'No worry' on imported meat
LOCAL people can enjoy their meat as usual following a reassurance from local authorities they have taken strict measures to bar Listeria bacilli, reportedly tainted food and killed seven people in France, from entering Shanghai.
Blue book predicts robust shipping
CHINA'S first shipping blue book issued yesterday predicts that the nation's shipping business will be better than last year's as it enters the WTO.
Festival travellers return
THE number of passengers travelling on trains in areas around Shanghai surged again as the Spring Festival holidays ended after the Lantern Festival last Saturday.
New taxi service: minibuses for the disabled
WITH the 5th National Games for the Disabled in mind, Shanghai Bashi Taxi Company has invested about 6 million yuan ($725,000) in purchasing 30 Pheonix model mini-buses from Zhangjiagang in East China's Jiangsu Province.
Coastal border control tightened
BORDER policemen will have stronger powers to safeguard coastal areas of the city under a new set of coastal border control regulations.
Police raid nabs men in sex blackmail scam
MEN who were caught in the act of buying sex from prostitutes when police raided a hotel in Zhangjiang Procuratorate in Pudong New Area last October, were also the victims of an elaborate plot to extort money, police said.
Bright lights, big city
CHEN Xianpeng, 24, didn't go home for Spring Festival this year, though this was the second consecutive year he has spent the festival away from his hometown.
Spring period wine vessel from Shenshan
DURING the Eastern Zhou (770-256 BC), Qin (221-206 BC), and Han (206 BC-AD 220) dynasties, bronze casting flourished among the minority peoples inhabiting the border areas of China.
Sexism at work
MEN only need apply.
Infrastructure plans for 2000 released
By Xu Xiaomin
THE city plans to invest 280 billion yuan ($33.8 billion) this year in con-struction to improve its infrastructure. Of the total 30 infrastructure projects which have been listed as the city's most important projects this year, the construction of Shanghai Information Port is the No 1 project, said Vice-Mayor Han Zheng at a working conference on Wednesday. The city government will invest 774 million yuan ($93.59 million) this year in Shanghai Information Port project, which includes the intensive construction of fibre optic cable, broad band network and an information management centre. The project is expected to substantially improve the city's communication and network equipment after its completion. It is also expected to improve the city's e-commerce and information service. Among the 30 important projects, the construction of expressways, rail track and environmental projects account for about 60 per cent and almost the half of the total investment. They include the construction of an 80-kilometre rail track in the downtown area, over 120 kilometres of expressways in the suburban district and over 700 hectares of green space. This year, environmental protection has been highlighted and accounts for about 33 per cent of all projects, with the investment surpassing 15 per cent for the first time, 5 per cent higher than last year. They cover the incinerators for burning refuse, planting of green land on Yan'an Road and Hongqiao Area, the treatment of pollution sources, the treatment of rivers and the use of non-polluting energy sources. The city government also promises to eliminate the black water and the bad smell of the mainstream of Suzhou Creek in this year. The drive is also expected to promote domestic demand with some large or super-large-scale projects such as Wusong Tunnel, the second phase of the Pearl Light Rail Line and the overpass at Hongqiao Airport. These large investment projects are expected to promote the economy in the coming years
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