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Nanhu Suspends Cebu tours for 4 weeks
Nanhu Travel agency yesterday (August 26) announced it shall suspend its chartered flights to Cebu island in the Philippines for 4 weeks beginning September 1st. This action came after agencies in Guangdong decided to suspend tours to Manila on Tuesday in response to a bus hijacking that killed 8 Hong Kong tourists and has led to many Cantonese people reluctant to travel to the country. Financially unviable for the time-being, Nanhu is the first company in Guangdong that fully suspends tours to the Philippines but tourists who have signed up for trips to Cebu can get their money back or choose to change departure day or travel destination. 

GD to focus on cutting-edged electronic information industry
In the next 2 to 3 years, Guangdong will strive to foster over 30 advanced IT companies with strong innovative capacities and core competitiveness. The Guangdong government released this plan at a conference on facilitating cutting-edged information industries yesterday (August 26). Guangdong is now an important manufacturing center for the information industry with revenue from this sector ranking No. 1 in China for 18 consecutive years.

GZ to Adjust 86 bus routes for easier connection to new Metro lines
Guangzhou will adjust 86 bus routes to make it easier to transfer to the 6 new metro lines which shall open before the 2010 Asian Games. Detailed plans of the adjustments are now being published in the press and the government is open to suggestions from the citizens until September 25th.

photo from: www.guangzhou.gov.cn