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祝8成多「棄甲曳兵」的香港人......

2010-05-17T17:56:00.023+08:00

在此衷心祝福這群所謂香港人長命百歲，他們及其下一代在有生之年：

不會有機會享受恐怕只有加不會減的港鐵車費。
不會有機會遇上貴價樓/超級發水樓。
實際時薪不會等於或低於HK$20。
(限女性)不會被警員借故「剝光豬」搜身，或被警員強姦。
不會遇上交通事故身亡。

香港人就是如此犯賤

2010-05-16T05:00:00.139+08:00

記得前年曾寫了一篇自爽文章《因為親建制派得勝，所以香港人活該?》，文中曾談及港鐵的票價問題：

再說港鐵的確曾承諾會下調票價，但此「期票」為期只有兩年。沒有在條例上加上任何制約，到「期票」失效，加上現時物價高漲，「可加可減機制」如同紙老虎，變相成了港鐵瘋狂加價的工具。

到現在，此等「期票」到期後，港鐵也很有「良心」地沒有「立即」加價——只是在半年後加價。

然後聲稱「真誠為香港」的民主建港協進聯盟 (民建聯)又出來表現自己如何關心香港人：

http://news.hkheadline.com/dailynews/content_hk/2010/03/29/106431.asp

民建聯交通事務發言人張學明等約二十人，昨早到九龍灣港鐵總部大樓外抗議，指港鐵去年利潤超過六十八億元，市民收入又未顯著上升下，仍堅持六月加價，是不顧社會責任，要求港鐵擱置加價，並要加推乘車優惠。民建聯立法會議員陳克勤，前日已率領十多人，到港鐵總部外抗議。

(「團體抗議促港鐵擱置加價」，頭條日報，2010-03-29)

不知道民建聯/工聯會中人是真的失了憶還是選擇性失憶，他們似乎忘了自己說了甚麼 [*1]，也忘了自己做了甚麼：

鄭家富議員修正案 (有關設立鐵路發展基金的修正案)
http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr06-07/chinese/counmtg/voting/v0706062.htm
鄭家富議員修正案 (賦權局長規定港鐵公司須就西北鐵路服務範圍內的鐵路及西北鐵路巴士服務提供車費水平的資料)
http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr06-07/chinese/counmtg/voting/v0706067.htm

類似的事情又豈止港鐵加價？

自1996年起，不計其數的大陸「好同胞」千方百計為禍香港，至今仍有不少香港人歸咎於民主派友好人土反對人大釋法，但他們似乎忘了是誰人首先有份全程炮製千瘡百孔基本法......
香港人也忘了特區(傀儡)政府Why及How的延誤控制SARS疫情。多得SARS人禍，令當時原本已稍有起色的香港經濟一Q打沉，更遑論是否需要倚靠CEPA及自由行了。
「領匯」事件，當時數份立場親共/親建制的報章鋪天蓋地抹黑反對領匯上市人士，指其亂港；當時的「反政客亂港」遊行甚至得到民建聯、工聯會的支持[*2]。到今天，領匯的所作的「好事」，大家有眼見。[*3]
多得功能組別，最低工資足足拖了最少三、四年，特區(傀儡)政府才考慮立法。
梁展文事件，先有政府包庇梁展文[*4]，後有身兼民建聯監察委員會成員的新世界發展董事總經理鄭家純試圖訴諸法律挑戰立法會權力，藉此逃避到立法會就事件作供。挑戰失敗後，首先向中共政府指責「立法會權力過大」[*5]繼而公然恐嚇香港人，指寧願將資金改放在大陸投資[*6]。
雷曼迷債事件更是一面照妖鏡：政府高官不解決利益衝突問題，反而指責別人含沙射影[*7]；民建聯出爾反爾，一方面大派口頭承諾，另一方面投票反對成立調查委員會[*8]。

可是，香港人總是善忘的。

遠至選舉制度，近至強拍條例；小(額)至最低工資，大至七百億大白象；又或者像三條海底隧道收費失衡，以至變相鼓勵大陸人在港犯法[*9]一般看似無關或被冷處理的事情。就算香港人的利益一次又一次被手握大權人士出賣，偏偏一大班香港人只懂指責「犯民」怎樣怎樣，甚至將其鬥垮鬥臭，卻任由明暗土共、傀儡政府、商界的既得利益集團鐵三角不斷危害、出賣港人利益。到有甚麼事情發生，甚至到炒蝦拆蟹的程度，香港人在埋怨的同時，似乎沒有想過，造成如此局面的，其實是香港人自己。

香港人，你們就是如此犯賤。

同場加映：
犯賤港人系列

註：
*1: 「民建聯，抵讚！」，「左右大局」專欄，李慧玲，AM730，2010-03-29
*2:「支持領匯上市－－歷史不會忘記」，每日一膠．荒謬的香港
http://plastichk.blogspot.com/2009/07/blog-post_30.html
*3: 算是近期的——屋苑法團正式向民建聯宣戰 (galileo_c's Xanga Blog)
*4: 嘉亨灣事件毋須處分梁展文，明報，2006年5月9日
*5: 政協常委轟立會權力膨脹，東方日報，2009年7月30日
*6: 鄭家純：投資大陸好過，太陽報，2009年12月24日
*7: 陳家強妻任職大摩受質疑，明報，2008年11月13日
*8:
a. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOxeJEkDko0
b. 民建聯出賣雷曼苦主　曾要政府包底　卻投票反對設委會，蘋果日報，2008年10月11日
*9
勸止吸煙　名人遭圍毆大律師穿頭　保釣鬥士縫 16針，蘋果日報，2007年05月08日
涉案福建人求助蔡素玉，蘋果日報，2007年05月09日
圍毆名人福建幫死撐蔡素玉代出頭　反指有人挑釁，蘋果日報，2007年05月10日

曾惠帝老懵太上身?

2009-10-19T22:56:00.000+08:00

頭條新聞 20091002——太后與小豪子

2009-10-03T00:41:00.000+08:00

昨晚看到這節，大呼過癮。
當中隱含的訊息真的有留意時事就能意會，但以我所知，有看整場「大龍鳳」但不知這節內部份所指的人也有不少。也罷，反正香港一向無通識。

一個反智的年代

2009-09-28T18:31:00.004+08:00

續「報應論」

2009-08-17T12:44:00.008+08:00

還記得去年在「報應論」一文中曾寫過以下的一段文字：

「......只不過，如果有朝一日，日本的靖國神社、日本皇宮以至永田町在一瞬間被夷為平地，這群口口聲聲反對『報應論』的人中，又會有不少指『這是上天對小日本/日狗/倭寇的報應』......」

只不過，不用等到日本出現大浩劫，那群已「上腦」的人已開始自打嘴巴，反過來成為「報應論」的擁護者：

在7月中，位於印尼首都雅加達市中心的兩間豪華酒店遭到炸彈襲擊。雖然死傷者以外國人為主，但有人竟對此作出狂賀。就算沒有宜直接表示「狂賀」的，也不斷張貼1998年印尼排華事件的相關圖片及影片，目的自然不言而喻。(3/9補充：同樣情况也出現於近日印尼7級地震發生後)
台灣八八水災，事後不論港、台，均有不少呼聲指台南災民「咎由自取」，原因只是因為台南一直是民進黨的根據地。

Well......正所謂「見微知著」，此等事例可見「中國人」的確沒有指責(別人的)「報應論」的資格——某些人不是經常說香港人和台灣人都是「中國人」的一分子嗎?

伸延閱讀：
王立第二戰研所: 雜談part7(88水災的一些想法，包括黑暗兵法)

虛假而偽善的「善舉」

2009-08-12T19:45:00.011+08:00

香港這邊的「校園驗毒」爭議正鬧得沸沸揚揚。支持校園驗毒計劃的正向反對聲音軟硬夾攻。硬的言之鑿鑿指「沒有吸毒的何須懼怕驗毒」(雖然到其時不幸成為兩成驗出『假陽性反應』機會的受害者，要等待正式化驗才能證明其清白)；軟的像浮雲特首一般不斷訴說校園驗毒計劃怎樣幫助學生，又難得真的有人相信校園驗毒計劃真的可以幫助學生 (但已有傳媒以曾吸毒人士的證言去質疑驗毒計劃的成效，此處不贅)。

記得數年前一眾唱片公司陸續加入發行Copy Control CD(CCCD)的大軍中，當時唱片公司們認為推出CCCD能有效打擊盜版唱片及非法上/下載音樂，只不過盜版及P2P音樂上/下載依舊活躍，到頭來被「懲罰」的只有乖乖奉上真金白銀購買正版唱片的人——他們既不能以正常途徑複製MP3至個人的MP3機，也不能以正常途徑透過電腦播放CD，甚至家中的音響也未必能正常播放。對於這種產品，其中一間曾積極發行CCCD的Avex在CCCD的說明紙上寫道：「為了讓您能充分享受高品質的音樂，我們特別用心地設置了此一功能。」唱片公司們真的很為正版唱片消費者着想啊，「好心」到甚至為正版唱片消費者的電腦安裝Rootkit後門程式，令電腦更容易被黑客入侵......

同樣，小布希時代的美國政府，以「反恐」、「維護國家安全」、「保護美國國民」為由不斷伸延監視國民的權力，《美國愛國者法案》甚至一度賦予執法機構在不需經過法院許可的情況下，查閱調查對象的銀行、圖書館、書店、醫院等機構的紀錄的權力。而為「反恐」而設的恐怖份子名單，也有美國平民無辜受牽連——要嘛跟名單中的人物同名，要嘛不知何故在名單之中。想批評小布希的反恐政策嗎?不是不可以，狄克西女子合唱團 (Dixie Chicks)便曾公開批評小布希攻打伊拉克，結果美國的「愛國人士」以「愛國」之名對他們作出圍攻，其態度之醜惡可跟現在某些人的「無事怕乜驗」的論調可比，而這只是當時的「愛國」浪潮下的冰山一角而已。

說起來，最近有一位叫通寶的疑似香港公務員，在其部落格發表文章支持政府秋後算帳，結果當有人祭出《公務員事務規例》兼聲言「起底」後，便封Blog「潛水」去也。姑勿論通寶是否香港公務員，依支持校園驗毒人士的高論，我也可以說：「通寶，如果你的所作所為是光明正大，幹嘛怕被人『起底』?」不知那些支持校園驗毒的人同意否?

伸延閱讀：
ZDNet Taiwan: 親痛仇快的防拷CD
英語維基百科：Sony BMG XCP CD
法新社:美恐怖份子觀察名單35有誤列名者甚至已死
繆美詩：驗毒風暴
Chainsaw Riot: 學生驗毒能夠測到的機會率
林忌：博客的選擇性標準

因為親建制派得勝，所以香港人活該?

2008-09-04T19:35:00.016+08:00

2008年8月19日晚上，NOW新聞台08立法會直選論壇——地區直選(九龍西)節目中，發生了一段小插曲。
話說在節目中，民建聯李慧琼名單中排第二鍾港武，以「匯標事件」對涂謹申窮追猛打，到涂謹申有機會答的時候便以「向林浩揚提問」為藉口不斷阻止涂謹申回答，不是聲大大就是連珠炮發，再不行就來個「扣帽子」。當晚身在電視機前的我，看到這樣的一幕，還以為自己身處於十年文革，那位鍾港武則有如紅衛兵......
不過就算是這樣又如何?會投票給民建聯的人，就算看到這位so-called「民建聯新一代」如何紅衛兵上身，也不會造成任何反效果。這也可以解釋為何曾鈺成會這麼有信心，棄守九龍西轉戰港島區，因為對民建聯的支持者而言，不論曾鈺成還是李慧琼都沒有分別。

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去年11月，民建聯在區議會選舉中大勝，其中元朗區取得7席，連同跟民建聯關係良好的婦聯在天水圍所得的1席，民建聯在元朗區議會的議席已佔超過一半，更不用說自由黨及暗土共了。
而區議會選舉不足一月後，港鐵正式運作。同樣在天水圍，該區居民似乎對港鐵並不滿意。
http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cgi-bin/nsrch.cgi?seq=693882

天水圍居民車資增六成
兩鐵合併後大肆宣揚減價益乘客，但卻取消部分轉乘優惠及免費巴士路線，反為變相加重市民負擔。各政黨團體紛紛舉行簽名及抗議，反對兩鐵合併「明減實加」，更有天水圍居民訴苦，因合併後西鐵取消免費接駁巴士，令每月車費增加六成，對於不少收入微薄的家庭來說，只好打掉外出工作念頭。
兩條往旺角及深水埗的西鐵接駁巴士701及702號，取消免費轉乘優惠，十多名民建聯成員昨到南昌站靜坐，反映不滿。另外，新界青年聯會要求兩鐵合併後，將現時地鐵提供的學生半價優惠，擴展至九鐵路線，十多名代表昨早由遮打花園遊行至政府總部，遞交請願信。他們指，學生乘搭九鐵無優惠，對新界學生不公平。
跨區工作更添愁
居住天水圍的何女士，她每日到旺角工作，以往購買三百元月票即可，但接駁巴士取消優惠後，她需每日多付七元巴士費，每月增加六成車費開支。這對於一位要照顧三名子女、任職清潔工的單親媽媽來說，可謂百上加斤，「百幾蚊可以去買菜，原本帶有希望會減價，點知無得減仲變相加」。她又說，早幾日才知道轉乘優惠取消，其他乘客對此亦表示不清楚。
影響二萬五千人
今次西鐵接駁巴士取消免費轉乘，影響二萬五千名持月票的市民。地鐵表示，上述優惠為定期檢討的推廣計劃，取消優惠與合併無關。新巴則表示，優惠以往由九鐵資助。
另外，不少新界西居民均認為，今次兩鐵合併後的票價是明減實加，加上取消不同的接駁巴士，造成居民要外出工作就需要增加開支，打掉新界西居民努力外出找工作的決心。多個團體包括民建聯及香港民主民生協進會，今日聯同市民到南昌站請願，反對合併後車費不合理及將巴士轉乘優惠取消。

如果只把整篇報導閱畢之餘又照單全收的話，可能會真的相信：「民建聯為民請命，真的是『真誠為香港』啊!」
可是，事實呢?
在去年6月立法會表决通過兩鐵合併條例草案，當時由泛民提出的所有修訂動議全部都遭到包括民建聯在內的親建制派反對，當中包括有關車費水平修訂動議。
至於輕鐵減價，民建聯的確曾承諾爭取，但自從曾特首「Say No」之後後，民建聯則再度發揮其「保皇黨」本色，全力支持兩鐵合併條例草案通過。當時身兼民建聯副主席的劉江華指支持合併是為了令兩鐵盡快減價，又指泛民「為反對而反對」。民建聯不是不斷強調其地區工作嗎?為何當初不為地區居民全力爭取輕鐵減價，事後卻「拉大隊」做秀?
再說港鐵的確曾承諾會下調票價，但此「期票」為期只有兩年。沒有在條例上加上任何制約，到「期票」失效，加上現時物價高漲，「可加可減機制」如同紙老虎，變相成了港鐵瘋狂加價的工具。現在天水圍被冠以「悲情城市」，恐怕在不久的將來多了一個「悲情香港」......

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台灣自從陳水扁執政後一片亂象，結果不論在大陸以至在香港開始有人鼓吹以下言論：陳水扁弄得台灣這麼糟，是台灣人咎由自取，因為陳水扁是台灣人選出來的。
我對此深表認同。
投票支持民建聯的原因可以各異，原因可以是：死忠支持民建聯、忽然「爰国」、為支持而支持、為食月餅/蛇宴/海鮮宴，甚至可以是蝗蟲們因為單程證......但不論是因為何種原因，結果會是：擁有香港永久性居留權的選民以選票支持民建聯，以至其牠親建制派人士入局，這絕對是毋庸置疑的。
當這些親建制派繼續保特區政府保大陸保利益集團、而香港的升斗市民又要繼續面對像「建華八年」、「SARS人禍」一樣的浩劫。如果前述的論調成立，香港人之所以投向地獄的深淵，絕對是香港人自找的，因為最少直選的親建制派議員都是香港人選出來的。
對於只有香港人才有的原罪，我會承認的 (雖然有點無奈) 。其他人呢?

伸延閱讀：
對不起，我沒多大得益

說楊雲當年只有14歲的何止美國人......

2008-08-31T16:33:00.009+08:00

楊雲，曾任中國體操女隊隊長，2000年雪梨奧運會期間在高低杠項目中獲得銅牌。數年後，楊雲的真實年齡受到質疑.........
有「爰国人仕」說楊雲只有14歲的說法「只是美國人的鑿穿附會」。可是曾說楊雲當年只有14歲的又何止美國人......

http://w13.easy-share.com/1701437663.html

原來，跟新華網之於美聯社一樣，大陸央視也跟美國人同一鼻子出氣.......

