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Garage eyed

Metro | Traffic
2009-11-10

THE Pudong New Area government plans to construct an underground garage in central Lujiazui area after the 2010 World Expo to address the shortage of parking spaces. The area has 78 office buildings and many workers...

Court: Pay widow of killed john

Metro | Courts
2009-11-10

AN insurance company has been ordered to pay compensation of 400,000 yuan (US$58,582) to a widow whose husband was killed in a prostitution dispute, a court said yesterday. The Pudong New Area People's Court ruled...

New buses hit the road

Metro | Traffic
2009-11-9

SHANGHAI is opening six new community bus routes in three outlying districts this week in an effort to blunt the illegal operation of black cabs. More community buses will follow this first batch of openings to...

Police seek man who beat two with hammer

Metro | Crime and public security
2009-11-6

PUDONG New Area police said yesterday that they are looking for a man who allegedly assaulted a 72-year-old man and his daughter-in-law with hammers because he thought his waste-collection business was under threat. ...

A war on 'uncivilized' pajamas

Metro
2009-11-6

SOME Shanghai residents are fighting a long-standing habit in the city: wearing pajamas on the street. Calling the attire "uncivilized," some neighborhoods in Pudong New Area and Hongkou District have recruited...

Bring on Shanghai Disneyland - we've got a ticket to ride

Business | Hotel and tourism
2009-11-5

SHANGHAI has won state approval to build a Disneyland in the Pudong New Area, paving the way for the entry of the United States entertainment giant into China's mainland in a deal that will provide a huge boost to...

Endangered deer start comeback in park

Metro | Pets and animals
2009-11-5

A DOZEN Chinese water deer, a species missing from the Shanghai area for some 100 years, made new homes yesterday in the Binjiang Forest Park in Pudong New Area. It was the first step in an effort to return the...

Food thefts

Metro | Crime and public security
2009-11-2

PUDONG New Area police have detained a man who allegedly pretended he worked for a university to take food worth about 60,000 yuan (US$8,788) from a food market. Police said he always collected large amounts of food...

'Black cab' squad used entrapment

Metro | Crime and public security
2009-10-27

PUDONG New Area government officials admitted yesterday that traffic authorities used entrapment to charge a company driver with operating an illegal cab, and they apologized to the public for investigative misconduct. ...

Probe ordered for entrapment claim

Metro | Traffic
2009-10-22

PUDONG New Area government in Shanghai has set up an investigative team consisting of lawmakers, lawyers and media representatives to probe allegations of government entrapment raised by a company driver who was accused...