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| Measures Urged to Close Income
Gap
Top unionists have expressed concerns over the low incomes and the slow wage increase rate among blue-collar workers after a national survey released recently. The annual total income of the average worker in the country only accounted for 70 per cent of that of all employees working in cities. The annual amount is half of the monthly income of the US workers. Transition to Digital TV Set for 2009 Legislation passed by the U.S. Senate will require broadcasters to end their traditional analog transmissions by Feb. 17, 2009, and send their signals digitally. The plan also will allocate as much as $1.5 billion for a "converter box" program to help people with older, analog TV sets that will lose their signal in the digital era. Studies Cast Doubt on Idea of Life on Mars Two new studies are challenging the notion that the desolate Martian plains once brimmed with salty pools of water that could have supported some form of life. The new scenarios, published in Nature, paint a rather pessimistic view of whether the ancient Martian environment could have supported life. Pop Superstar Elton John Ties the Knot Pop superstar Elton John and his dashing younger Canadian partner has joined some 700 other gay and lesbian couples in saying "I do" in the first civil partnership ceremonies ever in England and Wales. In a dazzling ceremony in Windsor, John has exchanged vows with filmmaker David Furnish in the same 17th-century Guildhall venue where Prince Charles wedded Camilla Parker Bowles last April. Chinese Mainland Produces 260 Feature Films in 2005 The Chinese mainland has produced 260 feature films' as of Wednesday in 2005, an increase of 48 over the last year, according to the Chinese film's administration. |
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