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Volume 9, issue 28- July 11, 2005
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Rutgers International EMBA Program
Reach your career goals with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Rutgers International EMBA in Beijing, a 14-month Program Starting in September 2005. All courses and accreditation standards equal to our Programs in USA. Courses taught by Rutgers Professors flown in from US.A unique learning and networking environment with Senior Executives and High Embassy officials from 10 different Nationalities or more. Next Beijing Info Session: Wednesday, July 13, 18:30. Presentation by China Program Director. To register call 010-8526-2528 Ext. 18 or Email emba@rutgers.cn, www.rutgers.cn.

Professional Massage Services
Providing the professional & traditional massage in Beijing. Aromatic SPA, foot massage, body massage. Service to your hotel & home by appointment in English. Tel: 1391 180 6596 Ms Zhang.

Dining Out

Presidential Plaza Beer Garden
The lush green garden has just opened. Located in the west courtyard, the garden provides a peaceful oasis from the busy streets. Assorted chinese snacks, Grills and BBQ items prices from RMB 1.50 to 4.00. Tsing Tao Beer, Tiger Draught and selection of Cold drinks and juices just name a few. (8610) 5858 5588 ext. 8234.

The Seasons Cafe - Angus Steaks And Summer Salads
Every Wednesday night in July. Enjoy the mouthwatering flavors of Australian chilled Angus at Seasons. Complement your grilled Angus such as rib eye, fillet, prime rib or entrecote steak with our delicious summer salads from the buffet. Prices start at RMB 240 + 15% surcharge per person. For more information and your reservations please call the Season's Cafe at ext. 4105

Keeping purity - French restaurant "Le Rendez - vous"
"Le Rendez - vous" was set up by taking the concept of pure "Brasserie" - the symbol of French lifestyle. The slogan of "Le Rendez - vous" is "experience French family food and caring." Every Friday night, here is "Blue Jazz night". The second Thursday of every mth, here is "French night". Everybody is welcome. Add: Gong Ti Bei Lu, nearby Sanlitun, opposite Zhao Long hotel. Tel: (8610) 6462 9110. For more info, pls click here.

Sampan Restaurant Promotion
*Keep Cool Summer Specials - Prepared with a variety of melon and gourd, the chilled herbal teas are effective to ward off the hotness at this time of the year. Eight Precious Winter Melon Mini Gourd. Chilled Herbal Tea "Jin Yin Hua"; Chilled Herbal Tea "Ji Gu Cao", all of them are the best choices of to help you cool down and available for lunch and dinner. All prices subject to 15% Service Charge. *Shark's fin & Abalone set meal - Only RMB288, you can enjoy our choose carefully shark's fin & Abalone set meal in sampan (the genuine Cantonese Cuisine Restaurant). For restaurant reservations, please call (8610) 6515 8855 ext 2155.


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Travel Information

Air China Launches Its Brand New First Class And Business Class Seats.
The new first class seats are designed with three selections of seat positions: standard, executive and rest, creating the optimal personal space. Greater comfort comes with the spacious luxury seats that allow you to relax as if you were in your own bedroom. The newly refurbished Air China flights will start flying directly between Beijing and New York in July 2005. Toll-free inquiry telephone: 800-982-8802. Website: http://www.airchina.com.cn/en/index.jsp

The Natural Choice to Canada
Introducing the only nonstop flight between Beijing and Toronto. Starting June 3, 2005, Air Canada will fly you from Beijing to Toronto in record time, saving you 3.5 hours*. With a convenient schedule of four flights a week, you'll definitely find one that's right for you. And if you're headed to Western Canada, we also offer daily nonstop flights to Vancouver. On board, we're equipped with a Mandarin-speaking crew, Chinese cuisine and inflight entertainment. For the ultimate in comfort, our award-winning Executive First® service offers you gourmet meals, fine wines, and plenty of legroom. Call your travel agent or contact Air Canada at (8610) 6468 2001, (8621) 6279 2999. *Compared to our direct flight to Toronto via Vancourer.

