The city's customs and excise department is checking seaborne and airborne cargo originating from Japan.
Last month, more than 1,000 ivory tusks, mainly from baby elephants, were seized by the city's customs.
Fires broke out as a direct result of the stray gunfire, destroying several banks and part of the city's customs house as well as other buildings.
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Tracks also claims to have the longest bar in the city, a custom-made mahogany job that clocks in at 105 feet, according to Bruce Caulfield, one of the owners.
For another building in Suzhou, the so-called Venice of the East, Wang built half of it underground to preserve the city's custom of keeping structures between the waterways.
The three-volume report contained 18 themes, some of which were national, regional, and candidate-city characteristics; customs and immigration formalities; environmental protection and meteorology; finances; marketing; provisions for the Paralympic Games; plans for the Olympic Village; medical/health services; security; accommodations; transport; and guarantees.
His description of cities, people, customs, cuisines, and maritime commerce along China's Grand Canal provides insight into the daily life of China and how it differed between northern and southern China during the 15th century.
Correction: May 27 , 2003 Tuesday An article on Thursday about SARS misstated the name of the Michigan border city where American customs officials temporarily blocked garbage trucks headed from Toronto to a landfill.
4 p.m. 1) MODERN INSTALLATION Venice's artsy side is on display at the new Punta della Dogana (Dorsoduro 2; 39-041-523-1680; palazzograssi.it), the city's former customs house that was transformed into a museum to hold part of the sizable art collection of the luxury goods magnate François Pinault.
Bangalore is India's software capital, with 140,000 software engineers (more than in Silicon Valley, the locals boast), and Electronics City is a custom-built high-tech haven.
