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1. News - China - INTERNET

   IT worker's ticket browser plug-in upsets railways ministry

   Posted Jan 24th 2013, 12:00am by Li Jing

   ... News China Internet online Lunar New Year travel bookings Ministry of Railways Li Jing jing.li@scmp.com IT worker Ni Chao wrote a program to help resend details for online Lunar New Year travel bookings, but officials say it caused more chaos When Ni Chao tried to buy a ticket using the Ministry of Railways' online system before last year's Lunar New Year, he failed ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1134716/it-workers-ticket-browser-plug-upsets-railways-ministry
2. News - China

   Migrant mainland workers' happy homecoming

   Posted Feb 15th 2013, 12:00am

   ... on their annual migration to spend the Lunar New Year with their loved ones, in Henan province. Armed with a camera and a microphone, I am going along. Yuan and Zhang are two of what the China Labour ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1150300/migrant-mainland-workers-happy-homecoming
3. Business - Economy - TRAVEL

   Record number of outbound Chinese tourists during Lunar New Year

   Posted Feb 12th 2013, 12:00am by Celine Sun

   ... demand this year," said Niu Yue, a spokesman at China's largest online travel agency Ctrip.com , adding that bookings for outbound trips have surged as much as 50 per cent compared ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/economy/article/1148214/record-number-outbound-chinese-tourists-during-lunar-new-year
4. Lifestyle - Family & Education - BETWEEN THE LINES

   Resolutions can be restarted at Lunar New Year

   Posted Feb 17th 2013, 12:00am by Annie Ho

   ... Lifestyle Family & Education Lunar New Year Annie Ho familypost@scmp.com When I lamented that January had flown by and I had yet to follow through on my New Year's resolutions, a wise friend told me that those of us who celebrated Lunar New Year could just start our resolutions again. So instead of feeling dejected for abandoning my pledges so early, I embraced ...

   http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/family-education/article/1150938/resolutions-can-be-restarted-lunar-new-year
5. News - China - ENVIRONMENT

   Travellers unveil shocking truth about illegal waste water dumping

   Posted Feb 16th 2013, 12:00am by Li Jing

   ... News China Water Pollution illegal dumping Lunar New Year Li Jing jing.li@scmp.com Bloggers visiting their hometowns during the holiday discover the shocking effect of illegal dumping on the health of villagers Smartphone users and microbloggers returning home for the Lunar New Year break have helped reveal a startling picture of how widespread water pollution is causing cancers ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1151309/travellers-unveil-shocking-truth-about-illegal-waste-water-dumping
6. News - China - TRANSPORT

   Motorbikes best option for migrants on Lunar New Year trek

   Posted Feb 04th 2013, 12:00am by He Huifeng

   ... home after seeing one of his online postings saying he was about to embark on his eighth ride home for a Lunar New Year family reunion. Increasingly more migrant workers are riding motorbikes ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1142678/motorbikes-best-option-migrants-lunar-new-year-trek
7. Lifestyle - Books - BOOKS

   Hard to put down - a hectic but rewarding year in books

   Posted Dec 30th 2012, 12:00am by James Kidd

   ... prize. Rushdie, Rushdie everywhere. Random Penguin." Paper books are dead? Long live Amazon. You see the problem. Far too many characters, in all senses of the word. The year started ...

   http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/books/article/1114424/hard-put-down-hectic-rewarding-year-books
8. News - China - LUNAR NEW YEAR

   Lunar New Year travel scramble gets under way

   Posted Jan 27th 2013, 12:00am by STEPHEN CHEN

   ... News China Lunar New Year 2013 Travel Human Migration Public Transport Transportation in the People's Republic of China Stephen Chen binglin.chen@scmp.com Travellers swarm into rail stations, as some camp out in hope of tickets The 40-day Lunar New Year travel rush - the largest annual migration of people on the planet - began yesterday with the first wave of home-bound ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1136872/lunar-new-year-travel-scramble-gets-under-way
9. News - China - TRAVEL

   Heavy traffic congestion for end of week-long holiday

   Posted Feb 16th 2013, 12:00am by Teddy Ng

   ... News China Heavy traffic congestion Travel Lunar New Year Teddy Ng teddy.ng@scmp.com Transport systems in cities across the country were put to the test yesterday when passenger flows peaked at the end of the week-long Lunar New Year holiday. Authorities stepped up the frequency of services, but many people were complaining about how difficult it was to buy train tickets ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1151310/heavy-traffic-congestion-end-week-long-holiday
10. News - Hong Kong

    Planning a cheap trip? It will cost you

    Posted Jan 08th 2013, 12:00am by Phila Siu

    ... News Hong Kong Travel Lunar New Year 2013 Tour Packages Phila Siu phila.siu@scmp.com Bargain tour packages will set you back more but price of high-end trips has come down Hongkongers planning to go on bargain holidays during Lunar New Year will need to fork out an average 9 per cent more than they did last year. Despite the higher travel cost, the Travel Industry Council ...

    http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1122348/planning-cheap-trip-it-will-cost-you

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