Metro cards by design

By Dong Zhen  |   2008-6-28  |     NEWSPAPER EDITION

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METRO passengers will soon be able to buy special souvenir transport cards featuring prize-winning designs by local college students.

The contest, initiated by Shanghai Shentong Metro Group, ended yesterday.

About 100 winners were announced yesterday at Liu Haisu Art Museum, from 874 submissions. The designs promote public-service messages on reducing pollution and improving behavior while taking the Metro.

Other designs urge help for victims of the May 12 Sichuan earthquake and encourage support for the Beijing Olympics and the Shanghai World Expo.

Three of the student designers won gold prizes. In total, 19 designs will be printed on souvenir transport cards, said Metro officials.

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