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Mumbai’s eastern suburbs to have maximum solid waste centres

Edit Indian Express 31 May 2016
Currently, the eastern suburbs already has the largest allocation, 186 hectares, for solid waste management activities, as the region includes all three dumping grounds in the city, the Kanjur Marg, Mulund and Deonar sites. In the revised DP, the largest areas for SWM activities have been reserved in the S and T wards. In S ward, the largest of the ......

Foreign media note Chinese tycoon's challenge to Disney

Edit China Daily 31 May 2016
The Wanda Cultural Tourism City in the southeastern city of Nanchang, capital of Jiangxi province, is the first of a total of 15 Wanda theme park and entertainment projects in China and five more internationally ... The Time report noted that the Nanchang park opened just days before Disney launches its first park in Shanghai, the world's largest, in mid-June....

Centre to NGT

Edit Indian Express 31 May 2016
The Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises on Monday moved the National Green Tribunal seeking directions not to extend to other cities the Supreme Court mandated ban on registration of vehicles beyond 2000 cc on the ground that it would have an adverse effect on the momentum of growth of the automobile industry ... Besides, it is the fifth largest sector receiving Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the country....

Office Project Completion (Chagala Group Ltd)

Edit Public Technologies 31 May 2016
Uralsk - Chagala Group Limited (Chagala or the 'Company') announced today that Kurmangazy Development, a Chagala Group subsidiary, in partnership with JSC «NC «SEC «Oral» has completed the project of reconstruction and refurbishing an office building in the city of Uralsk in Western Kazakhstan ... the first step of the move of KPO into the city of Uralsk....

NYC is gaining an entire new neighborhood

Edit New York Post 31 May 2016
A whole new city neighborhood comes to life Tuesday morning with the ribbon-cutting on the first tower over at Hudson Yards ... pulled together billions for the largest private real-estate development in US history ... Hudson Yards will contribute $18.9 billion a year to the city economy by the time the project finishes, according to a study by the consultants at Appleseed....

Globalfoundries Forms Joint Venture to Make More Chips in China

Edit Bloomberg 31 May 2016
Globalfoundries Inc., one of the largest contract manufacturers of semiconductors, is forming a joint venture with the government of Chongqing to get greater access to the Chinese chip market. Globalfoundries will re-equip an older plant in the inland Chinese city with production aimed for 2017, the company and the local government said Monday in a statement....

Virgin Australia sells stake to China's HNA Aviation Group

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 31 May 2016
China's largest private airline operator will buy a 13 per cent of Virgin Australia in a deal the Australian airline says will help it capitalise on the growing Chinese travel market. . HNA Aviation Group and Virgin will introduce direct flights between Australia and a number of Chinese cities, as well as co-ordinate code-sharing, frequent flyer programs and lounge access. ....

50% powerloom units closed in last 1 month, survey on

Edit The Times of India 31 May 2016
The labour department of the state government has started a survey of the country's largest man-made fabric (MMF) sector in the city to gather information on numbers of jobless workers, closed powerloom weaving units and dyeing and printing factories ... As per industry estimates, around 50 per cent of powerloom units in the city closed in the last one-and-half-month, rendering over 2.5 lakh workers jobless....

Infrastructure black hole to hit Casey following ESC decision on rate cap (Casey City Council)

Edit Public Technologies 31 May 2016
Casey City Council) ... The City of Casey has expressed its shock after the Essential Services Commission (ESC) denied Council's application for a rate cap variation of 0.97 per cent, or just $14 per household to secure vital infrastructure for Casey's growing community ... 'This is short term petty politics that will lead to long term harm for the residents of the City of Casey....

Civic body vows to take up pending development projects

Edit The Times of India 31 May 2016
There are a number of such city projects pending, which the previous AIADMK government promised. Garbage from 65 wards of the city corporation is dumped in the composite yard at Ariyamangalam spread across 43 acres ... Despite being the fourth largest city, only 30 per cent of Trichy has underground drainage channels ... Trichy mayor A Jaya said the city corporation had been taking up the pending developmental projects seriously....

St Kilda target Auckland premiership season AFL game by 2019

Edit Canberra Times 31 May 2016
St Kilda are aiming to play a home and away game in Auckland in 2019, but first they need to find a suitable venue in New Zealand's largest city ... ....

Wal-Mart needs to grow overseas, and China’s the big prize

Edit The Seattle Times 31 May 2016
SHENZHEN, China (AP) — Zhong Guoyan sifted through piles of fish at a Wal-Mart in Shenzhen, one of China’s largest cities. She studied the fins, to make sure they were bright red and firm. She peered at the eyeballs — were they bulging? “I like when the products are fresh, and the quality is good,” […]> ... ....

Wal-Mart seeks overseas success by going native in China

Edit The Seattle Times 31 May 2016
SHENZHEN, China (AP) — Zhong Guoyan sifted through piles of fish at a Wal-Mart in Shenzhen, one of China’s largest cities. She studied the fins, to make sure they were bright red and firm. She peered at the eyeballs — were they bulging? “When I come here, I have a look,” she said. “If it’s […]> ... ....
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