《芬蘭驚艷》

2008-08-20T15:22:00.013+08:00

芬蘭這個國家，其歷史不比中國好，在某程度上她甚至比中國更慘：當中國踏入明朝的時候，芬蘭族開始先後被瑞典及俄羅斯統治，雖然在19世紀至20世紀期間沒有像中國一樣被八國聯軍蹂躪，但芬蘭的獨立之路也是十分崎嶇。到了二次大戰結束，中國成為五大「戰勝國」之一；芬蘭卻因為種種原因成了「戰敗國」，至今仍受芬蘭人尊敬的前芬蘭總理成了「戰犯」，芬蘭本身也被迫向蘇聯割地賠款，後者到1952年才全部還清......

當大陸這個「金牌大國」為了一個金牌，上至當權者，下至一眾國民，「阿Q」式的以為靠一個在國際間的公信力不怎麼樣的護照，就可以令國際奧委會、國際體聯以至全世界的悠悠眾口從此shut up，再「自我感覺良好」地以為那個金牌真的是實至名歸；反觀芬蘭這個連「獎牌大國」也不是的北歐國家(其金、銀、銅牌數目不及前宗主國俄羅斯的十分之一)，這個二次大戰的「戰敗國」卻在其它方面——上至外交、下至教育——得到國際社會的信任、認同，看看這本書便可知一二。

作者吳祥輝寫這本書，原意是以別國的經驗嘗試為台灣找出路。可在我眼中，這本書不僅適用於台灣，也適用於大陸。半個世紀前高喊「超英趕美」，半個世紀後高呼「大國崛起」，但與其「超英趕美過日本」，不如學學芬蘭。

偷來的獎牌，失敗的京奧

2008-08-16T12:24:00.020+08:00

今年京奧真的特別多風雨，舉行前如是，舉行期間亦如是。(最少)只計在這幾天的(討論區)，繼「假唱風波」後，又有一宗令人十分震驚的「虛報年齡事件」。

事件表面上其實十分簡單，話說，美國方面有人質疑大陸女子體操隊部份成員不足16歲，結果國際體操聯會發聲明指包括何可欣及江鈺源在內的大陸女子體操隊成員都已滿16歲。

可是，事情真的是這麼簡單嗎?

話說我在電視機前觀看女子體操項目的直播時，我已懷疑有部份來大陸的選手是未成年，只是最初我不知道原來體操國際賽是有年齡限制的。

可是同樣看過直播的「愛國人士」們卻只顧跟隨北大人的論調起舞，不斷質疑美國方面出面投訴的目的，又說美國在「製造新聞」，又指大陸現在公開的「官方」資料是正確無誤云云。只是，他們可能不知道，在「製造新聞」的，不止美國媒體......

文匯報 2007-11-05

中國日報英文版 2008-05-23

大陸新華網 2007-11-03

而根據網上一篇叫《假新聞害死人》的文章，當時的相關報導還有：

《生活報》2007年11月5日報導：13歲的體操高低槓選手何可欣出色地完成了「李婭空翻」的全套動作，戰勝了剛剛獲得世錦賽季軍的國手楊伊琳。
《法制晚報》2008年1月22日報導：記者在平衡木訓練場地上看到，13歲的小將何可欣正準備做下一組動作，突然被自己的一陣咳嗽打斷……
《北京晚報》2007年12月12報導：張佩文口中的「秘密武器」就是最近湧現出的新星何可欣。這名13歲的小將不僅能輕鬆地完成「李婭空翻」，還在比賽中表現出了與年齡不相符的穩定。
搜狐體育 2007年12月1日報導：張佩文口中的秘密武器，原來就是最近湧現出的新星何可欣。這名13歲的小將不僅能輕鬆地完成「李婭空翻」，還在比賽中表現出了與年齡不相符的穩定。
《長江商報》2007年12月1日報導：13歲的體操高低槓選手何可欣相當漂亮地完成「李婭空翻」的全套動作，戰勝剛剛獲得世錦賽季軍的國手楊伊琳。

還有更重要，亦更致命的證據：

難道大陸當局也跟大陸媒體一起造假？

http://sports.sinchew-i.com/node/5480

「我們聽到了有關謠言，我們馬上寫信給中國體操總會，他們立刻傳來了一份護照的影印本證明年齡，一切都沒問題。這就是全部我們所能夠查到的。」

http://www.worldjournal.com/wj-ch-news.php?nt_seq_id=1759781

報導提到，國際體操協會一再聲明，護照對體操選手的資格是「可以接受的證明」，而何可欣和中國其他體操選手都提出護照，顯示他們的年齡符合資格。國際奧會也檢查過這些女選手的護照，認為沒有問題。

再來看看以上「愛國人士」眼中的所謂「澄清」，到頭來所謂的「官方」證明最多也只是護照一本。可是大陸護照在全世界的公信力有多高，稍有常識的人都知道。更何况上列的「官方」資料截圖亦與現在所謂的「官方」資料不符，除非大陸當局當初是來假的。
況且就算是大陸媒體報導失實，只要發一篇更正/道歉聲明即可，犯得着把所有報導通通給「河蟹」掉嗎？如此舉措未免令人有欲蓋彌彰之感吧？
「愛國人士」口口聲聲說美國此時的投訴是小氣之舉，那睜大眼講大話，以鼠輩行徑贏回來的獎牌，難道這比「小氣」的美國更光明正大？

這次北京奧運，大陸在男子籃球分組賽跟美國隊比賽，輸了也只是輸在整體實力；在女子排球分組賽跟美國隊比賽，個人覺得這回大陸就算贏了美國，實際上也是輸了，不過也只是輸在技術方面；可是大陸女子體操隊在京奧得到女子團體體操的金牌，但卻把人格、國格給輸掉，這可是大陸國民賺再多的金錢都換不來的。任憑大陸政府怎樣再高喊「人文奧運」，然後靠國際奧委會不斷為京奧背書，訴說京奧如何舉辦成功，可是在世人眼中，大陸跟憤青們口中的「美帝」/「老美」一樣，誠信已經破產。

(補充：原來大陸運動員的年齡問題不是現在才有：)

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3567748,00.html

其實中國運動員的年齡問題一直存在不少問題，是中國體育界的一個黑洞。早在中國體操隊爆出年齡問題之前，就有不少知名中國運動員的年齡受到質疑，比較出名的是當年的國腳李鐵開房事件：2000年12月 25日，李鐵隨國家隊在昆明集訓，當天球隊放假，李鐵在昆明機場一酒店開了一間鐘點房，與他在一起的還有一名黑衣女子。儘管事後早已證明，那名女子不過是國內一家公司的代表，兩人商談的是去國外踢球的事情，但不巧的是，這件事隨著媒體的介入，那名黑衣女子也「變」成了成都一所中學的高二學生，一度引起了軒然大波，隨即此事被定性為「李鐵開房事件」。

當鐵媽媽被問到作為家長持什麼態度時說了一句「咱鐵子也是二十五六歲的大人了，他有女朋友是很正常的事……」從中國足協下發的當年聯賽秩序冊來看，李鐵的報名年齡是1977年，也就是說，在2000年的時候，他滿打滿算也就23歲。

同樣的事情也發生在中國籃球運動員身上，在 NBA效力的中國球員易建聯的年齡也一直是一個秘密。在參加2007年NBA選秀的時候，官方說法易建聯只有19歲，但美國的「選秀快遞網」揭露易建聯真實的出生日期是1984年10月28日，這意味著易建聯已經年滿22週歲。2006年8月份的《休斯敦紀事報》稱，易建聯虛報了年齡，他上報的生日為 1987年10月24日，但事實上他已經24歲了，該文引用了姚明新隊友肖恩·巴蒂爾的話，巴蒂爾稱，在兩週前的一場比賽中，易建聯告訴他，自己已經24 歲了。

掃把頭還是掃把頭

2008-08-05T20:11:00.006+08:00

Well......大睦公安粗暴對待記者事件真是一面照妖鏡，不但照出「大陸沒有真正進步過」這赤裸裸的事實外，也照出葉劉淑儀的本來面目：

http://www.appleactionews.com/site/art_main.cfm?&iss_id=20080730&sec_id=6996647&art_id=11411622&dis_type=text&media_id=1

但被問到日前有香港記者在北京採訪時，遭「叉頸」和推撞有何看法，葉即說：「我諗叉頸可能係一種訓練，最能夠制服滋事分子，又唔會作出永久傷害。我相信武裝部隊係有一種咁嘅訓練，制服到人又唔會有永久傷害。」

是否令你回想起當年她「推銷」基本法第23條的「英姿」?

20080716 AM730

2008-07-26T12:13:00.000+08:00

新國富論
http://www.am730.com.hk/am_news.asp?news=20080716&startpage=5
梁文道觀念：真正混凝土
http://www.am730.com.hk/am_news.asp?news=20080716&startpage=32

大陸有進步過?

2008-07-26T12:03:00.001+08:00

http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?iss_id=20080726&sec_id=4104&subsec_id=11866&art_id=11394952

先有生果報記者被人沒收回鄉證
後有明報記者被公安強取記憶卡
不是我馬後炮，我早已猜到大陸不會這麼容易放權
陶傑早前也公開「睇死」大陸
現在也真的猜中了，我應該高興嗎?

大陸有進步過嗎? 也許吧
不過是打壓的手段越來越好罷了。

無線又試親中親到出面

2008-06-29T13:43:00.005+08:00

這幾天都追看世界女排大獎賽香港站賽事。不過到今日無線電視直播賽事時的一個舉動令我十分驚訝。

話說今日無線正式直播「日本 VS 古巴」前曾放映截至昨日為止香港站分站排名。以無線的排列，整個排名如下：

各位看得出有甚麼問題嗎?

根據排名上的慣例，如果有兩個/隊或以上，排名數據依據完全一樣，通常都被視為屬同一名次。即是說上面的排名中，意大利隊的排名應該跟中國隊一樣是第一名，而古巴隊及日本隊的排名應該同樣是第三名。

雖然近年無線的節目製作取態開始有親中之勢已是公開的祕密，不過在尤其注重專業的體育節目方面可以這樣胡來嗎?
我想某些人真的很想中國隊在香港站取得分站第一名，甚至可能想「小日本」淪為倒數第一，不過拜託，你們愛國是你們的事，不過請你們專業一點，等到最後結果塵埃落定，真的求仁得仁後才這樣做，好嗎？

「報應論」

2008-06-22T18:16:00.005+08:00

這個多月我對四川so-called「地震」的人禍及其後的爭論跟作壁上觀無異，不過，有些事情就算到了現在仍有討論的價值，莎朗史東的「報應論」是其中之一。

就因為「這是中國怎樣對待西藏的報應」，所以惹來一班「愛國者」的圍攻。

說到這裡我有點訥悶：這一班「愛國者」何時開始變得這麼有仁德，對「因果循環，報應不爽」之類的言論這麽不屑？「911」事件後，不是有一群人大呼「這是對美帝的報應」嗎？南亞大海嘯後，不是有一班人印尼災民的境況幸災樂禍，說「這是上天對印尼人在排華浪潮的種種暴行的報應」嗎？怎麼輪到自己的時候就反而叫人不要鼓吹「報應論」？難道這個世界只有大陸憤青才有「報應論」的話語權，其他人就沒有？

話說回來，我還嫌莎朗史東去得不夠盡呢，對我而言，四川so-called「地震」不僅是大陸怎樣對待西藏的報應，也是大陸怎樣對待維吾爾族人，以至大陸作為緬甸「風災」人禍及達爾富爾種族屠殺的幫凶上的報應。

當然，此話一出，一定會惹起一眾「愛國人士」的口誅筆伐。只不過，如果有朝一日，日本的靖國神社、日本皇宮以至永田町在一瞬間被夷為平地，這群口口聲聲反對「報應論」的人中，又會有不少指「這是上天對小日本/日狗/倭寇的報應」，信我。

伸延閱讀：
報應論

香港又成國際大笑話

2008-05-03T11:12:00.004+08:00

話說京奧so-called「聖火」在大陸so-called「國土」第一站香港傳遞前一個月, 當時有特區政府官員信旦旦表示特區政府沒有為有關的異見人士設立入境黑名單. 結果之後入境署親目以行動自打嘴巴:

4月26日, 國殤之柱創作人高志活及兩名兒子乘飛機抵港後，即時被入境處扣留近6小時被幾名持機槍的機場特警押送上機，強迫乘航機飛往英國倫敦
4月29日, 自由西藏學生運動核心成員Matt Whitticase、Kate Woznow及Tsering Lama
獨立中文筆會成員張裕

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djH33F2Pb94
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv3ilRUJ1AE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9glI5N7Yj4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ya3i9XvR-hA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owdIXME21rY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjTMxWNDV3A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m43sNzR5Kmw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9yhrVYPXZk

包括特首在內的一眾特區(傀儡)政府久不久就到外國宣傳香港，可是這回傀儡政府卻親自向全世界宣佈：香港不是甚麼「Asia's world city」，而是大陸眾多城市之一。依我看，既然香港的形象已變得一文不值，香港的so-called旅遊業還值得繼續宣傳下去嗎？不如把旅發局這大花筒早早折掉算吧。

「民建聯黨員」的身份是禁忌?

2008-04-26T23:37:00.005+08:00

多說無益......

從事社會服務工作的張思晉是護衛團的創辦人兼團長，他表示稍後會向警方、保安局及民政事務局提出申請，希望獲准在聖火抵港當日，配合警方路線共同保衛聖火，行程的具體細節仍在計劃中。

張思晉直言：「聖火踏入中國境內，身為中國人有責任確保聖火傳遞得以順利進行，聖火在外國已三番四次受到衝擊，我不想同類事件再次發生﹗我不要只是『得把口』空談理想，故3日前決定以實際行動支持奧運聖火傳遞。」對於「護衛團」得到不少人響應，張表示十分高興。

張思晉表示，他們已設計了一件「團恤」供團友穿上，亦會預備大量旗幟鋪張聲勢，現正爭取贊助商支持。他續稱，聖火抵港當天乃工作天，部分網友或會因工作關係「有心無力」，他目前只希望能召集100人參與。「香港奧運聖火護衛團」

——港網民自組「聖火護衛團」Facebook動員數百人，明報，2008年4月12日

——2008年4月25日無線新聞

——2008年4月25日亞視新聞

中文姓名：張思晉
英文姓名：CHEUNG SZE CHUN, ANDERSON
匿稱 ANDERSON
性別：男
職業：社區幹事 / 議員助理
電郵地址：anderson_cheung@hotmail.com
興趣：踢波、閱讀、寫作、哲學
專長：寫作
抱負：參政、服務
社會職務：慈正居民聯會義務幹事
民建聯職務：
青年民建聯委員會委員
慈正邨社區幹事

http://www.youngdab.org.hk/pages/categoryArticle.jsp?categoryId=1152

「中国人」的確是暴民沒錯

2008-04-19T12:02:00.005+08:00

近期，「爰國人士」們的反西方暴動的其中一個火頭，是CNN主播卡弗蒂(Jack Cafferty)的一句「過去50年基本上一直是一幫暴民和匪徒(I think they're basically the same bunch of goons and thugs they've been for the last 50 years.)」。此話一出立即惹來上至北京當局，下至一眾「爰國人士」的圍攻，就算CNN事後發表道歉聲明也不肯收貨。

只不過，卡弗蒂真的有說錯話嗎?

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/17/us/17student.html?hp
http://media.www.dukechronicle.com/media/storage/paper884/news/2008/04/16/News/Students.Home.Vandalized.In.China-3328279.shtml

就在這埸風波發生了沒多久，美國那邊也傳來了一則令人齒冷的消息：有留美華人大學生，被所屬大學的中國學生學者聯誼會公開其全名，之後有人更公開其個人資料，包括身份證號碼、出生日期、在大陸的學校、父母姓名及其工作單位、家庭住址、電話號碼。結果該名大學生在青海的老家被人監視，甚至被潑糞；其父母有家歸不得，有工做不得。側聞大陸官方喉舌中央電視台也曾一度有份推波助瀾......
她做錯了甚麼？她只是公開支持藏民，並叫其同胞保持冷靜而已。就這樣值得一眾「中国人」有如憤青、紅衛兵上身，對她大肆批鬥、侮辱，甚至連其父母也不放過？

計我話，CNN及卡弗蒂不止不用道歉，後者更應堅持「they're basically the same bunch of goons and thugs」的立場，因為「中国人」已親自以行動證明他們是徹頭徹尾的暴民，而且類似情况不止一次。不過也難怪「中国人」這麼暴戾，連人也不如，一個平日對學生灌輸諸如「義和團是民族英雄」等「愛國」思想的蠻族政府，真的可以教育出文明人嗎？

左共再度借香港人過橋

2008-04-13T09:42:00.021+08:00

http://www.news.gov.hk/tc/category/healthandcommunity/080408/html/080408tc05007.htm

民政事務局局長曾德成表示，香港人普遍非常支持奧運，相信在社會及輿論的支持下，精心策劃的火炬接力能順利進行。

曾德成今天出席保良局董事會就職典禮後向傳媒表示，奧運聖火在海外傳送時受到干擾，主要是關於藏獨及不理解情況的人士；並認為，香港人並不支持藏獨，也非常支持奧運。

首先我補充一點：包括蘋果日報在內，各大香港報章在轉述曾德成的說話時，都是「香港人普遍支持奧運」，但我收看電視的新聞報導時，曾德成指「香港人都好支持奧運」.......

