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Mayor vows openness on Expo expenditure

Investment for the 2010 Shanghai World Expo will be fully audited and open to public supervision, Shanghai mayor Han Zheng said at a government press conference, Xinhua reported Monday.

Shanghai-hound: K-9s on the beat

Man's best friend is likely to be terrorists' worst enemy this summer courtesy of a police dog detachment dealing with emergencies and other Expo-related threats, similar to the team employed two years ago for the Olympics in Beijing.

Batteries included: Police cars go green

Visitors will get the chance to zip around the Expo site on some environmentally minded wheels starting in May.

Hotlines to make life easier for foreigners

Local government bodies and service industries are organizing services in both Chinese and English to make life easier for Expo tourists this spring.

'Let foreigners go to Expo first'

Mayor Han Zheng yesterday called on the city's residents to wait and visit the exhibition pavilions at the Expo site after the event ends, so as to make room for more visitors from outside the city.

Pollution will be controlled during Expo

Enterprises within 300 km of Shanghai in the Yangtze River Delta will be subject to production control during the six-month World Expo if the city's air quality falls below standards.'Let foreigners go to Expo first'

Mayor's priorities: a great Expo, wider service economy

Shanghai should make sure the 2010 World Expo is a success and transform the city's economy, while improving people's living standards, social harmony and stability, Mayor Han Zheng said yesterday.

New Zealand recounts Maori myth in dream journey

New Zealand's team finally unveiled the country's Expo 2010 pavilion's exhibition design - a dream-like journey about the Maori story of creation.

Work on Expo park in Shanghai going smoothly, senior official

Construction of projects at Expo park in Shanghai is progressing smoothly and rapidly, with the park's landscape "ever changing", organizers of the cultural gala said Wednesday.

Haiti reconfirmed to attend Expo after quake

Haiti has reconfirmed to attend the Shanghai 2010 World Expo after the massive earthquake half a month ago, the Bureau of Shanghai World Expo Coordination said Wednesday.

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