Affendi on course to break Indonesian stranglehold on Underbone 115cc Sep 9, 2009
With two rounds remaining in Zhuhai, Affendi has 99 points and he holds an 11-point advantage over Petronas Sprinta Racelines Mohd Iskandar Raduan. Fitriansyah is in third place on 78 points and two other Indonesians, Denny Triyugo and Hadiwijaya, are in fifth and sixth spots on 70 and 61 points respectively. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
Decha and Chalermpol to battle it out for SuperSports title Sep 7, 2009
With two rounds remaining at the Zhuhai International Circuit, Chalermpol leads the standings on 165 points followed by Decha on 143 ... I may have a good lead but I have to consolidate my position in Zhuhai, said Chalermpol. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
Thai-phoon to tame Sep 6, 2009
I will have to keep the pressure on the two Thai riders ahead of me in the remaining races, beginning with this one in Madras, said Azlan of Round 5 and 6, which will be held in Zhuhai, China. Chalermpol leads the overall standings with 120 points two ahead of compatriot Decha. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
* World News Quick Take Aug 20, 2009
Alexandre Ho Si-him (), 62, former head of the Macau Consumer Council, hanged himself in a hotel room in Zhuhai, China, on Sunday, a statement released by his sister said. Ho stepped down after being questioned by anti-corruption investigators in December. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Report: Macau's ex-consumer chief commits suicide Aug 19, 2009
Alexandre Ho, who was also a former lawmaker, was found hanged in a hotel room in the coastal Chinese city of Zhuhai near Macau on Sunday, the South China Morning Post newspaper cited his younger sister as saying. Ho was removed as president of Macau's Consumer Council eight months ago amid a graft scandal. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Fairtheworld's South China Yacht Industry Observation (4): Maxi Building Asia's Fastest 70-Foot Luxury Yacht Aug 6, 2009
com sent a reporting team to Pingsha Industry Park, Zhuhai, to visit Maxi Yacht. The visit was meant to highlight the HT70 high-speed luxury yacht, which is currently under construction there. (PR Newswire)
Fairtheworld's South China Yacht Industry Observation (2): Jet-Tern Marine Adjusts to Cope With Financial Crisis Aug 3, 2009
com visited Jet-Tern Marine in Pingsha, Zhuhai and interviewed its Chief Executive, Mr. Howard Chen. This session was one of Fairtheworld. (PR Newswire)
China takes baby step to reduce dependence on dollar Jul 29, 2009
The new project allows some importers and exporters in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Dongguan, and Zhuhai cities at the heart of China's export world to settle cross-border deals in China's currency. It would also allow renminbi trade with Hong Kong and Macau, and possibly later with Southeast Asian countries. (Christian Science Monitor)
China's gross ocean product tops 1.3 trln yuan in H1 Jul 20, 2009
ZHUHAI, July 19 (Xinhua) -- China's gross ocean product (GOP) topped 1 ... "The country's GOP represented a further growth in the first half despite the world financial crisis, and will become one of the new economic engines in the future," SOA deputy director Wang Hong said at the opening of the first China Ocean Forum in Zhuhai, a city in southern Guangdong Province, Sunday. (Xinhuanet, China)
Visitors visit 1st China Ocean Expo Jul 19, 2009
Visitors view a seal specimen in the 1st China Ocean Expo in Zhuhai, a city of south China's Guangdong Province, July 18, 2009. Achievements on ocean industry and research during the past 60 years after the founding of the People's Republic of China were displayed in the expo, which was inaugurated on Saturday. (People's Daily Online, China)
Public Bank partners BoC Jul 16, 2009
In a joint statement yesterday, the banks said initially the service would cover Shanghai, Guangzhou, Dongguan, Zhuhai and Shenzhen. Only designated and eligible enterprises in China are allowed to settle their cross-border trade transactions for both imports and exports in yuan, they said. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Yuan settlement takes off smoothly Jul 11, 2009
Four months later, the government designated Shanghai and four cities in Guangdong province Guangzhou, Dongguan, Shenzhen and Zhuhai as participants in a test on the use the yuan for cross-border transactions. The first yuan trade settlement was carried out in Shanghai on July 6. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