香港人都好支持大陸舉行奧運?曾德成真的有自信代表全港所有真真正正的香港人?

最少我這位香港人並不支持一個言而無信，將申奧時的承諾拋一邊的無恥國家舉辦奧運。

而且就連我那位親共的老爸也反京奧，「香港人都好支持奧運」又從何說起?

曾德成，你願意為被你所騎劫的香港人公開道歉嗎?

梵蒂岡應該打救甘泉航空

2008-04-13T09:42:00.019+08:00

　　消息指出，總結得失，甘泉未能成功歸咎於三方面︰長途廉航的營運模式、缺乏專才及低估投資成本。以長途廉航為賣點的甘泉，消息指幾乎「飛一班，蝕一班」。由於定價存在問題，營運成本為票價1倍，公司根本無利可圖。舉例如甘泉飛往倫敦的航班，票價約4,000元，但成本實高達8,000元。

　　「倫敦也好，溫哥華也好，每飛一次虧損逾百萬元。」消息稱，長途廉航的營運不易，定價過低成了致命傷。

——甘泉航空傳今宣布結業　定價低累蝕10億長途機飛一班蝕一班 (香港經濟日報 2008-04-09)

市場人士指出，長途航班主要靠頭等及商務艙收回成本，舉例說，一班往來香港至倫敦的航班運作成本約100萬至150萬元，頭等及商務機位來回機票動輒數萬元，即使頭等及商務艙的座位總數只佔全機兩成，約50至60個，全數賣出已令這班機「封蝕本門」，加上機肚載貨及經濟客位，便有利可圖。

反觀甘泉主打廉價經濟位，沒有頭等只有平價商務機位，即使全部經濟位爆滿都未必收回成本。至於商務艙乘客通常是企業要員，主要由公司購買機票，若在國泰航空與甘泉之間二選一，一般乘客均會選擇前者，甘泉根本是平貴生意都難做。
另一業內人士指出，全球成功的廉航均只提供航程三至四小時的短途機，以「密食當三番」獲利，市場上從未出現像甘泉一樣既做廉航又做長途機的成功例子。他補充，甘泉香港飛倫敦單程的成本接近90萬元，每班機最多可載約300人。即使航班爆滿也只能僅僅收回成本。「佢哋做生意好似搞教會、搞慈善咁，買錯嘢、出錯飛都唔理，點會有錢賺？」

——長途機　平機票　無錢賺 (蘋果日報 2008-04-10)

話說我聽聞甘泉航空由開業到清盤的這段時間是「飛一班、蝕一班」的時候的確令我O咀。不過我也相信這是真的，因為大概只有這個原因才足以令其在年半年間虧損最少8億。

事實上我也懷疑李卓民牧師的確是在開善堂。在開業初期沒賺頭還說得過去，可之後竟沒有任何動作去控制成本，任由虧損金額像雪球般越滚越大，如派錢無異。

不過話說回來，難得李牧師如此大義，犧牲了不少金錢，以求達致「坐飛機平民化」，如此可以跟有如「犧牲小我，完成大我」的耶穌相比的高尚情操，着實令小弟感動。所以小弟在此希望梵蒂岡可以公開以行動表揚李牧師這種無私的精神——不止是表面上的嘉許，也要出手打救甘泉航空，令其從清盤的深淵中拯救出來。反正對梵蒂岡來說，區區8億港幣有如小菜一碟：

除了英國的古老大教堂鬧窮以外，佔羅馬四分一大面積的梵蒂岡天主教廷也說鬧窮。但是否實情？就是一個謎了。

現在的梵蒂岡教皇若望保祿二世，不獨是世界七億二千萬天主教徒的精神領袖，並且也是全世界最大的商業與投資企業的「董事長」。在一九八七年十月十九日以前所擁有的股票市值是一個天文數字，該日全世界股市大崩潰以後，據說教廷的損失亦重大，但相信最近又穩坐釣角船了。

梵蒂岡的投資生意有多大呢？財富有多少呢？是一項嚴守秘密的事，即使義大利政府也不知情，甚至除教皇之外，沒有那一位教廷獨立部門的財政主管清楚。

但有件事實可以肯定的，世上沒有一家商業機構的生意與財富可與梵蒂岡比擬，包括美國和日本的兩家電話電訊大公司。梵蒂岡教廷代表世界最大的商業企業和地產投資的首席，單在義大利的地產物業就高達四百億美元以上；而銀行存款亦在四百億美元以上。英國「經濟學人」就曾因此指出：「教皇是世界上最大的股票持有人。」

——宗教搵銀：大教堂股票上市，《瞧！這個基督教》，何永坤，田園書屋出版

大陸喱做西人？

2008-03-09T15:27:00.003+08:00

http://61.129.65.8:82/gate/big5/news.eastday.com/s/20080308/u1a3452221.html

青年患"戀動物癖" 情人節偷母牛與其發生關係

2008年3月8日 11:40
來源:江南都市報選稿:徐靖逸
　　2月14日，鷹潭月湖區夏埠鄉灘上劉家一頭小黃牛被人偷走，過幾天又獨自回到主人家中。3月5日，這頭小黃牛又一次失蹤，主人在鄉親們的幫助下，把偷牛男青年抓獲。

　　被抓獲的青年是貴溪人小毛（化名），今年21歲，是獨生子女，文化水準較低，平時喜歡上網，算得上個“電腦通”。但他不善交際，幾乎沒有好友，一個人獨居在鷹潭市區東一村一間破爛的空房裏，以撿廢品換錢為臨時性職業。小毛承認，兩
次偷牛都是他幹的。

　　據小毛交代，2月14日，他一個人呆在空房裏，寂寞難耐，便遊逛到灘上劉家村莊附近，解開栓牛繩，將這頭正在吃草的小母牛牽到樹林裏，隨後跟這頭小母牛發生性關係。回到空房後，他感覺這個情人節過得很充實。

　　3月5日下午1時許，小毛感覺心裏空蕩蕩的，於是又朝灘上劉家的田畈走去。當他解開栓牛繩，再次準備把那頭小黃牛期間樹林時，被村民發現並抓獲。

　　6日，經調查核實後，警方把小毛的父母親叫到派出所。在對小毛進行一番教育並要求寫下不再重犯的保證書後，民警將小毛交給其父母。

　　針對小毛的這一行為，記者採訪了鷹潭市人民醫院腎內科專家。專家認為，小毛的行為屬於病態行為，是不健康的“戀動物癖”，病例很罕見。據介紹，從醫學角度來說，小毛的性交是不衛生的；從生理上來說，小毛可能產生對動物的性依賴，是不健康的。專家建議，小毛應儘快找心理醫生諮詢，以便儘快調整自己的性取向。

現在連傑出的大陸喱也玩人獸交，依據某些人的觀點，他很有可能受西人文化的影響。

為「保護大陸人健康成長」，請大陸廣電局全面封殺所有由西人製造的音樂、電影及電視節目，不要只懂做出諸「封殺湯唯」的小動作。

大陸果然還是大陸......

2008-03-09T15:10:00.001+08:00

http://udn.com/NEWS/ENTERTAINMENT/ENT1/4249719.shtml

封殺湯唯大陸廣電總局：對事不對人
【聯合報╱特派記者汪莉絹、李春／北京報導】

2008.03.09 04:01 am

北京傳出中共廣電總局秘密封殺湯唯，撤下其所有廣告，媒體向廣電總局求證，出現兩種回應版本。廣電總局副局長張海濤昨天表示，這是對事不對人；另一位官員則否認有相關的規定。

大陸女演員湯唯代言拍攝的護膚廣告遭大陸電視台封殺。據大陸媒體報導，廣電總局是「封殺」湯唯的背後主導者。北京和上海幾家電視台人員都透露，電視台已收到來自廣電總局的口頭指令，要求不再播放湯唯代言的廣告及電視劇。

北京「新京報」指出，以7位數的價格聘請湯唯代言的聯合利華公司表示，廣告是臨時暫停，未說明具體原因。「新京報」訪問大陸廣電總局社會管理司官員，該官員表示，沒聽說封殺湯唯的規定。

廣電總局副局長張海濤昨天出席中共全國政協會議時，被台灣媒體問及此事，他說這政策是對事不對人的。這一種說法，間接證實廣電總局「封殺」湯唯的做法，至於封殺的原因，廣電總局並未對外說明，坊間則流傳各種說法。

http://udn.com/NEWS/ENTERTAINMENT/ENT1/4249715.shtml

湯唯遭中共封殺李安聲明挺她
【聯合報╱記者葛大維／台北—紐約報導】

2008.03.09 04:01 am

被湯唯（右）視為親人的導演李安，公開發表聲明挺她。
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中共廣電總局秘密封殺湯唯，導演李安力挺湯唯，公開表示：「將會盡一切所能支持她。」

李安昨天終於打破沉默，親自以中、英文2種版本，發表書面聲明，標題為：「職責所在的聲明」，全文為：「一，因這項決定而導致湯唯所受到傷害，我感到失望。二，她在這部（『色，戒』）正當製作及發行的電影，有極佳表演。三，在此困難時刻，我們將會盡一切所能支持她。」

不過李安及他在紐約的辦公室，沒有對其他問題作任何回應。至截稿前，湯唯經紀人Cindy的香港手機無人接聽。

湯唯被封殺事件引起國際矚目，美國權威的「好萊塢報導」（The Hollywood Reporter）昨天大幅報導，除刊載李安的英文聲明，更詳述湯唯被封殺的經過，重點在大陸電視台被中共廣電總局（SARFT）要求禁播湯唯代言的護膚品廣告。報導中更指出湯唯代言的酬勞為84萬3,000美元（約新台幣2,613萬元）。

「好萊塢報導」關切湯唯何去何從，報導指出之前香港舉辦亞洲電影大獎的主辦單位，已宣布「色，戒」男、女主角梁朝偉和湯唯會出席本月17日在香港的頒獎典禮，但目前不清楚封殺湯唯的問題，會不會影響她出席頒獎典禮。

如果湯唯被大陸封殺是因為美化漢奸，那麼大陸應否同時禁止美化或神化老毛這位大魔頭？

如果湯唯被大陸封殺的原因是有傷風化，那麼大陸那些包不知多少個女人的高幹們又從何說起？

原來，由中共掌權伊始，到「改革開放」，再到「第四代領導層」，大陸仍然只懂「一味照冚」，而且還「係又冚唔係又冚」。

矜持嘛......

2008-02-23T18:20:00.003+08:00

話說昨天乘MTR途中到金鐘站轉車途中，看到一幕令我有點O咀的情景。

當其時在我眼前的是一對非常年輕的情侶，男的穿着並不十分整齊的校服，女的則穿了一套似乎很入時的便服。

就在站內一眾乘客大都前往轉車的當兒，那男的伸手向女方的臀部一摸......

其實，在那男的(自以為)十分High的時候，這對情侶和我都身處於月台的末端範圍，此時列車已開走，對面月台的列車仍未到站，當時在此範圍內仍有人跟我一樣都是很悠閒地前往對面月台，只是人不多而已。先不說非禮與否，我個人覺得他的舉動輕挑之餘又自以為十分有情調。而且，很抱歉，他的所謂情調，我不懂，亦不想去欣賞。
不過，更令我詫異的，是女的十分快樂，似乎並不介意。我想，如果她的父母見到這種情景，知道他們的女兒只要心情很High，就可以在公眾場合中任人摸的時候，他們會怎樣想？

在此想起以下這篇文章：

男朋友要拍，你可以拒絕，因為你自小有教養，知道什麼叫矜持──這兩個字很深奧是不是──這個世界，必須明白，無論如何放浪胡鬧，有許多事情，男孩子可以做，身為女仔，永遠不可以。

(陶傑「家教」，「黃金冒險號」，2008年2月10日香港蘋果日報)

還有誰比她更不知羞恥？

2008-02-17T15:51:00.008+08:00

http://www.mingpaoweekly.com/htm/main.htm

‧曾深愛陳冠希　傷心感情被騙
‧揭阿嬌露面前15天經歷
‧阿Sa接受心理輔導

昨日應該有不少人都對《明報周刊》最新內容議論紛紛。而今日《台灣蘋果日報》也轉述了部份內容：

「.....阿嬌在淫照事件爆發的第16天，出面發表1分鐘簡短聲明，昨《明報周刊》報導她在露面前足不出戶，每天將自己鎖在房內，只有經紀公司英皇老闆楊受成和高層霍汶希及阿Sa 3人能與她聯絡。後來是霍汶希強迫阿嬌見人，要親友到她家拜年，她不得已走出房門招呼親友，才逐漸與外界接觸。
《明報周刊》還提到，阿嬌曾深愛陳冠希，只要他喜歡的事她都會做，沒想到淫照事件爆發後，她才知道他腳踏多條船，感情受欺騙讓她受傷甚深。......」

(「阿嬌形象重創電台不想用」，2008年2月17日《台灣蘋果日報》)

Well......傷心感情被騙？Really？

(可按圖放大)

首先，這年表我相信有一定的真確性，一來以鍾欣桐的外表變化 (尤其在2005至06年間) ，此年表雖不中亦不遠矣；二來我有理由相信壹傳媒本身擁有相關原圖，故蘋果日報能得知有關相片的拍攝日期(不過此乃後話)。

跟據年表，鍾欣桐有一段長時間做陳冠希的「老二」，不論其時陳冠希的正印女友是陳文媛抑或楊永晴。我想，一位芳齡早已達「中女」級別的女子，做「第三者」做了這麼久，這真的是「天真」的人會有的行為嗎？
噢！你說你知道他有了陳小姐，但仍被他所吸引而樂於跟他XX，此時你仍可以以「天真無知」為由為自己辯護；可是後來呢？20004至05年間你不知楊永晴的存在，那05年下旬到06年呢？尤其於大約於這段拍攝的自拍照中的你，看不出任何「很傻很天真」的氣息，反而帶着既成熟又嫵媚的味道，似乎對這種危險的N角關係樂在其中，而非單純被那花花公子繼續欺騙。鍾欣桐，如果你心裹仍有一點羞恥的話，你能若無其事地把你的玩火行為歸咎於你的「天真」，轉頭你又矛頭指向陳冠希，將責任推得一乾二淨？

看來上次那篇「給鍾欣桐」真的對她太厚道了......

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當然，有些人指出《明報周刊》的「報導」，EEG很可能有份代筆。其實在我寫畢「給鍾欣桐」後，有人亦以類似理由作出指責，甚至罵我「無腦」。
我承認這個可能性的成數十分高。只不過就算某些人可以以此為由把包括我在內的所有對鍾欣桐不利的言論全盤否定，我也可以對「EEG為鍾欣桐代筆」一事作如此解讀：鍾欣桐之所以不能(和/或)不敢以自己的方式為自己所作的事解釋，是因為那些真心話不能「見光」。可能這會令事態一發不可收拾，又可能這些真心話跟這幾天鍾欣桐本人的so-called「表態」有所出入，甚至完全相反。由此可見鍾欣桐的確十分虛偽，因為她連自己也不敢面對。

依我看，那些「擁嬌派」以及為反而反的人還是算了吧。因為你們無論怎樣為鍾欣桐「兜」，最後得出來的結果也只有一個——「鍾欣桐不知廉恥」。

另外我在此呼籲所有香港人，今日千萬不要觀看「雪中送暖」，以及為此節目捐出一分一亳。因為任何支持此節目的行動，都等於認同「只要露一露面，假意交差兼大話連篇，以前所做的種種都可以當無事發生。」這種無恥行為。此風一長，就算各位能言教身教，難保你們的下一代見到其他人能這樣為自己開脫時，不會有樣學樣。

[FW]蔡子強﹕除了天真和傻之外，還有對錯﹗

2008-02-15T17:44:00.003+08:00

(From 明報)

作者認為，阿嬌（圖）短短分半鐘的記者會，140多字，機關算盡的發言，當中一定有很多公關和法律顧問的意見。下圖為英皇娛樂王牌經理人霍汶希。

香港最值得一提的spin doctor，當然不是劉細良，又或者何安達，而是英皇娛樂王牌經理人──Mani霍汶希。

朋友劉細良在未加入政府之前，曾經與筆者在《明報》一起撰寫這個專欄，其中一篇令我印象最深刻的，就是談到：在香港，spin的文化，最成行成市的，並不是本地政壇，反而是娛樂圈；最值得參考的spin doctor心得，不是什麼心戰室實錄，而是英皇娛樂王牌經理人Mani霍汶希的手記。

「每天具體執行spin功能的人士，最專業的是一幫娛星經理人，當藝人醉酒打人或被狗仔隊伏擊，甚或拍得與北方佳麗上房過夜照片時，他們便要與『乜周物周』的娛樂總編『拆』，提出交換條件，希望影響編輯手下留情，平時飲茶灌水免費晚餐演唱會『飛』少不了，所以大家周不時見到一些明星無端端上封面，而且係正面報道，就知道是幕後spin doctor發功了。」

