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Stamping their mark
By Bao Daozu(China Daily)
Updated: 2006-06-16 05:59




A commemorative stamp album to mark the fifth anniversary of the Shanghai
Co-operation Organization (SCO) made its debut in the city yesterday.

Divided into six sections with 16 stamps, the set includes the emblem of
the SCO, the symbol specially designed for the fifth anniversary of the
organization, national flags of each of the six member countries and
their well-known tourist spots.

Pictures of nine Chinese popular tourist spots such as the Great Wall,
Tian'anmen Square and the Lujiazui Financial Zone were also included in
the album.

Great penmanship

In a sign of friendship, the Chinese Government presented the heads of
SCO members and observers with delicately designed pens.

According to the designer, the peony pattern on the pen contains the
Chinese people's blessing for the summit.

Inter-connecting shell-shaped decorations signify the unity and common
prosperity of people with different skin colours, languages and social
customs.

Safe and secure

Some 40,000 police officers and 20,000 firefighters are working around
the clock to ensure the safety of the conference sites, accommodations,
transport routes and other areas related to the meetings, according to
police authorities in Shanghai.

Police sent safety check notices to all commercial and residential
buildings in downtown Shanghai and asked security guards to check the
identities of every entrant from June 14 to June 16.

Security departments at major office buildings opening onto People's
Square have almost doubled the number of guards at the entrance.


















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