December. 2003

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In order to provide a favorable communication platform and assist to solve problems in financing operation for enterprise members of Beijing City Economic Law Seminar, after discussion by directors, the president, Mr. Hai Yang of Steele Business Investigation Center was elected as the youngest standing director of Beijing City Economic Law Seminar and the deputy secretary of The Membership Section of Beijing City Economic Law Seminar. 

In the afternoon December 17th, 2003, the president of Steele Business Investigation Center had accepted the special interview by Zengzimo of Phoenix TV in Steele’s office.

On November 18th, 2003, the secretary, Nancy Barbar of CII sent an E-mail message to Steele, and required to make a special report for the president, Mr. Hai Yang of Steele in the Councillor.

In the holiday season of December, Steele received a lot of Christmas Cards from different international fellows, we would like to thank their warm greetings, and wish everyone Merry Christmas!

WAD 79th annual super conference had been held in Hawaii at the beginning of November in 2003. This conference had achieved a great success, and the new leader team had come into being.

In the annual super conference of Hawaii , WAD members met the first marriage meeting, Mr. Lothar and Ms. Annelie had held the marriage wedding in a novel way, congratulations!

Steve Rambam named NAIS Speaker of The Year For 2003.  

In November 2003, NAIS had approved 33 new active members.  

Citizen ID card system has been established by Hunan Public Security Department, which can check the population information of 65 million people in Hunan Province . There are three methods to check: the first is to dial 96305 directly, the second is to view www.96305.com, and the third is to send short messages via mobile.

<The Management method of people in Hongkong Special Administrative Region and Macao Special Administrative Region who acquired the qualification of lawful occupation engaged in Mainland China > will be put in force on January 1st, 2004, for more details please visit the following web site: http://www.chineselawyer.com.cn/article/2003-12-5/10683.html

Liberty mutual Insurance Company will open the First China non-life Insurance Unit in Chongqing at the beginning of 2004. At present Liberty mutual Insurance Company is preparing the operation work for Chongqing Company. Liberty mutual Insurance Company is the biggest insurance provider for work compensation, and is also the second international property insurance and accident insurance company. 

In the morning December 14th, 2003, the first group of 81 governmental lawyers who are not only government officials, but also licensed lawyers received the licensed lawyer certification from the leaders of Judiciary and Chongqing City Government.

On December10th, 2003, Tianjing City Bar association and Everyday Newspaper have united 50 lawyers, who organize an action called “Everyday Newspaper Law Support Group”. The readers who need help can call 198 for an application registration.

How to use the Internet to Invest Wisely

Steer clear of fraud by getting the facts:

 Get financial statements from the company and analyze them

 Verify claims about new product developments or contracts

 Call every supplier or customer of the company and ask if they really do business with the company

 Check out the people running the company and find out if they've ever made money for investors before

New Privacy Law in California : California Governor Gray Davis on August 27 signed into law S.B. 1, the California Financial Information Privacy Act.  2003 Cal. Stat. ch. 241 (adding Cal. Fin. Code secs. 4050 - 4060).  The Act generally applies to financial institutions doing business in California and is intended to afford persons greater privacy protections than those provided in the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act.

Californian Law against spammers: Email spammers may be confronted by financial fines of up to 1 million Dollar, a law signed by the late Governor Gray Davis. This law does not apply to emails sent from California , but also to emails received in California .

Fearing that too much private and confidential information might be available over the Internet, the Florida Supreme Court took action to shut down one avenue of access to information. In an administrative order issued Tuesday, Chief Justice Harry Lee Anstead ordered that clerks of the circuit court put a halt to the electronic dissemination of court records via the Internet or other means. The records will still remain available for public viewing under Florida 's open record statutes, but only within the clerk's offices. "Current regulation of confidential information is minimal at best," said Anstead in a press release. "Because it will take time to develop a uniform policy, I am directing that bulk electronic distribution of court records cease temporarily. However, I have provided for several exceptions, such as allowing the chief judges of the courts to authorize distribution of documents that have been properly screened and are of significant public interest." Anstead gave the clerks until Jan. 1, 2004, to comply.

A British entrepreneur, Mr. John Caudwell, owner of the mobile shop retail stores called "Phones 4u" has forbidden his some 2,5000 employees to continue using emails to correspondent amongst each other. Instead they have to pick up the phone in order to save time. He believes that each employee may save 3 hours of time a day, thus saving some 1.4 million Euro per month. How come: Not only does it take more time to write an email, but he believes that by telephoning the employees get an answer more quickly. Thus he thinks that the quality and effective work have improved considerably. 

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