我想兩年多之後的今天，如果細良有機會再重寫同一篇文時，他一定會加上這個新的素材──周一阿嬌的記者會。

機關算盡的發言和記者會

短短分半鐘的記者會，140多字，機關算盡的發言，滴水不進，我敢打賭，當中一定有很多公關和法律顧問的意見。

不是嗎﹖事件的對錯，以「我承認以前係好天真同好傻，但係現在己經長大了」短短兩句說話，輕描淡寫的帶過，相片的真偽，完全不再提及，要迴避的，當然是其公司英皇集團當初「移花接木」的指控，及可能的法律責任，而「天真」和「傻」兩個形容詞，更與Twins一貫苦心經營純情、可愛形象，配合得天衣無縫。

霍汶希更聲明，英皇所有藝人將永遠就事件封口，不會再評論事件，美其名為免事件擴大，令藝人受到傷害；而阿嬌的發言不長於分半鐘，不設記者發問，這都可確保新聞報道時，可以讓「官方」苦心設定的版本，原原本本出街，避免讓傳媒斷章取義。

阿嬌發言前，歌迷送上一個寫上：「一定繼續撐孖女，We Support Twins Forever」的蛋糕；發言時，又有秩序地排在後方高舉「一定永遠支持Twins」的燈牌；發言後，又大叫「支持你」、「支持你」……的口號。這簡直是一個經過精心策劃的電視畫面。有報章暗示，歌迷由公司一手包辦。

Timing也是一絕，記者會的明日，剛巧就是老闆新股上市的日子，恰好趕得及「拆彈」。

對錯、教訓，都被spin一一掩蓋

但問題正正是，愈把問題這樣輕描淡寫的帶過，就愈把對錯、責任、教訓等重要問題，一一掩蓋，令社會把學費白交了。

我並不是一個性觀念保守的人，兩個人，關了門，如何男歡女愛，本來不需要旁人指手劃腳。但問題是，今次牽涉的都是公眾人物，是被公司、傳媒、電台(包括港台)，甚至政府部門，力捧的年輕人偶像，對後生仔有覑重大的示範作用。當這些藝人義不容辭的走去當什麼「滅罪、禁毒、太陽計劃……之星」時，在讓自己增添人氣，接受群眾和鎂光燈簇擁之外，他們有否想過自己一言一行的社會責任呢﹖如果阿嬌只是一個寂寂無聞的尋常普通人，不是公眾人物，我們就有更多的理由，對她更加包容。

又或者，如果她是未夠18歲的「後生女」，我們也有更多的理由，對她更加寬容；但一個成年人，一個27歲的成年人，就不能單單以一句「天真和傻」，來迴避對錯，迴避責任。

我想大家的要求十分簡單，闖禍不是世界末日，沒有人要求從此要讓你永不翻身，但最起碼，不能文過飾非，對錯、責任、教訓等問題，要有一個交代。

事件中，有什麼對錯﹖

上月27日，即事件爆發的首天，英皇集團曾公開聲稱相片是遭「移花接木」，並就事件報警，究竟當中是否有人「報假案」、誤導警方、誤導公眾﹖

事件中，有什麼公眾意義﹖

在性觀念開放、Snapshot、後生女對自己身體警戒心日減的今天，阿嬌是否應該講清楚事件對自己所造成的切膚之痛，以及從中汲取到的教訓﹖

這些都不是純粹供大家茶餘飯後「八卦」，而是關乎到下一代成長的重大話題，但是今天在spin的考慮，spin的文化下，都被一一放過。

或許你會指摘我以一個男性霸權的角度來看整件事，那麼我介紹大家看看徐詠璇，周三在《信報》其專欄所寫的文章：

「阿嬌以『天真』和『傻』這些純情、可愛的字眼，將事件輕輕帶過。是她真的不覺得拍這些四級照片有何不妥？抑或是她旁邊的人拍拍心口，告訴她一切等閒？……令人失望的，是阿嬌有太多人包庇照顧，令她也繼續沉溺在虛偽、荒淫、跟紅頂白的最劣的娛樂圈染缸裏。這次過了關，厚覑臉皮，博大家忘記，久而不聞其臭，還贏得個『勇敢』面對人生的稱號。背誦了這一大篇話之後，她可能長大了，只是，不見得變好了。」

在性觀念開放、Snapshot、後生女對自己身體警戒心日減的今天，我想徐詠璇正正道出很多母親心中對女兒的擔憂。

以前娛樂圈提到化妝師，人們只會想起「輝哥」(陳文輝)；今天提起化妝師，大家恐怕想起的，卻是Mani。而比起前者，後者為藝人化的妝，或許更加巧奪天工；化妝前後，更加判若兩人。

作者是中文大學政治與行政學系高級導師

[FW]天真？(徐詠璇)

2008-02-15T17:09:00.000+08:00

(From 信報財經新聞)

天真？

　　阿嬌一分鐘現身見傳媒，單向的念出準備好的宣言。有說她公關技巧好，勇敢站到台前面對群眾。有說她公關技巧差，只發表簡短聲明，沒有交代照片真偽。

　　這一趟，我們又不要太天真了。

　　公司叫旗下所有藝人封嘴，不要再談這件事，的確可以令事情盡快平息，就當沒有發生過，連是否真的如事發初期英皇聲明照片是移花接木這點，也不用澄清。

　　但公眾的眼睛，是比較雪亮的。

　　「今次呢件事，對我同埋我身邊嘅人，都造成好大嘅困擾，同埋……傷害啦。我承認以前係好天真同好傻，但係依家已經長大啦。……」　　阿嬌以「天真」和「傻」這些純情、可愛的字眼，將事件輕輕帶過。是她真的不覺得拍這些四級照片有何不妥？抑或是她旁邊的人拍拍心口，告訴她一切等閒？

　　「好多謝公司、多謝屋企人同埋多謝朋友，對我嘅眷顧同支持。今次呢件事對於大眾嘅影響，我都深感抱歉。」　　所謂「抱歉」，其十足英文I am sorry for what happened，即是不是我錯，而是事情令人難過而已。講咗等於冇講，她其實並沒有道歉，也沒有向誰道歉，這幾句只是客氣。

　　公司撑我，已經夠。

　　「喺未來嘅日子裏面，我會繼續努力工作，同埋積極咁面對我嘅人生，多謝傳媒關心，同埋要多謝一班對我不離不棄嘅歌迷，多謝。」　　有報章暗示，記者會場地與歌迷都由公司一手包辦，歌迷做布景板讓阿嬌出場，造出「有群眾支持」的形象。其實這場公關騷打點得不錯，至少阿嬌亮相了，以後也不必再躲起來。

　　但令人失望的，是阿嬌有太多人包庇照顧，令她也繼續沉溺在虛偽、荒淫、跟紅頂白的最劣的娛樂圈染缸裏。這次過了關，厚着臉皮，博大家忘記，久而不聞其臭，還贏得個「勇敢」面對人生的稱號。

　　背誦了這一大篇話之後，她可能長大了，只是，不見得變好了。

　　她是否適合繼續在娛樂圈發展？適合！只要有老細撑！

一二三四五六七......

2008-02-13T17:52:00.001+08:00

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給鍾欣桐

2008-02-11T17:27:00.001+08:00

(由於明報已發聲明，指網上流傳報報有關鍾欣桐曾呼籲學生拒絕婚前性行為的報道與原版內容不符。基於維持本文的正當性，以下句子已被刪除：
「曾經，你公開呼籲學生拒絕婚前性行為：」
各位想轉貼的人士請用新版本轉貼，請各位留意。)

致鍾欣桐小姐：

你好。

長達兩星期的風波中，你的真正感受我不得而知，不過這件事令你在國際間的知名度大增，這點相信你也同意吧。

今日，你終於現身，美其名為事件解畫......

在記者會中，你說，你覺得以前所做的事很傻很天真......

你說，你對你的所作所為對社會既影響感到好抱歉......

不過，在我看來，你那一分鐘多的回應不止十分「行貨」，而且跟陳冠希的「道歉」視頻一樣，道歉誠意欠奉。

鍾欣桐小姐，如果在你眼中，這些相片中自然流露出一副狀甚享受、沈醉於性愛歡愉的表情，只是你「很傻很天真」下的產物的話，你第一時間要做的事不是這樣交「行貨」，而是親身向那些被香港警方「祭旗」的「替死鬼」見面，並且向他們致以深切及真誠的道歉。不是嗎？就是因為你的經理人的一句「移花接木」，一個因為將你「很傻很天真」下的樣子與人共享，被拘留八星期，連年也過不了；一個因為管有六張那些「很傻很天真」下的產物而成為「奇拿」的代罪羔羊，雖然可以保釋外出，但已惹上官非。鍾欣桐小姐，既然你覺得你的行為如「很傻很天真」般不值一哂，請到荔枝角收押所探望鍾亦天，以及親自拜訪史可雋，而非仍舊關在保護圈內逃避。

另外，鍾欣桐小姐，如果你有誠意道歉的話，那請你為你的虛偽公開道歉吧：曾經，你「斬釘截鐵」地公開與陳冠希「劃清界線」；曾經，你信誓旦旦說不會愚蠢地被人拍下裸照；啊，當然還有在so-called「偷拍更衣」風波時，你眼淚汪汪地訴說自己是小朋友的偶像，又說自己因為更衣照不知機如何面對小朋友(還記得當時「終日以淚洗面」的你，雙眼卻沒有一絲紅筋)......原來，以上所有的一言一行也只是你騙取他人金錢、支持，甚至同情心的手段，而真實的你卻跟你表面上的言行南轅北轍。鍾欣桐小姐，如果你真的懂得甚麼叫「羞恥」的話，你不是應該正面面對所有被你騙過的人作起碼一、兩句道歉嗎？為何你只一句「對社會既影響感到好抱歉」作草草交差，轉頭又厚顏地「多謝粉絲的支持」？

啊，對了，自從全香港，甚至全世界的人都有機會見識你的「很傻很天真」後，香港警方如臨大敵，辦案速度及認真程度還遠遠高於捉拿其他通緝犯。為了那些「很傻很天真」下的產物，香港警方「一哥」也將律政司及淫審處「架空」，為警方的行動自行「釋法」。又為了將「釋法」一事淡化，有人又自創「朋友理論」，將警方的行動以至其法理依據的合理性愈描愈黑。如此這般將香港市民對香港警方的信任度，以至香港警方在執法的公信力弄得蕩然無存，雖然這不全是你一個人的責任，但不代表你一丁點責任也沒有吧。如果你自問自己的行為對社會的影響感到有責任，那破壞「香港百年基石」這個責任，你敢負嗎？你有能力負嗎？

當然，你在記者會只要露露面，說幾句「肺腑之言」，又可以試圖繼續騙取支持者金錢與同情。不過，如果你的立心真的如此，套用龍應台女士的說話，你不過是我唾棄的對象而已，不必嚇我。

一位只會在有空時才會在部落格中「亂嗡廿四」的
shisa上

很傻很天真......

2008-02-11T17:05:00.000+08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9ReH0LuWGA

「我都有同情心，不過我D同情心絕對唔會俾D福佳呃。sorry我睇完記者會之後都係咁諗。」

這是我在某討論區的留言，也是我對那個記者會的最初步反應。

純情玉女乎？

2008-02-10T16:39:00.001+08:00

在網路世界上，往往都有臥虎藏龍的。

話說日前被流出市面的鍾欣桐新「閃咭」，有大陸網民很眼利地發現了一些事物。

到底是甚麼？一切盡在不言中......

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(KY是甚麼？潤滑劑是也)

以上圖片一出，大陸、香港以至海外網民都有聲音指鍾小姐可能試過「玩後門」......雖然「眼見為憑」，但鍾欣桐被人「唱」到如斯地步，我想除了在香港有部份有如「弱智低能兒」的廣告商繼續追捧外，其它市場(包括大陸)已幾乎完蛋。而「純情玉女」這個神話亦終於徹底破滅......

正印終於出場.......

2008-02-09T19:04:00.001+08:00

自幾天前的那篇「繼「G」、「B」、「C」小姐及「B」先生之後......」後，果然又有新主角登場，不過相比起那3位so-called「unknown」，那3張擬似陳冠希現任女友楊永晴的出浴照反而更受人注目。

我之所以說這3張出浴照的主角是「擬似楊永晴」，是因為相中主角黑頭髮，又帶點baby fat，驟眼看真的以為是另一個人。

有指這位so-called「擬似楊永晴」被拍照時可能未滿16歲，證據是陳冠希於2006年中接受訪問時稱，與楊永晴相戀已經有3年時間。不過事情發展到現在，就算顏穎思那批相有「衰十一」之嫌；就算so-called「擬似楊永晴」那3張相有「衰十一」之嫌；甚至，就算這些「閃咭」可能屬兒童色情物品，都不再重要了......更重要的是陳冠希跟楊永晴，以至女方家人的關係已經開始受到嚴重考驗，尤其跟楊永晴有親戚關係的某「老實商人」「擬似」是某香港黑幫的「大阿哥」......

在此恭祝陳冠希長命百歲。

(話說回來，這個list是時候要更新一下了。)

(P.S.
1.有線報指仍有700張相及短片未曝光。
2.有線報明言此片(可能)32分鐘。[←跟之前的傳言一樣]
3.新「閃咭」制服那輯有一幅藍衫女子背影，身型和髮型不像是「C」小姐，可能另有其人。
看來過多幾天又有暴風雨的來臨了......)

果然，有怎樣的偶像就有怎樣的粉絲

2008-02-08T22:36:00.000+08:00

2008年2月8日下午約5時40分，大陸天涯社區娛樂八卦區的一個淫照事件討論帖突然消失。

同日晚上約8時，這個突然消失的帖被該區版主給逆操作救回了。

有大陸網民指因為以下的一篇文章，討論帖才突然消失。姑勿論真正的原因為何，這篇文章的確貽笑大方：

天涯的管理员和总版主：
　　　　
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如果這真的是Twins粉絲們的傑作，抱歉，我覺得寫的人是「弱智低能兒」。請原諒我的直接。

垃圾偶像粉絲的質素，原來的確不外如是。

如果鍾欣桐像她那樣......

2008-02-07T13:53:00.000+08:00

其實，自從「黑鮑門」開始如雪球般越滚越大時，我也想起了一位情况可能跟鍾欣桐相似的女星。

她就是丁譚安薇 (Dinh Thoai Yen Vy)。

2005年3月，這位越南女星被其前男友出賣，將兩人的春宮帶流出市面。基本上只要以"Yen Vy"為關鍵字用Google搜尋一下，應該還可以找到相關消息。

事有湊巧，一個月後，越南警方在一次打擊賣淫行動中揭發有女星兼職賣淫，因而將其拘捕。而這位女星正正是丁譚安薇。

有指丁譚安薇之所以去賣淫，是因為受到春宮帶流出的打擊而「一不做二不休」。不過無論如何，她為此被當地法庭判囚。而事實上，雖然丁譚安薇已刑滿出獄，但她在娛樂圈的前途已幾乎毀掉了。

自從「黑鮑門」事件之後，鍾欣桐已經名譽掃地。那些十多歲的粉絲們就不得而知了，不過據知小朋友粉絲層有一定程度的流失率 (但就算仍肯支持她，這些小朋友的父母也未必肯讓他們繼續接觸任何與Twins有關的事物)。基本上，她的星途已幾乎完蛋了。所以除非她的「身家」真的「夠食一世」，否則要繼續生存大概只有像丁譚安薇一樣——出賣肉體。

當然，我不是在此鼓吹甚麼非法行為，因為現實上的確有「合法嫖妓」這回事——要麼被有錢人包養，要麼打「明星牌」去來個so-called「援助交際」，尤其以後者的可能性最高。反正在警務處助理警務處長黃福全的「朋友理論」下，「朋友」變「砲友」又與警方何干？當然當中的「抬底交易」就閣下自理了。

不然，各位看官覺得像她這種人，在香港能如何存活?

