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...Hours earlier, a district court had approved a legal petition by Hindus to allow the acts of devotion to go ahead. The mosque was built in the 17th century by Emperor Aurangzeb....
...Many US states and federal authorities require oil and gas companies to post bonds to cover the cost of well reclamation and plugging costs. But the amount is not always sufficient....
...In March, police told the organiser of a small protest against land reclamation to cap the number of participants at 100 and have them all wear number tags....
...The district is London’s indie-rock heartland. Tattoo parlours, pubs, clubs and venues are scattered around its sprawling clothes market and the surrounding streets....
...Land reclamation — as his father showed could be done in the 1970s with the Fontvieille district — buys Monaco time and space for now. “But technologically there’s a limit....
...The result is The Fell (Picador, 4 hr 7 min), in which actor Emma Lowndes gives voice to four characters: Kate, a woman quarantining in her Peak District house, wide open space tantalisingly close; her teenage...
...This reclamation of a long-neglected elevated railroad track has inspired similar projects throughout the world....
...Hong Kong’s Central district is a warren of law firms, banks, investment managers and accountants that, when set upon by lunch-goers, can overwhelm the uninitiated diner....
...A recent “find” is Sushi Hirata, in Tokyo’s Ginza district. It’s tiny, with something like eight seats....
...The project in the coastal Can Gio district 50km south of Ho Chi Minh City is slated for completion in 2031....
...The prime projects all surround the central business districts of Victoria Island, Ikoyi and Lekki Phase 1, where the infrastructure is most advanced and homes are most expensive per square metre....
...“Land reclamation and infrastructure projects that support reclamation, particularly Bingtuan projects, have led to increased Han settlement of traditional Uighur areas,” said Darren Byler, an anthropologist...
...Many are concentrated in the Yaba district of Lagos, where the state government installed a fast broadband network to help start-ups....
...The first gathering was mostly peaceful, though a few hundred radicals rampaged afterwards in a district with many ethnic Chinese residents....
...Officials say that while 4m above sea level is judged adequate protection from projected rises for other land reclamation projects, Changi’s Terminal 5 — to be one of the world’s biggest when it opens in...
...Today, following an ambitious land reclamation project, there are nine stretches of sand between the harbour and the marina, a redevelopment that transformed Barcelona into a lively beach city and placed...
...Three hundred years later, another massive land reclamation effort is under way on the city’s Vasilyevsky Island, which is being expanded by 476 hectares....
...The first reclamation projects in Manila Bay — a series of cultural venues — date from the era of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos. Today, the government’s plans are even more ambitious....
...The claim was greeted with scepticism by US officials, who alongside their Asian allies, have viewed the land reclamation work with consternation....
...“The reclamation of civic space has gone through the roof,” he says, reciting a list of new parks and cleaned-up public squares....
...When completed, it would be even larger than Singapore’s Sentosa Island and have a skyline reminiscent of Dubai or Shanghai’s Pudong district (see photo)....
...The project, which had an estimated total investment of around $150bn in its original form, envisioned scattered assortments of residential-commercial-retail districts, a new football stadium and sports...
...Adjoining the capital’s central business district, Bahrain Bay boasted flagship developments such as the headquarters of Islamic bank Arcapita, as well as a Four Seasons hotel....
...He also highlights the plans for neighbouring Hengqin island, which include a new business district, golf resorts and even a university campus....
...While land is scarce, they are making more of it in Singapore, with huge land reclamation works facilitating projects such as Gardens by the Bay, a 101-hectare city centre site that enhances Singapore’s...
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