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Appraisals of ill-fated flats don't please all

Metro
2009-8-22

THE owners of apartments in a complex in Shanghai's Minhang District where a 13-story building collapsed in June had mixed reactions to a long-awaited property evaluation that was released yesterday. The benchmark...

Vanke takes control of collapse site

Metro
2009-8-1

SHANGHAI real estate giant Vanke has taken over further construction, sales and refunds involved in the wake of a deadly city apartment collapse. An unfinished 13-story building, part of the Lotus Riverside complex...

No progress in talks to resolve compensation

Metro | Crime and public security
2009-7-12

ATTEMPTS to resolve compensation issues linked to the toppled building in Shanghai's Minhang District broke down in chaos yesterday. An estimated 200 people representing owners and their families turned out to discuss...

Building collapse package imminent

Metro | Crime and public security
2009-7-11

COMPENSATION plans for people who bought apartments in the Lotus Riverside complex building that collapsed in Minhang District will be released at a meeting between the developer and the owners this afternoon. The...

Victim's family claims to be stalked

Metro | Crime and public security
2009-7-6

POLICE said they will investigate after the family of a man killed in a residential building collapse claims it has been followed ever since the accident. The Minhang district police confirmed that 11 family...

Probe shifts to assigning blame

Metro | Crime and public security
2009-7-4

NOW that the cause of the fatal accident at the Lotus Riverside apartment complex has been determined, investigations are turning their attention toward assigning blame. Xie Liming, director of the Shanghai Work...

Another building shifted at ill-fated city complex

Metro | Crime and public security
2009-7-4

THE construction mistakes that caused a 13-story apartment house to topple last Saturday also undermined a second building, causing it to shift slightly, an investigation team told reporters yesterday in Shanghai. ...

Building collapse: Construction errors the main cause

Metro | Crime and public security
2009-7-3

ERRORS in construction procedure were the main cause of the 13-story building on Lianhua Road, Minhang District toppling, Shanghai government officials said today at a press conference. Workers piled excavated...

Death toll of central China building collapse rises to 8

National
2008-7-6

RESCUERS had recovered eight bodies from debris after another body was found at 6 am today after a building under construction collapsed yesterday afternoon in central China's Hubei Province. In addition, 13 others...

At least 22 killed in building collapse in Mumbai

World
2007-7-19

AT least 22 people were killed and nine others wounded when a seven-story building collapsed in Mumbai, officials said today. At least 10 others were feared trapped in the rubble of the residential building in...