TORONTO Anything resembling normal may seem unfathomable as the number of COVID-19 cases worldwide dash past 80 million and Canada grapples with a second wave that far surpasses what it experienced in the spring. It is a term that feels wildly out of place in 2020, but in some parts of the world where the virus has been all but eradicated, like Taiwan and Australia, life is about as close to normal as one can imagine during a global pandemic. CTVNews.ca spoke with half a dozen people experiencing a far different pandemic life and took a snapshot by no means an exhaustive look of what is happening in other parts of the world.
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New Central Harbourfront Site 3 could reshape Hong Kong’s waterfront (Image: Benoy)
The government of Hong Kong has officially begun marketing a slice of Central district’s waterfront to developers, but a depressed property market has dampened expectations for the trophy land sale.
The city’s Lands Department announced on Friday that it had commenced the open tender of Site 3 of the New Central Harbourfront, a commercial plot that had earlier been projected to fetch HK$40 billion ($5.16 billion), with the sale process set to conclude on 18 June 2021.
“Our vision is for Site 3 to become a new landmark for Hong Kong, setting a benchmark for people-centric design with emphases on sustainable and urban design considerations as well as integration with the surroundings,” a spokesperson for Hong Kong’s Development Bureau said in a statement.