Call for more cabbies heeded in Guangzhou

A fleet of 700 taxis is being introduced to the streets of Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong Province, to ease congestion in the booming southern metropolis.

Three companies are behind the introduction of the new taxis and they expect to give rides to over 23 million people a year.

Guangzhou currently has more than 25,700 cabs but has not increased this number for over a decade.

(Information Times)

If the dead could talk she would be jobless

Wen Yurong is the only female forensics scientist in Haikou, South China's Hainan Province. She says she enjoys her job and has examined more than 1,600 corpses over the past 15 years and attended more than 750 homicide scenes.

The 38 year old, whose husband is also a forensic scientist, said she had never considered switching her career because it was the only job that could "open a dead person's mouth".

Wen, who has a 9-year-old daughter, said she always felt a sense of job satisfaction when her work helped crack a case.

(Hainan Daily)

HK ranked 13 in list of world's top cities

Hong Kong has been ranked the world's 13th top city in a poll by readers of Conde Nast Traveler Readers' Choice.

The US travel magazine compiled the list after polling 387,000 readers about their favorite cities, islands and resorts. Australia's Sydney came first, Italy's Florence was second and San Francisco of the US came third.

Among the top Asian cities, Hong Kong was ranked second, after Thailand's Bangkok. Shanghai was ranked sixth and Beijing 10th.

(Oriental Daily)

Forged qualifications may land woman in jail

A City University of Hong Kong graduate could face jail for forging her diploma to secure a job.

The 28-year-old woman, surnamed Lau, finished her undergraduate program as a computer major but didn't receive a diploma because she failed her graduation project.

Lau applied for a government job in February last year and sent a fake diploma by fax. She started work in July but her employer found the document was forged two months later after checking with the university.

Lau pled guilty at a Hong Kong court on Thursday and in mitigation said she was desperate for a job to pay off her HK$100,000 ($13,000) student loan.

The judge, however, said she was a dishonest person and may be jailed. Sentencing was adjourned to October 25.

(Ming Pao)

Criminality-challenged robber loses ID, freedom

A robber left his identity documents at the crime scene after taking a bag from an Indonesia woman last week in Macao.

The 47-year-old jobless man from Macao, surnamed Lam, dropped his wallet in the struggle with the woman over the bag.

Police arrested him on Wednesday.

(Macao Daily)

(China Daily 10/16/2007 page4)