BOC transacts first cross-border yuan settlement Jul 6, 2009
China's State Council, or Cabinet, announced in April a pilot program to allow exporters and importers in Shanghai, and southern Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Dongguan cities to settle cross-border trade deals in Renminbi(RMB), or yuan. China last week issued detailed regulations for the pilot program for cross-border trade settled in yuan. (Xinhuanet, China)
BOCHK to launch RMB trade clearing services in HK Jul 5, 2009
BOCHK, as a participating bank of RMB business, will take the lead in launching a wide spectrum of RMB trade settlement and finance services for its corporate customers to conduct RMB- denominated trade transactions such as remittances, collections and L/C services between Hong Kong and Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Dongguan and Zhuhai, said the vice chairman. Editor: Yan. (Xinhuanet, China)
Yuan for the road Jul 3, 2009
After People's Bank of China (PBOC) issued detailed measures yesterday to regulate a pilot program for cross-border trade settlement, companies in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Dongguan can use the yuan to settle deals with Hong Kong, Macao and regional trade partners. The move is also important because it will reduce foreign-exchange risks and transaction costs considerably for Chinese exporters, smarting from the impact of the worst global economic crisis in decades. (Xinhuanet, China)
Pot of gold now in China Jun 27, 2009
In 1993, Johnny moved to Hong Kong to teach English in the nearby city of Zhuhai in Guangdong province when he could not secure a job back home as Europe was in recession ... In a sense, I watched Chinas economic opening take shape in the early 90s in Zhuhai and Shenzen, he reminisced. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Russia sells 2nd Mi-26TC heavy-lift helicopter to China Jun 24, 2009
The helicopter supply agreement was signed during the 7th China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai in November 2008. It is the second Mi-26TC helicopter that Russia has sold to China. (People's Daily Online, China)
A city on fast track to financial eminence Jun 16, 2009
In April 2009, five major trading cities (Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Dongguan and Zhuhai) got the central government's nod to use the yuan in overseas trade settlement. That's a critical move toward making the yuan an international currency. (Xinhuanet, China)
A/H1N1 cases rise to 49 in mainland Jun 3, 2009
Southern Guangdong Province reported its 13th case Tuesday: a 45-year-old man, living in Zhuhai City, Guangzhou, who arrived in Hong Kong by Cathay Pacific flight CX831 from New York on Friday and later arrived in Macao by Turbojet ferry 8S124. He arrived home Saturday and was hospitalized Sunday. (Xinhuanet, China)
Chinese police bust kidnapping ring in south China city May 29, 2009
Zhang, a native in southwest China's Yunnan Province, was arrested by police in a cement mortar factory in Zhuhai City, Guangdong, where her temporary job was an operator of concrete stirring mill. Early this month, the Ministry of Public Security launched its sixth nationwide campaign to deal with human trafficking. (Xinhuanet, China)
China arrests child kidnappers: report May 29, 2009
The head of the gang was arrested in a cement mortar factory in Zhuhai, a city on the border with Macau where she worked temporarily as an operator of a stirring mill. The arrests come as part of nationwide campaign to fight human trafficking - the sixth of its kind in China. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
China's New Deal: Modernizing the Middle Kingdom May 24, 2009
In late March, for example, the government began soliciting bids for the Hong Kong Zhuhai Macau highway, a bridge-and-tunnel complex 16 ... When completed in 2015, the $10 billion project will cut driving time from Hong Kong to the industrial area of Zhuhai from about four hours to just 30 minutes. (Time.com)
Shenzhen SEZ aims to be 5 times bigger May 22, 2009
Cheng said the Zhuhai and Shantou SEZs face a similar problem and "if Shenzhen's proposal for expansion is approved, I believe Zhuhai will try to go down the same path" ... Since 1980, the government has set up five SEZs (Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Shantou in Guangdong province, Xiamen in Fujian province, and Hainan Island). (Xinhuanet, China)
