Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Australians Say Sorry In Sydney

 Australians Say Sorry In Sydney
 
Around 1500 people marched through downtown Sydney on Saturday to mark Australia's 10th annual Sorry Day and the 40th anniversary of the referendum which ended constitutional discrimination against Aborigines.

On the 27th of May 1967 more than 90 percent of the Australian electorate voted yes on the question of whether two discriminatory references should be removed from the constitution.

The anniversaries come as the Federal Opposition yesterday pledged $261million over four years towards improving primary health care for indigenous Australians.

Research released by Reconciliation Australia suggests Australians are ready for better relations between indigenous and non-indigenous people. A national survey found that most Australians believed reconciliation was about developing mutual respect and that indigenous people had equal rights.

It found 71 percent of people considered developing better relationships between black and white Australians was important.

Just under 40 percent felt it was either very important or extremely important.

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Visit of the President of Germany on Friday, May 25, 2007

 

IMPORTANT NOTICE

Visit of the President of Germany on Friday, May 25, 2007

 

 

Dear Tenants,

 

As you may have heard already, the President of Germany, Mr. Horst Koehler will pay a visit to the German Centre Shanghai. The visit will take place on Friday, May 25, 2007 from 6pm to 8pm in the Atrium in Tower 1 as well as the conference room and restaurant.

 

Due to security requirements by the Chinese Foreign Affairs Office and National Security Bureau the entrances of Tower 1 and Tower 2 will be closed from around 5pm until approx. 8pm. The elevators in Tower 1 and 2 will only go up. We kindly ask you to walk via 6th or 7th floor over to Tower 3, take the elevator down in Tower 3 and exit the office building through the entrance of Tower 3.

 

The shuttle bus will leave according to the usual schedule, only the shuttle bus stop has to be shifted to Ke Yuan Road in front of the German Centre Appartment Buildung (see map below).

 

Please be informed that the traffic at Long Dong Avenue and Ke Yuan Road might be influenced due to police security measures related to the President’s visit.

 

We sincerely apologize for any disturbances and inconveniences! Thank you very much for your cooperation and support!

 

German Centre Shanghai Team

May 22, 2007

 

Thursday, May 10, 2007

Try downloading something from US servers

It seems at least for the late night China, the speed downloading software from US servers is very acceptable.

Wednesday, May 09, 2007

You never get a second chance to make a first impression...

Some signature of one msn contacts. It's very very true. We should pay enough attention to every first meet with any person.