China’s missile destroyer “Guangzhou” gets supplies from “Nancang”
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- China’s missile destroyer “Guangzhou” gets supplies from “Nancang”
- Correction: China-Reluctant Maids story
- 14 poisoned in China after eating pig’s liver
- South China city extends online job interview for migrant workers
China’s missile destroyer “Guangzhou” gets supplies from “Nancang”
Xinhua China -
Destroyer “Guangzhou” got its first supplies from “Nancang” on Tuesday. A Chinese task force including destroyer “Guangzhou” will take part in the “Peace-09″ multinational naval exercise in the seas off Pakistan in March.
Correction: China-Reluctant Maids story
The Associated Press -
19 story about Chinese university graduates taking jobs as housekeepers The Associated Press erroneously quoted the general manager of a training school and placement service for domestics saying her agency has yet to receive an application from a man. Cong Shan general manager of Guangzhou Home EZ Services said males are currently enrolled in training courses. The story also quoted Shan as saying that she had never had a university graduate apply for training until last year. She now says some university graduates applied before 2008 but their numbers have jumped since last August to 90 percent of the 500 to 600 women applicants.
14 poisoned in China after eating pig’s liver
The Associated Press -
The 14 fell sick after eating pig’s liver at a dinner party in Guangzhou in southern Guangdong province the official Xinhua News Agency said. They were all hospitalized with stomachaches diarrhea vomiting and headaches it said. A doctor at the hospital did not give a reason for the poisoning but said that it could be from clenbuterol a chemical used to prevent pigs from accumulating fat Xinhua said. Earlier this month more than 70 people became sick after eating pig organs contaminated by the same chemical in Guangzhou. China has banned its use as a pig feed additive.
South China city extends online job interview for migrant workers
Xinhua China -
25 (Xinhua) — South China’s Guangzhou City a major destination for migrant farmer workers plans to extend online job interviews to farmers to a further 55 administrative districts nationwide this year. The plan was unveiled days after the Guangdong provincial legislature adopted a proposal that a channel targeting migrant workers should be opened at a local TV station to tell them about job vacancies and for job training. Guangzhou capital of Guangdong Province had already launched the “remote job interview” system in 2003 with 45 administrative districts including Bose in Guangxi and Chengdu in Sichuan. It plans to extend the system to a further 55 other districts this year said Zhao Baoying director of Guangzhou Human Resources Market Service Center Wednesday. Guangzhou companies put recruitment information into the system’s database for migrant workers to remotely search.
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