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ACCRA， March 22 (Xinhua) -- The Producer Price Index (PPI) in Ghana increased 2.3 percentage points to record a 5.4 percent inflation year-on-year during the month of February 2017， relative to the 3.2 percent recorded in the previous month， the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) announced here on Wednesday.

The PPI measures the rate of increase over time in prices received by domestic producers for the production of their goods and services (ex-factory prices of goods and services).

The Monthly Change Rate for the month under review was 2.2 percent， relative to the 2.1 percent for January 2017.

Acting Government Statistician Baah Wadieh said that the increase in the main PPI to 551.3 in February 2017 from the January 2017 level of 539.3 was the result of an increase in the inflation of all three industry sectors of manufacturing， mining and quarrying as well as utilities.

Manufacturing， the largest industry sector group， rose 1.1 percentage points to 3.5 percent in February， compared with the 2.4 percent recorded for the previous month， while mining and quarrying rose 1.1 percentage points to 19.7 percent during the month under review， relative to the 18.6 percent recorded during January 2017.

"The utilities sector had the biggest jump， recording an 8.1 percentage points increase to record a year-on-year inflation rate of 1.3 percent， compared with the -6.8 percent inflation in January 2017，" Wadieh disclosed.

"The increase in the inflation rate for the manufacturing sector was the result of the rise in inflation for the manufacture of petroleum products， while the increased inflation for the mining and quarrying sector was due to the rise in the price of gold on the world market，" Wadieh added. Enditem

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BRUSSELS Astros Jose Altuve Jersey , Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- Two Chinese experts have been called in to an animal park in Belgium in a ""delicate mission"" to help two pandas reproduce, the park said in a statement on Tuesday.

Hao Hao and Xing Hui were gifted by China to the Pairi Daiza park in Brugelette, near the southern Belgian city of Mons, in 2014. Zookeepers had noted a change in the couple's behaviour in recent days, potentially signalling the start of a reproductive period.

Two experts from the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Pandas in Sichuan Astros Jon Singleton Jersey , Professor Li Descheng and assistant Li Rengui, arrived at Pairi Daiza on Tuesday morning, the park said.

Professor Descheng has 22 years of experience in breeding giant pandas, and is helping a team of local scientists to oversee the reproduction attempts.

Pairi Daiza has also been working with specialists at the University of Ghent to study their behavior, hormones and overall health to help them procreate. Pandas have infamously solitary lifestyles - female pandas only tolerate a male's presence around them two to three days a year during mating season.

The reproduction period in a female panda is characterized by a peak of oestrogen Astros Jeff Bagwell Jersey , followed by a fall. The park said the latest results of the urine samples of Hao Hao, the female, showed no significant drop in oestrogen levels.

The park added that it was ""likely that nothing will happen today"" and said it would provide timely updates on whether mating or artificial insemination has been achieved.

Hao Hao and Xing Hui were the first giant pandas China has sent overseas for a lease term of 15 years instead of the usual 10.

Belgium became only the 13th country and Pairi Daiza the 18th zoo in the world to house giant pandas, considered one of the world's most endangered species. About 1,600 live in the wild Astros J.R. Richard Jersey , mostly in the mountains of China's southwestern Sichuan province, while over 300 live in captivity.

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Toward the tail end of Stephon Marbury's NBA career, he was a model of what not to do.

Fast forward five years and Marbury has just been named as one of Beijing's 10 model citizens for 2014, following an online vote. In addition to his two CBA championships with Beijing, the statue erected there in his honor Astros George Springer Jersey , and being -granted honorary citizenship of the capital, it is a turnaround as -impressive as it is surprising.

Furthermore, this latest award has nothing to do with his basketball exploits. The criteria for judging these model citizens concerned an individual's positive contribution to the city, and especially their influence on the public sense of morality.

Americans who haven't followed Marbury's career since his ignominious exit in 2010 would surely think this is some sort of joke. But Marbury's charitable contributions to sick children and rural schools, among others Astros Evan Gattis Jersey , won him this award .

Philanthropy is still in its infancy in China, and well-known charities such as the Red Cross have been hit by high-profile corruption scandals, making it even harder for the concept of giving back to take a firm foothold here.

Marbury's fellow model citizens include a -teacher, a taxi driver and a bus attendant; he is, by some distance Astros Dallas Keuchel Jersey , the most famous individual on the list. That does not make him a better man than his peers, but his charitable exploits will be noticed by a far greater audience, simply by -virtue of the spotlight in which he lives his life, and that is surely something to commend him for, especially when it appears only scandal can catapult celebrities into the news headlines nowadays.

Marbury has certainly had his share of negative headlines in the past Astros Craig Biggio Jersey , but the point is that his U-turn has happened both on and off the court. The -Associated Press, a media outlet more known for its political coverage of events in China, even featured Marbury in a glowing profile a few weeks ago, and that was before the Chinese press jumped in with their praise for Marbury's latest award.

The question is: What's next?

Marbury turns 38 in a few weeks' time, and though he remains the heartbeat of the Beijing Ducks Astros Carlos Lee Jersey , it w.