More trains

    HKMTR Shenzhen Co. will add 80 trains every weekend and during holidays starting Saturday to ensure travel of passengers. This would shorten the interval of train departures to 3.8 minutes, the company said.

    Shenzhentong app

    THE number of mobile phone users who use the Shenzhentong app to pay for their public transportation costs has reached 1.5 million.

    According to the Shenzhentong company, the RFID-SIM cards of mobile phone users are embedded with the functions of Shenzhentong cards, with which the users can pay for transportation costs. Phone users can apply for such cards at telecommunication operators without necessarily changing their phone numbers.

    Users can also check their balances and top up their Shenzhentong accounts with the Shenzhentong app.

    Jurors appointed

    THE standing committee of Nanshan District People’s Congress has appointed four Hong Kong natives as jurors of the district’s people’s court.

    The appointment is regarded as a breakthrough in China’s judicial system.

    The four jurors are either law professors who graduated from well-known U.S. law schools or company executives with master’s degrees.

    Peacekeeping

    TWO doctors of Shenzhen Armed Police Hospital will join the U.N.’s peacekeeping mission in February in Liberia.

    Qiao Lihua and Tang Min were selected after receiving two months of anti-riot training in Hebei. They will join a medical team on a peacekeeping mission.

    The hospital has sent eight doctors on four peacekeeping missions since 2003.

    Drug trafficking

    A HONG KONG man was caught last week for attempting to smuggle 2.49 kilograms of crystal meth out of Shenzhen at Luohu Checkpoint, Shenzhen Customs announced yesterday.

    Wall collapses

    NINE vehicles were damaged after a brick wall more than 50 meters long suddenly collapsed at an industrial park in Shajing, Bao’an District, on Tuesday morning.

    Negotiations for compensation are underway.

    Car auctioned

    LUOHU District People’s Court auctioned off a Toyota online recently, marking the first time a Chinese court has conducted an online auction.

    The car was sold for 330,000 yuan (US$53,988).