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SYDNEY Minkah Fitzpatrick Shirt , Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- One of China's leading airlines, China Eastern Airlines, announced Thursday it will begin a daily flight from Shanghai to the Australian city of Brisbane in the state of Queensland.


The new service is expected to see 120,000 additional visitors over the next four years coming to Australia, and Premier of Queensland Annastacia Palaszczuk said it will allow even more Chinese tourists to have "access to our best destinations."


"China is Queensland's most valuable and fastest growing international market Kalen Ballage Jersey ," Palaszczuk told state parliament on Thursday.


"We know that securing additional international flights to Queensland is the best way to grow tourism."


Queensland Tourism Minister Kate Jones was excited about the new flights, and said in a statement obtained by Xinhua that this was part of an Australia-wide collaboration between stakeholders to further welcome guests from China.


"It will offer Chinese travellers easier access to many of our iconic destinations known for their world-class beauty, natural environments, unique experiences and world-class events," Jones said.


With nearly 120 million outbound Chinese travellers in 2016 Durham Smythe Jersey , Tian Liuwen, executive vice president of China Eastern Airlines, said that these new flights will be able to further serve these tourists, with more seeking to come to Australia than ever before.


"We also believe that China Eastern Airlines will open up new opportunities for economic and cultural exchange not only between Shanghai and Queensland, but also between China and Australia Raekwon McMillan Jersey ," Tian said.


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CANBERRA, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- The Australian government will need to head back to the drawing board on its proposed changes to the nation's citizenship test, after the Senate declared that the English language component was too hard.


Under the proposed changes to the citizenship test, prospective Aussies would need to show university-level proficiency in English, something which even the coalition government's own Senators said was too harsh.


In a Senate committee report handed down late on Tuesday night Jason Sanders Jersey , it was argued that while a firm grasp on the English language was "essential" for citizenship, the government was setting the bar too high.


"(The proficiency requirement) should not be so high as to disqualify from citizenship many Australians who, in the past, and with a more basic competency in the English language, have proven to be valuable members of the Australian community Jerome Baker Jersey ," the report said.


"The committee agrees that a good understanding and use of the English language is essential in order to enjoy the benefits, and fulfils the obligations, of Australian citizenship.


"(But) the committee cautions, however, against the adoption of a standard that many current citizens could not reach."


Under the government's proposal Mike Gesicki Jersey , people applying for Australian citizenship must reach English proficiency level equivalent to 6 out of 9 in all of the four aspects of reading, writing, speaking, listening in the International English Language Testing System (IELTS).


Opposition Senators were particularly scathing of the government's proposed changes, with the report going so far as to label them as being "elitist."


"Requiring university-level English to become a citizen is clearly elitist and risks creating an entire class of people who may live in Australia their whole working lives but not be permitted citizenship Kenny Stills Jersey ," the report said.


"Setting arbitrary standards of citizenship that exclude people who are committed to Australian laws and making a contribution to our nation does nothing to enhance but rather places at risk our social fabric."


The government will need to rewrite the bill in order to get the changes through the Upper House.


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" A hungry boy waits to break fast with devotees on the first day of Ramadan at a Singapore mosque yesterday. For a month, Muslim believers will fast from dawn to dusk. — Reuters

MUSLIMS in much of Asia began celebrating the holy month of Ramadan yesterday, but in Indonesia even threats by hardliners to raid “sinful� bars could not stop football fans heading to nightspots to watch the World Cup.


Across the Muslim world Ryan Tannehill Jersey , the faithful fast from dawn to dusk and strive to be more pious during the month, which ends with the Eid holiday.


Indonesia has the world’s biggest Muslim population at around 225 million people.


Hardliners have pledged to raid bars that continue to sell alcohol, which Muslims are banned from drinking under Islamic law, or stay open too late. Authorities order bars and other nightspots to close earlier during the holy month.


Radical group the Islamic Defenders’ Front would “monitor any sinful activities in entertainment places, cafes and bars during Ramadan Cameron Wake Jersey ,� said Salim Alatas, the group’s chief in the capital Jakarta.


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