2000 IT forum on the way
A HIGH-profile gathering of IT users and industry leaders will be held in Shanghai in the middle of the year.
Before you settle down to business here...
ARRIVING in Shanghai can be a little disorienting, even for a tourist.
Somerset confident in housing market
SINGAPOREAN property developers are still showing strong interest in the local market though the city has many empty houses.
Rumous quashed, IDD access to stay
SHANGHAI's chief telecommunications operators have denied rumours they are set to ban all IDD business for new mobile phone users in the local market.
Emery offers you quick delivery
LOOKING for somebody for a jumbo delivery to the US? Contact Emery Worldwide, which recently expanded its guaranteed "Gold Priority Express" service for shipments from Shanghai to 48 states in the United States, plus Puerto Rico, Canada, and major points in Mexico.
Government to survey commercial framework
HOW many commercial enterprises are there in Shanghai? What is the city's commercial structure?
Robin Smith: from movie child to top business woman
ROBIN Smith grew up as a Hollywood movie child.
Seek future card users
IN the 21st century, cash payment will be replaced by bank card payment, a senior Visa Inter-national executive said last week.
Higher prices, larger capacity for cargo
SERVICES bound for the United States are expected to have more cargo this year thanks to the economic recovery in Asia.
GDP target 9%
THE city government is striving for a 9 per cent increase in GDP growth in 2000. The city achieved a 10.2 per cent increase in GDP growth in 1999, halting the decline in the GDP growth rate for the first year since 1992, said Li Liangyuan, director of Shanghai Planning Committee. The services industry achieved an over 20 billion yuan ($2.4 billion) increase over 1998. At the end of 1999, exports to Asia, the former major export destination for Shanghai, recovered, with those to Japan increasing by 16.8 per cent and those to ASEAN countries increasing by 36.5 per cent. Contracted foreign investment in Shanghai as a whole decreased by 29.8 per cent to $4.1 billion, while investment in fixed assets began to recover in 1999.
‘Waixiao' houses cheaper
THE price gap between properties available for sale to local people and those accessible to foreigners is closing fast.
New Apple products on market
APPLE Computer International Co, one of the earliest and largest computer manufacturers in the world, announced the launch of two of its new series of PC products.
Website bids to be good medical guide
JUST one click, you might be interviewing with a psychologist in Shanghai, or a traditional Chinese doctor in Guangzhou. This can not only be done for remote diagnoses by hospitals equipped with advanced facilities, but also accessible at several of China's health websites, one of which is www.daoyi.com. The website, now still in Chinese, will present surfers with medical information in English starting from June. "We hope to be able to tell patients where to find the most experienced doctors to cure their illnesses. We can organize patients with various diseases to let them have some place to chat with others in different places and encourage one another," said Zhou Lingling, one of the founders of the website. He graduated with a doctorate degree in chemistry in the United States and later worked for management consultants, McKinsey. After being self-employed for several years, he established the health website with his partner, Huang Wenming, an experienced businessman in the health information industry in China. They hope to connect all hospitals in China, and later in other countries, with patients suffering from various illnesses. Now, 210,000 hospitals in China have registered at the website and more are expected to join in. The company also employs doctors specializing in different health specialties to regularly give instructions to website surfers. At the website, five sectors of health information are covered: • General health news and information, shopping for health products, community services provided to patients of 20 chronic diseases, Internet hospitals, medical universities and libraries. The traditional Chinese medicines and therapies will also play a big role at the website. • Psychological health news and instructions on psychological health; • Instructions and discussions of healthy sex at the sub-website named "Paradise Gained." • Instructions on beautification; • Instructions on harmonious families. At one of its sub-websites named "Baby-Loving Garden," young parents can obtain the specialized knowledge needed for periods from pregnancy to the time when babies are growing up. The website also features organ donations through the Internet and the publishing or discussion of medical theses.
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