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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 19, 2004

LIFE

THE show to display the spring/summer collection of Lee and Wrangler is going to be a little different this year.

Fashion

Jeans for disco cowboys
THE show to display the spring/summer collection of Lee and Wrangler is going to be a little different this year.
Odds & Ends
Wailing wall

Health

Safety prescription
`HELPING people take medicine safely" is the aim of the Shanghai Municipal Drug and Food Administration and the city intends to have a drug monitoring database set up for all residents within two or three years.
Medical leader
SHANGHAI'S No. 9 People's Hospital is building a new 21-storey, 200 million yuan (US$24.2 million) medical block to boost the range of services it can offer and to attract local expatriates who may be thinking of returning home for treatment.

Travel

Journey to Buddhist heaven
HAVE you ever dreamed of entering a wonderland as fascinating and beautiful as paradise? Take a tour to Namtso Lake in Tibet, and you are sure to realize this dream.
Icy fairyland in the fair north
AN eternal topic in winter is snow and although I am used to either warm wintry sunshine or rainy days in southern China, I really wanted to experience the snow of northern China.

Feature

Ghastly reminder of war
DO Duc Duyen was born with two heads and is blind, deaf and utterly helpless. The seven-year-old lies on a bamboo mattress at a hospital outside central Quang Tri Province, crying constantly.
'Now everybody can fly
WHAT does US$2.50 buy in Thailand?
Sex-toy saleswoman questions obscenity laws
JOANNE Webb is a Texan mother of three, a Baptist and a former schoolteacher. She is also facing trial for selling sex toys.

What's on

Movies
Leaving Me, Loving You
irector: Edward Zwick
Starring: Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe, Koyoki, Billy Connolly
Witness to history
Due to increased public demand, "Jews in China", a unique exhibition encompassing the works of Shanghai artist Lu Zhide, has been extended to February 28.
Listings
Exhibition
Rock duo
THE Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra will stage its first-ever performance in Shanghai during a two-day run at the Shanghai Grand Theatre. Seiji Ozawa, the world-renowned Japanese conductor, will take the baton.
earning handicraft
WANT to learn a genuine handicraft that has been passed down through generations of the Dong ethnic minority? Wu Yanfan, from South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, specializes in showing off the embroidery skills of her people and she is ready to share her enjoyment of the handicraft with the women of Shanghai.
Classical encounter
THE German standard-bearer of rock'n'roll, Udo Lindenberg, will perform hand-in-hand with Cui Jiang to stage the long-awaited Multimedia Musical, "Atlantic Affairs" in Shanghai's Majestic Theatre later this month.