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Eco-City Seen In Water-Scarce Northern China
Singapore (AFP) July 12, 2007 Four locations in water-scarce northern China have been chosen as possible sites for an "eco-city" development with Singapore, a Chinese official was Thursday quoted as saying. The locations would allow the eco-city project to tap into Singapore's expertise in water technology, China's Vice Construction Minister Qiu Baoxing was quoted as saying in The Straits Times. He was part of a delegation, led by Vice Premier Wu Yi, whose four-day official visit to the city-state was to end Thursday. Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng said the plan was to build a "socially harmonious, environmentally friendly and resource conserving" city, the newspaper quoted him as saying. A framework for the project could be ready by November, Wong said. Singapore's former prime minister Goh Chok Tong, who now holds the influential cabinet post of senior minister, first raised the eco-city idea during an April meeting in Beijing with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, reports have said. Singapore, an island nation which lacks natural resources including water, has invested billions of dollars in water-related projects including desalination and recycling plants to reduce its reliance on imported water.
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Safer Shipping By Predicting Sand Wave Behaviour
Amsterdam, Holland (SPX) Jul 13, 2007Dutch researcher Joris van den Berg has developed a mathematical model to predict the movement of sand waves. Sand waves are formed by an interaction between the tidal current and sand. They are larger than sand ripples on the beach but smaller than sandbanks. Sand waves largely determine the shape of the sea floor in the southern part of the North Sea. A good predictive computer model would be a valuable tool for shipping and designers of offshore infrastructures. |
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