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Write: Everild [2011-05-20]

Illegal taxis

SHENZHEN has launched a citywide one-year campaign to get rid of illegal taxi services involving electric bikes, motorcycles and unlicensed vehicles.

A ceremony was held to mark the start of the campaign in Bao an District on Monday evening.

Train ticket scalper

A MAN was detained by police Monday for selling train tickets without authorization from a telephone booth in Luohu District.

The man, identified as Zhang, said he charged 120 yuan (US$18) fee for every ticket sold.

Orchard fire

A LITCHI orchard near an industrial park in Guangming New Zone caught fire Monday, damaging nearly 10 mu (0.67 hectares) of trees. There were no casualties.

The 40-mu litchi orchard had long been unattended with grass growing wild. Witnesses said the blaze spread quickly in the high winds. It took firefighters nearly half an hour to put out the fire.

The cause of the fire is being investigated.