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Invention to tell if you're too tired or drunk to drive

COMING someday to a roadside police stop near you -- a cap that can tell cops whether you're too drunk or too tired to drive by reading your brain waves. The headwear sounds like science fiction, but it's being developed by scientists at Shanghai ...

From LIANG YIWEN, Shanghai Daily,  23 Nov 2009

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Unsupported health charges spoil bun sales

THE Shanghai Food and Drug administration has begun examining Yang's Fried Buns, a chain selling a traditional Shanghai-style snack likely to be served inside the 2010 World Expo site, after an unsubstantiated Internet report claimed the buns contain ...

From LIANG YIWEN, Shanghai Daily,  20 Nov 2009

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New paper for old as green initiative grows

CITY enterprises can now trade waste paper for new paper as the clean-and-green drive continues. The Shanghai Greenery Administrative Bureau started the paper-exchange campaign to promote environmental protection, officials said yesterday. ...

From LIANG YIWEN, Shanghai Daily,  20 Nov 2009

Whale to live on in museum

FISHERY experts will start to dissect the remains of a stranded whale this afternoon. Shanghai Ocean University plans to use the skin and bones to make two specimens for display within the next 18 months. The 10-ton Bryde's whale was found ...

From LIANG YIWEN, Shanghai Daily,  20 Nov 2009

Quickie buildings to be razed

ALL illegal structures hastily erected on the future Disneyland site will be razed by the end of this month, officials said yesterday. Some residents of a local village slated to be seized for Shanghai's Disneyland have quickly been putting up ...

From LIANG YIWEN, Shanghai Daily,  19 Nov 2009

56% of student startups get low marks

MORE than half of government-subsidized student business companies were scored as "mediocre" or even "bad-performing" after years of operation, according to an report released yesterday at the Shanghai Entrepreneurship Week. Still, Wu Xiujuan, an ...

From LIANG YIWEN, Shanghai Daily,  16 Nov 2009

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Weather thwarts whale's retrievers

LOCAL rescue crews failed to retrieve the remains of a stranded whale yesterday due to miserable weather. The rescue team, consisting of fishery authorities and experts from Shanghai Ocean University, planned to launch another effort as soon as the ...

From LIANG YIWEN, Shanghai Daily,  15 Nov 2009

Pudong officials must declare family property

OFFICIALS above division level in the Pudong New Area will have to declare housing and property assets of themselves and their families online to prevent corruption, according to a draft released yesterday. The government plans to bring in the ...

From LIANG YIWEN, Shanghai Daily,  13 Nov 2009

Young adults likeliest Expo-goers: poll

PEOPLE aged 21 to 25 will constitute most of the visitors to the 2010 World Expo, according to a survey released yesterday. About 54 percent of non-locals said they care about the event, the survey also found. The survey, conducted by Horizon ...

From LIANG YIWEN, Shanghai Daily,  12 Nov 2009

Local H1N1 monitoring net expanded to public venues

SHANGHAI has launched a major expansion of its network for monitoring the development of swine flu, health officials said yesterday. Meanwhile, some international schools seem to be reluctant to pick up on the city's offer of free H1N1 shots, ...

From CAI WENJUN AND LIANG YIWEN, Shanghai Daily,  11 Nov 2009

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