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City expats receive security blanket

Metro | Need to know
2009-11-23

FOREIGNERS and overseas Chinese who hold a Shanghai residence card or stay in a work contract with a Shanghai employer can now enjoy the city's social...

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Autumn returns as forecast warms up

Metro | Weather
2009-11-23

AUTUMN will seem to make a comeback this week as Shanghai warms up with temperatures over 10 degrees Celsius, the weatherman said yesterday. The high could even reach 18 degrees. The Shanghai Meteorological...

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Boom forces farmer to adapt

Metro | Hotel and tourism
2009-11-23

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. ...

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Green up your balcony and win 3000-yuan prize

Metro | Environment
2009-11-23

WIN a prize for your balcony. Shanghai environmental authorities launched a "Most Beautiful Balcony" competition yesterday, encouraging residents to decorate their houses with more green. The competition will...

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Surge abates, but not problems

Metro | Hotel and tourism
2009-11-23

CHONGMING tourism cooled a bit this weekend, but the surge in visitors still posed problems for the biggest island in Shanghai. Tourists began pouring in on October 31, when the Changjang Tunnel-Bridge opened....

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Peak goes public

Metro | Hotel and tourism
2009-11-23

SHESHAN Mountain's east peak, 72.4 meters high, will be open to the public for free next year, the Songjiang District Party secretary said.

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Pavilion closed

Metro | Hotel and tourism
2009-11-23

THE Huxinting Pavilion of the Yuyuan Garden, one of the city's attractions, is under renovation and will be closed until February, officials said. The 200-year-old pavilion was made of wood and has never been renovated...

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Deaf detection

Metro | Health
2009-11-23

XINHUA Hospital and Jiao Tong University's medical school jointly set up the city's first molecular biology laboratory on deafness to detect and intervene in a fetus's deafness. Based on DNA technology, scientists...

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European Yule

Metro | Entertainment and nightlife
2009-11-23

CHRISTMAS trees and performances from 10 European countries will be shown from December 3 at the Shanghai Times Square on Huaihai Road M. The month-long "Magic Christmas" show will bring European traditional Christmas...

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Brits rally to help children

Metro | Charity and civil affairs
2009-11-23

THE Brits Abroad, a not-for-profit organization consisting of more than 250 British families in Shanghai, donated 23,000 yuan (US$3,360) to Shanghai Children's Medical Center and Project HOPE, an international non-profit...

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Natural history gets new look

Metro | Science
2009-11-23

VISITORS to the new Shanghai Natural History Museum will be able to witness scientists at work in open laboratories to gain better understanding of how science works, officials said yesterday. That's not the only...

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Car plate prices closer to record

Metro | Traffic
2009-11-22

SHANGHAI'S car plate prices rose for a second month in November and set the second-highest record for this year. Dealers said rising fuel prices didn't instantly affect robust auto sales and the booming market...

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Express railway link on schedule

Metro | Traffic
2009-11-22

A KEY express railway project linking Beijing to Shanghai took a major step forward yesterday when workers finished the steel structure of a railway station in west Shanghai's Hongqiao Integrated Transport Hub. ...

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Expo assets for auction

Metro | Work safety
2009-11-22

WORLD Expo 2010 Shanghai assets -- from calligraphies and paintings to administrative offices and facilities -- are expected to go under the auctioneer's hammer when the event is over. The Expo authority's asset...

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UK launches pavilion Website

Metro | World Expo
2009-11-21

UNITED Kingdom yesterday launched its pavilion's official Website (http://www.ukshanghaiexpo.com) in Shanghai. At the launching ceremony, UK's Consul General in Shanghai Ms Carma Elliot invited Chinese people to...

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6-year-old critical as city posts 1st serious child case of H1N1

Metro | Food
2009-11-21

THE Shanghai Health Bureau reported the city's fourth serious case of swine flu yesterday -- and the first child to be severely stricken by the disease. The 6-year-old boy was being treated last night at the Children's...

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Unsupported health charges spoil bun sales

Metro | Health
2009-11-21

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...

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Vegetable-aquatic mix takes patent center stage

Metro
2009-11-21

AN artificial cultivation complex that breeds organic vegetables and aquatic products attracted most attention at the opening ceremony of the annual Shanghai Patent Week yesterday. Before the visitors was a big...

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New paper for old as green initiative grows

Metro | Environment
2009-11-21

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,...

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Car Prize On Offer

Metro | World Expo
2009-11-21

COME up with a nickname for the United Kingdom Pavilion and you could win a new car and other gifts. The Website of the UK Pavilion (www.ukshanghaiexpo.com) yesterday invited people to offer ideas, take part in...