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Is this Water Safe to Drink? Apart from water sanitation, potable water supply, we should emphasised the general public health drive, if we really love this city and the inhabitants. I think if there is any important point to promote health. The simplest thing will be for any Health committee can do is banning the smoking in all public places. There is a good example for years now, no smoking in the buses, train, or subway. If we took what happened in Singapore, the business establishment like Restaurant, Karaoke etc do not suffer from business losses because they banned smoking. Also I would like to see more public pressure to reinforce the drive to ban smoking in China not only Shanghai. 64% male smoke, and in today Shanghai Daily, boys start smoking since at school. The remaining of the society is a passive smoker and I am quite sure that many suffer quietly because of this. Those suffered real problem should consider taking the case to the court for legal redressing. And this is something that had to be given a standing ovation: The local government of Luwan District held a non-smoking movement on Huahai Road M. Let us together make Shanghai a civil place, a civil society with healthy mind body and soul. If Singapore can do it why not us? Here is a clip from today's Shanghai Daily for your reading, at least this is a start. Published on ShanghaiDaily.com (http://www.shanghaidaily.com/) http://www.shanghaidaily.com/art/2005/11/21/216275/Promotion team for health.htm Promotion team for health Created: 2005-11-21 CST, Updated: 2005-11-21 CST THE city announced the creation of the Shanghai Committee for Health Promotion over the weekend, to coordinate measures to build Shanghai into a "Healthy City." The committee is the first governmental organization of its type in China. The announcement was made at the International Forum on Healthy Cities, which opened yesterday in Shanghai. More than 400 government officials, WHO representatives, medical experts and ecologists are expected to take part in the three-day meeting. The concept of a "Healthy City" was proposed by the World Health Organization in the 1980s to make urban areas places where living conditions promote good health and quality of life through improving physical and social environments and expanding community resources. About 1,200 cities worldwide are involved in the program, including about 100 from developing countries. Shanghai is the first in China to pledge to become a "Healthy City" and the results from its first three years (2003-2005) of efforts have achieved some success, officials said. "Healthy City provides a concept that prevention is the key for modern medical services. Healthy environment, qualified health protection and effective education are important to promote public health and social development," said China's Minister of Health Gao Qiang. "An efficient health network under the program is also essential for controlling diseases, such as the present bird-flu campaign." Gao said, in addition to developed cities like Shanghai, China as a whole has improved health services since the 1950s by building some 300,000 medical facilities. Foreign experts hailed Shanghai's achievements, while claiming there are still many challenges ahead. "Shanghai should put more emphasis on building an energy-saving city, as the demands on resources are increasing along with the soaring economy and enlarged population," said Wilfried Kreisel, director of the WHO Kobe Center. Copyright © 2001-2005 Shanghai Daily Company |
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Crime and Beggars in Shanghai I ask a friend to check how much a beggar earned a day to a beggar one evening while sitting in front of a bar in Hongsong Lu. We sit on a balmy autumn night as the bar set few table outside. A beggar approach us and pestering us with his bowl. My friend told me afterward that the beggar came from a province outside Shanghai and he earned a day on average about Rmb 70 ~ Rmb 100. I was surprised and understand that is probably why so many beggars now in Shanghai. He earned more than my Ayi, my driver if he hit the Rmb 100 a day. No wonder he had that Chinese expensive cgarttes on his shirt pocket.. The moral, dont give to beggar if you feel compel to donate go to the proper Social organisation. They are listed in the local English magazines or check with your expatriate friends or local folksin the office. There are so many people who are in real dire strait situation and not begging. |
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T.I.C Moments Probably this represent the best of TIC. But if Chinese are clean like Japanese, where will all the street sweeper go for work? So it is good that Chinese spits, blow the slimmy green content of their noses to the ground, wall, on the street and in the restaurant, Supermarket corners. People get work for cleaning it. The Korean in this story is taking the job of this folks hahahaha. Naughty naughty.. In general the street in Shanghai is quite clean compare to Jakarta for example. So we can hope to see more people behaving in a better way. The public education campaign was there like I saw once on CCTV 7. Best time in Shanghai was during SARS. Nobody spit, no body cough, no body dare to sneeze. Remember that? Published on ShanghaiDaily.com (http://www.shanghaidaily.com/) http://www.shanghaidaily.com/art/2005/10/17/204447/Visitors show us the way to clean up our act.htm Visitors show us the way to clean up our act Created: 2005-10-17 CST, Updated: 2005-10-17 CST ON October 2, more than 80 South Korean tourists, including some 30 children, spontaneously began collecting rubbish in the Nanshan Tourist Zone in Urumqi while they were on a visit there. This made many Chinese people feel embarrassed as well as ashamed. The Korean tourists expressed their surprise to see such a beautiful scenic spot strewn with rubbish everywhere. It was not until 20 minutes later when they finished picking up all the rubbish that they continued on with their sightseeing. Such a humiliating situation is no longer rare. In some public toilets in Australia, signs have been put up in Chinese to remind Chinese visitors to flush the toilet after use. In many scenic spots in foreign countries, similar posters ask Chinese people to speak in softer tones. Many people consider the posters to be an insult and others feel indifferent and even pay no attention to them. Now that Koreans are teaching us a lesson in our own country, should we still remain unmoved? Copyright © 2001-2005 Shanghai Daily Company |
