September 18, 2007
Shenyang Evening News is part of the Shenyang Daily Newspaper Group and is published out of Shenyang, Liaoning Province.
Today’s headline announces events that will be held at 9:18 PM today to commemorate the 76th anniversary of September 18 Incident, aka the Mukden Incident, that occurred outside of Shengyang on this date in 1931. The city government will hold a ceremony at the 9.18 Incident Exhibition Museum, air raid sirens will sound for three minutes, and cars on nine roads and eighteen streets will stop and sound their horns. Shenyang’s local TV and radio station will also interrupt their broadcasts with a three-minute alarm.
The front page photo shows bus crews attaching signs urging people to voluntarily give up their seats to elderly or young riders
Other headlines include:
• The Political Bureau met yesterday in preparation for the 17th Party Congress. The Party’s charter will be amended to incorporate the “concept of scientific development” (China Daily link);
• At the Shenyang Real Estate Trading Conference, the total contract amount reached 5.77 billion yuan, setting a new national record;
• The government will tighten up regulations on land usage.