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Boom forces farmer to adapt

XIONG Xiuling, 45, has been a farmer on Chongming Island since she was very young. What the Changjiang Tunnel-Bridge, operating since October 31, brought to her and her family has been both sweet and bitter. Before, the woman planted tangerine, ...

From STEFFIE LU, Shanghai Daily,  22 Nov 2009

Daughter put volunteer on anti-PJ course

YU Shihe, 58, used to wear her pajamas when going to the wet market 200 meters from her Hongkou District neighborhood. But one day she was stopped short by her 20-year-old daughter, about to go to the market with her. "She said she would not go ...

From STEFFIE LU, Shanghai Daily,  5 Nov 2009

Dead Newborn Found In Sewer

POLICE are hunting the mother of a newborn baby found dead in a blocked cesspit early yesterday morning in Yangpu District. A public sanitation worker found the dead baby boy face down in the cesspit at the corner of Zhoujiapai and Ningwu Roads. ...

From STEFFIE LU, Shanghai Daily,  11 Oct 2009

College bedding, uniforms come into question

AN inspection on college-provided bedding and kindergarten uniforms showed about a third of them were of inferior quality, city officials said yesterday. The Shanghai Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision inspected 14 batches of bedding and ...

From STEFFIE LU, Shanghai Daily,  18 Sep 2009

Holiday On The Buses

MORE than 170 short-term bus tours have been arranged over the National Day holiday by Shanghai Sightseeing Bus Center. The tour packages cover Shanghai suburbs and surrounding provinces, and give tourists a taste of traditional activities ...

From STEFFIE LU, Shanghai Daily,  13 Sep 2009

Tourism recovers along with economy

THE tourism industry is under siege, in the nicest possible way, for the coming National Day holiday. "Booked out" is already a common response to package inquiries from tour agencies. Only Taiwan and Southeast Asia-bound packages were still ...

From STEFFIE LU, Shanghai Daily,  7 Sep 2009

Yang family keen but worry if they'll pass

THE family of 79-year-old Yang Min has started preparing to receive guests during the 2010 World Expo. The five-member family has worked out appropriate room allocation and how to keep guests occupied. Among 63 families signing up for the Linfen ...

From STEFFIE LU, Shanghai Daily,  16 Aug 2009

'Charity Stars' sought

STARS of the non-astral type come in many forms and stars of charity are up there with the most important. Any individual, organization or company in the city involved in charity causes can sign up for selection as a "Charity Star," Shanghai Charity ...

From STEFFIE LU, Shanghai Daily,  7 Aug 2009

Wheelchairs to help locals see Expo

THE Wheelchair Foundation will donate 2,010 wheelchairs to local neighborhoods to help the disabled visit the 2010 World Expo, officials yesterday. Anyone who needs a wheelchair can borrow one from the neighborhood committee for free during the Expo, ...

From STEFFIE LU, Shanghai Daily,  5 Aug 2009

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Thailand Pavilion to be revealed in mall

THE design of the Thailand Pavilion for the Shanghai 2010 World Expo will be unveiled to the public at a free five-day exhibition at the Super Grand Mall next month, the Royal Thai Consulate General in Shanghai said yesterday. The exhibition will ...

From STEFFIE LU, Shanghai Daily,  29 Jul 2009

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