Games torch relay

    The Universiade torch relay* route would include four universities. The flame will be ignited* at Qinghua University in Beijing in late April and the relay is scheduled to start at Beijing University on May 4. The torch relay would reach Shenzhen University on May 10, and then be passed on to the Guangzhou-based Zhongshan University and Guangdong University of Foreign Studies at Guangzhou University Town.

    Charity award

    A homeless garbage recycler won the city’s Second Charity Award on Saturday because he had donated more than 4,000 yuan (US$607) to charity in two years.

    The 35-year-old Li Yun collects recyclable material and lives in temporary accommodation at a construction site in Futian District.

    Li started making donations to the Shenzhen Charity Association in 2008 in the hope of helping dropout students go back to school.

    Roads given new look

    Shenzhen has started painting traffic facilities such as road fences and bridges at a cost of 265 million yuan (US$40.75 million). The move is an attempt to beautify the roads ahead of the Universiade. Since February 25, the city started to repair or replace road signs at key public venues.

    Contaminated milk

    Contaminated milk that killed three children and caused illness to 36 others in Gansu Province was confirmed to contain industrial sodium nitrite.

    Tests on the affected people and samples of milk from the dairy farms involved showed high concentrations of nitrite*. A total of 39 people were taken to hospital in Pingliang on Thursday after drinking the tainted milk. Three children under age 2 have died. (SD-Agencies)