Following a pre-1999 election commitment to consider the feasibility of introducing fast rail services to regional centres, in 2000 the government approved funding for the Regional Fast Rail project, upgrading rail lines between Melbourne and Ballarat, Bendigo, Geelong and Traralgon.

Following the release of the report, engineering and planning for the road began, as well as environmental study by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, to determine the project's feasibility.

Following completion of an 18-month feasibility study, Jacksonville was selected by the federal Urban Mass Transit Administration as one of seven cities to participate in the nationwide Downtown Peoplemover Program.

Following the catastrophic Queensland floods in 2010 – 2011 the Australian Government have commissioned a feasibility study on flood-proofing the Bruce Highway.

Following Marcus Oliphant's mission to the USA in August 1941 to alert the Americans to the feasibility of an atomic bomb, in autumn 1941 Pegram and Urey led a diplomatic mission to the United Kingdom to establish co-operation on development of the atomic bomb.

Following a feasibility study which demonstrated the need for an institution of higher education in Northwest Florida, funds were allocated for the development of the University of West Florida.

Following a detailed feasibility study by the college's Trustees and Durham University ( and with the full support of Durham County Council and of English Heritage ) in 2011 It was announced in January 2012 that Durham Business School would temporarily relocate to the College during rebuilding of the School ’ s buildings in Durham.

Following the unprecedented damage to the highway in 1999 there was strong debate on the feasibility and desirability of maintaining and repairing the highway.

Following a near shipwreck he vowed to find out the truth about life and God through personal Biblical study.

Following the asymmetric nature of the warm and cold phases of ENSO, a study could not identify such distinctions for La Niña, both in observations and in the climate models.

Following business school, Madero traveled to the University of California, Berkeley to study agricultural techniques and to improve his English.

Following an unsuccessful attempt to study jazz academically, and having given recitals in the classical and jazz piano programs at Loyola University, Connick moved to the 92nd Street YMHA in New York City to study at Hunter College and the prestigious Manhattan School of Music, where a Columbia Records executive Sr. V. P.

Following that incident, Iceman helped the Beast to secretly enter Genosha, as he wanted to study the legacy-infected mutates.

Following a study by BNP Paribas, three routes are planned, which are expected to be tendered later in 2010.

Following a small uproar, the Great Lake status was rescinded on March 24 ( although Vermont universities continue to receive funds to monitor and study the lake ).

Following a study, they concluded that a death ray was impractical but that detection of aircraft appeared feasible.

Following high school, he enrolled at North Texas State College, planning to study geology so that he could secure work in the oil fields if music did not pay.

Following the rediscovery of Mendelian inheritance in 1900, Morgan's research moved to the study of mutation in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster.

Following the Three Mile Island ( TMI ) power plant's partial core melt on March 28, 1979, President Jimmy Carter commissioned a study, " Report of the President's Commission on the Accident at Three Mile Island ( 1979 ).

For example, in 1952 Hans Hartelius conducted and published an animal study on cats entitled Cerebral Changes Following Electrically Induced Convulsions in which a double-blind microscopic pathology examination showed that it was possible to distinguish the 8 shocked animals from the 8 non-shocked animals with remarkable accuracy based on statistically significant structural changes to the brain, including vessel wall changes, gliosis, and nerve cell changes.

Following the reorganization of the agency that runs Navy Pier and McCormick Place, a new study was commissioned to reinvigorate the upgrade process.

* Following laparoscopic surgery women who were given Chinese herbs were reported to have comparable benefits to women with conventional drug treatments, though the journal article that reviewed this study also noted that " the two trials included in this review are of poor methodological quality so these findings must be interpreted cautiously.

Following six months of study at the office of Judge James Trimble, Houston passed the bar examination in Nashville, after which he opened a legal practice in Lebanon, Tennessee.

Following a year's delay, he moved to Salzburg to resume his education, enrolling in November 1737 at the Benedictine University to study philosophy and jurisprudence.

Following his retirement in 1957, Jeppesen resided in Italy, enabling him to make several discoveries in Italian libraries culminating in his magnum opus, La frottola ( 1968 – 70 ), a detailed study of frottola.

Following the Gregorian Reform's emphasis on canon law and the study of the sacraments, bishops formed cathedral schools to train the clergy in Canon law, but also in the more secular aspects of religious administration, including logic and disputation for use in preaching and theological discussion, and accounting to more effectively control finances.

Following FDA clearance, an independent randomized controlled study, sponsored by the United States National Institute of Mental Health ( NIMH ), was conducted utilizing the NeuroStar TMS Therapy System ( clinicaltrials. gov identifier: NCT 00149838 ).

Following renewed historic analysis and a 1998 DNA study that found a match between the Jefferson male line and a descendant of her last son, Eston Hemings, a consensus among historians supports that the widower Jefferson fathered her son Eston Hemings and likely all her children.