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Is this Water Safe to Drink? Korean Visitors show us the way to clean up our act. I think every Chinese should be very ashame of this behaviour on their own backyard. Including the worst habit of spitting anywhere they want. Published on ShanghaiDaily.com (http://www.shanghaidaily.com/) http://www.shanghaidaily.com/art/2005/10/17/204447/Visitors show us the way to clean up our act.htm Visitors show us the way to clean up our act Created: 2005-10-17 CST, Updated: 2005-10-17 CST ON October 2, more than 80 South Korean tourists, including some 30 children, spontaneously began collecting rubbish in the Nanshan Tourist Zone in Urumqi while they were on a visit there. This made many Chinese people feel embarrassed as well as ashamed. The Korean tourists expressed their surprise to see such a beautiful scenic spot strewn with rubbish everywhere. It was not until 20 minutes later when they finished picking up all the rubbish that they continued on with their sightseeing. Such a humiliating situation is no longer rare. In some public toilets in Australia, signs have been put up in Chinese to remind Chinese visitors to flush the toilet after use. In many scenic spots in foreign countries, similar posters ask Chinese people to speak in softer tones. Many people consider the posters to be an insult and others feel indifferent and even pay no attention to them. Now that Koreans are teaching us a lesson in our own country, should we still remain unmoved? Copyright © 2001-2005 Shanghai Daily Company |
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Traffic Rules in Shanghai - Part II The UGLY Modern Chinese. The problem is actually more profound than just driving, it is deeper that the superficiality we have seen on the street daily. I think it is because to the Chinese mind now the center of the earth is his or her self. That everything start from their own interest than the next is probably others will come to consideration if I have time or if it is giving me profit. That is why you see in the Shanghai subway stations a lot of "illiterate"people standing on the platform which is supposed to be for people get alight whilts the in-coming passenger wait on the side.(Depsite the platform already given that sign right on the floor of that platform). Then if you are insight look at their face to get a seat, almost breaking the 100meter race each time and smug face if they manage to get a seat even for that they have knocked down an old lady or man. It is very seldom for me to see a young person offer a seat to a lady, senior citizens in China. They are very courteous on this in Japan, Singapore. At the supermarket just look how they dont understand a single bit about queueing, you can see that they dont give a damn bit of thoughtfullness or courtesy like the Japanese. Despite the war attrocities I must say that the Japanese in Japan are the most courteous and thoughtfull people. I vouched that even in Tokyo, been there few times and always have this same feeling. Coming to the street, the incessant horn blowing is the norm, again the same smugness face of arrogant "new driver" of people who suddenly can afford car but with the mentality of people with small thinking. They may drove Maybach, latest Ferrari,Lamborghini, Lexus, BWM 7 series, Mercedez, Porche and Audi but their behaviour is very uncivilised no different than an uneducated people. They park where they like as they just bribe the security guard or out of total ignorance, doesnt matter if it blocks pedestrian crossing or walkway. Totally with out any consideration to other traffic users. The bus / public transport also the same. Doesnt matter if the bicycle rider is an old man, or a mother taking her daughter these people are on the right lane.. they just blew the horn incessantly as if they are saying: "hey get out of my way you stupid Chinese" On the other front also about the cleanliness, if Paris got land mines in the form of dog poo, here we have anywhere to look for spits to avoid steppin on that disgusting greenish yellow spits. During the SARS I was very happy as nobody spit, but the moment the crisis is over everybody back to the olde bad habit of spitting just anywhere they like. Even inside the Lotus supermarket their employee spit on the floor infront of the customers..jeez. Coming back to what I observe and discuss with some Chinese friends it it the self centerness that make the new Chinese. That is why also we saw a lot of accidents on the street. An overseas friend pathetically said it is good maybe for China so the population now controlled not only by Family Planning but by the Road Barbaric Drivers of China. So if you seen the shocking statistic of road accidents dont wonder. In my opinion unless these daily clashes, conflict between traffic users (including the pedestrians) being handled with firm authority we will see more deeper social animosities. It is also lies on the deeper sight a picture of income gap is widening between the have and the have not. While those "The Have" doesnt have the mentality of civilised people, what they have is only arogances, that they can do no wrong. The have not work hard but in most time they are also paying a very high cost of being the underdog of the society till they can struggled wiggled to move up the rat race ladder if at all. As for the motorised traffic the chaos of these unruly behaviour does another cost. Money= waste gasoline, long queues, traffic jams in many part of the city. Some wise people said, if you want to get a picture of a modern civilised society one of the indicator is how they drive and use the road. If so, then Shanghai or big metro in China is a picture of UGLY people. If these are the face of Shanghai, what we are proud of? All the glitter of Waitans, HuaiHai Lu, NanjingLu, Jinmao Tower being washed out the moment one car blewing horn without any respect to a pedestrian crossing the street. A city is nothing without a soul. And I believe Shanghai is going that way at the moment. Yet with a good visionary leader Shanghai also had the ability to lead set an example of a fine civilised city. Other wise sooner or later Shanghai will become a city like Manila, Jakarta or Bangkok where no-mans land in the traffic; long drive in the midts of traffic jams. Those 5000 years of histories and values we are so proud of is not in our heart and mind anymore. All we have now is the olde arrogances of the bad history of China being relived because of our indifference attitudes. IT only took one massive SARS, Bird Flu, or tsunami, or earthquake to humble, so what are we so arrogance about? On this folder or topic, I would like to appeal all real Zhongguoren to instill back the good values we inherited. 5000 years of history means nothing less we learn and practice the good universal values in this modern neck breaking society. Let us not be the UGLY CHINESE. "a huaren in the city" |