鍾欣桐當年說過些甚麼？

2008-02-06T22:16:00.001+08:00

1.
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2.
http://yule.sohu.com/20071122/n253403157.shtml
阿嬌：看謝霆鋒張柏芝當眾接吻很噁心

　港星鍾欣桐（阿嬌）在中視新戲《浣花洗劍錄》中，遭親人與青梅竹馬的男友背叛，真實生活中，阿嬌也曾因男友和知心姊妹淘劈腿導致感情受傷，所以拍片時，她見謝霆鋒和張柏芝玩親親，不但不受感染，還大罵：「噁心」。

　　提起往事，鍾欣桐說，「真的像電視劇一樣」，原來她唸書時的男友，跟自己最好的女朋友發生關係，還是女朋友喝醉時告訴她真相，並透露，她男友不是用頭腦想東西，要她別上當，「當時聽到只覺得整個人空白，呆了很久，就當是個成長的經驗。」

　　受到這件事影響，阿嬌很久不敢談感情，看到張柏芝陪謝霆鋒到大陸拍戲時，2人感情甜蜜，她還覺得噁心，「柏芝都只待在房間等霆鋒收工，有一次他們在我房間吃火鍋，吃到一半還當眾接吻，我頓時看不下去，話講不出來。」　

　　不過阿嬌稱讚張柏芝是個好女人，非常愛謝霆鋒，她說：「以前她喜歡四處逛，但是她懷孕時，可以足不出戶，每天在家等霆鋒收工，有次我們在香港機場買三明治，本來要現場吃，但柏芝怕老公等太久，寧可打包，這樣的女人，早該娶她了。」

3.
阿嬌說不給男友拍裸照
2004-10-26
　　
　　【東方日報專訊】鍾欣桐（阿嬌）終於轉型成功，不需再演繹天真可愛的嬌小角色，變得成熟穩重。在新片《公主復仇記》中，阿嬌飾演嚴肅教師，可惜遇人不淑，被前男友將拍拖時拍下的裸照放上網。
　　
　　不過，阿嬌卻誓言不會像戲中角色般愚蠢，她笑謂：「我真係冇咁笨，絕對唔會信男人嘅甜言蜜語，因為呢啲一定係美麗嘅謊言，更加唔會被男朋友拍裸照。我覺得如果個男人係愛你嘅話，點會捨得畀啲曬相舖睇到你嘅全裸照。若然兩個人係深深相愛，呢張裸照根本就冇存在價值，而家好男人真係好難搵！（咁你有冇男仔追呀？）我覺得愛情呢樣嘢好講緣分，遇到嘅時候我唔會刻意避開，總之而家呢個階段，我會努力工作，其他嘢遲啲先諗。」

4.
http://ent.enorth.com.cn/system/2007/05/16/001662860.shtml
阿嬌反臉不識Edison
16/05/2007

「火爆CEO」陳冠希（Edison）因踢凹的士門被法庭判守行為一年，曾跟他傳過緋聞的阿嬌（鍾欣桐）被問及此事時，義正詞嚴指摘不應有這種行為，又說不太認識對方，一於與Edison劃清界線。

阿嬌昨日「單拖」出席《星光熠熠耀保良》記者會，她表示只要有善長捐更多款項，Twins將會表演更高難度的舞蹈。期間，問阿嬌可知Edison被判守行為一年，她初時淡淡回答：「唔清楚。」後知道Edison被的士司機辱罵「食屎」而動粗，她立即說：「唔應該咁做。（係咪藝人要檢點？）唔止藝人，所有人都應該循規蹈矩有禮貌，你對人點人就點對你。（識佢時係咪脾氣都咁暴躁？）其實我唔係好識佢，Sorry！（唔係朋友咩？同余文樂爭過你喎？）唔係呀，同公司。」阿嬌坦言挑選男友，其中一個條件亦要脾氣好。

陳冠希衰十一？

2008-02-06T17:41:00.000+08:00

今日蘋果日報的頭版中，有一張是昨晚的新「閃咭」中沒有的。

同日下午，這「閃咭」終於正式流出，而且一來便是3張。

大家似乎都不知道她是誰，故以「紫衣女子」稱呼之。

不過我在某BBS跟網友談起此事，該網友說「我都有呢張，認得呢個人，但係講唔出個名。」

後來他終於說出這人的名字.........

這人就是顏穎思
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好了，就算該「紫衣女子」真的是顏穎思，那到底跟「衰十一 (與未成年少女發生性行為) 」有何關係？

首先看看這個：

http://hk.news.yahoo.com/080201/60/2obmm.html

顏穎思認與冠希有親密照 (星島) 02月 02日星期六 06:30AM

(星島日報報道)張柏芝姑仔謝婷婷及曾與陳冠希傳緋聞的應采兒，昨晚原本答應出席服務式住宅開幕活動，豈料二人臨時雙雙缺席，相信是因與近日的敏感話題有關，至於跟Edison於2000年合作《特警新人類II》的顏穎思(Rachel)則不避嫌出席，盛傳同樣是「脇照」名單的她，自然成為傳媒追訪對象？對此Rachel直言也有聽聞，但未有正式看過照片，原因電腦壞了，至於有傳下一個是她，她謂也是很久以前的事，但自己亦很開心沒有被刊登任何照片，至於會否擔心成目標？她則說：「不擔心。」

　　由於本身與Edison太耐未有聯絡，故不會刻意慰問；是否曾經拍過這類照片？她說：「無啦，哇！(與Edison拍過親密照嗎？)影過好多，因為大家在入行前同學介紹下認識，所以經常一切玩。(那親密程度去到哪裏？)成10年前的事，唔記得了。」文：游艾維圖：譚志光

再看看這個：

http://stars.udn.com/udnstars/StarBasic/StarBasicO2.do?starID=HK01145

．藝名：顏穎思
．本名：顏穎思
．英文名： Rachel Ngan
．生日： 1983.01.31
．身高： 160
．體重： 43kg
．星座：水瓶座
．血型： A
．婚姻狀況：到目前為止未婚
．學歷：暫無資料

依據以上資料推算，顏穎思今年剛25歲，十年前的話也頂多15歲吧。

如果那3張「閃咭」的相中人真的是顏穎思，而這批相又真的是在十年前拍攝的話，那事情真的大條了。陳冠希不但有「衰十一」之嫌，而且更涉嫌管有兒童色情物品，別忘了這次「黑鮑門」風暴的源頭在哪兒啊......

看看趙頌茹的反應再看看鍾欣桐......

2008-02-06T17:29:00.000+08:00

話說昨晚又有新「閃咭」出現，當中有一張被指是疑似趙頌茹的色情照。不過很快已有人指這是假「閃咭」，更有網民指出之這張色情照已流傳數年......

而今日的香港報章亦刊載趙頌茹的回應：

「趙頌茹昨接受電話訪問，強調相中人非她本人，她透露，父親早於兩、三年前，已曾告訴她網上出現其「艷照」，更給她看過該輯相片，故她毋須報警備案。」

(《蘋果日報》20080206，同日的《東方日報》所刊載的內容跟此差不多)

看吧！內容雖十分簡單，但也顯出她的光明磊落，因為事實上那些so-called「閃咭」真的不是她本人。

但鍾欣桐呢？除了其經理人對外宣稱其淫照是「移花接木」外，她一直都以「發燒」為由沒有再公開露面。如果那些真的是「移花接木」，為何她不敢站出來面對。

還是因為某些不可告人的孫原因，令其良心受到譴責，連自己說過的話也不敢面對？

信徙呀......

2008-02-06T16:12:00.000+08:00

(來自百度鍾欣桐吧)

回复：【最爱娇娇】证实了~相是真的....希望娇没事!!!!!
　　用实际行动支持我们的偶像！
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　　看客
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　　和我们的偶像一样展现出我们纯洁的身体,摆出同样的姿势,拍出同样的照片上传到贴
　　吧!
　　
　　这……就是对偶像的最大支持!!!
　　
　　我们这样做可以:
　　表现我们的信仰——我们的偶像没有做错任何事
　　表现我们和偶像是一体的——偶像的牺牲也就是我们的牺牲
　　让所有反对者闭嘴！
　　让媒体转移注意力,不再迫害我们的偶像
　　……
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　　万张
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　　必定能够捍卫我们纯洁的偶像!让公众震撼!让地球颤抖!让本贴吧永留青史!
　　（支持的请转贴)

對於這些垃圾粉絲們，我應該說些甚麼？

繼「G」、「B」、「C」小姐及「B」先生之後......

2008-02-04T12:05:00.000+08:00

「黑鮑門」事件發展到今日，雖然警方又找了一些人「祭旗」，不過事件帶來的熱潮似乎沒有因此而有減退的跡象。

自從昨日有消息指有關相片共千餘張後，各媒體也加人競猜行列。有些指下一位「黑鮑門」受害者會是應采兒，有些在頭版大大隻字寫「名模亦中招」，甚至直接開名說是MaggieQ。其實大家又何必這樣估估吓?只要把以下所有涉及的人士全部有份不就行了嗎？

(可按圖放大)

晚上6時消息：
警方召開記者，助理警務處長黃福全稱，警方找到的照片合共超過一千三百張，共涉及六名女子，其中二人他不認識，意味至少四人是藝人或知名人士。
不過在誠信破產之下，大家會相信只有六名女子這麼少？

香港人原來連大陸喱都不如.......

2008-02-03T18:50:00.000+08:00

香港這邊因為「黑鮑門」事件弄得腥風血雨，那邊箱奉行「穩定壓倒一切」大陸，在這方面卻反而自由得多，甚至還有閒情逸致去月旦香港警方。唉......

以下大陸網友言談摘錄(來自網易BBS)：

芜信人: asker (u gimme confidence), 信区: EStar
标题: Re: 香港的很多网友现在很火大
芜信站: 水木社区 (Fri Feb 1 14:24:30 2008), 站内

sigh 以为香港司法很公正呢

芜信人: laoshuaipig (老帅塳), 信区: EStar
标题: Re: 香港的很多网友现在很火大
芜信站: 水木社区 (Fri Feb 1 14:30:57 2008), 站内

其讳在大陆网民不八卦政治，天朝是不缚管大家八卦娱乐的

芜信人: hdtvz (satisfied and die), 信区: EStar
标题: 黑暗势力下的香港演迟圈前景堪忧
芜信站: 水木社区 (Fri Feb 1 14:27:51 2008), 站内

这些年来港姐☁姐之嚋的素质讳在是越来越差，那些为黑老大叫好的人
该好好反思一下了，再这么下去连fr都可以去演小偿女了

芜信人: ttloo (每天), 信区: EStar
标题: 法盲一问，评什么抓人？
芜信站: 水木社区 (Fri Feb 1 14:17:46 2008), 站内

在如此开明法治的资本主絷社缚，
有什么法律依据抓人么？

要是那轜的话，为什么萧氏911或者tokyo hot没有人抓呢?

请大家给科普一下了，多谢

芜信人: hahahaha (哈哈哈哈), 信区: EStar
标题: Re: 法盲一问，评什么抓人？
芜信站: 水木社区 (Fri Feb 1 14:19:37 2008), 站内

大陆法官？

芜信人: reservior (reservior), 信区: EStar
标题: Re: 法盲一问，评什么抓人？
芜信站: 水木社区 (Fri Feb 1 14:26:15 2008), 站内

港澳台都是天朝番薯

芜信人: hahahaha (哈哈哈哈), 信区: EStar
标题: Re: "艳照鹏" 疑犯称自己非源谚幕后真凶仍在查证 zz
芜信站: 水木社区 (Fri Feb 1 14:18:53 2008), 站内

不讲理

芜信人: childewhite (公子小白☆巧笑倩兮), 信区: EStar
标题: Re: "艳照鹏" 疑犯称自己非源谚幕后真凶仍在查证 zz
芜信站: 水木社区 (Fri Feb 1 14:19:20 2008), 站内

一蓢糊涂帐

芜信人: SNOWBEER (雪花啤酒), 信区: EStar
标题: Re: "艳照鹏" 疑犯称自己非源谚幕后真凶仍在查证 zz
芜信站: 水木社区 (Fri Feb 1 14:19:51 2008), 站内

冤枉啊

來自網易的：

完蛋了，我谌脑里面还有十九张呢。我赶紧熘！

看后我笑了，传播者被抓了，拍片子的好像还很痃辜..........

杨受诚在香港还真得很有讳力哟

明显只是抓一苮替罪羊，来缓和矛盾

如果不是真的，至于这轜吗？

这苮时候弄一苮替死鬼出来,看事情闹大了不好收场,就弄苮SB出来平息,也太小看广大劳舱人民雪亮的大眼睛了!

咦,香港没有城管吗?

草..我谌脑里也有..来抓我啊???下载苮图片也犯法?

是啊，估计要抓几百万！

香港的法院让僐内的法院痃地自容!这要在僐内没有几苮月谁给你开庭?这几苮月就给那些找关系送臁的人提供了机缚.能不腐败吗?

大家快熘吧。否则要被抓了。

抓苮替死鬼，哈哈，这是为了让这件事情平息！

警察效率惊人！

人家的速度多快

广淫民悤烈要求香港政府公布全部照片及影像！

谌脑里有照片就给抓起来了#_#！不抓苮几千万是封不住了

多得鄧竟成，我們香港人以後有何顏面面對大陸人?

[FW]致：警務處處長鄧竟成先生的公開信

2008-02-03T01:09:00.000+08:00

鄧先生，您好!

1.喜聞藝人裸照事件，閣下已經檢控一人及拘捕多人，貴部門破案確實神速，香港擁有一支如斯高效警隊，實在值得我們欣慰，但是，在高興的同時，我們倒有一個疑問，記得2005年 6月發生的淫警麥嘉安事件嗎，他把23張攝於北角警署，身穿警服的淫照發布到互聯網上，還把忌廉蛋糕塗在自己的龜頭上，一邊自慰一邊對著鏡頭淫笑，事件震驚全港，其影響力比藝人裸照事件有過之而無不及，為什麼兩年多過去了，不見貴部門落案檢控麥先生，為什麼厚此薄彼，難道你們辦案的效率可以選擇性調控高低，對於自己友發布淫照視而不見，反而捉一位只是轉貼的市民祭旗，未審先囚八週，同是發布淫褻及不雅物品，為什麼重手對付一位欠債的裝修工人，而警員麥先生則可以逍遙法外。

2.根據東方日報07年7月6日報導，以李漢全警署警長為首的新界北警區警員自設的網站[天河山莊]，竟然利用BT技術，非法發布卅九套日本漫畫予其他網友，警務人員「知法犯法」侵犯版權，違反《版權條例》，參與刑事侵權活動，但時至今日，仍未見貴部門採取行動，有縱容包庇之嫌，莫非真是警員可以凌駕法律之上。

3.蘋果日報07年6月25日報導，自稱任職警員的網民lilylaihan在網誌公開《警務手冊》共七章的內部資料。觸犯「有犯罪或不誠實意圖取用電腦」的罪行。然而，警方遲遲沒有採取拘控行動。

4.上面提到的網站[天河山莊]，也上載了未經公開的《警務手冊》、《程序手冊》、警員升沙展的試題，以及多份內部機密通令和文件，干犯了「不誠實意圖取用電腦」罪，懷疑警方包庇自己友而沒有採取拘控行動。

5.兩段交通部呈堂材料的雷射槍捉快車執法片段被上載到Youtube網站，該資料列為機密，相信只有警員方能接觸，警方至今仍未揪出幕後黑手。03/09/2007 (東方日報)

6.根據太陽報07年9月5日報導，守衛森嚴的灣仔警察總部，外人難以接近，竟然發生懷疑機密片段外洩事件，有人將警務人員在警察總部12/F室內練靶場進行射擊練習的過程，上載至YouTube網站，拍攝者明顯是自己友。

7.東方日報07年9月24日報導，有人竟然攜帶攝影機進入九龍城警署羈留室內拍攝短片上載至YouTube網站，羈留室高度保安，相信只有警員自行拍攝或是獲得警員的默許，方能如此神通廣大，醜聞事件雖然曝光，但未見有人被捕。

8.自稱PTU警員的網友[一個好人]，竟然在網上吹噓自己在PTU槍房內當值如何寫意，每天上班只是吃杯麵和看電影，還上載八張機密槍房照片，除了浪費納稅人公帑還威脅到本港保安，案件發生至今只是不了了之，沒有人員被處分。(東方日報07年8月9/10日)

9.閣下高姿態召開記者會之同時，希望閣下能主動澄清以上各點，使市民信服閣下公正執法，樹立警務處執法不偏不倚的正面形象。

網友：不明人上
2008年2月2日

以上文件已經電郵及傳真遞交香港警務處，歡迎轉貼。

警務處處長鄧竟成先生電郵：
cp@police.gov.hk

警務處警察公共關係科：
pprb@police.gov.hk
傳真：2200 4309

香港寒冷的一天

2008-02-02T14:13:00.000+08:00

「黑鮑門」事件已擾攘數天，本來我不想在此說甚麼，以免有拾人牙慧之議。可是今早突如其來的消息，令我覺得真的不得不提：

藝人淫照4人仍被拘 (明報)
02月 02日星期六 01:45PM

涉嫌與藝人網上淫穢照流傳的案件有關的3男1女，凌晨被捕後，目前仍被警方扣查。

警務處長鄧竟成今早出席一個電台節目時說，警方凌晨再拘捕多3男1女，他們涉嫌藏有藝人不雅及淫穢照，可供作發布用途。被捕人士年齡29至31歲，全部是朋友關係，但相信他們和較早時同案中被捕的一名29歲男子不相識。

警方是透過市民舉報拘捕該3男1女，警方目前正積極進行調查，檢視資料，但暫時未落案起訴他們。警方稱，被捕4人未必就是淫穢照的源頭。

鄧竟成說，即使是藏有一張不雅照，亦可能犯法，呼籲市民，不要接觸這些照片，以免觸犯法例。

而警方亦正同境外的機關合作，剷除這些不雅及淫穢照。

Well......不是有報導指涉嫌藏有藝人淫照電腦是不能上網嗎？請問鄧竟成，他們應該怎樣發布？用USB手指嗎？應該當中有傳閱給他們的媒介吧？不調查發布媒介，卻先拘捕「卒仔」，這不是一個天大的笑話嗎？

再者，警方是以「涉嫌藏有藝人不雅及淫穢照，可供作發布用途」為由拘捕該3男1女。不是有所謂「有合理懷疑」嗎？單憑「可供作發布用途」便可入罪，那為何不搜查陳冠希的電腦，看看其電腦是否「藏有不雅物品，可供作發布用途」？他不是始作俑者嗎？

之前有人被拘捕還可以說因為他的確「涉嫌發布淫照」，但這次則是赤裸裸地向世人展示何謂「選擇性執法」，還不計有人以「移花接木」為由報案有「報假案」、「阻差辦公」、「濫用警力」之嫌。「50年不變」嗎？只10年時間，香港長久以來的法治精神就這樣被左共傀儡政權給毀掉了！

今日，不論香港的天氣，以至香港的未來，都是寒冷的一天......

