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The goal is tantalizing: Make San Francisco carbon neutral — meaning no net release of greenhouse gas emissions into the air — by 2050. Former Mayor Mark Farrell set the benchmark last year and Mayor London Breed accelerated the pace in September. But with the city’s economy booming and the population expected to swell to 1.2 million people, getting there could be incredibly difficult. “It’s time for us to start doing our planning work for the future,” said Doug Johnson, transportation planning manager with the city’s Planning Department. “Unfortunately, our future doesn’t look great right now.” The city is cobbling together a blueprint to meet San Francisco’s transportation needs for the next few decades, as development spreads south from the downtown core and a mega housing project rises on Treasure Island. Officials anticipate nearly 200,000 new jobs by 2050, boosting the total from 745,000 to 924,000 and putting … [Read more...] about Growth projections collide with SF’s goal of zero net carbon emissions by 2050

In a decision signed Monday, the province's acting Chairman Nguyen Thanh Long tasked the provincial Department of Construction with requesting the project's investor to suspend construction works on the seaside, and to immediately cease embankment construction and land reclamation activities until further notice. The department has also been instructed to work with the investor, Vung Tau Cable Car Tourism JSC, to review the project's legal documents, its impact on the surrounding area and on the tourism environment. The sub-project to build the Hon Nguu cable car station and aquarium complex on Vung Tau's Bai Truoc (Front Beach) beach area is part of the company's Ho May Park tourism, cultural, entertainment and resort project. The 6.7-hectare (17-acre) Hon Nguu complex, which plans to receive 3,000-5,000 visitors a day, would have encroached 200 meters (660 feet) into the sea for a total encroachment area of about three hectares. It was to consist of a 22-storey five-star hotel, … [Read more...] about Vietnam beach town suspends sea-encroaching tourism project

BENGALURU: Godrej Fund management (GFM), the real estate private equity arm of the Godrej Group has entered into a strategic partnership with the Century Group of Bengaluru to develop a commercial asset in a deal valued around Rs 700 crore. The proposed investment will be in a commercial project in north Bengaluru spread over 10 acres with a development potential of 2-3 mn sft. “The deal is in the final stage of closure and will mark GFM’s foray in the commercial market in Bengaluru,” said a person aware of the deal. Bangalore continued to be a dominant city in overall office leasing in the country, primarily driven by tech companies, followed by flexible space operators and engineering & manufacturing firms. The city contributed 27% of the total absorption in the first nine months of 2019. An email sent to CBRE, advisor to the deal, Godrej Fund Management and Century Group did not elicit any response. The money will be invested through the Rs 3200 crore built … [Read more...] about Godrej Fund Management to invest Rs 700 crore in Century’s commercial project

New Delhi: There is no provision for reservation for poor students of minority communities in minority educational institutions but there are schemes to educationally empower them, Union Minorities Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said in Rajya Sabha on Monday. Students belonging to economically weaker sections with income eligibility criteria ranging from Rs one lakh to Rs 2.5 lakh per annum depending on schemes are eligible, he said during Question Hour. "There is no provision for reservation for poor students of minority communities in minority educational institutes. However, Ministry of Minority Affairs implements different schemes which facilitate education of students including those from economically weaker sections belonging to six centrally notified minority communities, namely Buddhists, Christians, Jains, Muslims, Sikhs and Zoroastrians (Parsis)," Naqvi said. He said there are schemes including three centrally funded scholarship schemes of Pre-matric Scholarship, … [Read more...] about No Reservation for Poor Minority Students in Minority Educational Institutions, Says Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

The party committee of the Vietnam Steel Corporation (VNSTEEL) was irresponsible and lacked supervision in its leadership, which led to the firm committing serious violations in a project to expand production by the Thai Nguyen Iron and Steel Joint Stock Company or TISCO (the TISCO II project). The violations caused "very serious consequences" and "seriously damaged the financial position and properties of the state," the Party Central Inspection Committee said Monday. The state currently owns nearly 94 percent of VNSTEEL, while VNSTEEL holds a 65 percent stake in TISCO. Besides Hai, now a member of the Politburo and Hanoi Party Secretary, other senior officials implicated in the violations include: former deputy heads of the Government Office Van Trong Ly and Nguyen Huu Vu; former deputy head of the sectorial economic department under the Government Office, Nguyen Van Tai; and head of the general department of geology and minerals under the Ministry of Natural Resources and … [Read more...] about Former deputy PM implicated in steel company project violations