Bleak House, Broadstairs Bleak House, Broadstairs Bleak House (originally known as Fort House) is a prominent house on the cliff overlooking the North Foreland and Viking Bay in Broadstairs, Kent. It was built around 1801 and then substantially extended, doubling in size, in 1901. The house was the site of the North Cliff Battery and was used as a coastal station for observing maritime activity. The house is Grade II listed on the National Heritage List for England. Bleak House was originally called Fort House and was the residence of a captain of one of the two coastal forts guarding Broadstairs, the town
Taitung Miramar Resort Taitung Miramar Resort Taitung Miramar Resort is a BOT (Build Operate Transfer) development on Shanyuan (杉原灣)/Fudafudak, a beach in Taitung (Taidong) County, south-east Taiwan. In 2004, a contract was signed by Miramar Resort Taitung Ltd (majority owned by Huang Chun-fa) and the Taitung County Government under then County Magistrate Hsu Ching-yuan (徐慶元). It was supported by three subsequently elected magistrates. Although still standing, Miramar was unable to open due to supreme court rulings relating to the legality of its construction. In 2003, the Taitung County Government received Central Government permission to employ the BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer) model to demolish the change