- Week in brief
SHANGHAI
- Press clips
Misguided tours
- Road cave-in
A SECTION of roadway at the intersection of busy Lujiabang Lu and Xizang Nanlu suddenly subsided last Sunday afternoon disrupting traffic for six hours.
- Widening legal circle
PERMANENT residents in Hong Kong and Macao are allowed, for the first time, to register for the nationwide legal examination in Shanghai, scheduled to start in September.
- Bizarre behaviour
OVER a period of eight months, nine items of a woman's clothing were cut by someone using the Metro. The woman surnamed Jiang said she had stopped taking the Metro last week, and spent another 30 minutes taking the bus to work, according to a report in the Shanghai Morning Post.
- A glimpse of Thai paradise
JUICY and nutritious fruit always makes the best choice for a respite from the scorching heat and moistening a dry throat in summer. This summer, local people can enlarge their shopping lists with a wide variety of fresh fruit imported from neighbouring Thailand.
- Conspiracy of cheats
FIVE people suspected of organizing or participating in a group cheating exercise during the two-day national college entrance examination on June 7 and 8 have been detained by the police in Nanyang City of Central China's Henan Province.
- Relocation faces stiff regulation
THE overall scale of urban relocation projects will see a marked reduction this year brought about by public disquiet over "irrational" urbanization projects.
- Taxi giants answer call
SUZHOU has pledged to help local residents solve their difficulties finding taxis by teaming up with Shanghai's two "taxi giants". According to Suzhou Vice-Mayor Jiang Renjie, the city will add 800 taxis to ease the shortage of cabs. At present, the city has 2,408 taxis to carry from 120,000 to 190,000 passengers every day.
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A SECTION of roadway at the intersection of busy Lujiabang Lu and Xizang Nanlu suddenly subsided last Sunday afternoon disrupting traffic for six hours.