200 snakes on roads, farms terrify villagers May 6, 2009
BEIJING, May 6 -- Many villagers were terrified on Sunday after hundreds of snakes were seen crawling around in a village located in the Zhuhai special economic zone in Guangdong province. The snakes were found in local streams, roads, farmlands, trees and wells. (Xinhuanet, China)
* Agents repatriate fugitive gangster May 2, 2009
In November 2007, police arrested Huang Shang-fang in Zhuhai, Guangdong, as he was negotiating with Chinese gangsters about a drug deal. Huang was sentenced to 18 months in jail by a Chinese court. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
LBS to launch 1,420 medium-cost terrace houses Apr 30, 2009
LBS currently has a total landbank of 2,500 acres in the Klang Valley, Pahang, Ipoh, Batu Pahat and Zhuhai in China. . (The Star Online, Malaysia)
China takes precautions against swine flu's possible spread Apr 29, 2009
A Chinese quarantine staff checks the body temperature for passengers on arrival at the Gongbei Customs near Zhuhai city in south China's Guangdong Province April 28, 2009. Chinese government announced Tuesday that no human cases of swine flu have been detected in China and that all precautions against the disease's possible spread have been taken. (Xinhuanet, China)
Yuan edges into place as international trade currency Apr 16, 2009
Last week, the State Council (Cabinet) gave the green light to five major trade cities -- Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Dongguan -- to use the yuan, also known as Renminbi, as an option to settle international trade deals ... Professor Xiao Yao, of the research center of foreign trade and international economic cooperation under the Guangzhou-based Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, said, "Along with future world economic recovery, developed nations are bound to recall a large... (Xinhuanet, China)
China sends ships for largest-ever patrol operation in S China Sea Apr 15, 2009
The "Haixun-31" left the Zhuhai port for Sanya, a port in the southern-most island province of Hainan, local maritime officials said. The vessel will join the largest-ever joint marine inspection in mid April launched by the maritime authorities in Guangdong, Hainan and Shanghai. (People's Daily Online, China)
Chinese economy shows positive changes Apr 12, 2009
In response to questions about the trial of cross-border trade deals in the Chinese yuan, Wen said the central government has decided to test the program in the city of Shanghai, as well as four cities in south China's Guangdong province -- Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Dongguan and Zhuhai. Hong Kong and Macao will be included in the pilot program, and ASEAN members will become the first group of foreign countries to benefit from the scheme, Wen said, adding the regulatory documents governing the pilot... (Xinhuanet, China)
Yuan trade settlement to start in five Chinese cities Apr 10, 2009
Shanghai and four cities in the Pearl River Delta - Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Dongguan and Zhuhai - have been designated for the purpose, said a State Council meeting chaired by Premier Wen Jiabao yesterday. The Pearl River Delta boasts the country's largest cluster of export-oriented manufacturing operations. (Xinhuanet, China)
It's the currency, stupid! Apr 9, 2009
The State Council, headed by Premier Wen Jiabao, launched the pilot project on April 8, by naming Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Dongguan to try out the scheme. Though details on how the plan evolves and cascades remain in the pipeline, we have ample confidence that the policy-drawers led by the central bank Governor Zhou Xiaochuan and Trade Minister Chen Deming, who are advised by the country's home-groomed business wizards, will ante up for a neat success. (People's Daily Online, China)
China's Ministry: 12-year tuition-free education unrealistic Apr 2, 2009
Zhuhai, a coastal city in China's southeast, pioneered a 12-year free education program for all kids in primary and secondary school two years ago. To enhance the education quality of China's youth, Chinese educators are considering extending the nine-year tuition-free education to 12 years. (Xinhuanet, China)
Hong Kong keeps to party line Apr 1, 2009
