DOT-COM FIRM EXCUTIVE DIES FROM OVER-WORKING. Courtesy: China Times
Sun Dedi, acting chief executive of Netease.com. Inc (NASQAD: NTES), died on Wednesday, aged
38. In his last year, sun was only able to work with the support of medical treatment.
The rapidly changing IT industry is affecting the country's overloaded office workers. In Shanghai,
70 to 75% per cent of the people are under a sub-healthy condition.
Shanghai Morning Post
LATEST ADVERTISING TRICK DISTURBS RESIDENTS' SLEEP
Seven in the morning is not a quite time in Shanghai's Hongkou District these days.
The latest advertising trick by a local beauty salon has a squad of young men and women running along the streets in these early hours wearing yellow T-shirts, shouting slogans and waving banners.
These activities have invited a flood of companints from neighbourhood residents saying they have had their beauty sleep disturbed.
A manager from the salon supported his new idea
saying that he just wanted hius staff to keep fit and strengthen the company's sense of unity.
Shanghai Evening News
MAN SUES POLICE FOR LATE NIGHT CALL
A resident of Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, took a local police station and a branch of the local public
security bureau to court, claiming that their activities to register his status so late at night without advanced notification had violated his legal interests.
However, the court of first instance ruled against the man's case arguing that the time for police to make door to door registration was not stipulated in the
law. The plaintiff appealed to the higher court and the second instance was held on Tuesday.
The police, in defence, argued that the man did not
register himself with the local police station, making their drop-in call a necessity of household registration system. They explained that the late visit
time at about 11pm, was to ensure they did not disturb his daily job. The case continues.
Guangzhou Daily.
BANK STEALS MAN'S CAR FOR LATE PAYMENT.
A man failed to pay his loan debt for a car on time and later found his car repossessed by the bank in Henan.
Mr Feng bought a new Honda Accord sedan last year using a bank loan in Nanyang of Henan Province. He was required to pay 7,000 yuan (US$864) monthly to the bank to keep on top of the payments.
However, Feng failed to make payments this month but got a permit from the bank to postpone the payment until the following month.
Several days later Feng found his car was gone.
Police later discovered that the bank had taken the car. The bank then demanded that Feng's late payment in order to get his car back.
An official from the bank is now being held in police
custody. Feng is suing for for value of car for inconvenince.
Dahe Daily
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PET DOG ADDICTED TO CIGARETTE SMOKE. Courtesy: China Daily A 1-year old dog has got addicted to cigarette smoke
in Henan and falls sick if it is not passively smoking.
Li, the owner of the dog, is a heavy smoker in Shanguiu of Henan Province, and often plays with the dog, Dou
Dou, when he smokes. Dou Dou appears to get excited at the smell of cigarette smoke. However, should he not get the chance to inhale the smoke, after a few days he
looses his appetite, yawns and his eyes weep.
Li said dou Dou developed this habit at 6 months old. Dongfang Jinbao
OVEREXCITED MAN BURNS HIMSELF
A man who was too excited to sleep after winning an award ended up burning himself after his cigarette
ignited in the night.
Lu won a free trip to Thailand in October courtesy of his company in Tianjin. The overexited man was unable to sleep so remained smoking on his couch. However
Lu eventually fell asleep and dropped his cigarette, which ignited the couch.
We was woken by a pain in his back and was rushed to hospital. Unfortunately, he may not be well enough to
take the trip to Thailand.
Tianjin Morning Post
FRENCH COUPLE LOST IN TRANSLATION.
An anxious French tourist in Xi'an, capital of Northwest's China's Shaanxi Province, was hindered in finding her missing husband due to her limited ability to speak Chinese or English.
The French couple lost each other at noon on Wednesday after visiting a museum in Xi'an. They were scheduled to board a plane taking off at 3 pm.
The warm-hearted citizens were unable to help the anxious women due to language constraints.
However, the police eventually res[ponded following a 110 emergency call to find the husband.
The husband was found within half an hour of the call and the couple hurried off to catch their plane.
Xi'an Evening News.
DOGGY DAMAGE GOES TO COURT. A car driver recently filed a lawsuit against a dog owner
asking for compensation, as Chen claims the dog caused a traffic accident leading to his injuries and damage to his new car, reports the Foshan Daily.The
driver, surnamed Chen ran into a wire pole when he swerved to avoid a dog that suddenly rushed into the middle of the highway in Foshan of Guangdong province.Chen's car was badly damaged and he
suffered a slight injury in the accident.Chen and the dog owner, surnamed Zhang, failed to reach an agreement on compensation by themselves.A local court has
accepted the case and is arranging an open public hearing. Source: Foshan Daily.
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