【新闻英语】 2014 Mar 14

CHINA DIALY Headline Fake cigarettes to become electricity Summary Authorities have dumped hundreds of thousands of counterfeit cigarettes next to an incinerator in the city of Xuchang in Henan. The plan is to burn the 80-thousand cartons to help generate electric power. GLOBAL TIMES Headline Macao chicken cull Summary Macao's health authorities have culled 75-hundred chicken in the wholesale market after some of the birds tested positive for avian influenza. The infected chickens are said to have been imported from the mainland. Authorities in Macao are also banning all live poultry imports for the next 3-weeks. SHANGHAI DAILY Headline New tram routes planned for Songjiang Summary The head of Songjiang District in Shanghai says two new tram routes are being constructed, and should be operational by the start of 2017. The tracks will cover a distance of 28.5 kilometers and will connect to Shanghai's Metro Line 9. The electric-powered trams will have four carriages with a capacity of over 360 people. BEIJING NEWS Headline Beijing hospitals to launch pharmacy counseling Summary An official with the Beijing Municipal Administration of Hospitals says hospitals in the city are going to set up counseling rooms to advise people how to take their medicine correctly. The counseling rooms will provide the services for free. Pharmacists on-staff will record cases of adverse drug reactions and report them to health authorities. BEIJING TIMES Headline Crackdown on expired food Summary China's food safety watchdog is vowing to crack down on the illegal sale and disposal of expired food. Practices such as using expired food as ingredients, falisifying expiration dates, repackaging and recycling expired foods are the focus of the new probe. Violators could have their licenses revoked and added to a "blacklist." BEIJING MORNING POST Headline Panda's death caused by parasites Summary Officials with the Zhengzhou Zoo in Henan's capital now say the death of a 7-year-old female panda has been caused by a parasitic disease. Experts still don't know how the panda became infected. The Panda, named Jinyi, died on February 9th. XIAOXIANG MORNING POST Headline China lacks antiquities craftsmen Summary A new report is suggesting there are only around 2-thousand trained artifacts restorers here in China. With this in mind, the director of the Forbidden City is warning that it could take upto a century to repair all the relics stored in museums around the country. There are said to be more than 15-hundred damaged relics in China urgently in need of repair.