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The new Shenzhen library will have a cool RFID
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TAGSYS will undertake a library RFID project in China. It will take place at the Shenzhen Library. TAGSYS will deploy around two million RFID tags on books, CDs, VHS tapes, patron cards and other library materials at Shenzhen Library by the end of June. It would be the largest RFID library deployment in China and second largest in the world. TAGSYS’s RFID deployment at Seattle Public Library is the first largest deployment.

TAGSYS plans to expand their business in Asia. It has started its Hong Kong office in 2004. The leading RFID tags developer has also collaborated with NEC Corporation, internet, broadband and enterprise business solutions provider and Shenzhen Seaever Enterprise Co. Ltd. The Shenzhen Seaever Enterprise is joining hands with TAGSYS for the library RFID deployment project.

Quoted from the RFID Gazette

There is also going to be a new “Library of Shenzhen University Town” in Xili (Nanshan), with 1,500,000 books housed in 46,000 sq m of new space - opening in October 2006.

• In a publicity drive to coincide with the June 2006 International Anti-Drug Day, Shenzhen police announced the destruction of 312kg “of drugs”.
• From June ‘05 to June ‘06 2,491 drug dealers had been apprehended in Shenzhen
• In the past year’s 2,324 incidents, 2,226kg of illegal drugs had been seized
• 11,317 people in the past year were put into rehab

Apart from all that, Shenzhen is a drug-free zone…. like the 600 or so districts out of 2,863 districts in China which reported having zero drug crime…

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Here’s some advertising information about the ferries from Shekou (Shenzhen’s South Eastern port) to Hong Kong and HK airport:

Link to their lovely ferry website

And on the same front page of the Shenzhen newspaper, here is the ferry from Shekou to Zhuhai:

A report on ShanghaiDaily.com says that 5,930,000,000 RMB is being invested in an expansion to Shenzhen Airport.

Let’s hope the extra money means some actual international flights for the so-called “international airport”.

Shenzhen Airport amplifying facilities

SHENZHEN Airport will expand its flying area and facilities, including a new runway, by investing 5.93 billion yuan (US$741.25 million) to meet the demand of growing air transport and ensure flight safety, Xinhua news agency reported today.

The new runway, which is 3.6 kilometers long and 60 meters wide, will be built to the west of the current runway. It will be capable of handling A380’s, the world’s largest airplane, Xinhua said.

By 2015, the airport will be able to manage 36 million passengers and 1.8 million tons of cargos a year. The new runway is designed to endure 300,000 takeoffs and landings a year.

The major construction projects require a total investment of 5.6 billion yuan, while 104 million yuan will be spent on an oil supply system. A new flight control system will cost about 220 million yuan, Xinhua stated.

The Shenzhen government will invest 4.26 billion yuan into the airport expansion, while the Shenzhen Airport (Group) Co will borrow 1.34 billion yuan from a bank.

The airport, which opened to the public in October 1991, can handle 15 million people and 700,000 tons of cargos a year. Its current runway is 3.4 kilometers long and 45 meters wide.