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.
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.
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.
Beware of thieves posing as friends
By Wan Lixin
INGRATITUDE of several persons shown towards the kindness of their relatives or friends will result in their punishment. Minhang Procuratorate reveals a man was recently arrested for setting fire to his aunt's home after stealing from her. He had stayed with his aunt's family in Shanghai for a long time. As the aunt regarded him like her own child, she sometimes criticized him for his misconduct to aid his development. As a result, he grew angry at his aunt. On March 9, he stole over 6,000 yuan ($720) worth of jewellery, cash, and cards from his aunt's home and then set fire to the house. The fire was quickly brought under control and the man was arrested the following day. Another criminal case of ingratitude involved an farmer From East China's Anhui Province who came to Shanghai in February to seek employment. As he was unable to find a job, he came to a barbershop in Minhang District where one of his cousins worked as an employee. The boss of the barbershop was kind enough to put him up at the barbershop. But in the early morning of March 7, the man stole 4,000 yuan ($480) from the shop and made it look as a thief had broken into the shop. He was arrested the following day. Yet another ingrate, was a 28-year-old man, who came to Shanghai in October last year to work as a clerk for an advertisement company. As he had no dwelling place, he was kindly put up by a friend. On October 28 last year, the man stole 34,742 yuan ($4,190) from the company and squandered the money on dining, clothing and travelling. He was recently prosecuted and may have to make full restitution.
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