Philippine Airlines has new destination for Swingaround at Bacolod
Sugarlandia's premier city reflects the idyllic and leisurely lifestyles of its fabled sugar barons. The city's stately ancestral homes are reminders of its rich Castillan past, while its timeless art treasures display the city's creative heritage. Modern resorts compliment breathtaking white sand beaches and colorful coral reefs that line the coast of this lovely city. Prices start at CNY2,710. For more information please contact Philippine Airlines at telephone (8621) 6279 8765 or fax (8621) 6279 8762 or visit our website www.philippineairlines.com

What A Super Cool Deal For Such A Hot Summer
Phuket 4 days/3 nights from RMB 1988; Bangkok 4 days/3 nights from RMB 2066; Bankgkok& Phuket7 days/6 nights from RMB 2399...and a lot more... Please call BJS Holiday: city (8610) 5166 7711 , Shunyi (8610) 8046 3198/99. E-mail: travel@bjs.com.cn

Beijing BONA Travel Service
Beijing - NewYork Return: RMB5200.00; Beijing - London Return: RMB4700.00; Beijing - Bangkok Return: RMB2500.00; Beijing - Hongkong Return: RMB2000.00. TEL: (8610) 6504 4079 /8671 3792 /8671 3793. E-mail: cntravel@public3.bta.net.cn

Experience The Hainan Paddle Festival
The Yunfoshan Seaside Outdoor Swimming Park has now brought all the wonderful water activities that could previously only be enjoyed in Hainan to northern China. From now until September, you can experience the excitement of surfing and a series of other adventurous activities, as well as leisure programs like bowling matches and go-kart races. Price: RMB40/person (door ticket). For more information call (8610) 5131 3178.

Travel Around China With Beijing Fengguang Travel Service
With more than ten years' experience in the travel industry, we have developed a group of well-trained tour guides and tourism professionals, and over a hundred great travel routes across China. Our 5-day Trip to Hainan is priced at RMB650; 7-day trip to Zhangjiajie, Huanglong etc RMB1620; 7-day trip to East China cities RMB960; 4-day trip to Dalian and surrounding areas RMB920; 5-day trip to Jiuzhaigou and surrounding areas RMB1980. If you'd like to know more about our travel routes, please drop us a line at (8610) 8192 6908



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Hotel Deals

Join Our One Year Celebration At An Incredible Value
Everything changes as time goes by. Only one thing remains constant: Our attentive associates providing you the warmest, personalized service in Yalong Bay. We are looking forward to welcoming you to our tropical paradise. Please contact our Reservation at 0898-88568888 for enquiries and bookings. Send email to reservation@syxmc.com or visit www.marriott.com/SYXMC. For more info please click here.

Summer Vacation Package
From June 08 to July 21, 2005, for only RMB 588/room/night you can enjoy our Summer Vacation Package: Inclusive of 15% service charge, but subject to Rmb11 per person per night government tax | Two daily breakfast per room | Daily F&B coupon (value for RMB100) per room | Daily free use of Kid Star Club for two hours (Operation time: 10:00-22:00) | Late Check Out till 14:00 (According to the room availability) | Valid from Sunday to Thursday only | Airport pick up at special rate: RMB150 one way. Please call (0898) 8856 5666-7103 for detail. E-mail: hotel@holiday-inn-sanya.com ; website: www.holiday-inn-sanya.com

Incredible Summer Holiday
Rates starting from Superior Golfview Room at USD 142/room/night. Stay longer this Summer Holiday at Sheraton Sanya Resort with our "Incredible Summer Holiday Package". Please visit www.sheraton.com/sanya and view Special Offers for reservation. For Full information please visit www.sheratonsanya.com or click here or phone (86) (898) 8855 8239 or email: sanya.res@sheraton.com

Summer Meeting Package
Full day meeting package RMB288.00net per person per day, inclusive: 2 coffee / tea breaks; Half day meeting package RMB248.00net per person per half day, inclusive: One time coffee / tea break. Other benefits including: Buffet lunch or Chinese working lunch | Free flow of soft drink during lunch | Pencils, pads, mints and ice water set up for each delegate | Complimentary usage of two microphones | Flower arrangement with podium | Flower arrangement with registration desk. Summer Meeting Package attendance minimum of 10 pax, 15 June 2005 until 31 August 2005, Hot line: (8610) 5858 5588 Ext. 8797 / 8776.