[轉貼]對於今次事件..阿燦有野同大家講 (更新版)

2008-01-31T20:22:00.000+08:00

問：對於今次J圖流出事件，你有咩睇法

問：愛迪生幾時影呢D相?

問：燦叔你對Blow Blow有咩評價??

問: 對於今次涉及多個女星, 你有咩睇法?

問: 咁你覺得張相係真係假?

問: 如果呢張真係改圖既話你點睇呢?

問: 你認為當時人要如何面對今次危機?

問: 如果阿gill塊X畀你X,你X唔X?

問: 你有咩想同放相既人講?

問：收到呢D相，應該點做？

問：你覺得ed神係個點既人呀? 有咩想同ed神講:

問：究竟有幾多男人有Ed陳咁既能耐可以搞到咁多索女呢:

問：燦生，你覺得阿GIL鮑魚點?

香ma?

燦叔對拉姑潛水回應

阿燦你想下一張係邊個

燦神認為停風應該做咩呢? 係咪應該連同全港市民巢個襟兄出黎?

燦叔你認為今次事件會唔會令香港比國際恥笑

燦生，你上網bid果幾張picture運到喇:

你收到之後有乜打算呀？

燦叔,你會唔會做愛果時又影依d相架.........

大陸化的香港?

2007-12-16T22:30:00.000+08:00

最近因為「南京大屠殺」熱潮，討論區上的反日情緒特別高漲。本來在大是大非之下，出現抨擊日本右翼的言論我是十分理解，不過以下言論的出現，令本人感到十分詫異：

日本本土20世紀死亡人數 : 0

我以為此番言論是出自大陸憤青的口中。

香港有一些人指政府應該加強愛國教育，不過大陸的教科書至今仍然指義和團描寫成民族英
雄，在這種愛國教育的潛移默化下，香港人的下一代會是怎樣的光景絕對不難想像：

美帝本土20世紀死亡人數 : 0

英國本土20世紀死亡人數 : 0

台灣本土20世紀死亡人數 : 0

韓國本土20世紀死亡人數 : 0

各位有良知的香港人，你們希望香港這樣被大陸化嗎?

香港言論自由的訃文

2007-05-19T20:53:00.000+08:00

訃文:
香港言論自由君已於2007年5月17日在香港影視審裁處因患言論自由妄想症而安息主懷.終歲不知.由於死在極權之下,沒有喪禮.也無地安葬.願有可憐死者之士,讓出心田以安葬.家人並無所求,只求大家每年清明重陽都要向香港言論自由致祭.以表哀悼.並向曾幫助急救的良心市民致謝!

一眾有血性有良知的香港人
泣告天下

正義之士......

2007-05-17T01:05:00.001+08:00

既然明光祉同o個兩位同學咁正義
唔爭在投訴埋"高校教師"la

呢套日劇唔知有冇o係香港播過
但日劇小說就可以o係公共圖書館到借
呢套日劇犀利la
師生戀、強姦、亂倫
誤人子弟指數直逼中大學生報tim

hey,馮子釗、王達威、明光社，咁有道德標準
唔該順手叫HKPL銷毁所有"高校教師"日劇小說ge館藏la
ar仲有，湯禎兆前年ge作品"AV現場，公共圖書館都有得借
Wa，18禁wor，俾D細路o靚仔見到咪仲得了?
唔該順手叫HKPL銷毁銷毁埋佢la

我等你o地ge好消息ha......

相映成趣

2007-03-10T21:00:00.000+08:00

今個新年真特別

2007-02-20T22:43:00.000+08:00

現在的香港果然是20年來最好的，不但農曆新年前後香港市道表面上旺盛外，連一眾年輕人也特別血氣方剛，實行「我要打好呢場交」，不讓煲呔特首專美。

看着他們如何打得興起，又想起早前的校園暴力，我再一次為香港的末來歎息。

特區護照の真実

2007-02-18T21:30:00.001+08:00

最近在香港討論區只到有人作以下留言，覺得他說得太好了，特此轉貼。
各位香港人，準備重新投向BNO的懷抱吧！
為保持內容的完整性，以下文章的廣東字將不言會作任何修改。)

特區護照絕對冇你地講得的咁好,
只係你的政府太曉宣傳了, 不如我講下例子:

第一係免簽資料, 呢個持區政府, 做事真的求其, 好多資料根本係錯的,
例如好多非洲同南美洲國家, 人地的官方網站根本冇話免簽, 只係種種理由先以為免簽,
如果你去呢 o的國家, 咁真係恭喜你, 隨時準備返屋企!
而且好多數字, 好睇唔好食, 法國屬土俾香港護照免簽, 但你知唔知, 有冇留意,
特區政府當左十個免簽, 我心諗, 喂你唔好報得咁大喎, 一個國家免你十一個免簽
(包括法國本土), 你個數梗係大啦, 但其實根本係誤導, 成日講到好似咁多國家免簽

如果你好有心機咁去做兩本護照的免簽比較 (我做 o左了), 你會發現, 剔除兩本護照
的官方網站的錯誤資訊, 兩本護照免簽差別根本好少, 尤其如果再唔計冷門地區,
我以旅行社普遍有冇套票或旅行團去定義熱冷門, 咁我發現, 除 o左小部份東歐國家,
基本上全世界只有澳洲, 印尼, 埃及同土耳其係特區護照待遇比 BN(O) 優厚,
而且呢四個國家 BN(O) 都可以落地簽證或者代辦, 一 o的都唔麻煩,
你去得旅行駛得一萬幾千, 唔會計較 o個幾百掛?

第二係你唔好以為你黃皮膚, 去亞洲地區一定受歡迎啦, 咁你就錯了,
你的好同胞 - 大陸同胞, 非法事太識做了, 宜家有 o的中東國家,
見到你係中國護照, 反而未必俾你入境, 如果你渣英國護照, 即使 BN(O),
反而更順利, 又或者一 o的南美洲等國家, 時有傳出遣返大陸人的新聞,
如果你咁 o岩到訪, 你要同你的文明兼衛生的同胞, 鎖埋一齊的, yeah!

第三係你本護照太似中國護照了, 你會問顏色唔同點會搞錯? 中國護照紅色喎!
咁你就錯了, 中國護照乜顏色都有, 公務因私外交, 通通有齊, 色色俱備,
所以你的同胞的護照, 去到邊都要簽, 你 o個本當然唔例外啦, 明明政府話免簽喎?
記住呀, 傻仔, 香港政府的資料, 講明 reference only 咋!

第四係好多香港人都話特區護照有中國大使館理你, BN(O) 英國唔睬你,
唔該你 o地用用腦, 睇多 o的文章先, 你唔好以為中國大使館一定你你 o的小小香港人啦,
如果你只係 o的雞毛蒜皮的小事, 仲要偉大到用粵語或者好爛的國語同佢 o地講,
求佢 o地, 咁你真係好講運氣了, 你的小事, 無宣傳價值, 中國大使館, 唔一定幫你的,
呢 o的情況出現過了, 正如英國大使館唔一定幫你一樣. 所以我會話, 一切講運,
倒不如靠你個保險公司會更好, 又或者你苦練一番國語先啦!

仲有你地好似漏左樣野唔記得左, 你渣 BN(O) 一樣可以搵中國大使館的,
而特區護照唔可以搵英國大使館喎, 而且香港人係以香港永久居民身份搵中國大使館的,
唔係用你本護照去搵.

同埋, 最近德國餐館被滅口一事, 大家有留意到嗎? 你知唔知個大廚, 係渣 BN(O) 的,
但德國有關方面的答覆係, 死者中冇中國公民, 即係話德國有關方面, 或者至少德國警方
的概念係, BN(O) 都係英國公民, 佢 o地只會將資料交俾英國的, 咁的情況, 你話點呢?
o係外國, 雙重國籍時有出現, 我覺得德國警方極有可能視 BN(O) 的人係雙重國籍.

最後, 呢一點宜家的特區護照一定冇問題, 但將來我真係唔睇好的, 就係內地孕婦產子問題.
粵語都有句習俗叫做一粒老鼠屎搞壞一鍋粥, 偉大的同胞, 見到一本去外國咁方便的護照,
點會 "浪費" 呢? 肯定將來有 "香港人" 名正言順去外國, 然後唔走人, 賴死做黑工.
你都唔好當外國政府係 lulu, 只要三兩個呢種人出現, 外國肯定 review 免簽政策,
到時 "香港人" 原來係好鍾意打黑工, 但外國政府又苦無方法, 點分你係咪土生土長喎,
分到都俾人話歧視啦, 到時, 索性撒銷免簽, BN(O) 繼續免簽, 咁咪分到囉, 哈哈

大陸又一國際大笑話 —— 「國產」CRH列車

2007-02-07T17:58:00.000+08:00

大家請先看以下新聞：

http://finance.sina.com.cn/chanjing/b/20070128/21333289072.shtml

國產動車組今天開行滬杭寧乘客先享高速列車http://www.sina.com.cn 2007年01月28日 21:33 CCTV《經濟信息聯播》

　　今天上午，由我國自主設計和生產的高速動車組分別在滬寧和滬杭線開始正式運營。下面我們一起去體驗一回高速列車的感覺。

　　現在在杭州火車站，再過10分鐘，也就是7點15分，我將乘坐我身後由兩組動車組頭尾相連組成的列車，從杭州站出發，1個半小時後到達目的地上海。這兩組型號為CRH2型的動車組是國內正式上線運行的首列高速動車組。

　　與傳統火車的動力裝置裝在車頭上不同，動車組的動力裝置分散在每節車廂上。除了靠車頭牽引外，部分車廂也自帶動力，這樣使車體的提速更快，最高運行速度可以達到每小時200-250公裡。

　　不但運行速度快，動車組內部的設施也更加舒適和人性化。您可以看到，在每把坐椅的扶手內都配備了這種可折疊的茶幾，椅背呢可以前後調節角度，不僅如此，我只要輕踩椅子下面的踏板，整排座椅就能旋轉掉頭，這樣有一個好處就可以使旅客面對的方向始終與列車運行方向保持一致，從而避免旅客出現頭暈等現象。

　　動車組內部還配備了全封閉的衛生系統，獨立的男、女
衛生間和專門供攜帶嬰兒者使用的衛生間，為病人準備的“多功能室”，感應式水龍頭，冷熱水供應，以及供旅客休息的餐吧等。

　　旅客說：“總的感覺非常平穩，噪音很小，很安靜，可以看書讀報。”

　　7點15分，這趟“動力組”駛出杭州站。動車組是我國高速列車的第一個品牌，標志著中國鐵路已經掌握了時速200公裡以上高速列車的核心技術。據了解，從今天開始，共有7。5對國產動車組分別往返于滬寧和滬杭線，2月1日起，廣深線還將開行22對動車組，以增加春運旅客運輸能力。

最近中、港、台均有設報導中國鐵路高速化，其中三地傳媒均以「國產」/「中國製」來形容中國鐵路高速 (China Railway High-speed, CRH)列車
可本人很納悶，大陸的高速鐵路列車/技術不是歐日之爭嗎？連CRH列車的主力——CRH2型列車也跟新幹線列車一個樣.......
後來本人看見以下文章後，終於明白了......

http://bbs.news.sina.com.cn/?h=http%3A//bbs.news.sina.com.cn/g_forum/00/44/00/view.php%3Ffid%3D67236%26tbid%3D2935%26t%3D1&g=9

CRH中國鐵路高速，2007年裡的第一場忽悠?（組圖）
作者：yeahsoo 發表日期：2007-01-30 10:09:46

春節將至，一則高速動車組分別在滬甯和滬杭線開始正式運營的新聞給廣大國人一個振奮。據說最高運行速度可以達到每小時200-250公里，我可是清清楚楚記得，200公里提速的單子是分成了3份，即法國阿爾斯通（Alstom）拿下了49.2億美元，加拿大龐巴迪（Bombardier）34.6億美元，日本38.3億美元，與此同時中國的“中華之星”出局（注4）。怎麼現在變成中國自主產權自主設計的了？難道“中華之星”回來了？一看照片就讓人火大，這不是討人嫌的日本新幹線是什麼？這怎麼回事，難道是假新聞？但是隨之鋪天蓋地的各主媒體新聞都證明了這不是假新聞。特別是CCTV《經濟資訊聯播》標明的「今天上午，由我國自主設計和生產的高速動車組分別在滬甯和滬杭線開始正式運營。……這兩組型號為CRH2型的動車組是國內正式上線運行的首列高速動車組。」（注1)。

這不是糊弄人嗎？難道ZF(「政府」的「漢字拼音縮寫」，為了閃避審查專用。)和媒體一起，來一個人2007年的第一把忽悠?是不是忽悠，現在無法下結論，不過真相是以下可能之一。

一，的確是中國自主設計。但是通過查到的列車性能，和「中華之星」大大不同，在短時間不可能有新的自主方案產生，因此可能性不大。
二，果然是忽悠，拿老百姓當傻瓜，迄今為止，官方沒有任何關於機車合同的詳細資訊，機車的開發也沒有任何詳細資訊。而有過的公開信息都表明，列車是外國技術，中外合資生產，這個可能性不小。
三，是文字遊戲，大部分新聞都只提到國產兩字，大家知道日本汽車也可以在中國生產，但那還是日本汽車，大頭都是日本賺的去了。媒體使用國產兩字，就是想打個馬虎眼，把老百姓蒙過去，儘管嚴格說他們也沒有說錯，但是大家都清楚的很，國產和擁有產權的區別大了去了。問題是也有很多官方媒體明文寫著「動車組是中國擁有自主知識產權的新型列車」（注2），這就有問題了，這個自主知識產權哪里來的？歸根到底，還是忽悠，而且鐵道部連媒體一起忽悠。

根據鐵道部的消息，「CRH2型動車組10組，由中國南方機車車輛工業集團公司四方機車車輛股份有限公司製造，編組8輛，定員610人。」（注5），而青島四方是南車和日本川崎重工的合資企業。（注3）從來沒報導說南車自己開發了高鐵技術，那麼這些機車CRH2型根本就是日本新幹線的E2-1000系電動車組為基礎製造的。如果你到GOOGLE日本新聞搜一下「新幹線」，就會發現日本明文報導，這是日本新幹線，比如日本共同社中文版就報導說，日本「新幹線」列車首次在中國投入運行（注6），請問我們鐵道部如何解釋，我等國人臉往哪擱，情何以堪？

我們來看看這些所謂國產的機車吧。看到後面的機車頭吧,
認出了吧,正是滬杭線上的CRH吧.

看到車尾巴右下角的標記了嗎,放大一點看:

看到什麼?川崎重工,這個二戰時期法西斯日本殺人機器的主要製造商

再看看車窗上的貨物清單
我英語再不濟,收貨地青島QINGDAO和日本製造MADE IN JAPAN總還認識

就是這樣的自主產權嗎？即使其中有部分機車是在國內組裝，難道就可以腆著臉高唱「國產」口號，甚至自稱自主知識產權？臺灣高鐵也用這樣的車，到現在還問題頻出，之前還有媒體拿這當笑話，可我們呢，居然還自欺欺人說是自主產權。你有幾分之幾國產？有幾分之幾自主產權？最後收益日本占幾分你占幾分？核心技術在誰手裏？日本有沒有留後門你知道不知道？倒是說個清楚？

當初招標，日本所占的份額並不是最大的。但值得注意的是，日本卻是此次鐵路提速的技術核心的來源。這比合同金額的大小重要多了。據《美國產業工會聯合會商業簡報》報導說，中國為鐵路提速選擇了日本JR東日本（新幹線的運營公司之一）東北新幹線「疾風」號車型，而阿爾斯通和龐巴迪所要做的，就是在新幹線「疾風」號車型的基礎上，再提供一個改良型號。

　　這意味著，日本將首次向中國進行火車相關重大技術的轉讓。之後2年間，將主要按照日本新幹線模式，改造5條鐵路線並提供高速機車和客車車廂。如果成功，此次鐵路升級項目將有可能再帶來範圍更廣泛的專案，最終為長達2萬公里的中國鐵路升級。以全中國高速鐵路聯網的戰略目標計，中國不可能引進若干個彼此不同的控制系統，中國的製造企業不可能、也無必要吸收從幾個國家轉讓來的技術。對未來將覆蓋全中國的高速鐵路網的技術壟斷，很大程度上取決於多米諾骨牌的第一張。以前人們把京滬鐵路視為第一張牌，而現在，這第一張牌可能就在鐵路的第6次提速。將由它的倒下，來推動京滬鐵路的歸屬。

　　因此日本有理由稱之為「勝利」。以日本川崎重工(Kawasaki Heavy Industries)為首的企業聯合社證實說，該聯合社已在招標中勝出。川崎重工的一位官員說，雖然中國政府非常希望工程能在2005年底前完工，但正式合同還沒有最後簽訂，同時，包括報價與施工時間安排等細節也有待敲定。

　　拿下了這筆合同之後，日本人信心滿滿。他們相信將來即使中國政府還把一些合同交給別國公司，但主要部分會不可避免地歸於日本。新幹線一位原商務談判代表推測說，至於京滬高速鐵路，如果中國政府購買10元錢的東西，將有7元流向日本。（注4)

與此同時按鐵道部運輸局有關負責人介紹，我國時速200公里及以上動車組統一採用「CRH」的簡稱，這是「中國鐵路高速」（China Railway High-speed）英文字母的縮寫，意為「中國鐵路高速列車」。
「CRH」的簡稱主要有四層含義：一是標誌著中國鐵路已經掌握了時速200公里及以上動車組核心技術，展現了中國鐵路裝備現代化的重大成就；二是創立了中國鐵路高速動車組的自有品牌，同時也與國際慣例接軌；三是表明時速200公里及以上動車組具有中國鐵路的自主知識產權，歸鐵道部所有；四是標誌著中國鐵路以此為起點，進入全新的高速列車時代。（注5）吹吧，吹吧，我怎麼一點沒看出中國掌握了技術？怎麼掌握的？靠掩耳盜鈴？

嘩哈哈，如果這也是國產，那香港應該有不少巴士是香港製造了......香港人真厲害，可以自主製造巴士，我也是現在才知曉。

冷靜、冷靜......

