February 21, 2008

Hainan to become island of 5-star hotels

2008-02-22 Haikou

With the entrance of internationally renowned hotels including Shangri-La Hotel, Westin and Mandarin Oriental Hotel, the number of 5-star and soon-to-be 5-star hotels in Hainan will reach 36 within two years. By then, Hainan will be the island of 5-star hotels. At present, there are 14 5-star hotels in Hainan, such as Mandarin Oriental Hotel and Marriott. According to statistics, Beijing and Shanghai had 18 and 17 5-star hotels, respectively as of the end of 2006. According to the commitment of The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, Beijing will have 800 star-rated hotels and 37 5-star hotels by 2008.

January 14, 2008

Chikan water plant resumes water supply

2008-01-14 Guangzhou

A water plant in Chikan town, Kaiping city, Guangdong province resumed water supply to local residents yesterday. Previously, the water plant immediately stopped water supply after it found water pollution caused by a bag-making company’s direct wastewater emissions into the river adjacent to the plant.

March 08, 2007

Funds cut stakes in China Seven Star Shopping and China Grand Forestry Resources

2007-03-08 Beijing

Atlantis Investment Management has cut its stake in China Grand Forestry Resources Group Limited, while INVESCO has cut its stake in China Seven Star Shopping Limited. In addition, Fidelity increased its holding in Midland Holdings Limited by 0.38% on 1 March. As a result, Fidelity’s holding in Midland Holdings has increased to 10.01%.

January 17, 2007

Board of Directors of Jiangxi Paper Industry convene provisional shareholders' meeting

2007-01-17 Nanchang

Supervisory Board meeting and Board of Directors of Jiangxi Paper Industry [Stock ticker 600053] passed a motion concerning changing the company’s name, address of registration and business scope. The company’s name is changed to "Jiangxi Zhongjiang Real Estate Co., Ltd", address of registration to "No.1 Cuiyan Road Wanli district Nanchang city, Jiangxi province", and business scope is shifted to "property development and management, land development and management, etc." The proposal concerning amending corporate constitution was also approved at the above two meetings. The Board of Directors meeting decided to convene the first provisional shareholders` meeting in 2007 on 3 February 2007 to review the above matters.

January 11, 2007

Shandong Bohui Paper Industrial’s announcement of resolutions passed at Extraordinary General Meeting

2007-01-11 Huantai, Shandong province

Shandong Bohui Paper Industrial Co.,Ltd. [Stock ticker 600966] passed the following resolutions at the First Extraordinary General Meeting of 2007 on 9 January 2007: renew the agreement with two thermal power companies; appoint China Rightson Certified Public Accountants as its auditor in 2006 and provide a loan guarantee for its subsidiary Yantai Dahua Holdings Co Ltd.