Swedes who work hard, play hard
THE Swedish Society held its first get-together in the new year on Friday evening at O'Malley's pub on Taojiang Road.
Air quality improves
SHANGHAI'S air quality took a turn for the better last week thanks to speedier winds and less frequent inversion (cooler air trapped near the earth's surface by warm air), according to the latest report from the Shanghai Environmental Monitoring Centre.
21st Century English contest
FORGET millennium celebrations. Forget Y2K bug. "Prospects for the 21st Century" is the new topic for a new era.
Nike jerseys safe, TBT levels miniscule
NIKE (Suzhou) Co, wholly-owned subsidiary of Nike Co - a global giant in the manufacture of sports products - admitted yesterday 251 of its Borussia Dortmund soccer jerseys from Europe had been made with raw materials containing TBT, but emphasized all of its other products in China are made from safe substances.
Ex-couple in court over fraud
HEARINGS began yesterday morning at Municipal No 1 Intermediate People's Court regarding Cai Linfen and Qiu Laifa who were suspected of being involved in a 62.96-million-yuan ($7.6 million) fraud.
Man stabs girlfriend to death
A MAN who confessed to hacking his girlfriend to death when she tried to leave him is now in police custody.
Socks appeal, or does size matter?
AN Acadian American I know has trouble with his socks. The size that is. He has a good grip on the ground, which was the polite way your maiden aunt had of saying you have very big feet. Plus he likes to walk - one of the world's best forms of exercise.
Jaywalkers arrested for violence
A TOTAL of eight jaywalkers who used violence against traffic police have been detained recently.
Man jailed for killing baby girl
A 21-YEAR-OLD man was recently arrested for strangling his infant daughter just after his girlfriend gave birth to the infant, according to Yangpu District Procuratorate.
Experts evaluate China's WTO entry
LOCAL experts seem to be pretty confident China's entry to World Trade Organization (WTO) will not have any immediate disastrous effects for Chinese banks.
From race course to People's Square
SHANGHAI was once known as a "Paradise for Adventurers." Few places could conjure up a more graphic picture of old Shanghai's decadence than the former horse race track on what is now People's Square.
Teachers wanted
LOCAL universities are going outside city limits in the search of the teaching talent needed to fuel Shanghai's economic takeoff in the new century.
Baby sun bear born on New Year
By Yuan Detian
The baby animal, a female with a round body and light-dark hair, weighs
about 250 grams and is kept in a quiet cage, nestled beside her mother. The mother sun bear from Yunnan Province who already has six young is
taking great care of her new cub. Each day she feeds her more than 10
times and hugs her all the time. "She ignores everything outside except her baby and keeps people away
from her baby," said Wang Aichan, who looks after the zoo's birds. The sun bear is the smallest in the bear family. "This kind of bear is
nimble enough to climb trees. So long as the branch can hold his weight,
he can climb trees as high as he wishes," said Wang. Now decreasing in number, sun bears were listed in the Convention on
International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). "They are popular with visitors. In three to four months, baby sun bears
are old enough to meet visitors," he said. To date, Shanghai Zoo boasts 602 sorts of creatures, including 724 beasts
of prey and 1,271 amphibians and reptiles. "We've introduced new species from many countries, such as red-necked
wallaby from Australia and maned wolf from Brazil," said Li Zhongkui,
chief of the Feed Department. According to the animals' different habits and characteristics, the zoo
provides them with various services and feed. Statistics show that Shanghai Zoo spends about 3 million yuan ($360,000)
every year on food for animals, about 10,000 yuan ($1,200) every day. In 1999, 314 birds and 103 beasts were born in Shanghai Zoo. Giraffes, Hippopotami, De Brazza's Monkeys and the American Bison listed
in the CITES, all successfully gave birth to young, Wang said.
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"SUN bear" cub born on New Year's Day in Shanghai Zoo is now in good health
and under the special watch of zoo keepers.
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