Book a Hostel Room in China!
Now you can preview and choose hostels from around China. Find pictures, comments, and maps for the hostels and then choose what type of bed and rooms you need. We lots of cities including Beijing, Chengdu, Kunming, Lhasa, Sanya, Shanghai, and Yangshuo--plus lots more. You can securely book online and find the cheapest rates online with us. Visit http://www.chinatravelnow.com/hostels.php and search for yourself!

Heavenly Weekend Sleep-In
Get away from it all... right here in the heart of the city, with a weekend at The Westin Shanghai! Deluxe Room: RMB 1188+15% service charge per night with 2 breakfast. Terms & Conditions: Offer is exclusively for Mainland Chinese ID card holders; For Friday and Saturday nights only and is valid with immediate effect until further notice and restricted to FIT travelers only; Offer is subject to availability and can be changed without prior notice. For more information, please contact Reservation department. Tel: (021) 6335 1888 ext 7519, Fax: (021) 6335 2772, Email: rsvns-shanghai@westin.com. Please quote rate code: SLEEPIN

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YPHHWhere Are You?!
Each month, YPHH organizes Happy Networking Events at bars and restaurants in Beijing. Visit www.yphh.com for more info and check back each week to see if you are pictured here!

If You Are Above, You Have Just Won
Voucher for Afanti Restaurant worth 150RMB!
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Education

The Frontiers School - Make Mandarin Studying Easier
Small group class 3-5 people; Courses for all levels; Flexible schedules; Experienced teachers; Pleasing environment; Convenient location; Competitive prices; Promotional and intensive course start every month! For more information please call (8610) 6413 1547 or (8610) 6413 1548, or mail to frontiers@frontiers.com.cn

Rutgers International EMBA Program
A Fully Accredited AACSB MBA Degree in 14 months. One of the top-selected Universities by Fortune 500 recruiters. A unique learning and networking environment with Senior Executives and High Embassy officials from 10 different Nationalities or more. Next Info Session: Wednesday, July 13, 18:30. To learn more about Rutgers EMBA in China, call 010-8526-2528 Ext. 18 or visit www.rutgers.cn


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Health & Fitness

The most delightful Health Card at Health & Recreation Center
With the most Delightful Health Card you will find the best equipment availalbe in the Fittness room; beautiful 16x11 indoor swimming pool, Sanna Jacuzzi, Steam Room and Yoga Aerobics classes available to train your body to achieve a balance between a healthy body and a productive mind. The most delightful health cards are inclusive of Company Card at RMB 3000 with 50 visits; Family Card at RMB 2000 with 20 visits;Teenager Card at RMB 1000 with 20 visits; Lady's and Gentlemen Card at MRB 1500 each including 20 visits each. Contact Health & Recreation Center at: (8610) 5858 5588 ext. 8505.

BODYWORKS Delivers You Sumputous Health Package
In this sweltering July we invite you to join our Cool Fitness Action. We provide many different options for you: 1+2=1 (kid+parents=family) for a family of three; sunny package gives more preferential to those in fashion and Hand-in-Hand for lovers to spend a sweet summer holiday together. Many more big surprises are awaiting for you. For a free experience please call the branch most conveniently for you. Lido Branch (8610) 6430 2008, Xizhimen Branch (8610) 6615 8800, Huangsi Branch (8610) 6615 8800, Sigama Branch (8610) 8809 9696 or click here for more info.