Following on from the work of Pim van Lommel in the Netherlands, the study aims to examine near-death experiences in 1, 500 cardiac arrest survivors and so determine whether people without a heartbeat or brain activity can have documentable out-of-body experiences.

Following the classical study of Martin R. Haskell and Lewis Yablonsky Criminology-Crime and Criminality ( 1974 ), a situational offender, as opposed to a career criminal, is a person who committed a crime under certain circumstances, but normally is not inclined to commit crimes and is unlikely to repeat the offense.

Following the end of World War I, the armistice with Germany brought 347 aircraft to the United States for technical study and as war relics.

Following university, Hague went on to study for a Master of Business Administration degree at INSEAD.

Following the " kung fu wave " in Hong Kong action cinema in the 1970s, a number of mainstream films produced during the 1980s contributed significantly to the perception of martial arts in western popular culture.

Following this demonstration, South Korean President Syngman Rhee instructed Choi Hong Hi to introduce the martial arts to the Korean army.

Following the surrender of Hong Kong, the 228th, 229th and 230th Infantry Regiments from the IJA 38th Division were also deployed to Netherlands East Indies separately.

Following the seven years of widespread popularity, on July 20, 1999, the government of the People's Republic of China began a nationwide persecution campaign against Falun Gong practitioners, except in the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau.

Following the news report, PCCW issued a statement through the Hong Kong stock exchange on 6 February 2003 morning saying it had not made a formal offer for C & W and was not in takeover talks with the company.

Following the outbreak of hostilities, she moved first to Hong Kong, then to Chongqing, the wartime capital of the Chinese government.

Following the introduction of the comprehensive school system in the 1960s in the UK, children in Hong Kong transformed from the old education system to the new.

Following his resignation, however, the Fest became mired in controversy regarding the chaotic arrangements made with overseas artists like the Rolling Stones, and the financial relationship between the government and the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong to which inexperienced body had been entrusted the Fest's organisation.

Following the transfer of the sovereignty of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China on 1 July 1997, the naval base is now operated by the People's Liberation Army of the PRC.

Following the opening of the Cross Harbour Tunnel in 1972, a number of cross harbour routes were jointly operated by KMB with China Motor Bus, the sole bus operator on Hong Kong Island.

Following the success of Next Magazine and Apple Daily in Hong Kong, the Taiwan branch of Next Media Publishing Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Next Media Limited, was set up in Taiwan on 31 May 2001.

Following that he became Head of Southern European Department in the FCO and then Assistant Under Secretary for Asia and the Pacific during which time he was Head of the British side of the Working Group engaged in drafting the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration on Hong Kong and then, in 1984, the first Senior British Representative on the Sino-British Joint Liaison Group ( 中英聯合聯絡小組 ) set up under the Joint Declaration.

Following the handover in 1997, officers of the Hong Kong Police have guarded the building.

Following the completion of the north development zone, the government planned to build 85, 000 units and apartments annually in Hong Kong.

* Following the success of Sex and Zen, D ' Amato directed a series of films in the Philippines, disguised as Hong Kong productions in the period of 1993-1994.

Following the liberalization of the broadcasting industry, the Hong Kong-based Star TV Network introduced five major television channels into the Indian broadcasting space that had so far been monopolised by the Indian government-owned Doordarshan: MTV, STAR Plus, Star Movies, BBC, Prime Sports and STAR Chinese Channel.

Following this, the regiment's two battalions alternated between Malaya, Borneo, Brunei and Hong Kong, before receiving a regimental depot at Church Crookham in Hampshire.

Following the end of the show ( 22 August 2004 ), some Hong Kong-based Internet forums questioned the origin of the song, which was finally found a few days later.

Following the network-wide fare zone merger of the former MTR and KCR networks on September 28, 2009, the transfer turnstiles along with the barriers separating the two fare zones were removed, and cross-platform interchange is now provided between platform 1 ( West Rail Line to Tuen Mun ) and platform 4 ( Tung Chung Line to Hong Kong ) thanks to the new passageways opened between the 2 platforms.

Following the Chinese Civil War, the Li family fled to Hong Kong and reestablished their company, Li Chung Shing Tong.

Following a successful initial public offering, the MTRCL was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on 5 October 2000, however the government is still the major stakeholder in the MTRCL.

Following this, he was signed by Carrie Models in Singapore and did some modelling there ; he later modelled in Hong Kong, London and New York City.

Following the Bank's 2001 merger and restructuring, a new set of notes bearing the name " Bank of China ( Hong Kong )" went into circulation in 2004.

Following the transfer of sovereignty, the Force is once again named the Hong Kong Police Force.

Following the transfer of sovereignty, the British Consulate-General Hong Kong has taken over the responsibility for administering the British National ( Overseas ) database.