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HANOI， Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- The first event of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Year 2017 is expected to be held in Vietnam's capital Hanoi on Thursday and Friday.


Three main activities are to be hosted on the occasion， including a conference on priorities of APEC Year 2017， a dialogue between APEC and enterprises as well as an Informal Senior Officials' Meeting (ISOM)， reported Vietnam's state-run news agency VNA on Tuesday.


Specifically， the conference， drawing participation of some 350 delegates， will collect ideas of APEC members， APEC Secretariat， APEC observers， representatives of the International Monetary Fund， World Bank， Food and Agriculture Organization among others on international and regional cooperation trends as well as priorities that Vietnam has proposed.


Meanwhile， the dialogue of APEC and enterprises under the theme "Creating new dynamism， fostering a shared future" will be attended by some 100 representatives from domestic and foreign commerce chambers， associations and enterprises. It aims to help Vietnamese and APEC firms to get more information about the forum and opportunities they may grasp in 2017.


The ISOM， the most important event in the series， will be attended by senior officials from APEC member economies， APEC Secretariat， and APEC observers to discuss priorities and main activities of APEC Year 2017， laying ground for the adoption of priorities of APEC Year 2017 at the first APEC SOM in March next year.


After the closing of the ISOM， there will be an international conference on APEC Year 2017 during which theme， priority directions， logo e-Portal and calendar of APEC 2017 will be introduced.




BEIJING， Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Jimmer Fredette hit a game-high 32 points， leading Shanghai to beat Fujian 111-108 and top the table in the 10th round of the 2016-2017 Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league regular season action here on Friday.


Fujian opened the game with a 12-5 run while the visiting team turned the tide before the end of the first quarter. Thanks for crucial 3-pointers， Shanghai built up a solid lead since the beginning of the third quarter and kept it till the end.


Shanghai' s Fredette and Guerschon Yabusele made fifteen 3-pointers out of 22 attempts and Fredette grabbed 11 rebounds and 7 assists as well. Fujian' s Wang Zhelin finished with a double-double of 20 points and 10 rebounds.


Elsewhere on Friday， Xinjiang snapped its two-game losing streak after hammering Jilin 139-117. Xinjiang's new signing Ben Bentil had a superb performance in his first game for his team with 28 points.


Five other Xinjiang players scored double digits， including its center Zhou Qi who got a team-high 29 points. While Jilin' s Malcolm Thomas and J.A. Brown combined for 65 points.


In other action of the day， Tongxi lost to Beijing 100-111， Shandong edged Guangzhou 86-81， Guangsha beat Shanxi 129-117.




HELSINKI， March 23 (Xinhua) -- A plan to build a major mosque here using foreign financing has become a national issue in Finland with local elections under two weeks away.


The final decision would fall upon Helsinki Councilors to be elected in April.


Over two years ago， three local Islamic organizations filed an application to the city of Helsinki to be given an area on the eastern waterfront to build a large mosque.


Financing for the 140-million-euro (151 million U.S. dollars) project was said to come from a Middle East country.


The 20，000-square meter building would be erected at a location within two kilometers from the city center and would be twice as big as the neoclassical Lutheran Christian cathedral of Helsinki.


The debate concerns both the alleged security risks in foreign financing as well as the question how a major mosque would be accommodated to the Helsinki skyline.


There are some 80 small mosques in Finland， 30 of them in the capital area. However， only one of them was originally built as a mosque， and the rest have been converted from other use. Currently， some 60，000 Muslims live in Finland.


The proposal to put the monumental building on a piece of land owned by the city made it an issue in local politics.


Decision-makers who are opposed to the plan have suggested that Finland follow the example of Austria in restricting foreign financing of mosques. They also noted the initiators of the plan in Finland had no way of handling such a major project on their own.


Conservative mayoral candidate Jan Vapaavuori said he opposed the construction， irrespective of Finnish or foreign financing， as it would be "too big to be in Helsinki".


Ujuni Ahmed， a local city council candidate of the conservative party， said Helsinki would need "a mosque that looks like a mosque".


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