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WITH the aim of conserving water, Shanghai will hold a hearing on water rates on May 19 after which the fee for water use is expected to rise by 20 to 30 cents per ton.
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- Week in brief
SHANGHAI
- Press clips
Political cheats
- Weather in week
Friday should be fine but cloudy.
- Water saving measures planned
WITH the aim of conserving water, Shanghai will hold a hearing on water rates on May 19 after which the fee for water use is expected to rise by 20 to 30 cents per ton.
- New centre for investment consultants
THE city has set up its first centre to train high-level investment consultants for local economic development zones.
- court reviews father's death sentence
THE Shanghai High Court is re-considering the case of an unmarried father who is under sentence of death for robbery and murder.
- Property exhibition
THE Holiday Property Exhibition in the Shanghai Exhibition Centre over the May Day break was the first big real estate show after new policies affecting the industry came into force.
- Farmer wins AIDS suit
SHIJIAZHUANG - A Chinese farmer has won a more than three-year-long lawsuit against a local hospital in Shahe City in North China's Hebei Province for transfusing AIDS-contaminated blood that led to the death of his wife and his daughter's contracting the AIDS virus.
- Indicator turns 'Green
CHONGQING - China is making progress towards taking environmental factors into account when determining the country's gross domestic product (GDP). This is part of a programme to ensure sustainable economic and social development.
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