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.
Baby sun bear born on New Year
A "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.
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.
21st Century English contest
By Chen Guangming
FORGET millennium celebrations. Forget Y2K bug. "Prospects for the 21st Century" is the new topic for a new era. Speaking on this subject, 24 students from East China universities of science and technology expressed their hopes for the future on Saturday during the First "21st Century Cup" English Speaking Competition in Shanghai. Sponsored by the newspaper 21st Century, the competition was the first of its kind held in the new millennium. According to Zhu Shichang, professor of English and main organizer of the competition, more importantly it was the first time that this kind of contest was held among 20 universities of science and technology from the east of China, including Shanghai, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi and Shandong. Zhu, who is also vice-chairman of the host university's Foreign Languages Department, said: "The 21st Century will be a new era of science and technology. This raises the question of how we can combine the improvement of students' English and the teaching of science and technology at the same time. That's why we held this competition." Zhao Ming, 21, a junior student from the host university, won first prize. Zhao was coached by her teacher Yan Jinglan. According to Yan, Zhao's speech had a winning combination of general ideas and concrete examples. On Saturday afternoon, a preliminary competition was held. The top 10 students were given the chance to compete in finals held in the evening. The final session of the competition was judged by four professors of English and an American specialist. Luo San of Shanghai-based Donghua University, Ji Xiaohong of Shanghai Maritime University and Wu Yuan of the Nanchang Institute of Aeronautics Engineering all won second prize. And the remaining six finalists took third prize. They were awarded certificates, cash prizes and dictionaries sponsored by Pearson Education, China. All the other 14 participants were awarded prizes.
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