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Save the Date: The Great Australian Ball 2010 – The Wonderful World of Oz

Save the Date: The Great Australian Ball 2010 - The Wonderful World of Oz

This year AustCham Shanghai and the dedicated Ball Committee will take you somewhere over the rainbow to a land far, far away where the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true. On Saturday 11 September, fantasies will be brought to life and nothing will be as it seems. Close your eyes and [...]

Jul 20 2010, 10:25 am | Posted in Chambers Of Commerce | Read More »

British Open Winner Oosthuizen Makes South Africa Proud

British Open Winner Oosthuizen Makes South Africa Proud

Louis Oosthuizen made his country proud with his remarkable seven-stroke victory in the British Open, top South African politicians said Sunday. It was the biggest winning margin in the world’s oldest and most prestigious tournament since 2000 when Tiger Woods won here by eight strokes. His victory at St. Andrews emphasized South Africa’s credentials as [...]

Jul 20 2010, 10:14 am | Posted in Golf,Sports | Read More »

More Great News from Xpats

More Great News from Xpats

Last week we announced our eXclusive and new “Double Double” Happy Hours…2 hours TWICE a day EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK! All tap beers and spirits with/without mixers, by the glass…buy one get one free …now that’s a “fair dinkum” Happy Hour offer. 5:30pm til 7:30pm and 10:30pm til OO:30am…before AND AFTER dinner!!! …and you [...]

Jul 20 2010, 10:04 am | Posted in Sports Bars | Read More »

CCIFC:Chongqing City of the Future

CCIFC:Chongqing City of the Future

As you may know, the Embassy of France’s Trade Commission – UBIFRANCE and the French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in China joined their hands to organize a series of four business trips in second tier Chinese cities with high economic development potential. The first two trips of the “China, Cities of the Future” event, [...]

Jul 20 2010, 9:57 am | Posted in Chambers Of Commerce | Read More »

Thierry Henry Retires From International Football

Thierry Henry Retires From International Football

Thierry Henry, France’s World Cup and European Championship winning striker has announced his retirement from international football. After the 32-year-old Arsenal legend’s move from Barcelona to the New York Red Bulls was announced on Wednesday, he made the revelation on Thursday that he was retiring. He said in a news conference that he made up [...]

Jul 20 2010, 9:57 am | Posted in Football,Sports | Read More »

Liu Set to Regain Title in 2010 Asean Games

Liu Set to Regain Title in 2010 Asean Games

Liu Xiang, China’s former Olympic  gold medalist who celebrated his 27th birthday last July13 said, his one wish is to regain the 110m hurdles title at the Asian Games. According to the Shanghai Morning Post, Liu said that Guangzhou means a lot to him and the Asian Games is the most important competition for him [...]

Jul 20 2010, 9:44 am | Posted in Sports | Read More »

Airport expansion going smoothly

Airport expansion going smoothly

The Shenzhen airport expansion is going smoothly and as planned. The second runway will be put to use in June next year and the new T3 terminal building completed by the end of 2012. The 3800 meter long and 60 meter wide runway will provide enough space for take off and landing of the A380 [...]

Jul 19 2010, 6:56 pm | Posted in Transportation | Read More »

New SmartPhone to be launched this July

New SmartPhone to be launched this July

ZTE Racer. Sounds like an expensive race car doesn’t it? Actually it a new smart phone from Chinese manufacturer ZTE. The ZTE racer is a cheap android handset with android 2.1 OS. It has a 2.8-inch QVGA resistive touchscreen, and a 3.2 megapixel camera. The handset has a 256MB internal memory, bundled with a 2GB [...]

Jul 19 2010, 6:39 pm | Posted in Gadgets | Read More »

Swimming pools to be inspected for proper hygiene

Swimming pools to be inspected for proper hygiene

Shenzhen’s pools will be graded for its hygiene standards by the end of September. Gradings will cover about 60 percent of all aspects which includes hygiene administration, ventilation and separation of the adults pool from the children. Swimming pools that garners scores of more than 90 points is considered to have excellent hygiene standards and [...]

Jul 19 2010, 3:49 pm | Posted in Fitness | Read More »

Universiade games to be held in Shenzhen stadium

Universiade games to be held in Shenzhen stadium

Given the theme “Tell the World” the 2011 Universiade committe invites college students all around the world to submit their pictures or videos with their smiling faces or greetings to mark the countdown to the Games. The celebration will be held in Shenzhen Stadium in the Futian District, with an estimated 30,000 people in attendance, [...]

Jul 19 2010, 3:07 pm | Posted in Exhibitions | Read More »

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  1. Marcus Maher: Looks interesting.
  2. Issam: “The deep water drilling is also the country’s first step in the gas and oil exploration in the deep...
  3. Dentist: Looks like you will be very busy with your dental practice. Good Luck
  4. marcus maher: It is so true.
  5. marcus maher: Good luck kids and make Shenzhen proud.