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AFTER an initial setback, the city is still planning to end the practice of providing free plastic bags to shoppers in supermarkets.
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- Week in brief
SHANGHAI
- Press
Perverse incentive
- Weather in week
Cloudy weather is expected to prevail in the city over the next few days, with rain to accompany the overcast conditions expected on Monday. However, the rain should cease by early Tuesday, although cloudy skies are likely to continue. The lowest temperature should remain at around 5 degrees centigrade, perhaps rising as high as 16 degrees centigrade.
- Odds and Ends
Damp squib?
- Plastic bag dilemma
AFTER an initial setback, the city is still planning to end the practice of providing free plastic bags to shoppers in supermarkets.
- Credit worthy
THE city this month launched a new regulation on credit information disclosure. The regulation has been designed to protect not only the privacy of individuals but also to enhance the efficiency of the city's overall credit information collection system.
- Bomb alarm
RIOT police stopped traffic on Fuzhou Lu at about 7:00pm on February 10 when a handbag suspected of containing a bomb was found inside an office building.
- Monitoring lawyers
THE Shanghai Bar Association has engaged its first batch of supervisors chosen from all walks of life to help monitor local lawyers' behavior when dealing with legal affairs.
- Top-end maids wanted
SHANGHAI is in serious short supply of qualified house maids for expatriates and high-income families, according to the Wenhui Daily.
- Financial reform policy
Beijing - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said last Tuesday that China would continue to maintain the stability of its currency at a rational and balanced value, while speeding up financial reform, stepping up financial supervision and regulating financial order to improve competitiveness in its financial sector.
- Rape-murder acquittal upsets police
JIANGSU Provincial People's Prosecuratorate has appealed to the Supreme Prosecuratorate in Beijing for a top-level investigation into a rape case in which a 19-year-old victim died and the alleged rapist was acquitted.
- Kissing contest sparks controversy
TIANJIN, - A kissing contest planned for Valentine's Day in North China's Tianjin Municipality is courting controversy in a country where displays of romantic affection are traditionally kept private.
- Phoney fireworks rumour sparks fatal stampede
A RUMOUR that a fireworks display would take place near Mihong Park in suburban Beijing's Miyun County was blamed for causing last Thursday's stampede in which 37 people were killed, many of them women and children who were trampled or crushed to death.
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