Policy benefits aliens
A NEW policy adopted since early March this year regarding granting residence status to overseas Chinese and foreigners is benefiting a growing number of people.
May Day spending spree looks in the offing
INTERNATIONAL Labour Day will be celebrated with a week's holiday from May 1 to 7.
Urban air slightly polluted
SHANGHAI's air quality deteriorated last week from the previous week, according to a report from the Shanghai Environmental Monitoring Centre.
US movie star Arnie back for fund-raising
ARNOLD Schwarzenegger, an international film star as well as the spokesperson for Special Olympics International, will lead a delegation to visit China in May to help raise money for and awareness of the Special Olympics China.
Singapore's leader hails Pudong's development
MUNICIPAL Party Secretary Huang Ju and Mayor Xu Kuangdi met with visiting Singaporean Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong over the weekend.
Sheraton returns after two years
TWO years after its withdrawal from Shanghai's hotel market, the Sheraton Hotel Group has returned to Shanghai with the declaration of an agreement on Friday with two partners to establish a "Four Points Hotel" in Pudong.
Innovation contest kicked off at Jinmao
ORIGINAL ideas, innovations and inventions are invited for a "555 Inspirations" contest in search of progressive plans for social contribution. Five winners will be selected in July when the competition ends.
Ex-husband sets fire to marital home
A MAN was recently arrested for starting a fire in his ex-wife's house to vent his spite after she refused to let him stay the night, according to the Zhabei District Procuratorate.
Beware of thieves posing as friends
INGRATITUDE of several persons shown towards the kindness of their relatives or friends will result in their punishment.
Man gets 10 yrs for stabbing prostitute
A LOCAL farmer was recently sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment by Minhang District Court for stabbing a prostitute.
May Day, May Day calling all shoppers
MAY days will be soon upon us. And it is May days or May daze. The annual May Day (May 1) holiday is to be celebrated, not by just one day of rest, but as I am told, by a sybaritic seven days off in Shanghai. I still struggle to get my Western mind around the East's system of awarding holidays and how one day can become, like loaves and fishes, seven. Maybe, it is coming from crabby cultures where the day off was fought for tooth and nail over years of union militancy. All this will be of vicarious interest
Fengshui fears foil telegraph
IN the present Internet and information age, it is interesting to look back to the time of the telegraph before modern com-munications.
Competition too hot in the ice cream market
ICE cream makers face a market meltdown in the coming summer.
Hi-tech mover
PUDONG New Area today will usher in Shanghai's first major international conference this year with United Nations officials and foreign scholars attending to discuss business incubation and technology innovation.
Visit strengthens ties with Haifa
By Wan Lixin
MAYOR Xu Kuangdi expressed his desire for furthering mutual ties while meeting with Amram Mitzna, mayor of Haifa, one of Shanghai's sister cities. The Israeli delegation arrived in Shanghai from Beijing on Sunday for a four-day visit. "Although China and Israel established diplomatic ties 10 years ago, the friendship between Chinese and Jewish people can be traced back over a few centuries," said Xu. Xu said that he was particularly impressed by his last visit to Haifa where he met 50 Israelis who could speak authentic Shanghai dialect. He said during the World War II the two peoples had been mutually supportive in fighting fascism. Xu also said that since the two countries established diplomatic ties, Shanghai had learnt a lot from Israel in education, science and technology, agriculture, environmental protection and other fields. He said he hoped ties between the two countries as well as the two sister cities could be further expanded. Mitzna said he had been expecting this visit for a long time and he was happy that he had made it. "You know that the city of Shanghai is a special city in the hearts of Jewish people," he said. He said the potential for co-operation between the two cities to be enormous. On Sunday Mitzna also attended an opening ceremony for a show of pictures by Israeli children. Yesterday the delegation visited Pudong, Yuyuan Garden, Shanghai Museum, Tongji University, and some Israeli enterprises in Shanghai.
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