Ao Si Ke Lin - Men's Pressure Relief Center
Are you suffering the heavy stress from work and life? Why not find a chance for yourself to fully relax after work? Our service includes Japanese style hair washing, European style expulsion of toxins from the whole body, back counter-pressure therapy, blood treatment, facial cleaning, Thai style hair washing, nerve recuperation with oxygen plant, ear therapy by Indian fragrance smoking, hot stone therapy, and many other things. All this means that you don't have to go out of the country before you can enjoy the delicate foreign services. Address: Chenyuan Plaza, No. 8, Bei Si Huan Dong Lu, Chaoyang District, Beijing TEL (8610) 8498 7038

AskQ Dental Outpatient Service
AskQ is conveniently located in the bustling downtown Beijing - Qianmen West Street. We are a comprehensive dental service provider approved by the Beijing Health Bureau and its concerned departments. With a team of highly qualified staff, we are able to provide diversified dental services to our clients including tooth pulling, tooth inlay, treatment of various buccal diseases, tooth rectification, tooth beauty, tooth care and consulting, and many others. Our featured services are tooth decoration with diamond, tooth whitening, tooth enamel metalware making. Address: 2F, No. 2, Zhengyang Market, Qianmen West Street, Beijing. TEL (8610) 6302 0202 Fax: (8610) 8316 3703

 

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Relocations

Allied Pickfords Ltd., Allied International Moving Services
Predictable Quality in an Unpredictable World. International, domestic, local, office moves, relocation & orientation services, record storage management, pet service, storage. Please visit our international and local web sites at: www.alliedpickfords.com.cn email: bj@alliedpickfords.com.cn Tel: (86 10) 5870 1133

CIM Continental International Moving
Located at 50 meters away from Chaoyang customs office, CIM Continental International Moving provide a fully range of moving, storage, record management and expatriates documentation services. Wherever you move, whenever you move - call CIM. Tel: (8610) 8762 5110 /8762 5109. Fax: (8610) 8762 5281; Email: info@cimmover.com; Web: www.cimmover.com

Beijing United Moving Service
As our name suggests, we have a group of highly motivated moving professionals who are ready to make joint efforts to help you move around town. Our major lines of business include moving service for both individual citizens and enterprises, and furniture installation and dismantling. Our starting price is RMB150 for individuals and RMB170 for companies. Minimum RMB180 for piano moving. Address: No. 249, South Balizhuang, Chaoyang District, Beijing TEL (8610) 8731 5910

"Ruishi" Helps You Move To Your Dream Land
Whether you are planning to move your home from this end of town to the other or you want to have a single piece of furniture moved to a certain place, please let us know. We have more than 100 vehicles of different capacities to meet your demands for different loads and a group of qualified moving staff who are generous to offer their expertise. For enterprise clients, we make special planning before moving for them; For individual clients, we send considerate team leader to direct on site to make them feel assured. RMB160/vehicle. Address: No. 51, Wukesong Road, Haidian District, Beijing. Hotline: (8610) 8811 3789.

 


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Blue Castle -- Your best & only exclusively residential choice in Beijing's CBD
Walking distance to Da Wang Lu subway, Blue Castle is centrally located at west Da Wang Lu, the central area of Beijing CBD. This luxurious residential property is managed by China World Trade Center and provides a wide range of residential apartments from 1 to 4 bedrooms ranging from 61.14 to 319.59 square meters. Please click here to see show rooms and floor plans or click logo for more information. Right now, people who purchase Blue Castle International Apartment in US or Hongkong dollars will be entitled to a 70% mortgage for 30 years from HSBC. Hotline for Lease: (8610)6583 1903 / (8610)6581 1905.

