In 1999, TAG Heuer launched its first collections of watches dedicated exclusively to women - Alter Ego and "me".

• Multiple winners share MTV awards
  THERE were no big winners at the MTV Video Music Awards - Missy Elliott's "Work It" won two awards, including video of the year, while Justin Timberlake, Coldplay and Beyonce had three apiece.
• Ready for style
  Channel Young, the only fashion-themed TV channel on the Chinese mainland, will for the first time join hands with Lycra to co-organize the 2003 Channel Young Lycra Style Awarding Ceremony to be held next month. Some star candidates in the fields of music, entertainment, fashion and sports presented the news conference.
• Rehearsal for Latin Grammy
  Spanish entertainer and Latin Grammy nominee, David Bisbal (C), rehearses for the 2003 Latin Grammy awards in Miami September 1. Bisbal has two nominations, for major new artist and for male pop vocal album, for his "Corazon Latino".
• Pregnant in Venice
  Pregnant US actress Kate Hudson (L) and Australian-British actress Naomi Watts arrive at the Venice Film Festival last Sunday to present their movie, "Le Divorce", directed by James Ivory out of competition.
• 'Death Wish' finale
  Hollywood action star Charles Bronson is shown in this file photograph in the role of Jay Killion in the 1987 film, "Assassination". The former coal miner and tough-guy actor, the star of more than 60 films including the popular "Death Wish" series in which he played a one-man army, died last Sunday at the age of 81.

• Feminine designs in tune with the times
  THE design of the new Alter Ego watch combine innovative architecture with daring elegance. TAG Heuer wants to give contemporary women an avant-guard style through which they can fully express their femininity.
• You're a Zegna model on parade
  THE fashion house Ermenegildo Zegna has any number of top models, such as Andrian Brody, to show off its creations, but its Fall/Winter 2003-04 parade last week in Shanghai's Plaza 66 was a bit different - and a lot of fun.

• Banking on blood
  LIU Huifang, a local mother-to-be is considering whether she should buy a new health insurance policy for her baby - paying about 16,400 yuan (US$1,978) to store its umbilical cord blood in a life bank, even though the risk of serious blood diseases are extremely low.
• New hope for Chinese hepatitis C patients
  THE introduction of Pegasys by the Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche in the Chinese market is bringing hope for the many chronic hepatitis C patients.
• WASHINGTON - Most US children diagnosed with cancer now survive, but life comes at a price - later cancers, heart disease and learning disorders, according to a report issued recently.
  Parents, doctors and the cancer survivors themselves need a clear set of guidelines so they know what to look for as the years pass, an expert committee at the Institute of Medicine said in the report.

• Summer in Northern Finland can be golden
  SUMMER in Lapland in Finland's far north is short, brisk and wild with new birth and rapid blossoming displaying Nature's power to provide relief and sustenance to the Finnish Lapps as they prepare for another long winter.
• Tourism galas cheer up post-SARS Shanghainese
  THIS year's Shanghai Tourism Festival, which begins next week and runs until October 6, will be especially welcome as it will be the city's biggest event for the tourism industry since the end of the SARS scare.

• Zhuhai pins hopes on US$2bn Pearl bridge
  FROM the roadside, fishermen standing chest deep in water can be seen repairing nets stretched between poles to catch prey stranded by the tide.
• Going for gold
  OME go for the vigorous shake, others favour the sensuous swirl.
• Christine takes the cake
  WHEN local residents think about buying bread or cakes, "Christine" naturally comes to mind. In Shanghai alone, there are more than 160 Christine bakeries spread across almost every district and the burgundy store signs is deeply rooted in the hearts of Shanghainese.
• Hong Kong - the 'Milan of Asia'
  ALAN Yip has good reason to be proud of his design for wafer-thin calculators which can be rolled up to resemble a sushi roll.

• EVENTS
  Terry Fox Run
• EXHIBITIONS
  Shanghai Spring
• Galleries on show
  THE first gallery invitation exhibition in the Shanghai Art Museum next week will be a preview show for the Seventh Shanghai Art Exposition, to be held from October 28-November 2.