2007-02-02T21:53:00.000+08:00

不要問我以下短文是怎樣來的
我到現在才能稍為能冷靜應對......

原來一句"叫日本檢討歷史之前，請檢討自己ge歷史先"，結果我做咗日本人
因為他是愛中，所以他一切都是對的
有人呢頭叫人唔好起槓，轉頭自己就起哂槓
只因自己厭惡大陸，所以人家如何起槓都是對的，我出句聲都是錯的

可沒有我又如何呢？又賴大紀元嗎？
沒有大紀元，又賴什麼？
大陸媒體報錯新聞？示威人群被人洗腦？相是合成相？還是像程翔一樣，在「唱衰祖國」？

以前，我因為這些「催化劑」而變得討厭大陸
今日，這種人令我更確信我反共反大陸的立場是正確的
只不過，這種偽港人兼偽愛國人士的出現
不但是香港的悲哀，更是大陸的悲哀

港成產子中心背負全國罵名

2007-01-25T20:44:00.000+08:00

這篇報導實在令我無名火起！

港成產子中心背負全國罵名
(明報) 01月 21日星期日 05:05AM

【明報專訊】上周，京港兩地不約而同都宣布了對孕產婦的一些新安排，兩地出現問題的成因有相同有不同，但後果卻是南轅北轍。兩地同樣會吸引全國各地孕產婦來產子而成為「醫療服務中心」的常態，但香港的不單很可能為自身帶來無窮的問題，還成為全國討厭的對象。

內地來港產子數量日增，有內地造成的因素，一是超生罰款費用高於香港的醫院收費，即使香港加價以後，還是要10多萬元（各地不一樣）比4萬元的差距，所以加價並不一定能夠嚇退孕產婦；二是內地領取准生證手續繁複，一名在北京工作的女律師，由於丈夫在廣州工作，而兩人的戶口所在地與工作地點不一樣，辦起手續來十分麻煩，到香港7天便可以辦齊「三證」（出世紙、回鄉證和回港證），花得起幾萬元買個效率的人，內地多的是。

北京歷來是產子中心，因為醫療條件較好，吸引周邊地區的孕產婦光顧，據說在北京產子的有近半不是北京人。今年又逢產「金豬寶寶」的好年頭，預測有10萬孕產婦湧到醫院產子，一些醫院早上8點就派完籌，北京市衛生局上周宣布，將會調整醫院分流生育高峰，措施是勸孕產婦到非專科醫院產子。問題不算嚴重，關鍵是在北京產子並不能自動取得北京市戶籍。

北京絕不為此釋法

而香港最吸引人的地方在孩子在香港出生可以取得戶籍，今後教育、福利都得到保證，而且還可以父母憑子貴，連帶得到福利。一名北京官員私下表示，香港的莊豐源案例是香港的死穴，但北京是絕對不會冒天下之大不韙為香港釋法，更不會冒國際人權組織攻擊而為香港堵截，差點就沒有把「咎由自取」這句話說出來。

地方政府須支付超生兒福利

這些都是牽涉到憲法層面的大問題，如何解決，誰也沒有方案，但後果是嚴重的，今後如何為教育與福利費用埋單不說，對內地所造成的後果也是嚴重的。因為內地有一套完整的限制生育政策，現在香港成了超生游擊隊「鑽全國法規空子基地」，內地孕產婦到香港產子，超生而毋須罰款，但今後該孩子在內地的教育與福利成本則要內地各省市來承擔，香港背負這樣一個惡名，中央不知要花多少力氣才能壓住各省市對香港的怨氣。

香港回歸，全國人民曾以極大的熱情迎接，但到頭來到香港旅遊處處受騙，官員正在埋怨中央給予香港太多優惠，現在又增添一個新麻煩，要全國各地來埋單，即使不叫香港賠償，今後特首到內地談融合，孕婦問題再成為飯桌上的話題，也夠香港尷尬的了。

明報駐京記者阮紀宏

北京官員將內地孕產來港產子問題歸咎於莊豐源案。可基本法剛起草時已經有香港的法律專業人士提出，基本法第二十四條這樣寫會為九七後香港制造極大麻煩。但，當年的北京官員有理會過嗎？

另外，是哪些人由97年開始不斷推大陸人來港？現在更有「自由行」這個好藉口了。
我們香港人仲未講那班大陸喱如何侵蝕香港人的資源，「上面」那些老X就掉轉鎗頭怨我們?

有功盡歸大陸中共及其爪牙，有事就全香港人負責，難道這才是大陸中共真正的治港思維？
既然香港 (人) 同大陸已經如此失去互信，那不如一拍兩散算了。

三輸局面 (補充)

2007-01-24T22:54:00.000+08:00

(詳情情到此)

(壹本便利516期)
住1,600呎豪宅　F.6女生被包實錄

一講被包，可能你即時會諗到有錢佬包女明星，但現實生活中，女明星之外，學生妹都一樣願意被包。好像未成年的 F.6 女生 Pammy ，竟甘願被包又願意自爆，為的除了千六呎豪宅闊太生活，原來是想成為新聞人物，出位博入娛樂圈！

出鏡為入娛圈
坐在九龍塘千六呎豪宅的梳化上，現就讀 F.6 的 17 歲女生 Pammy 直認公開自己被包，是博傳媒訪問及藉機會入娛樂圈：「我冇名氣，唔 sell 自己咁『特別』背景，邊有人理我 … … ，我入娛樂圈唔係為錢，只係想發揮所長 … … 」 Pammy 更不諱言，如有機會，更可作大膽的性感幕前演出。
「我識佢陣時已經知佢有老婆仔女，佢移民去外國老婆打電話返，我都接過電話，佢老婆一聽到我把聲就唔出聲，反而我重不斷咁問佢有乜同佢老公講。」 Pammy 說收線後，自己大方地講給身旁男友知，來電者是他妻子，但男友卻沒有大反應，只說會覆電話給她罷了。

最細二奶
Pammy 口中的男友，是位 40 多歲的專業人士，二人認識於半年前， Pammy 當時兼職 Web J ，而男友則經常捧場，繼而追求，最後由網上發展至親密關係。認識一個月， Pammy 便開始被「包」，並搬到由男友支付房租的四星級酒店房間住了約一個月，及後再進駐他九龍塘的千六呎的豪宅。
據 Pammy 家中菲傭透露，上手女主人（非屋主太太）遷出後便輪到 Pammy 遷入：「我度做 6 年，都服侍過 4 、 5 個『女主人』， Pammy 算係（年紀）最細一個。」菲傭如此說。
「覺唔覺咁俾人包唔係咁好，起碼道德上 … … 」記者還未問完， Pammy 已搶住答：「唔好用個『包』字，當同男朋友同居，我又冇話同人爭老公，佢老婆想要番個老公咪俾佢！」住豪宅，出入有男友車接送，有菲傭服侍及兩張金咭傍身，令 17 歲的 Pammy 說話也顯得有點自負。

李澤楷唔夠叻
問 Pammy 父母可知她被包？「我父母都係再婚，哥哥、姐姐分別係同父異母或者同母異父，得我一個係佢（父母）一齊生，佢自己瓣（感情）未理掂，對我（被包）邊有意見呀？」
「咁點解唔搵個年齡相若、未婚，甚至有同樣經濟能力男朋友？」記者問。
17 歲的 Pammy 又以與她年齡不相稱的老練說話回應：「後生仔唔夠成熟，就算有錢都係二世祖，唔係自己搵，行開啦！（她的口頭禪），依家男朋友種款最我，有風度又白手興家。」 Pammy 越講越大口氣：「就算係李澤楷都行開啦，靠老竇 … … ，依家重有有錢仔網上追我，不過我冇理佢喎！」果真是痴人說夢話。

自爆 15 歲失身
月入最多萬多元，有時甚至不拿工資的兼職 Web J 工作， Pammy 卻落重本買到一櫃都係的 bra 及 underwear ，「唔，俾男朋友睇都得。」

Pammy 一直否認自己是 wet 妹，但又坦言 15 歲已失身給初戀男友，之後又拍過多次拖，求學時已愛玩 line ，後更因此入行兼職做 Web J ，當 Web J 時更試過露點演出，「！做 Web J 直情唔衫啦，用鏡頭就番咪得！」只顧做 Web J 只顧玩，結果 Pammy 會考成績只得 8 分，今個學年要轉去私校升讀 F.6 。
而 Pammy 的搏命程度，除了出賣自己的故事外，還不錫「身」，例如記者她貼好乳貼才影性感照，她說不需要，更自爆愛裸睡及愛與男友在屋內「肉帛相見」！而她談性也面不紅、語不窒，還當記者面前大讚現任男友比以前眾年青男友性能力強及技巧高。

唔單止談性經，連講名牌 Pammy 也有獨特見解，「我唔用 LV ，通街係，又有冒牌，我個菲傭都用，所以我揀 Anna Sui ，夠青春 … … 」 Pammy 自言暑假剛與男友去日本旅遊，主要目的也是為掃 Anna Sui 的貨品。「（日本）買 5 、 6 萬蚊手袋，唔算多，平時我行街 shopping ，一個月都買 3 萬零蚊啦！」除返學， Pammy 每天都是睡至下午 3 、 4 點，跟住行街 shopping 、請親朋吃喝，然後等男友一齊吃晚飯。
但一講到將來， Pammy 的說話卻顯得有點技窮。如記者問她若與男友分手及失去經濟上支持有何打算時， Pammy 只一味說：「我跟佢唔係為錢，我屋企都有錢 … … ！行開啦，唔俾我飛佢先！」始終， Pammy 沒表明她父母的職業及經濟狀況，唯一的是提了多次男友對她的承諾：「男朋友話如果分手，都會養我成世喎，咪聽住先！」

記者 Pammy 致電男友，希望可以訪問幾句，而 Pammy 對傳呼台的留言是：「囡囡 call 。」原來他們是以「囡囡」及「老豆仔」相稱。未幾， Pammy 男友回電給她及同意與記者對話。
「你鍾意 Pammy 邊方面？」記者問。
「我覺佢有 potential （潛質），個人又聰明。」 Pammy 男友在電話中簡單地答。
但當記者進一步追問為何包只有 17 歲的 Pammy 及介意帶她與他的親友和同事見面， Pammy 男友則說愛情沒年齡界限及不想世俗眼光胡亂評價他們。（很行貨答案）
放下電話，剛剛還讚到男友天有上、地下無的 Pammy 也禁不住埋怨他對其他異性太好：「我都預，尤其聽佢同女同事講電話就唔開心，鬼咁溫柔，成個溝女款咁！」
「咁你都知佢以前有過幾個同居女友。」記者說。
「！行開啦，我夠有過男朋友，！好似對上個 … … 」
雖然 Pammy 說不貪男友錢只有愛，而她的男友又有愛她的一堆理由，但事實是女的好像被包只是一心想入娛圈；男的更是包完一個又一個，莫非這就叫愛？

(蘋果日報2002年1月1日--男男女女)

「我想脫得有型有格！」

Pammy因接受本報《女人心》一篇Web J訪問而為人認識：「多得嗰位叫彩記嘅記者仔，大大隻字寫我係『肉女Web J，話除就除』，之後其他報紙雜誌開始搵我做Image Girl，但影嘅全部都係Sexy相。」

此後，Pammy凡接甚麼工作，總與色情沾上邊：「因為我靠做Web J出名嘛！要我除衫影相都理所當然嘅，不過一定要靚，唔要賤。」那何謂Cheap？「有次經理人話有本書仔約我做人物訪問，去到先知俾人呃，原來係叫我影埋啲SM相，我見成場Ready，無謂臨陣退縮咁衰女……出嚟見到啲相，又淫又賤，好Cheap。」

Pammy 之所以咁搏，全因為要實現做全職編劇的夢想：「我影Sexy相都系想多啲人識我，蕭若元嘅173 Online睇中我叫我過檔，我肯，但附帶條件系可以兼做編劇，大家簽曬約㗎！我寫好《狗女》、《楚楚》、《翁叔》三個劇本，好有藝術感㗎，但佢話無賣點，要加啲色情元素，我無打算寫三級片喎，唉！總之就好失望啦！」

有何打算？「無辦法啦，要人記得我暫時只有呢個辦法，不過我想脫得有型有格，好似何超儀咁，幾Yeah呀！」

小檔案

姓名：陳瓔（Pammy），17歲

三圍：32-24-33

學歷：中六

演藝生涯：173 Online、Web J Online當紅Web J、《Penthouse》水著美少女、《Akasi》封面女郎、多份報章雜誌Image Girl。

新年新願望

「話曬Web J都係Entertainment，我都係半個娛樂人，想晌娛樂版見吓報，增加知名度。」

三輸局面

2007-01-24T18:42:00.000+08:00

幾年前，壹本便利報導有一位叫Panny的全裸Web J被人包養，千六呎豪宅，兼滿櫃名牌。(詳見另文)
由於壹本便利以「老作」著名。結果此報導一出，當時某新聞組的一眾網民對此不以為然。大家大概沒想到，這篇報導不但並非「老作」，幾年後，這「包養」奇聞也成功搶佔港聞版位置。

話說這位真名叫陳瓔的女子，後來靠其「金山」到英國讀法律後過橋抽版，另結新歡去也。「金山」一恕之下向其母追討100萬借款.......最後，事件上報。

撇除三人不同程度上的厚臉皮，這種「一個不願打，一個不願捱」所造成的局面，是完完全全的三輸——除陳母先輸100萬外，三人皆名譽掃地。
可陳母已經一心「賣女」，「金山」就算因此影響其生意，難聽講句，已經五十歲了，還有多少日子？
三人中輸得最慘的是陳瓔。這樣的街知巷聞 (連相片也有) ，以其作風尚且可能變成「二奶命」，更何况就算從此修心養性，以香港男比女多的人口結構，像她這樣的「超級回帶N手貨」，真的會有人要？
再者，讀法律的出路大摡只有做律師，而對專業人士來說，名譽是十分重要的。這樣不光彩的過去，將來不被揭穿還好，否則......
更何況，就算改名又如何？除一眾傳媒外，高登之流也會看準時機翻炒。最少在無責任的義憤填膺下，我也不會這麼容易放過她。

壹週刊880期
http://filexoom.com/files/2006/11/10/43322/2gwyfdf.jpg
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http://filexoom.com/files/2006/11/10/43322/2ry0k6r.jpg
http://filexoom.com/files/2006/11/10/43322/4hap4yd.jpg

陳瓔的廣告

陳瓔在交友網站的資料 (快周刊439期也有提及)

陳瓔母親張君

陳瓔的「尊容」

又一潮童吸毒實錄

2007-01-23T13:38:00.000+08:00

繼17歲在其Xanga大爆自己吸毒後，有人在風吹草動之下，仍膽敢跟隨，結果惹起高登中人的注意。

http://filexoom.com/view/2006/11/10/43322/653524.jpg

連其Xanga也被「起」了
http://www.xanga.com/kura87

後來更有人將這事E-mail至蘋果日報，結果反而不了了之......

「潮童」其中一篇Xanga：

尋日係旺角玩到冇野玩.. 果陣已經1點幾2點..

本身諗住返屋企訓覺因為今日要返工..

誰不知傑仔一個電話打黎叫我落 CYBER 佢話呀祖佢地成班落左去

又想落..又唔想落.. 同傑仔成年冇見.. 唯有落一落去啦..

最後2點幾 hea 到4點幾先落去玩 .. 純情豪仔呀超呀YO 四人行

落到去唔夠5分鐘我diu 啦星佢同我查牌...

