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AFTER the vigorous urban renovation work of the past decade, the city is facing ever more controversy over its crowds of skyscrapers.
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- High anxiety
AFTER the vigorous urban renovation work of the past decade, the city is facing ever more controversy over its crowds of skyscrapers.
- Limits to growth
THE news that Shanghai is to limit the number of tall buildings has set the local real estate market on the boil.
- Who was responsible?
MUNICIPAL authorities seem determined to get tough with the senior personnel of companies held responsible for mishaps in big urban infrastructure projects.
- Flashback to a near-disaster
July 1 - The beginning of the annual flood season. At 4:00am, water and shifting sand began to pour into a connecting passageway between the underground metro line tunnels.
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- Transfer of power
BAGHDAD - From major diplomatic powers to ordinary Baghdadis, everyone agrees sovereignty in Iraq should be handed over to Iraqis as quickly as possible.
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- Euro proving repulsive
The recent Swedish vote to reject membership of the "common" european currency - the euro - by an impressive margin of 14 per cent, is yet another sign that the world monetary order is unlikely to be revolutionized by events in Europe anytime soon.
- Happiness is a train trip
I am writing this piece on a train. Next to me, a man is sitting reading and the man opposite me is studying. Across the aisle, another man has his feet up and is reading a newspaper. Behind me a grandfather is playing with his small grandson. Everyone seems content. A train attendant has just arrived with hot water to fill up passengers' tea jars.
- Junk mail - enough is enough
E-mail is such a communication panacea that few would like to forgo it willingly. Many of us remember with a tinge of nostalgia those innocent days when we opened our mailbox and found only replies to our letters to Aunt Sally, Uncle Bob and the kids.
- Life reflected in raindrops
It was pelting with big raindrops when I got off the bus. The passengers, tagging along with me, disgorged from the massive moving box and ran helter-skelter towards a minuscule cosmetic shop for shelter.
- Settling resettlement issue
One thing Shanghai people cannot be disinterested about is the city's resettlement plan. I am watching TV comfortably at my home today, but who knows whether tomorrow a contract will be signed to force me out of my home.
- Will I ever trust doctors again?
A few days ago, I went to see a doctor for my heavy cold.
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- Multicultural manners
SHE is wearing a white blouse and black slacks - held up suitably by a belt from Chanel - with a pair of cowboy boots and she is telling a group of expats how to improve their appearance.
- Veteran hotelier finds a new niche
TWENTY years ago, Hong Kong native Fung Chi Kin was attracted to Shanghai mainly because he could find genuine Cantonese cuisine in the city. Now, as a veteran of Shanghai's hotel industry, he and his wife are thinking about making Shanghai their permament home after retirement.
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- Yuen's photos of world tour
HONG Kong entertainment star Andy Lau recently brought the traditional face-changing performance of Sichuan Opera into the limelight by persuading one of the three face-changing masters in China, Peng Denghuai, to accept him as an apprentice.
- Newfangled old-fashioned weddings
THE annual "Rose Wedding Festival" is becoming ever more popular in Shanghai, especially among romantic and trendy young people who are now busy preparing their wedding parties.
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