December 2008
Town god to get manly makeover
Qin Yubo, an imperial official from the Ming Dynasty
(1368-1644), is best known as the City God worshipped for years by locals after being buried in Minhang’s Pujiang Town.
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November 2008
Parkson opens new store in Xinzhuang
Parkson China opened its third department store in Shanghai, the Xinzhuang Parkson, last month. The new shopping mall is about three minutes’ walk from Metro Line 1 Xinzhuang Station.
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October 2008
Local parks smarten up for Expo
With Shanghai World Expo having launched its 600-day countdown, parks in Minhang are currently undergoing major face-lift in anticipation of the big event in 2010.
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September 2008
Children take fond memories back to Sichuan
Fifteen children from Dujiangyan, one of the areas devastated by the Sichuan earthquake two months ago, have just gone home after spending their summer holidays in Minhang District.
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August 2008
Self-service health houses a big success
Every Minhang resident in the Gumei and Hongqiao
communities can now give themselves a self-service physical check-up at recently opened “health houses.”
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July 2008
Minhang opens its doors, arms and hearts to quake survivors
Aftershocks from the Sichuan Province earthquake have subsided, but the entire country is still ready to help. Minhang District is no exception, extending its hands to those in need...
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June 2008
Communications hero bears torch with pride
Last Saturday the Beijing Olympic torch relay reached Minhang. Thousands of those who went to see the relay wore yellow silk ribbon in mourning for the victims of the May 12 earthquake....
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May 2008
Getting to grips with recycling
Minhang is rolling out its new garbage sorting program across the district’s 120 neighborhoods with the aim of making recycling trash a way of life among the district’s residents...
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April 2008
Green area grows
March is a green month. Recently, the Party Secretary of Minhang District Sun Chao and Governor Chen Jin as well as other officials from the local government got busy with their shovels on Tree Planting Day...
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March 2008
Blossom marks changing seasons
The recent clear days and
sunshine have made the
plumflowers in
Xinzhuang Park bloom.
The annual flower expo in the park
has attracted flocks of photography
fans hoping to catch the last days of
the city’s winter and snap the first
signs of spring...
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February 2008
Charitable hearts prevail
About 14.5 million yuan (US$2.01 million) has been raised by Minhang’s 12 government departments and social organizations to help the district’s 50,000 people with low incomes, physical disabilities or severe diseases....
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January 2008
Institute delivers on learning needs
It’s never too late to learn
and Minhang Community
College, a government-supported institute
focused on promoting
lifelong learning, was set up
last week to prove the saying....
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