Subway shops close doors

SHANGHAI: All 1,080 businesses in Shanghai's subway stations were closed down yesterday in the interests of public security during the Olympic Games.

Food, garment, electronic product and newspaper stores and stands in 70 of the city's 164 metro stations had cleared their displays and shut down by midnight, sealing their doors with strips of paper stating the date of closing.

Shanghai Shentong Metro Group, operator of Shanghai's metro system, informed businesses within the station and exiting halls only last week of the temporary closure.