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Donghai Bridge Just want to inform you all that this bridge will be ready before this November. At that time, the first phase construction of Yangshan Deep-water Container Port will be ready too. |
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When the House Prices Goes Down If you become a property owner, do you ever worry about the gov't authorities simply coming in an reclaiming your property? I read stories from time to time of this happening, tearing down villages to build skyscrapers and shopping ctrs. Do some not buy in fear of this or is it so rare that it's not a real worrry? Posted by: Tom on July 14, 2005 04:20 AM =========== I heard that US Supreme court OKs personal property seizures. Detailed news: http://edition.cnn.com/2005/LAW/06/23/scotus.property.ap/index.html High court OKs personal property seizures Majority: Local officials know how best to help cities Friday, June 24, 2005 Posted: 0432 GMT (1232 HKT) Manage Alerts | What Is This? WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that local governments may seize people's homes and businesses -- even against their will -- for private economic development. It was a decision fraught with huge implications for a country with many areas, particularly the rapidly growing urban and suburban areas, facing countervailing pressures of development and property ownership rights. The 5-4 ruling represented a defeat for some Connecticut residents whose homes are slated for destruction to make room for an office complex. They argued that cities have no right to take their land except for projects with a clear public use, such as roads or schools, or to revitalize blighted areas. As a result, cities have wide power to bulldoze residences for projects such as shopping malls and hotel complexes to generate tax revenue. Local officials, not federal judges, know best in deciding whether a development project will benefit the community, justices said. "The city has carefully formulated an economic development that it believes will provide appreciable benefits to the community, including -- but by no means limited to -- new jobs and increased tax revenue," Justice John Paul Stevens wrote for the majority. He was joined by Justice Anthony Kennedy, David H. Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen G. Breyer. At issue was the scope of the Fifth Amendment, which allows governments to take private property through eminent domain if the land is for "public use." Susette Kelo and several other homeowners in a working-class neighborhood in New London, Connecticut, filed suit after city officials announced plans to raze their homes for a riverfront hotel, health club and offices. New London officials countered that the private development plans served a public purpose of boosting economic growth that outweighed the homeowners' property rights, even if the area wasn't blighted. Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who has been a key swing vote on many cases before the court, issued a stinging dissent. She argued that cities should not have unlimited authority to uproot families, even if they are provided compensation, simply to accommodate wealthy developers. The lower courts had been divided on the issue, with many allowing a taking only if it eliminates blight. "Any property may now be taken for the benefit of another private party, but the fallout from this decision will not be random," O'Connor wrote. "The beneficiaries are likely to be those citizens with disproportionate influence and power in the political process, including large corporations and development firms." She was joined in her opinion by Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, as well as Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas. |
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PVG: Meeting Place in Pudong Airport Hi ID, Welcome to SH. I just checked Pudong Airport Website. http://www.shanghaiairport.com/en/airline03_b.jsp Actually you can find the symbol in the first Picture of this website, fifth row on the direction board. Luggage Storage: Location Domestic Arrival Hall (Between No. 8-9 Door) Tel:68346324 International Arrival Hall (Between No. 10-11 Door) Tel: 68346078 International Departure Hall (Between No. 14-15 Door ) Tel: 68345035 Domestic Departure Hall (Between No. 5-6 Door ) Tel: 68345021 Service Time 6:00--Flight over Related Policies Passengers should show the flight ticket and valid certificate before registration. |
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Trusted Tourism Agency There's one famous online travel service provider Ctrip(Nasdaq listed) I'd like to recommend. http://english.ctrip.com/ Lots of tour packages available and cheap flight ticket booking. |
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Maglev Extends 2 Hours? Obviously, before making final decision of a new possible route from SH to Hangzhou, the officials would like to cool everything down so that there might be less obstacle from the public. |
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Cars with Non-Shanghai Plates Finally, it's good to see that people who would like to escape what he needs to pay have to pay the fee. It's unfair to the car driver who got the Shanghai plate. Because all of them must pay that fee and pay for the bid for the plate as well. But people who escaped and bought the car plate outside shanghai simply didn't need to pay any fees just because the shanghai administration didn't fully follow the regulation. Now the government is going to implement the policy completely and giving no chance for anyone who would not like to obey the regulation, just like jianshuo. Applaud to the shanghai government. BTW: This regulation have been passed long time ago and just haven't been fully implemented. It's not a new regulation at all. In addition, other big cities like Guangzhou also have the same regulation. |
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Transition between MagLev and Train A picture is worth more than a thousand words. Could you briefly draw a map? thx. |