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Week
in brief
Auto
Shanghai grows up
AUTO
Shanghai plans to build itself into one of the world's top
auto exhibition spaces, following the Frankfurt, Detroit,
Paris and Tokyo auto show centres.
More
flights to and from HK
HONG
KONG-based Dragonair will add more flights to its air route
between Shanghai and Hong Kong to meet the increasing demand
of passengers.
HR
solutions for global business
WITH
the development of multinational corporations in China and
the emergence of Chinese companies, many crucial human resource
(HR) problems - for instance, lack of senior managers, the
"glass-ceiling" anxieties of Chinese employees in foreign
companies, the increasing costs of head-hunting by HR departments
and the declining loyalty of employees - have become issues
of concern.
City
Population
enters new phase
DESPITE
increasing child care costs, 4,413 local couples had a second
child in 2004, 1.7 times more than in the previous year. The
number of city residents reached 17.42 million, according
to the Shanghai Population and Family Planning Commission.
Gambling
entrepreneurs lose
FORTY-SIX
criminals involved in 14 cases of Internet gambling were sentenced
last week in Shanghai's Jiading, Xuhui, Luwan and Yangpu district
courts.
Search
for next Einstein
AT
7 pm local time on April 19, a signal sent from Princeton
University in the United States arrived at Chongming Island
of Shanghai. The signal commemorated the 50th anniversary
of Albert Einstein's death in 1955 and the 100th anniversary
of his announcement of the theory of relativity in 1905.
Intellectual
property park to be set up
THE
city government on April 20 kicked off a weekly citywide campaign
to protect intellectual property rights (IPR) from infringement.
Taxi
fares to rise
TEN
cities including Shanghai, Beijing and Tianjin are considering
raising taxi fares because of the recent increase in the cost
of fuel, the Oriental Morning Post reported.
Refuge
remembered
A
71-year-old Jewish woman returned to Shanghai on April 14
to visit her former residence, where she lived for 10 years,
and to retrieve her missing passport.
Nation
FM
calls for co-existence
FOREIGN
Minister Li Zhaoxing said on April 19 friendly co-existence
and win-win co-operation between China and Japan was the only
correct choice able to serve the fundamental interests of
the two peoples.
Civil
servants may face scrutiny
The
country's top legislator is examining the draft version of
the country's first law on civil servants, the Beijing News
reported. If the draft becomes law, China will establish an
asset declaration system which will improve the fiscal transparency
of its civil servants.
Security
vs privacy
LEGAL
experts in Beijing are calling for a national law governing
the use of video monitors in public places amid growing concerns
that the wide and unregulated use of such devices in the capital
is likely to infringe upon privacy, reported the Beijing Youth
Daily.
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