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Volcanic Ashes Affect Flights in GD
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Radio Guangdong
Publish Date: 2010-4-22 11:27:00 |
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Volcanic Ashes Affect Flights in GD
Volcanic ash from Iceland, carried by winds, has spread across the skies of Europe in the past few days, forcing the grounding of most civil aviation flights and closing-down a lot of airspace. According to International meteorological predictions, the volcanic ash will continue to affect flights until next week. Much of Europe remained a virtual no-fly zone today though successful test flights have been conducted. It is estimated that the flight suspension across Europe has led to losses of 200 million US Dollars per day.
Back in Guangdong, the volcanic ash has prevented some buyers from visiting the first phase of the Canton Fair, which concluded today (April 19th).
Zhao Guoding, Manager from the International Trade Department of a Zhejiang Electronic Appliance Manufacturer.
"Because our clients are mainly doing the processing trade and they are from Europe, which is affected by the volcanic ash, some buyers can not make it to the Canton Fair.
Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport has announced that flights departing from Guangzhou to European cities, such as Paris, have been canceled."
GD Develops Closer Ties with Jiangxi Province
A Guangdong economic and trade delegation of 800 people is taking an exhibition tour in Jiangxi Province. The delegation was scheduled to sign co-operation contracts this afternoon in Nanchang, the capital city of Jiangxi. The co-operation features the construction of the Nanchang-Guangdong Mart shopping mall, which will cost an investment of 2.6 billion US Dollars. Once completed, the project will be the first shopping mall in Nanchang.
Part of Jiangxi Province Open to the Public Today
Five exhibition halls of the Guangdong Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo were unveiled today (April 19th). They are the Guangdong Pavilion, and Exhibition Halls for Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chaozhou and Wangke. It is expected that the Guangzhou and Shenzhen exhibition halls will be moved back to Guangdong and shown to the public after the end of the World Expo event.
Chinese shares plunge to below 3,000 points over property curbs
Led by a slump in property shares, following the government's tougher efforts to curb excessive property price gains, China's main stock index dived to below 3,000 points today (April 19th). The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index on the Shanghai Stock Exchange ended at around 2,980 points, a fall of 4. 8per cent.
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