ProLogis, a US provider of distribution facilities and services, has announced that an industrial park it is developing in China will be used as the main logistics and distribution centre for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
ProLogis Park Beijing Airport has been designated as the official distribution site for Olympics-related equipment and material by the Beijing Olympics Organising Committee.
The 100,332 square metre site will also be used for warehousing, light assembly and administration of logistics operations.
Thursday, June 01, 2006
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Beijing Drought
Beijing is currently suffering its worst drought in 50 years, and is likely to continue to face this problem when it hosts the 2008 Olympic Games.
Beijing is the driest major city in the world, with average water resources per person one-thirtieth of the world's , and faces a water shortage of 1.1 billion cubic metres in 2008.
Ma Weifang, a state environmental official, said that conservation could help ensure that the situation does not become critical.
One other headache for the authorities is a report that appeared on Tuesday in the state media, that said that the Yangtze river, which may well supply Beijing with emergency water during the Games, was "cancerous" with pollution and could die within five years.
The old adage, when abroad don't drink the water, springs to mind!
Beijing is the driest major city in the world, with average water resources per person one-thirtieth of the world's , and faces a water shortage of 1.1 billion cubic metres in 2008.
Ma Weifang, a state environmental official, said that conservation could help ensure that the situation does not become critical.
One other headache for the authorities is a report that appeared on Tuesday in the state media, that said that the Yangtze river, which may well supply Beijing with emergency water during the Games, was "cancerous" with pollution and could die within five years.
The old adage, when abroad don't drink the water, springs to mind!
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
China Bans Smoking
It seems that the anti smoking movement has even managed to score a success with one of the world's heaviest smoking nations, China.
It has been announced that for the duration of the Olympics, smoking will be banned; in the Olympic areas at least.
Beijing will ban smoking on public transport and indoor workplaces.
The Health Ministry said:
"Let a smokeless games provide healthy competition, a healthy environment and a healthy lifestyle."
The ministry said that facilities serving children would be the first to get a no-smoking ban.
Quite how they manage to enforce this in a nation of 350 smokers, will be anyone's guess!
It has been announced that for the duration of the Olympics, smoking will be banned; in the Olympic areas at least.
Beijing will ban smoking on public transport and indoor workplaces.
The Health Ministry said:
"Let a smokeless games provide healthy competition, a healthy environment and a healthy lifestyle."
The ministry said that facilities serving children would be the first to get a no-smoking ban.
Quite how they manage to enforce this in a nation of 350 smokers, will be anyone's guess!
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