Colourful hospitals have appeared in Shanghai. Several
local State-owned hospitals will transform dull wards
with colourful decorations such as green walls, light
yellow bedsheets and blue window curtains. Nurses will
also take off the icy white uniforms and put on pink
or blue ones.--3/27/2002
Shanghai will take the lead in the country to install
digital televisions on buses, Within two months the
television will have trial broadcasting in buses of
one route in the city, and in the next year, 5,000 televisions
will be installed. Insiders said the televisions will
also be launched on the subway, light rail and taxis.--3/27/2002
The Metro Line 1 subway in Shanghai will be equipped
with glass doors between the tunnels and stations to
prevent passengers from falling from the platform, and
save resources. --3/20/2002
A recent signed investment of 150 million yuan ($18
million) will delver the most sophisticated cinema yet
to Pudong by 2004.--3/20/2002
The summer timetable of Shanghai Airlines comes into
operation on March 31, and a bew Boeing 737-800 will
join the fleet.--3/20/2002
Invited by Shanghai Women's Federation, some 1,000
Chinese and expatriates women gather together for a
party at the Shanghai Centre Theatre on March 8, the
International Women's Day.--3/20/2002
The third Hong Kong Real Estate Services Expo is running
from March 6 to March 9 at Shanghai Mart. It is the third
time for the Hong Kong Trade Development Council to hold
such a show in Shanghai. --3/13/2002
The 35th annual meeting of the Board of Governors of
the Asian Development Bank is set to open at Shanghai
International Convention Centre between May 8 and 12 .
--3/13/2002
Since Shanghai has become, since 1979, a city where
the population is ageing fast, the municipal government
has tried to develop community recreation facilities and
institutes for elderly people. In recent years, it has
guided neighbourhoods to establish entertainment centers
for senior citizens. --3/13/2002
Ambassadors of Brunei Darussalam, Laos, Indonesia, Malaysia,
Thailand, the Philippines and Cambodia pose with managers
of the Pudong Shangri-La during their visit to support
Shanghai's bid for World Expo 2010. --3/13/2002
The mystery of Maya was revealed last Friday through
the IMAX film sponsored by the Mesxican and Canadian consulates
in Shanghai. --3/13/2002
Pudong New District did $1.44 billion worth of import
in the first month of his year, up 51.6 per cent from
January last year. Sources from the Pudong Customshouse
said that in the past month, overseas financed businesses
imported $867 million worth of commodities, while State-owned
enterprises imported $571 million worth of commodities.
--3/6/2002
Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipping Company began work on a
150,000-ton FPSO today. The vessel will play an important
role in oil exploration with oil processing, storage and
loading functionality. --3/6/2002
Shanghai will launch five office building projects in
Pudong's Lujiazui, which will include Shangri-La Hotel's
expansion project and a 70,000 square-metre Class A office
building funded by GIC Real Estate from Singapore with
$42 million. Lujiazui is now home to 128 Chinese and overseas
financial institutions. --3/6/2002
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