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A seminar on Ministry of Construction Research Project on High-rise Residential Buildings for Chinese Cities, 2003-2005 Organizer: Architectural Society of China, and University of Hong Kong, 28 – 29 February, 2004, Nanjing, China Recent research initiatives - a response to SARS - for healthy building and healthy cities: Urban heat island, green building, daylight qualities, and building quality assessment scheme for comprehensive private housing developments in Hong Kong Lau, Stephen S.Y., Wang, J.*, Chau, K.W. *, Abstract: High-rise living is a way of life for many Asian cities to