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A CAMERA lens that leaks light, overreacts to bright colours, and leaves dark corners on the pictures? A professional photographer may suggest you throw it away and buy something less like ¡°trash?
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| Life Style |
- Snapshots of imagination
A CAMERA lens that leaks light, overreacts to bright colours, and leaves dark corners on the pictures? A professional photographer may suggest you throw it away and buy something less like ¡°trash?
- First Lomo exhibition
AN exhibition entitled ¡°Lomo And His Friends?opened January 21 in The Room With A View located on Nanjing Donglu. For this first Lomo exhibition held in a gallery, 12 Lomo fans contributed their works for the ¡°Lomo wall?
- Plenty to do in town
TIME passes so quickly ?another Lunar New Year is coming. The week-long vacation, to some, is the opportunity for a happy family gathering, to others, the chance to get out and about town.
- More donations for tsunami-victims continue
SHANGHAI Sheshan Golf Club donated 500,000 yuan
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- Week of style
THE Hong Kong Fashion Week for fall/winter 2005 offered people a winter wonderland of chic. During the four days from January 18 to 21, fairs offered a stunning selection of ideas and designs.
- Scarf love
For Valentine¡¯s Day 2005, Salvatore Ferragamo is offering a collection of touching declarations ¡ª him to her, her to him ¡ª for one of those moments when words may fail.
- Loving sparkle
Diamond accessories, those ¡°pieces of broken stars falling from the sky? always sparkle with special brilliance in any woman¡¯s heart.
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- CDC calm on contagion
FACED with an outbreak of meningitis in some provinces since late January, local health bureau officials have said the city¡¯s disease prevention system is on full alert and locals should not be overly worried about the disease.
- Meningitis risks controllable
THE Ministry of Health (MOH) has asked health institutes nationwide to strengthen prevention and control measures as well as immunization against a new type of bacterial meningitis. Nevertheless, the meningitis outbreak in parts of China is of a reasonable size and controllable, officials said.
- Reminders of prosperity in Nanxun
LOCATED in north Zhejiang Province, the charming water town of Nanxun possesses every feature which can also be found in other water towns in Southeast China: interlaced rivers, ancient pavilions and houses built alongside waterways and arched stone bridges connecting the different parts of the town.
- Sri Lanka makes plans to revive tourism
SRI Lanka has unveiled an aggressive campaign called “Bounce Back Sri Lanka?to revive its tourism industry.
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- Working alternatives
MANY Chinese students are familiar with the strenuous effort required to prepare for the TOEFL or GRE examinations, which are necessary for study abroad. Now, however, there is an alternative to exam-oriented language tests and expensive tuition fees at foreign universities. Students and postgraduates under the age of 30, including those who have graduated from universities within one year now have a fair and equal opportunity to apply for an internship in an enterprise abroad.
- Gaining experiences in China as an overseas volunteer
AS I trawled through the enormous pile of information various helpful friends had given me, I wondered how I would ever make a decision. I was sitting in my kitchen in England, cup of coffee in hand and papers strewn over the table, trying to find something to fill the gap between finishing my job and returning to my studies in Cambridge. I wanted to get out of England, to live somewhere different and get away from the stresses and strains of my current life. I wanted to travel again, to experience new cultures and see new places. The question was, how to do it.
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| What's on |
- Event
FOLLOWING his first visit four years ago, the renowned musical creator Andrew Lloyd Webber has finally returned to Shanghai, one of the most thriving musical markets in China.
- Listings
Shanghai Grand Theatre
- High flying ballet
The world¡¯s first-ever acrobatic ballet ¡°Swan Lake?will have its premiere in Shanghai this March at the Shanghai Grand Theatre.
- Difficult to place
WORKS by French Artist Richard Texier are on exhibition in the Shanghai Art Museum. With a reputation as an artist who is both important and difficult to categorize, Texier probes widely into various art genres. Astronomy, maps and modern video art all supply inspiration for his paintings.
- Private collections open to public
ITEMS of shining pottery bearing royal seals from the Tang Dynasty (618-907) and Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), ivory statues handcrafted by ancient artists, glittering jade necklaces decorated with diamonds ?lovers of antiques in Shanghai may be surprised to find that museums are not the only places where they can appreciate such items. A comprehensive antiques exhibition has been opened by the Bohai Auction Company, with all the antiques on display taken from private collections and rarely shown to the public before.
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