Shenzhen News 6th August 2007
-370 illegal foreign workers sent home; beware hiring Filipino domestic
helpers. 22 residence permits issues in Shenzhen since 2004. The status of
the other 30,000+ foreigners in SZ completely unclear… (official number of
foreigners in SZ over 1 year is 14,000)
- Man commits suicide by jumping off building in Luohu, lands on and kills
mother and child.
- 8 rubbish collecters attack police in road rage case; 300 more members of
their group threaten to attack police station.
- Grade 90 gasoline runs out in SZ due to Sinopec error
- Group of 570 Hong Kong shopping tourists refuse to leave SZ in dispute
over demands by the tour guides for extra tips.
China:
- Beijing bans food stalls next to toilets
- Universities not allowed to expel students who get pregnant. However they
will still be “encouraged to suspend their studies”
- Offensive family planning bureau slogans banned: “Raise fewer babies, but
more pigs”; “Houses toppled, cows confiscated, if abortion demand rejected”.
Replaced with more tasteful slogans: “The mother earth is too tired to
sustain more children.”
