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Free swim

District | Minhang
2011-7-30

THE Minhang Swimming Pool at 181 Xinling Road will be open to the public free of charge on August 5 and August 8. On the fifth day of each month, a number of sports facilities in Minhang drop admission charges, while...

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Local museum

District | Minhang
2011-7-30

AN art museum featuring local culture will be built in Minhang's Qibao area. It will exhibit calligraphy and paintings by a group of well-known artists such as Wu Changshuo and Ren Bonian. Covering 15,000 square meters,...

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Beach prices

District | Minhang
2011-7-30

DINO Beach, a popular water park in Minhang, will remain open until September 4. Admission is 120 yuan (US$18) on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. On Wednesday, it's 150 yuan for men and 120 for women before 4pm, and...

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Lotus burst

District | Minhang
2011-7-30

WUJING Park is presenting a summer exhibition of lotus, featuring about 20 different species of water lilies. There are five areas in the park for viewing the lotus. The park opens from 5am to 7pm. Admission is free.

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Gome outlet

District | Minhang
2011-7-30

THE Xinzhuang flagship store of Gome Electrical Appliances Holding Ltd. recently opened on the third floor of Skymall, taking over the former site of a Best Buy outlet after the US company closed all nine China stores...

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New school

District | Minhang
2011-7-30

SHANGHAI Xinghewan International Primary School, the first school in Shanghai to target the children of returning overseas Chinese, will open in September 2012 in Minhang's Zhuanqiao area. The curriculum will stress...

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Questionnaire

District | Minhang
2011-7-30

ABOUT 2,200 questionnaires have been distributed to high school students in Minhang to elicit feedback on a number of community issues. Among the 24 questions are queries pertaining to fire drills, illegal street vendors...

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Razing roofs

District | Minhang
2011-7-30

AUTHORITIES in Minhang said they demolished 610,000 square meters of illegally built structures in the first half of this year and plan to raze 250,000 square meters more by the end of the year. The district has an...

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Fitness site

District | Minhang
2011-7-30

THE Pujiang Town Sports Center has recently re-opened to the public after two years of reconstruction. The four-story structure at 269 Jiangwei Road has a swimming pool, courts for basketball, badminton and table tennis...

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Park upgrade

District | Minhang
2011-7-30

MINHANG'S Zizhu Science Park has recently been elevated to the status of a high-tech development zone at the national level. Priority will be given to the development of industries such as bio-medicine, advanced industrial...

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Job help

District | Minhang
2011-7-30

THE Women's Federation of Minhang recently hosted a forum for female university students to provide guidance on job applications. Human resources officials from companies based in Minhang offered advice on how to...

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Cinema opens

District | Minhang
2011-7-30

THE Xinzhuang Premier International Cinema has recently opened on the fourth floor of the Cloud Nine Shopping Mall on Humin Road. It has eight halls, which can accommodate nearly 1,300 movie-goers.

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Transportation realigned as work starts on new hub

District | Minhang
2011-7-30

BUS stops, taxicab ranks and a parking lot in the south square of the Xinzhuang metro station have been relocated to make room for construction work on the largest integrated transit hub in southwestern Shanghai. ...

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Swimming pools first to undergo air quality scrutiny

District | Minhang
2011-7-30

MINHANG has become the first district in Shanghai to include air quality in its sanitation checklist of public swimming pools. The tests now cover formaldehyde and chlorine levels, bacteria counts and dust in the...

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Homework tedium relieved online

District | Minhang
2011-7-30

CHINESE students always complain about the volume of homework teachers send home with them for the summer vacation break. The Qiangwei Primary School in Minhang has adopted an innovative approach to make the treadmill...