Blue Castle International Centre, the future of office buildings
The 27th floors Blue Castle International Centre is centrally located in Beijing's CBD area (1km north of CWTC). This 24 hours service office building offers a unique multiple floor straight office space with full glass walls, and is equipped with a Trane unit module central air conditioning system for complete air change; 2 international standard simultaneous interpretation centers; 3,500 independent telephone modules; 6-class line broadband and LAN system; 400 sq.m Blue Staff canteen; coffee shop; library; gymnasium; swimming pool; business lounge; convenience store.The Centre will be topped out in January 2004 and completed in August. Interest free before completion. For more information, please click here VIP Hotline: (8610)6583 6188 Email: bl@bluecastle.net.cn Blue Castle sales office: No.3 Xidawang Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100026. Blue Castle developer: Beijing Jianhua Times Real Estate Co,. Ltd Property Management: China World Property & Hotel Management Co., Ltd.

New World Tai Hua Service Apartment
Beijing Kiu Lok Property Service Co., Ltd is a professional real estate agency. Our property consultants will provide you a wide range of property information including Beijing New World Center Office Buildings & Apartments; Beijing New World Tai Hua Apartments; Dynasty Garden Villas; Chateau Regalia Villas and much more... Our experienced and special tailored services will definitely meet your needs. For more information, please click here or contact Ms Rina Yan on (8610)6708 1288, 13031036135 or fax to (8610)6701 0598. E-mail:bjkl@vip.163.com Website: http://www.kiulok.com.hk

Find Expat Housing in Beijing!
DTZ can help you find the perfect home in Beijing. No matter your budget, we can aid you in finding a home near some of Beijing's cleanest and spacious living areas. To see a listing of some of our suggested properties, click here! And please contact us at: Ms Angela Shew, DTZ Debenham Tie Leung, Phone: (8610)65171275 (Direct line), Fax: (8610)65101368/69. E-mail: angela_shew@dtz.bj.cn

 

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Check for new positions available at the Canadian Embassy!
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IGCSE Teachers Wanted At Yew Wah International Education Foundation(Stationed in Shanghai)
Yew Wah schools are managed by the Yew Wah Education Group that has schools in Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Yantai, Hong Kong and in the United States of America with a history of over 70 years of quality education. The Yew Wah educational philosophy stems from the view of the 21st century as an emerging global village in which China will play a major role. Yew Wah School of Continuing Educational Cambridge International Center in Shanghai now offers a fully-licensed Overseas University Preparation Program (OUPP) for Junior High School graduates or Senior One students. OUPP prepares students to become 21st century world citizens, blending the best of the Eastern and Western cultures. *Position: IGCSE Teachers (Stationed in Shanghai). We are seeking a qualified teacher to teach IGCSE subjects: Chemistry; Physics; Art and Design; English; Accounting and Economics; Mathematics. *Requirements: First degree in the subject to be taught; Teacher Certification; Two or more years of relevant teaching experience; Able to teach the subject at IGCSE level; Experience in teaching the subject at A-level is preferred. *Salary and Fringe Benefits: 1. Monthly salary up to RMB 12,000 (pretax) during the first year. For outstanding candidate, the salary could be negotiated. 2. Free medical insurance. 3. Furnished housing or housing allowance. 4. One economy class round trip air ticket between home country and Shanghai per contract. 5. The school will help successful candidates apply for the employment work visa and related documents. For more information, please look up our website: www.yewwah.com.cn. Interested candidates please apply online at www.ycef.com/jobs and registration is free. Please remember to fill out your work experience and education details in order for us to make an informed decision about your application. Personal data provided by job applicants would be used for recruitment purpose only.

Job Vacancies at British Embassy Beijing
British Embassy Beijing has several job vacancies. For more details, please look up at the Embassy Web page: www.uk.cn

English Teachers Wanted At Berlitz
Due to expansion, Berlitz is looking for enthusiastic teachers of English. Your students will be from multinational corporations. Part-time and full-time positions available immediately. Must be native English speaker and degree holder. Training in the famous Berlitz method will be provided. Email: valbates@berlitz.com.cn

 

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