Friendship stores offer best of Britain
A RANGE of British luxury and consumer products made by 20 renowned manufacturers, ranging from confectionery and biscuits, knitwear and arts products, will be on offer in Shanghai's four Friendship stores from tomorrow, according to sources from the British Consulate General.
Three women drug dealers face jail
THREE young women have been sentenced to criminal detention in Pudong for drug trafficking after they became addicted to drug abuse.
Street corners, goldfish go with the feng shui flow
AS everyone knows we are about to enter a dragon year, regarded as the most auspicious by the Chinese. The dragon is also an important aspect of feng shui, or wind and water, an ancient Chinese geomantic practice and buzz word in the West in recent years. Having co-written a book on the subject, coming to China has given me the opportunity to see for myself how feng shui works in its country of origin, particularly in Shanghai.
Hearing opens in Huahai case
COURT hearings started yesterday into a major case of embezzlement in which company board chairman, Gui Aizhen, is suspected of channelling 12 million yuan ($1.4 million) of public funds into private companies, according to the municipal No 1 Intermediate People's Court.
New perks to hook high-tech expertise
THE local job market just got more attractive for job-seekers in the high-tech industry.
Sowing seeds of conservation
THE future is in the hands of the younger generation. That's why Shanghai Changning International School (SCIS) tries hard to impart to its students a strong sense of environmental protection.
Woman knifed in Pudong after fight with boss
ONLY a few weeks after reports that a security officer chopped off four of a woman's fingers in South China's Guangdong Province sparked outrage, another report has surfaced that a migrant woman in Pudong suffered a similar injury when a disagreement with her boss turned nasty.
IPR review positive
CHINA has honoured the US-China bilateral agreement on the protection of intellectual property rights signed in 1995, according to Joseph Papovich, assistant US trade representative for services, investment and intellectual property.
German companies build business and friendships
THE Delegation of German Industry and Commerce Shanghai, established in 1994, has helped more than 360 representative offices and firms funded by German enterprises to set up, most of which are based in Shanghai and the rest in other provinces such as Jiangsu, Sichuan, Zhejiang and Shandong.
Woman raped, murdered for $21 and phone
AN unemployed migrant from Anhui Province was arrested last week for robbing, raping, and murdering a young woman, according to sources from Zhabei Procuratorate.
Hounded robber gives himself up to the police
A MAN who robbed a karaoke bar gave himself up to police last week hoping for protection after being hounded for money by other members of the criminal underworld.
Campus river has a story
PEOPLE visiting East China Normal University often ask: why is the river which traverses its campus called Li Wa He, or Beautiful Woman River?
Eyesores on way out; filthy shacks to raze
DEMOLITION of some ugly shacks built on grassland has pleased residents in Jintang Residential Area, Xuhui District. Green grass has been replanted on the ground.
Alcatel Asia moves head office here
By Chen Qide
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| Serge Tchuruk |
ALCATEL yesterday announced the setting up of its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Shanghai, reflecting its confidence in the economic growth of the Asia Pacific region.
"We expect Shanghai will become the third pillar of Alcatel's global market," said Serge Tchuruk, chairman of Alcatel.
The other two pillars are the European and American markets.
"As a centre of technology for China, Shanghai will become the largest telecommunications market in the Asia-Pacific region," Tchuruk said.
Of the company's 10,000 employees, 4,000 are concentrated in Shanghai. The presence of this very substantial resource and technology base makes the city the logical choice for Alcatel regional headquarters, he said.
The regional market is expected to have telecommunications sales of $330 billion by the year 2003 with the number of China's mobile phone subscribers set to increase from 40 million at present to 115 million.
"We see China's demand for telecommunications and Internet services stimulating dynamic growth in the region," he said.
By 2003, China will have overtaken Japan as the region's largest telecommunications market.
"One of our primary objectives is now to replicate in Asia our successes in Europe and the US," said Asia Pacific President Ron Spithill.
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