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.
Visit strengthens ties with Haifa
MAYOR Xu Kuangdi expressed his desire for furthering mutual ties while meeting with Amram Mitzna, mayor of Haifa, one of Shanghai's sister cities.
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.
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.
Ex-husband sets fire to marital home
By Mei Fangming
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. Last October, the man agreed to divorce his wife. The court ruled that his son, who had just reached adulthood, should live with his mother. Despite the divorce, the man continued to live with his ex-wife and son for some time, until two months later, when he moved out of the family home and sought accommodation elsewhere. On March 18 this year, he took the bus to his ex-wife's place after dinner, intending to stay at his ex-wife's room for the night. His ex-wife flatly refused, and his son was apparently supportive of his mother. The man flared up and decided to beat up his son. He was no match for the woman and son together and beat a hasty retreat. As it was late and the bus service to his dwelling-place had stopped running, he had to stay the night in a small garden nearby. Early next morning, he again went to his former home and broke into the house. He found nobody at home because his ex-wife and son had already taken refuge at a relative's place as they knew he might seek revenge. The man opened the fridge and began to drink beer. He apparently became very angry again when he thought of the whole incident. So he set fire to some clothes in the wardrobe before fleeing the scene. On March 21, the man, accompanied by his sister and brother-in-law, gave himself up to the police.
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