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A bloody pileup in GuangdongPosted by Banyue, January 8, 2008 5:07 PM
 Southern Metropolis Daily January 8, 2008 At a provincial meeting yesterday, Huang Huahua, governor of Guangdong Province, requested that the problem of pensions for employees who have retired from state-owned enterprises be resolved by paying them a lump sum. This news item is the top headline of today's Southern Metropolis Daily. The paper's front page photo shows a massive traffic accident that occurred early last morning on the Yuzhan Expressway in Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province. The accident involved two loaded buses and a tanker truck and resulted in ten deaths and fifty injuries, twelve of them serious. The preliminary investigation revealed that main reasons were overloading, speed, and driver fatigue. Other headlines: • Yesterday, a film crew shot a firefighting sequence at Jinye Plaza in downtown Guangzhou. The shoot took place during the morning rush hour, causing mammoth four-hour traffic jam. According to the article, the film is Firemen (烈火男儿), starring popular TV actor Wang Baoqiang. • The State Council published new a regulation to crack down on the misuse and hoarding of land resources. The regulation says that the government may take back land that has been idle for two years.
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