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    2017-01-18  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

    Father of pinyin dies

    Zhou Youguang, a renowned Chinese linguist*, died at 111 in Beijing on Saturday, one day after his 111th birthday. Born in Changzhou of East China’s Jiangsu Province on January 13, 1906, Zhou was previously an economist working on Wall Street before becoming a linguist. In the 1950s, he chaired the committee which came up with pinyin, a system to make it easier to transcribe Chinese characters using the western alphabet.

    

    Henan bans fireworks

    Henan Province in Central China said over the weekend that it would ban all fireworks and firecrackers, effective on Saturday.

    A notice released by the province’s environmental protection authority said the ban aims to cope with the “adverse effect of severe air pollution in winter.” The notice did not say whether the ban was temporary or permanent.

    

    Seasoning product scandal

    Factories producing artificial seasoning* and sauces have recently been busted in Tianjin, the Beijing News reported. About 50 factories in the city were found illegally producing a large amount of products of well-known brands, such as Lee Kum Kee, Haday and Totole.

    Many of the products have been distributed and sold to other cities in China. The business has existed for over a decade and reported an annual output value estimated at around 100 million yuan (US$15 million).

    

    Appeal rejected

    Hong Kong’s Court of Appeal on Monday rejected two disqualified legislators-elect’s application for leave to appeal over the case of their disqualification.

    The two disqualified legislators-elect, Leung Chung-hang and Yau Wai-ching, used derogatory* language insulting the country and nation when taking their oaths at a swearing-in ceremony of the new Legislative Council on October 12, 2016. Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) Government filed a judicial review against the decision by the LegCo president to give the pair a second chance to be sworn in.

    (SD-Agencies)

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