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VICE-Premier Wu Yi and Janian Green, wife of Group Chief Executive Stephen K Green of HSBC Holdings plc, gave a 175,000-ton capsize cargo ship the name "An May" along with their best wishes at the Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipyard (SWS) on January 4.
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- Week in brief
SHANGHAI
- Wether this weak
THE partially sunny days of this week will end when a cold air current arrives in the city on January 8. The weekend will see sleet and a drop of temperature, with the lowest at zero and the highest at about 3 degrees centigrade.
- Figuring out 204
SHANGHAI's economy experienced brisk growth in 2004, as recent numbers show.
- Wired together for enlargement
MOTOROLA Inc is launching a campaign in the city to promote its V3 handsets as part of its strategy to enlarge its market share in China. In the fourth quarter of 2004, Motorola had produced seven kinds of newly-designed handsets for the China market to compete with its counterparts.
- SAIC sets up sharehoding company
SHANGHAI Automotive Industry Corp (SAIC), China's largest automaker, recently launched a new shareholding company to pave the way for an eventual overseas listing.
- Breaking new ground
ALTHOUGH the Hongkou, Baoshan and Zhabei districts have been traditionally categorized among the xiazhijiao (poor, run-down areas) in the minds of Shanghai people, the Guang Dong Hotel has shown great confidence in regards to the development of those areas.
- Elevated prospects
THE world's leading elevator and escalator producer, Otis, has won a contract to install 64 elevators and escalators in the Shanghai World Financial Centre. The 101-storey skyscraper located in the Pudong New Area is expected to become the world's tallest building after its completion in 2007.
- Net addiction leads to expulsions
EIGHTY-one Shanghai University students were expelled from school in the middle of last month after failing more courses than permitted in a given period of time. The ultimate culprit was said to be over-indulgence in the Internet, according to the Xinmin Evening News.
- Buoyant business
VICE-Premier Wu Yi and Janian Green, wife of Group Chief Executive Stephen K Green of HSBC Holdings plc, gave a 175,000-ton capsize cargo ship the name "An May" along with their best wishes at the Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipyard (SWS) on January 4.
- Theft alert for drivers
SHANGHAI Public Security Bureau has uncovered a series of thefts from cars, the Shanghai Youth Daily reported.
- Phone reservation system for taxis introduced
MANY people are finding it increasingly difficulty to find a taxi at peak times in the downtown area. At the same time, many empty taxis can't find passengers.
- City braces for passenger surge
THE 2005 spring transportation plan was initiated January 4, according to the city's transportation bureau. "The special weather" has become a key element in this year's spring transportation emergency counterplan, the Shanghai Youth Daily reported.
- Cross-straits charters possible
THE Chinese mainland and Taiwan Province have inched closer to allowing special direct charter flights during the Chinese Lunar New Year, after Beijing said it welcomed talks about the issue with Taiwan envoys.
- Numbers of the week
145 million
- Anti=secession law in interests of Taiwan compatriots
THE draft anti-secession law is in the fundamental interests of Taiwan compatriots as it could prevent "Taiwan independence" forces from leading Taiwan to a disastrous end, a non-governmental organization representing Taiwanese living on the mainland said recently in Beijing.
- Chinese couples chicken out of Rooster Year weddings
COUPLES across China are rushing to get married in the next few days before the Year of the Rooster, chickening out of what they believe to be a jinxed time to tie the knot.
- Bitter pilgrimage
A TRUCK returning from a pilgrimage to Tibet overturned January 3, killing at least 55 people and injuring 40 others in Northwest China's Qinghai Province.
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