Shenzhen News, 23rd August 2007
- SZ people will be able gamble upon, sorry, invest in the HK stock market too
- “Crackdown” on drunk driving; “so far more than 1900 traffic police have inspected some 2000 vehicles”… so, a really efficient crackdown there guys
- Restaurants fix weighing scales when selling food by weight (e.g. shark fin), providing in some cases only 70% of what is paid for. “The consumer council reminded consumers to check the scales before buying expensive food”
- Mother gives birth in front of supermarket while walking to hospital; baby falls on street; saved by passer-by; father’s whereabouts unknown
China:
- 3 separate cases of school kids dying after being left alone in closed schoolbuses in the last 4 months
- Charitable donors withdraw funds from student support programs because no one thanked them
- Men arrested for posting typhoon damage rumours on a website
