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A DECISION to cut more of the city's bureaucratic red tape was taken at last Wednesday's local Congress meeting when another 36 administrative processes were abolished.
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Shanghai
- Local Congress slashes red tape
A DECISION to cut more of the city's bureaucratic red tape was taken at last Wednesday's local Congress meeting when another 36 administrative processes were abolished.
- 3 blackmailers in jail after bomb scare
POLICE have arrested three men in connection with the attempted extortion of 200,000 yuan from a Shanghai department store. The store had been told that unless the money was paid, a bomb hidden in its building would be exploded.
- School food poisoning
A TOTAL of 104 students at Shanghai Xinzhong High School - a boarding school in Zhabei District - were struck down by food poisoning last Friday on the eve of their final examinations.
- Renewable energy
THE expansion of the use of renewable energy and a more efficient use of power resources were important factors in achieving environmentally sustainable economic growth, Margaret Beckett, British secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, said on her recent visit to Shanghai.
- High aspirations upset university
FIVE students from Fudan University last Monday embarked on an expedition to climb a 6,206-metre-high peak in Tibet, the Shanghai Morning Post has reported.
- Cadres back at work after `fake' firing
TWO officials removed from their leadership positions in the Chengdong Industrial and Commercial Bureau over the tragic "poisonous milk powder" scandal in East China's Anhui Province are back working as usual in their original posts, the Shanghai Youth Daily has reported.
- Boating tragedy in Henan
A BOAT loaded with sightseers sank last Tuesday during a heavy rainstorm in Xiaolangdi Reservoir in Central China's Henan Province. Rescue crews recovered one body the following morning and were searching for 43 missing passengers, according to Xinhua News Agency.
- Strange fruit
EVEN fresh fruit bought at the market may be fake, according to the latest issue of CCTV's Weekly Quality Report.
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