, an official revealed that Guangzhou was speeding up preparation work for the construction of the core area of Pearl River New Town.

Li Hongwei, deputy director of Guangzhou's city design bureau, said planned constructions in the core area included a citizen's square, an opera house, a children's palace, a provincial museum, a city library and two skyscrapers. Construction would start in 2005 or 2006, he said.

The 6.5-square-kilometer Pearl River New Town is an important part of Guangzhou's central business district (CBD), which is expected to be completed in 15 years and accommodate 180,000 residents.

In 1993, Guangzhou planned to build Pearl River New City into a modern financial and commercial center before 2003, said the Southern Metropolitan News.

However, at the end of 2001, about two thirds of the land sold in the area was still vacant.
 
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Zero-tariff goods prevailed in 'Macao Street', Zhuhai
Latest Updated by 2004-04-07 17:19:37
Related Special: >>Guangdong and CEPA

Zero-tariff Macao-made goods under CEPA is sold in 'Macao Street', a flourishing biz street in Zhuhai with South Europe style architectures, Portugal and Macao featuring booths.

The implementation of CEPA and the zero tariff policy it brings attract Macao people to start biz in Zhuhai, with Ling Wanyi as the first one, registering his food shop in Wanzai, Zhuhai selling Portugal and Macao food.

By now, more than 60 bizs, including some well-known brands from mainland, Macao and Hong Kong have entered this market. And it also provides over 200 employment opportunities to the local people.

A zooming architecture, which is about 1/3 of Ruin of St. Paul in Macao, was built at the entrance of the biz street. In addition, a big plaza with an area of several thousand square meters shows the similar style with Macao Municipality Plaza.

The Macao-style street become a new must-visit place in Zhuhai for domestic and overseas tourists.

Benefited from the policy of Zero-tariff, Wanzai aims to build as the administration and business center of Nanwan, a district of Zhuhai, as well as the back garden of bonded district and technology park.
 
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High-speed rail to connect cities
Latest Updated by 2004-03-03 09:54:13
A high-speed railway connecting Guangzhou, the provincial capital, to Zhuhai Special Economic Zone, which borders Macao, will be built by South China's Guangdong Province.

Construction of the 140-kilometre track will begin this year, Yang Tusheng, general manager of Guangdong Railway Group, said Tuesday, adding that the 20.8 billion yuan (US$2.51 billion) project will be completed by 2007.

The province and the Ministry of Railway will equally share the cost of construction.

Yang said his group is in talks with companies from the United States, Germany, France and Japan to import technologies and equipment for the project, which will not use the expensive magnetic-levitation option.

It will take about 40 minutes for the train journey compared with the two hours needed for a car ride on the Guangzhou-Zhuhai Expressway.

The project, which is expected to be extended to Macao in the future, will have 14 stations and link major cities and towns in the western part of the prosperous Pearl River Delta.

Trains will leave every eight minutes from each end and the journey will cost about 50 yuan US$6) -- about the same as the current bus fare.

The line will be able to handle more than 250,000 passengers a day by 2011 and 775,000 by 2033.

The link is just one part of the railway network the government plans for the Pearl River Delta area -- invest more than 108 billion yuan (US$13 billion) to link Guangzhou with major cities in the delta.

Guangdong Governor Huang Huahua said the province will build nine inter-city railway tracks covering more than 930 kilometres before 2020.

About 60 billion yuan (US$7.17 billion) will be invested by 2010 to build 330 kilometres.

In addition to the Guangzhou-Zhuhai Railway, construction of high-speed railway projects connecting Guangzhou to Shenzhen and Dongguan in the eastern part of the delta will start before 2010.

Domestic and overseas companies are encouraged to participate in the building and management of the projects.
 
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New Baiyun Airport to "fly" on June 28
Latest Updated by 2004-04-22 15:54:02
The new Guangzhou Biayun International Airport has its final checking by experts from the Civil Aviation Administration of China today (April 22nd), and is planned to start operation on June 28th this year.

After this three-day checking, the airport will organize a series of test-flies and drilling-flies to ensure its smooth formal operation in June.

The current operating Baiyun airport will be closed as soon as the new airport starts operation.

A public bidding for the stores in the airport will be finished by mid May, source releases.
 
#17 ·
Any more details about the twin towers?

And why did the thread suddenly turn into a general news thread? You wish to change the title?
 
#19 ·
Ok...so would you want to rename the thread?
 
#21 ·
Rail service to expand
Latest Updated by 2004-04-05 08:46:08
The Guangzhou-Kowloon express rail service will run on the hour with two more trips to be added April 18, Guangshen Railway Co. Ltd., sources said.

This would take the number of express trains on the route to 12 a day.

The last train departing Guangzhou East Station for Kowloon Hung Hom Station will leave at 21:23 and the last train from Hung Hom will leave at 19:15.

The number of express trains stopping at Dongguan Station will be increased to 17 from 12, the sources said.

The Guangzhou-Kowloon express rail service was first introduced on April 4, 1979 and the number of trains running continued to grow with increasing demand.

The opening of the Guangzhou-Kowloon express rail service has played an important role in promoting cooperation and communications between Guangdong and Hong Kong.
 
#22 ·
Guangzhou's next city landmark calls for bid
Latest Updated by 2004-04-26 18:46:18
Guangzhou's next city landmark, a television and sightseeing tower, held a press conference yesterday (April 25) and 14 domestic and foreign architecture contractors will compete for the tower design proposal. The design has to convince the judges in two aspects, one is the sightseeing tower itself and the other one is the neighboring area. The tower has the neighboring area of 560,000 square meters, which will include the park, green square, broadcasting center and other public facilities. Director of Guangzhou city programming bureau Pan an indicated at the conference that, the tower does not have the building height and budget limit and thus bidding companies has the freest imagination to design the tower. He also said, the estimated 1.2-billion budget is only for reference.
 
#23 ·
Tower waits for smart idea
Latest Updated by 2004-03-26 10:43:57
Guangzhou is seeking brilliant designers across the world for a new landmark building, a sightseeing tower.

A notice recently issued by Guangzhou's planning bureau invites well-known designers world-wide to participate in designing the tower which is estimated to cost of 1.5 billion yuan.

To be situated on the south bank of the Pearl River, the tower will be the focal point of the new Guangzhou cultural center's 12-kilometer central line which connects Guangzhou Railway Station, Pearl River New Town, Guangdong Museum in the north and new Guangzhou Passenger Port in the south.

The tower would be designed as a tourist attraction.

It would be expected to be a profitable investment as well being a new landmark. Sources from Shanghai Oriental Pearl Group said, the 486-meter Shanghai tower, the world's third tallest TV tower, generated revenue of 80 million yuan in tourism and sightseeing only.

In addition to the tower, a 56.6-hectare area of land around the base is to be included the landscape design.

According to the notice, design companies will be paid 350,000 yuan if their entries passed preliminary assessment. Winning entries will be paid an additional 250,000 yuan. The successful bid will be paid design fees of no more than 3 percent of the total construction cost, around 45 million yuan.
 
#24 ·
Just look at all that alluvium pouring into the sea! :D
 
#25 ·
it really looks like a metropolis!!
 
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