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THREE more infants
have died in China after being fed sub-standard milk powder. The
latest deaths occurred in Fenjie County of Southwest China's Chongqing
Municipality taking the total number of infant deaths in the country
to 18 by yesterday. |
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- week
in brief
HEBEI
SHANGHAI
- Presss
clips
Bad goods
- Weather
Shanghai
- Wretsling
crocs
FRENCH sportswear
producer Lacoste confirmed in Shanghai that it had appealed
to Shanghai Higher People's Court over its copyright dispute
with Singapore-based Crocodile International Pte Ltd.
- Radioactivity
checkup
THE city's
Environmental Protection Bureau said Shanghai will conduct inspec
tions of radioactive material storage facilities from May 1
to 10.
- Shanghai's
tech-sector jamboree
THE CeBIT
Asia 2004, a renowned international trade fair for Information
Technology (IT) and related sectors in the Asia Pacific region,
made its debut at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre
on April 26.
- Where
have all the clothes gone?
EVERY year,
the city produces millions of items of second-hand clothing
and this valuable resource was not being managed properly, according
to experts. Some of the clothing entered the second-hand market
without being properly examined and disinfected while other
items, such as underwear, were wastefully thrown away as rubbish.
- Investing
in synergy
The World
Chinese Business Advancement Association (WCBAA) has announced
a decision to invest US$1 billion in Shanghai to help integrate
the country's agriculture sector with the health care industry.
Five cities and 50 towns will be chosen to build an industrial
base.
- May
Day travel peak
CHINESE travellers
will make 36.8 million journeys by train during this year's
May Day holiday - 23.73 million more than in the same period
last year when the holiday was cancelled due to the SARS outbreak.
- SARS
concerns ebb, vigilance rises
TWO people
who had close contacts with the SARS patient in Beijing reported
fevers during medical examinations recently but 12 others were
removed from medical observation, the Oriental Morning Post
reported.
- Bad
milk power kills more infants
THREE more
infants have died in China after being fed sub-standard milk
powder. The latest deaths occurred in Fenjie County of Southwest
China's Chongqing Municipality taking the total number of infant
deaths in the country to 18 by yesterday.
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