Bund stampede
THE Lantern Festival at Yuyuan Garden in Huangpu District is likely to be reinstated in 2016 after being canceled this year due to the New Year’s Eve tragedy on the Bund, a top official said yesterday. ...
Hu Min | January 27, 2015, Tuesday
AS people fought for their lives on the Bund on New Year’s Eve, 10 officials responsible for the safe management of the area sat at a Japanese restaurant drinking sake and eating sushi. Zhou Wei, Party ...
Yang Meiping | January 22, 2015, Thursday
REPORTERS attending yesterday’s press conference were given the chance to question members of the team that investigated and ruled on the New Year’s Eve tragedy on the Bund. Q: Why is that only officials ...
Yang Jian | January 22, 2015, Thursday
THE Party chief of Shanghai’s Huangpu District, his deputy and nine other government officials have been sacked or demoted as a result of the New Year’s Eve tragedy on the Bund that left 36 people dead ...
Yang Jian | January 22, 2015, Thursday
The Party chief of Zhabei District was appointed the new head of Huangpu District, while the top official of the city’s construction commission was named acting director. The city government announced ...
Yang Jian | January 21, 2015, Wednesday
Three Bund stampede victims remain hospitalized after 46 other patients have been discharged, the city government announced today. As of 8am today, one patient remains in a critical condition and another ...
Yang Jian | January 21, 2015, Wednesday
SHANGHAI officials were engaged in an opulent banquet while the fatal stampede occurred in the city's famous waterfront, the Bund, on the New Year Eve, discipline officials confirmed on Wednesday. The ...
January 21, 2015, Wednesday
Eleven government officials including the Party chief and director of Huangpu District were sacked or demoted over the Bund stampede on New Year's Eve that left 36 people dead and another 49 injured. ...
Yang Jian | January 21, 2015, Wednesday
THE city’s Party discipline authorities confirmed today that five Huangpu District senior officials, including Party secretary Zhou Wei and district director Peng Song, violated frugality rules by dining ...
Yang Meiping | January 21, 2015, Wednesday
THE Shanghai government will hold a press conference today to announce the result of its investigation into the tragedy on the Bund that killed 36 and injured 49 on New Year’s Eve. The city’s Party discipline ...
January 21, 2015, Wednesday