Today's Shanghai | News(1999)

November

Fudan University will allocate US$120,000 to finance its students' academic and technological research over the next three years.

Five local universities will hold a career fair for year 2000 graduates from five universities at Shanghai Jiaotong University's Haoran Hi-tech Mansion on December 4.

Spitting or littering on the pedestrian section of Nanjing Road will be punished with a fine of US$6 as of next month enforceable, according to a new regulation recently passed by the city government.

In celebration of the 96th birthday of Ba Jin, one of China's greatest living writers, a photography exhibition called "Ba Jin's Daily Life" is being held in Shanghai.

Members of a drug trafficking ring consisting exclusively of foreigners now face prison terms, fines and deportation, according to a verdict reached at the municipal No. 1 People's Court.

The number of visitors to Shanghai Wild Animal Park did not drop as might be expected on November 18 in the wake of the previous day's tragedy in which a driver died after being attacked by several tigers.

For the second consecutive year, stargazers in Shanghai expecting a meteor storm on the morning of November 18 had to be satisfied with just a little Leonid meteor "drizzle" due to poor visibility.

The practice of notifying criminal suspects, victims, or witnesses of their legal rights and obligations before the start of the litigation procedures is going smoothly one month after its implementation.

A twenty-eight-year-old woman gave birth to three test-tube babies recently in the Hospital of Gynecology affiliated to Shanghai Medical University.

Pudong Shangri-la, Shanghai received the prestigious Five Star Diamond Award from the American Academy of Hospitality Sciences on November 16. So far there are ten hotels in Shanghai that have received this award.

President Jiang Zemin hailed an agreement signed between China and the United States on China's entry to the WTO, saying "if there is a will, there is a way".

The United States' largest law firm--Jones Day--is elbowing its way into the local scene to coincide with the agreement signed between China and the United States on China's entry to the World Trade Organization.

Shanghai Municipal Price Bureau will not increase the rent on apartments offered to people working in State-owned enterprises this year, the bureau declared recently.

B-type flu bug is on the rise in Shanghai. The city is to launch a campaign to have the aged, the young and the sick vaccinated against influenza.

The curtain fell on the '99 Shanghai Tourism Festival on November 13 at Shanghai Circus World after a month of over 100 events. Close to 10 million people from home and abroad took part in the city's largest tourism festival from October 16.

A local court in Shanghai recently sentenced a computer hacker to three years of imprisonment and a US$1,200 fine for breaking into a computer system and manipulating prices on the Shanghai Securities Exchange.

A Leonid meteor shower, probably much larger than last year's, may occur next week. It might not be seen in Shanghai due t the weather conditions, experts say.

Market sentiment surged on November 10 as the Shanghai Pudong Development Bank made its 320 million A-share listing debut at Shanghai Stock Exchange.

China's first locally built MD90-30 aircraft has obtained an airworthiness certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States after test flights in Shanghai.

The municipal government will launch a one-month-long online contest on legal knowledge together with Shanghai Online (www.online.sh.cn) as part of Shanghai's 11th Constitution Publicity Week from November 15.

Local department stores are racking their brains trying to upgrade their service and their public image to attract more customers, a conference recently held by the Shanghai Commercial Commission indicated.

Residential properties will continue to be the most in demand in Pudong's property market in the next two years, according to a recent analysis by Xinmin Evening News.

The city's largest trade fair, the 8th Shanghai Commodities Fair, will be held from November 10 to 13 in Shanghai Everbright Convention and Exhibition Center.

Shanghai Social Services recently renewed its yearly co-operative contract for family foster care with Care for Children, a British charity institute.

The Buick sedan, the hottest item in the Chinese auto market, may see sales of 20,000 cars this year. The sedan, modeled after the US Buick sedan with the very latest in design technology, has been very successful.

Local residents are noticing that the city's real estate has become cheaper. Their feeling has been confirmed by the latest survey by Shanghai City Investigation Group of the Shanghai Statistics Bureau.

The largest auto rental agency, Shanghai Bashi Auto Rental Center, was recently established offering locals access to car rentals, an emerging business in Shanghai.

The reform of the logistics departments at institutions of higher learning in China was urged at a meeting held in Shanghai. Vice-premier Li Lanqing attended the meeting and inspected several apartment complexes for undergraduates at some local universities.

German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder kicked off his Shanghai tour with a visit to Shanghai Volkswagen on the morning of November 3.

Siemens Shanghai Mobile Communications Ltd. signed on November 4 a US$120 million agreement on buyer's credit with the Bank of China as part of its strategy to develop business in China.

A total of 14 suspects were recently prosecuted for four cases of fraud involving US$7 million. The move indicates the determination on the part of the municipality to crack down on rising occurrences of frauds.

Fires are occurring with the highest frequency in Shanghai and even nationwide. From 1993 to 1998, the number of recorded fires was three times that recorded during the first few years after the liberation.

Jinqiao Export and Processing Zone achieved industrial production worth US$2.9 billion in the first nine months this year, an increase of 47% over the same period last year.

The most severe crackdown so far on counterfeit and smuggled cigarettes saw over 2 million cartons of cigarettes incinerated at Fengxian County on November 2.

Metro Line 2 opened to public last week, and many residents rushed to make use of it over the weekend. A total of 20,285 passengers took the line.

Turkish film Propaganda took the Golden Cup Award for Best Film at the fourth Shanghai International Film Festival, one of the world's nine most prestigious film festivals.

On the night of November 2, Shanghai Grand Theater hosted the opening ceremony of the first Shanghai International Festival of Arts, China, which will run to December 1.

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