The New York Times, for example, headlined on Monday: "SARS Stung the Global Economy. The Coronavirus Is a Greater Menace."
The PBOC cut the one-year interest rate of the medium-term lending facility last week to 2.95 percent, down from 3.15 percent. This rate was seen as the basis of the one-year LPR.
The PM2.5 measures the density of particulate matter in air and is often used to determine smog severity.
The NVPC has also set up a portal, SG United Donations-in-Kind, to handle nonfinancial contributions to charities such as Club Rainbow Singapore and the Migrant Workers' Centre.
The Office of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project Construction Committee said Wednesday that to ensure water safety it had created shelter forests stretching for 197 km along the canals and pipelines, covering 636 hectares.
The NDRC said it approved 94 fixed asset investment projects in the first six months, mainly in the fields of energy, transportation and high-tech. The overall investment hit 471.5 billion yuan.
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The PGJE said it opened an investigation into the incident it said was "allegedly linked to criminal events that have taken place in the state."
The PBOC has issued a series of commemorative coins for the Year of the Rat, with each set containing 10 gold and seven silver coins.
The Morning Laura, a cargo ship packed with 430 imported vehicles from Qatar, arrives at Xiuying Port in Haikou, Hainan province, on Feb 16, after a 16-day voyage. It is the first vessel to carry imported cars since the implementation of the Free Trade Zone policy in Hainan. YANG GUANYU/XINHUA
The National Meteorological Center on Wednesday issued a blue alert for heavy rain, the lowest level of the ranking, as a burst of rain is forecast to continue hitting most parts of South China from Wednesday to Thursday.