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Costly romance

(China Daily)
Updated: 2007-02-13 09:20

A Shanghai hotel is advertising a Valentine's Day package costing over
380,000 yuan.

The luxury package includes dinner, a deluxe suite for the night, diamond
jewelry, a Cartier watch, a massage and fireworks, said the Pudong
Shangri-La Hotel. But the hotel is yet to receive any bookings for its
package.

Valentine's Day is becoming popular among the white-collar workers of
China in Shanghai it's usually celebrated with dinner at a star-rated
hotel, generally priced from 500 yuan to 10,000 yuan.

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Pressure of work takes its toll

By Wu Jiao (China Daily)
Updated: 2007-02-05 10:23

Landing a well-paid job in a foreign company is something millions of
China's jobseekers dream of, but the findings of a recent survey may
change their minds.

Nearly 90 percent of Chinese staff in foreign companies suffer from
work-related illnesses, according to a recent survey by the Horizon
Research Consultancy Group.

Employees of a foreign-invested enterprise receive outward development
training in Suzhou, East China's Jiangsu Province. Many foreign
enterprises in China are resorting to such exercises to help their
employees build team spirit and tackle problems at work. [China Daily]

Of the 1,521 respondents working for foreign companies, 91 percent
reported symptoms such as burnout, stress, frustration, lack of sleep or
numbness in the neck and shoulders after work, said Horizon. Those
interviewed cited a total of 27 work-related symptoms.

Interviews were carried out over the telephone, via e-mail or fax or face
to face in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Wuhan.

And 15.4 percent of those surveyed said they suffered from at least seven
symptoms, which could lead to a breakdown or serious illness according to
Horizon analysts.

Another 5 percent said they suffered from at least 10 symptoms, which
indicated they were extremely overworked, said Horizon.

Half of the respondents said they did little physical exercise, while
many complained about working more than 10 hours a day, returning home
late at night and having to work over weekends.

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Cuban bus drivers cheer new Chinese buses

(www.chinaview.cn)
Updated: 2007-01-29 16:05

Cuban bus drivers highly regarded their Yutong buses made in China, in a
survey published on Sunday by Cuban newspaper Juventud Rebelde (Rebel
Youth).

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The newspaper surveyed the Yutong drivers after Cuban traffic authorities
published a report, noting that 437 accidents had taken place in Cuba
since July 2005, leaving a total of 23 people dead and 110 others
injured, but none of these involved a Yutong bus.

"The Yutong is light and very good. It even has a braking system for wet
roads," said Gualberto Lopez, a driver of one of the 246 new buses, which
were serving 15 million Cuban bus users.

"They have excellent brakes and lights... a safe transport means," said
Eugenio Bernal, another driver.

The first batch of Yutong buses were received in February last year, at a
ceremony hosted by Cuban leader Fidel Castro.

Yutong is a large-scale Chinese enterprise group with business covering
bus, auto parts and engineering machinery production. Yutong Group
exported 1,300 units of buses to Cuba in 2006 and plan to further export
5,000 units of buses to Cuba in three years.

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