They included a 50-kilometer bridge spanning the vast mouth of the Pearl River to Macau and Zhuhai, a rail link between the airports of Hong Kong and neighboring Shenzhen, and a high-speed rail link to Guangzhou, provincial capital of Guangdong, home to the bulk of exports that flow out of the mainland and through Hong Kong. The estimated HK$250 billion cost of these projects - if they go ahead - will be split between Hong Kong, mainland governments and the private sector. (Asia Times Online)
Fall from grace Mar 28, 2009
The project is a 60:40 joint venture between an Instangreen subsidiary with a China state-owned enterprise to develop homes, a 36-hole golf course and a F3 racing circuit in Zhuhai. Although LBS principal business model was to build mass housing in Malaysia, investors were more interested in the China factor, and they felt that the shares deserve a premium. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Reports: China East Star airline chief detained Mar 19, 2009
Police caught Lan Shili, president of East Star, at the airport in Zhuhai, in southern China, and escorted him back to the central Chinese city of Wuhan, where the airline is based, Caijing magazine reported, citing unnamed sources. East Star is one of several private carriers that are struggling for survival amid an industry downturn that has battered even big, state-run carriers that, unlike their smaller rivals, are getting billions of dollars in government support. (International Herald Tribune -- Travel)
Oil spill bigger than estimated, company admits Mar 14, 2009
In 2006 the South China Morning Post quoted Chinese state media as reporting that the Pacific Adventurer had collided with a patrol boat off the city of Zhuhai. At least 13 of the patrol boat's crew were lost. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
China has prepared plans to cope with even bigger difficulties amid the financial crisis and is ready to put forward new stimulus package at any time, said Premier Wen Jiabao Friday.• Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao meets press Mar 13, 2009
BEIJING, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said here on Friday that the construction of the bridge connecting HongKong, Macao, and Zhuhai will start before the end of this year. BEIJING, March 13 (Xinhua) -- China's fiscal deficit is under control and the government's debt level is safe, said Premier Wen Jiabao here Friday. (Xinhuanet, China)
Highlights of Premier Wen's remarks at press conference Mar 13, 2009
-- Construction of the proposed bridge connecting Hong Kong, Macao, and Zhuhai will start before the end of this year. -- "The motherland will always provide the strongest support for Hong Kong and Macao.". (Xinhuanet, China)
Priceless and tickled pink Mar 4, 2009
Pink dolphins inhabit the waters off the nearby Chinese cities of Zhuhai and Macau but their numbers are also dwindling. The tour operator tells us we have a 97 per cent chance of seeing the critters. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
ProLogis Asia Operations Announces Enhanced Corporate Branding Mar 3, 2009
SHANGHAI, March 3 /CNW/ -- The company formerly known as ProLogis Asian Operations has been re-branded as 'Global Logistic Properties. We believe strongly in the growth of the logistics business in China and that GLP will play a significant role in its progress and development. (Canada Newswire)
Good Life China (GLCC) Closes Acquisition of Shenzhen Bread Co. Feb 21, 2009
With gross revenues in the 10 million Yuan range, and a 20% net profit ratio, the Company is in an excellent position to continue to grow through cooperation agreements and by expanding its geographic footprint to build regional bakeries servicing a growing franchise chain network around the Pearl River Delta (including the principal cities of Dongguan, Huizhou, Zhuhai, and Guangzhou in Guangdong Province). Safe Harbor statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Certain... (PR Newswire)
Report of 'organ tourism' stirs new Japan-China controversy Feb 18, 2009
There was uproar on the Internet and outrage in China's state-run media in 2003 when 400 Japanese men and 500 Chinese prostitutes held a three-day sex party at a hotel in the southern city of Zhuhai. A court sentenced 14 Chinese citizens to prison - the hotel's general manager and a prostitute received life terms - and China sought an Interpol warrant against three Japanese organizers. (International Herald Tribune)
Publicis Groupe: 2008 Annual Results Feb 11, 2009
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