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THE 1st Shanghai Fashion Week ended last week, but there still have a couple of shows to talk about which is a must if you want to be one of the city's trend-settersy. The shows were presented by the renowned Vivienne Westwood and by Aigner.
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- By Xu Xiaomin
THE 1st Shanghai Fashion Week ended last week, but there still have a couple of shows to talk about which is a must if you want to be one of the city's trend-settersy. The shows were presented by the renowned Vivienne Westwood and by Aigner.
- Luxurious scent and skin care
GOOD news for solid perfume collectors: a new collection of limited-edition Estee Lauder solid perfumes for the 2003 gift-giving season is now available in the department stores.
- US show house
FIVE US hardwood species - red oak, hard maple, walnut, cherry and white oak - all contribute their unique characteristics and contrasts in a luxury house located at the Oasis Riverside Villa of Shanghai's canal town Zhujiajiao. Red oak and hard maple flooring were used extensively in the house. A walnut wood carving plaque with stylized Chinese calligraphy on the wall and a hard maple ceiling in the living room provide a contrasting yet harmonizing effect, giving the space a very special character. In the master bathroom, an inspiring design of red oak is used for the planks surrounding the bath tub. Designed by renowned Hong Kong interior designer Patrick Fong, this is the first show house in China created by the American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) to demonstrate the diversity, variety and quality of US hardwood applications for interior design and fittings. In 2002, China topped the international market as the largest importer of US hardwood products. "Rapid economic growth and deregulation of the housing sector in China have created a new generation of increasingly affluent, savvy consumers who are eager to outfit their living space with quality interior decoration and furnishings made with US hardwoods," said Michael Snow, executive director of AHEC. (Star News)
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- Operating ethically
LAWYER Bao Peilun has recently been given a new job - to do the rounds of wards in Shuguang Hospital as a member of the hospital's Ethical Committee.
- Medicinal herbs in focus
WHILE Chinese consumers are keeping their eyes out for anything foreign, multi-national firms have begun to turn out goods with Chinese characteristics.
- Bed-wetting can be pathological
MANY parents become angry or feel helpless in the morning when they find their children - even when they are six years old - are still wetting the bed.
- Medical milestone
FOLLOWING policies supportive of cut-price drugstores, the local government this week declared its determination to encourage more private and foreign capital to enter the city's medical system, a further step on the path of medical reform.
- Hogwarts headache
BOSTON - A Washington doctor warned that he has seen three children complain of headaches caused by the physical stress of relentlessly plowing through the epic 870-page adventure, Harry Potter.
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- The summits of natural beauty
NEPAL is the most beautiful place I have ever seen. This was also the opinion of many of my travelling companions, some of whom travel widely. The country's beauty doesn't overwhelm you, but instead has a calming and totally relaxing effect.
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- Self-improvement contests
THE sports event, held every three years, has turned out to be a gala for Xu Ming (not his real name), a juvenile delinquent aged around 20.
- Bridge climbing
DAY and night, a few lines of tiny figures the size of grey ants can be spotted scrambling up the arches of the iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge.
- Red-obsessed China prefers black cars
"THE East is Red", says the Chinese revolutionary anthem, but try finding a red car in China.
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