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STATISTICS show that the city hosted about 2.5 million tourists from home and abroad during the first four days of the National Day holiday. Because the good weather was set to continue, the city can expect to see even more tourists in the latter part of the week.
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- Weather
Fine weather forecasted
- Property giant steps in
THE Ascott Group, a leading international serviced residence company, has announced firm plans for its first Asian property in Shanghai to carry the Citadines European serviced residence brand.
- logistic growth
HELLMANN Worldwide Logistics (HWL) has announced a 5-million euro development plan to better serve its customers in the Chinese market.
- Education initiative
INTEL Corporation has signed a memorandum of co-operation with the China Education and Research Network (CERNET) in the city, launching the Intel Initiative for Learning in Education Programme.
- Business in brief
Major auto
- Honeymoon period
IMMEDIATELY following the “wedding boom?of the Mid-Autumn Festival (September 28), the National Day holiday has also proven to be a golden season for weddings, with several hundred new couples registering for marriage while many more held wedding ceremonies.
- Tourists flood in
STATISTICS show that the city hosted about 2.5 million tourists from home and abroad during the first four days of the National Day holiday. Because the good weather was set to continue, the city can expect to see even more tourists in the latter part of the week.
- Love on big screen
WHAT is being called “the largest outdoor commercial electronic screen in Shanghai?will be dedicated to lovers during the second half of October this year, according to the Shanghai Youth Daily.
- Overloading windstorm
A FERRY belonging to Shanghai Ya Tong Co Ltd was found to be carrying 1,074 people on the first day of National Day holiday, even though its maximum capacity was only 400. This was the most serious overloading case since the establishment of ferry transportation in the city, the Shanghai Youth Daily reported.
- Fireworks blast kills 31
THE death toll from a fireworks factory explosion in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region had risen to 31 by Tuesday night (October 5).
- Conservative shoppers
A SURVEY conducted by Joyo.com, a major online-shopping website in China shows that only 7.3 per cent of Chinese netizens frequently buy things through the Internet.
- Elecvated anciety
AFTER 20 hours of rescue efforts, 86 visitors trapped in a cable car in a tourist spot in Qinglong County in North China’s Hebei Province have all been saved.The last 21 trapped visitors were finally extracted at about 8:00am Tuesday, after experiencing a windy, frightening night in the air.
- Holiday road toll
THE heavy traffic flows caused by thronging tourists during the week-long National Day holiday has again put the country's worrying transport issues back on the agenda.
- Week in brief
Shanghai
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