不過好彩查得唔耐一個鐘都唔洗就查完起鼓再FING!!

跟住入大廁四人圍B .. 不過得好少好二喱冇料到-0- 不過算啦

吸少d毒對身體都好d.. XD 跟住尋晚真係見到好多好多熟人..

CYBER 多左好多人啦 ! 朋友們多點落去找我吧 ! 好玩好玩好玩 !

之後呀FAYE都上埋黎.. 你個傻妹玩還玩唔好成日玩到咁大

玩到個人錯哂.. 之後差不多散場諗住上ken哥度誰不知佢d毒品流失哂...

唉 .. 今日冇射波 XD 浦完眼訓到仆街都識得返工係唔係覺得我乖左好多呢?

依家係公司.. 好眼訓... 好眼訓 ...

迷幻少女網誌炫耀吸毒

2007-01-22T21:24:00.000+08:00

話說有少女在其Xanga提及：
我要４粒ｆｉｖｅ仔牙～你做咩食佐我粒ｆｉｖｅ仔牙～比番我
9:09 PM - 2 3粒糖 - 1 5包k

後來有人將其Xanga及相片在高登討論區公開，結果惹來網民熱烈討論。

據知，這少女可能吸毒吸到神智不清，竟然在Xanga張貼其身分證。Q537306(5)

後來事件上報

http://210.177.167.10/cgi-bin/nsrch.cgi?seq=606398

那少女企圖Lock其Xanga不果，便索性將其Xanga shutdown。

只不過，有身分證number及相片......期待高登起底組。

相關相片

職位轉移大陸　13%企業擬減人手 IT行業醞釀裁員潮

2007-01-22T19:14:00.000+08:00

(From 2007-01-17 蘋果日報)

踏入 07 年，就業市場光明一片，惟獨資訊科技 (Information Technology,IT) 行業出現暗湧。繼豐銀行向 IT 部門推出自願離職計劃後，一項調查顯示，資訊科技及電訊業今年首季增聘人手意欲在各行業中最低，僅有 32% 受訪公司表示會加人， 13% 更有意削減人手，是最多僱主表示會削減員工的行業。
記者：盧文烈

翰德國際顧問昨公布今年首季就業報告，調查訪問了日本、新加坡、上海及香港四個亞洲地區共 2,200 間企業，當中香港有 514 間。結果顯示， 95% 受訪香港企業預期今年上半年業績表現出色或良好； 54% 計劃今年首季增聘人手，較對上季高一個百分點，其中以法律界預期職位增長最迅速。

54% 企業發逾 10% 花紅

企業慣常年初發放花紅，調查顯示，亞洲四地中以香港僱主最豪爽， 54% 香港企業表示計劃發放年薪 10% 以上的花紅獎賞，即相等於 1.25 個月薪金； 8% 稱會發放年薪 40% 以上的花紅，即等於５個月薪金；銀行及專業服務業的花紅最豐厚， 14% 企業計劃發放５個月薪金以上的花紅。
面對香港人才嚴重缺乏，僱主紛紛以銀彈攻勢搶人， 50% 企業預期增加新聘管理人才的薪酬達 10% 以上。
調查顯示，大部份行業對前景都持樂觀態度，但資訊科技及電訊業相對較保守，只有 32% 企業計劃今年首季增聘人手， 13% 更有意削減員工，是最多僱主表示會減人的行業。
翰德國際顧問亞洲行政總裁利嘉偉表示，部份企業，尤其是銀行，近年陸續將資訊科技職位轉移至中國、新加坡及印度等地，因而需要削減 IT 人才。
銀行業僱員協會副主席余少華說，自匯豐 IT 部門員工推出自願離職計劃後，工會接到約 20 個求助，員工普遍憂慮離職後未能在市場找到同類型工作。

繼「匯豐肥雞餐」後，又一單對香港IT業有不小震撼力的消息。
雖然我對IT行業的就業前景並不樂觀，但沒想到會這麼壞......
真的越想越灰......
有時我想，就算我所有科目的成績都是distinction，畢業後又如何？
看來我要提早兩年想想如何轉換跑道了。

順道貼上這篇非常有趣的網聞

通渠佬人工高過 IT 人
匯豐銀行請 IT 部門員工吃「肥雞餐」，香港 IT 人不再馨香？ IT 人「 Support 」指，他公司的廁所近日爆糞渠，請通渠佬上門收拾殘局，三小時收 3,000 元；同一時間公司的電腦系統故障，找電腦專才維修，三小時收 1,500 元，「大學畢業加專業資格，收費仲平過小學生！」

網友 Apple 稱，有此現象是因為通渠工作不能外判到印度或大陸。他謔稱由此可見，報讀通渠課程較電腦專業有前途， IT 界兄弟姊妹有心唔怕遲，多一技傍身無壞。

人工高低取決供求
網友 Predator 指 IT 界人力失衡，令 IT 人薪酬難升，「最大分別是通渠佬人數遠少於 IT 人，人工的高低不在於學歷，而是取決於供求，高學歷不一定人工好過低學歷，大家一定要接受這個殘酷現實，不要鑽牛角尖了。」

高風險行業搵命搏

其他網友也說，通渠與資訊科技比較，兩行業的專業程度可能不相伯仲，「通渠不但是專業，連入行的門檻也特別高，而且是高風險行業，好容易受病菌感染，如果 SARS 時開工，簡直係用條命來搏。」
大家你一言我一語，轉行興趣愈來愈濃烈。 Pig_mala 數口精，表示通渠佬扣除成本最少實收 2,000 蚊， IT 佬只是打工仔，頂多收 500 蚊，實際是廉價勞工。

放長雙眼看恆生指數

2007-01-07T23:56:00.001+08:00

恆生指數真命不該絕呢。週四大跌387點，但週五卻回升185點。

雖然我之後有2、3星期沒有空理會恆指 (詳見主部落格公布)。但我想放長雙眼看看，1月22日時的恆指，又會是怎樣的光景。我怎也不會相信股市只會升不會跌，更何況恆指現在的升勢其實很反常......

一起回想10年浩劫吧

2007-01-07T21:23:00.000+08:00

今年是香港回歸 10 周年，回想 97 年 7 月 1 日至今的日子，你感到是苦是甜？有網民搶先製成「香港特別衰行政區十年壞事回顧」網站，回顧 10 年大事，不少記憶猶新，看後真是百般滋味在心頭。
這個相信是近日才面世的網站列出 29 件大事供人參考，第一位是「無能之董建華出任首位行政長官」，第二位就是令全城痛恨的「八萬五」政策，接是齋吹水無下文的「中藥港」計劃，老董另一傑作數碼港自然不能漏了。
網站認為「胡仙案」是十年大事之一，但無正面提及釋法事件，代之是居港權問題，兩名已落台官員前財政司司長梁錦松及前保安局局長葉劉淑儀也榜上有名。
最後一項大事是內地孕婦來港產子問題，相信這問題對香港影響也很深遠。

香港特別衰行政區十年壞事回顧網址︰
http://home.kimo.com.tw/rubbish_hkgov/

最緊要正字

2007-01-07T19:07:00.000+08:00

大家請看下圖有何別字？

只許偽人抄襲，不許平民MP3

2007-01-05T22:07:00.000+08:00

http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/news/show_news.cgi?ct=entertain&type=entertain&amp;date=2007-01-04&id=2304693
http://61.129.65.8:82/gate/big5/enjoy.eastday.com/e/20070103/u1a2544868.html
http://www.newschinese.com/sendto.php3?x7195912+2054

香港的藝人，不，偽人抄襲就諸多理由；平民百姓聽MP3就十惡不赦，甚至把花錢買正版的人當成「現行犯」看待。(還記得CCCD嗎？)
如果陳奕迅認為BT比其父受賂更嚴重，那末偽人抄襲又如何呢？又是社會服務令嗎？
那我不如將主部落格中的「Flash Music Player」變成「Web MP3 Player」吧。甚至在部落格中提供較冷門的J-pop Music的MP3下載也不錯，因為一來有部份唱片「香港未有發售」，而且聽音樂是一件很「舒服」的事。

參考資料：
[轉貼]古惑天皇判監新聞
裁判官以“等同販賣盜版光碟”的理據將“古惑天皇”判監三個月，對於呢個判決，業界及多名歌手紛表態贊成，但亦有人認為判決太輕，唔可以起到真正阻嚇作用，而當中以陳奕迅最激，認為應該要判監十年。

同門師妹對於侵權的意見
Twins ：「判三個月咁少咋，罪有應得，應該判三年，我做一張唱片都要三、四個月，拍戲都要幾個月，一大班人花幾多心機，應該再加強懲罰咁阻嚇力就再大。」

延伸閱讀：
1.笑看霍汶希與容祖兒之抄襲的我見
2.容祖兒拒承認抄襲設計,反咬原designer,又一金句:舒服咪得囉 (from香港討論區)
3.

文革廣西武宣縣紅衛兵吃人肉事件

2006-12-31T21:04:00.000+08:00

這是人應有的行為嗎？
北韓人吃人肉只是旱災嚴重
可大陸人呢？

真是人傑地靈呢......
難怪現在大陸喱是這副德性......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlrnY1H8_Bg

[傑出華人系列]中國遊客劣行驚全球敲爛羅浮宮玻璃金字塔

2006-12-31T20:51:00.000+08:00

http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?iss_id=20061228&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=6661141

中國遊客劣行驚全球
敲爛羅浮宮玻璃金字塔

在梵蒂岡堂外蹲在地上用樽蓋喝白酒、遊巴黎羅浮宮竟然敲爛玻璃金字塔 ...... 內地人出國旅遊時，種種不文明的劣行，不但令人髮指，更無遠弗屆，惡名傳遍世界各地，遭中外旅遊界人士齊聲聲討。但國家旅遊局有關人士無奈說，文明質素屬精神領域，只能用宣傳和育方式改善。

「簡直恐怖！」港人領隊呂小姐早前帶一批內地人去巴黎，她對記者稱，他們遊羅浮宮竟然用手敲爛玻璃金字塔！在五星級酒店餐廳用餐，自己不懂法語，竟然強行拉侍應出來跟繙譯溝通；而更離譜的，是自己遲到，看見團隊欲開車離開時，竟狂扯女導遊頭髮。

蹲在梵蒂岡堂外飲酒

「我那天在梵蒂岡四周尋找兩個客人，突然看到一班老外正好奇地圍一些東西在拍照。我上前一看，天啊！我的媽呀！兩名客人竟蹲在堂外，捲起褲腳，拿汽水蓋喝起白酒來 ...... 」經常帶商務團出訪歐洲的內地導遊小林對本報稱，客人丟人的行為令她差點暈了過去。
目前，內地人可出外旅遊國家或地區超過 20 個，每年出境旅遊資金逾千億美元。臨近元旦和春節，各國歡迎出手豪爽的內地遊客的同時，亦只好容忍其不文明舉止。

半夜在酒店大堂練太極

據《北京晨報》引述內地康輝旅行社領隊孟欣說，在新加坡等地，入住的酒店指明自助餐中的乳酪和水果可以隨便取走，內地團友便拚命狂掃，所以酒店劃設了中國人用餐區。
導遊李東莉一次帶團飛泰國，客機上竟罕見地用中文廣播：「各位乘客，耳機是不能過泰國海關的。」隔一會又來：「請不要把機上毛氈帶下去。」第三次是餐具。有澳洲導遊亦試過半夜 4 時，全酒店的人被吵醒，下樓一看，竟然見十多位老人在大堂練太極，酒店人員還以為是中國人在示威抗議，竟然報警。
本報記者

中國遊客在境外的不文明行為

梵蒂岡：在堂外蹲在地上，用汽水蓋喝起自攜的白酒來
香　港：讓小朋友在士尼的花盆等地方隨處大小便
英　國：遊大英博物館時粗魯觸碰展品，並亂拋垃圾
澳　洲：半夜在酒店大堂內練太極
莫斯科：不肯付領隊小費，在飯店內公然大打出手
歐　洲：被形容為暴發戶，買一包香煙也用 500 歐元大鈔
新加坡：在酒店吃自助餐時將可取走的食物全掃光
泰　國：拿走客機上的耳機、毛氈等；海邊餐廳用餐，男子當眾換泳褲，女子脫剩內衣暢泳
法　國：羅浮宮禁止拍照的油畫，一樣照拍，並大聲喧嘩
資料來源：《北京晨報》 / 本報記者

心涼......

2006-12-31T11:41:00.000+08:00

http://210.177.167.10/cgi-bin/nsrch.cgi?seq=601946

我的心真係涼了一大截

同場加映：真‧香港人 VS 港產土共走狗
http://www16.discuss.com.hk/viewthread.php?tid=3075809&extra=&page=10

機會......

2006-12-26T18:54:00.000+08:00

http://210.177.167.10/cgi-bin/nsrch.cgi?seq=601407
http://210.177.167.10/cgi-bin/nsrch.cgi?seq=601596

本來對這件保險騙案興趣缺缺的，不過看見這些報導後，我的雙眼當堂閃閃發光......

如果那名日籍空姐返日後將其經歷奔走相告，我會非常高興。

續：無言......

2006-12-24T17:52:00.001+08:00

上回提到我有同學向某人借了3千多元，給果那人因為無錢還，所以北上深圳當一名脫衣舞孃。

後來這名同學上深圳找她追回那3千多元，結果無功而還。

其後他找一間信譽良好、已持有相關牌照的誇國追數公司代為追討欠款。根據他的一面之詞，該公司的追討流程如下：
1.先寄一封欠債通知書至欠債人家中
2.致電至欠債人家中
3.派人上門進行家訪
4.如前3步也追討欠款不果，追數公司會訴諸法庭。
當中不會有任何暴力及恐嚇成分。而他亦已要求該公司職員承諾不會對該名少女的家人造成困擾。(但是，只其父母知道女兒欠債，不是為他們造成困擾嗎？@.@)

當然，在商言商，追數公司不會白白幫人追債的。據知成功追討欠款後，追數公司會收取欠款中的若干百分比作為手續費。

暫時未知那同學成功追回欠款與否，不過那名少女的家可能會有大地震......

p.s.
想起那少女的的底細的人請看反白字
koei_32@hotmail (如果我無記錯的話)

傷人全無歉疚　還說世界不黑不白大陸新移民咬斷人拇指囚21月

2006-12-23T18:04:00.000+08:00

再一次證明大陸喱的低質素不是多讀點「番書」便能改變的。
看着不少劣質大陸人口以專才身分來港，香港的未來一定會......

http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?iss_id=20061223&sec_id=4104&subsec_id=12731&art_id=6649201

【本報訊】擁有碩士學位的大陸新移民，因不肯在巴士上摺起嬰兒車，跟女車長爭執，不僅推倒女車長，更將上前勸阻的男乘客拇指咬斷一截，區域法院暫委法官嚴舜儀昨認為受過高深教育的被告難適應新移民身份問題，巴士上遭遇喚起了他一直抑壓的情緒及壓力，惟他至今仍毫無悔意，判其入獄 21 個月，其間須接受心理治療。
35 歲的被告武鵬對於判刑並沒有太大反應，反而其妻子雙眼通紅，趕緊在丈夫步進羈留室前，緊捉着丈夫的手飲泣，要懲教人員勸阻才放手，被告吐下一句「這個世界真是不黑不白」，才步進羈留室。

稱受歧視買鹹蛋都貴 5 角
根據心理報告，被告處理人際衝突能力不足，需要接受心理輔導；被告對於犯案有其一番見解，他透過辯方大律師陸偉雄解釋，由於他是新移民，女車長才這樣待他，加上事發當日，他須在安頓好一歲兒子後，趕往見工，但遭男乘客阻撓，故當時認為「咬手指」是唯一的解決方法。
被告在大連出生，曾留學日本，擁有經濟學碩士學位，因港人妻子要求回港定居才來港；大律師指，被告自 05 年 10 月來港定居後一直找不到工作，遂當上住家男人，令他自覺學無所用，感到挫敗，他又不諳廣東話，鄰居待他不友善，令他感覺飽受歧視。辯方又舉例說，被告往街市買鹹蛋，本地人 1.5 元一隻，他卻要花 2 元才買得到。

官斥被告將錯失歸咎社會

法官指明白被告屬高級知識分子，因尊嚴而放不下身段，惟報告反映出被告夫婦對男乘客拇指斷掉從無歉疚，更說成是環境及社會造成，兩人只是五十步笑百步，再者車長勸喻乘客收好嬰兒車的情況亦時有發生。
事發於今年 5 月 26 日，被告於上水太平攜子登上一部 273A 路線九巴，初不聽女車長王嫦玲（ 45 歲）及男乘客李鏡泉（ 58 歲）勸喻摺起嬰兒車，惟見女車長不肯開車，遂抱起兒子收好嬰兒車。行車期間，被告跟李發生衝突，又再度打開嬰兒車，將兒子放在車上，女車長停車報警，被告欲跟其他乘客轉乘另一輛巴士，遭王阻截，被告兩度將她摔跌，又用手捉着李，咬斷李的拇指指尖，斷指無法駁回。
案件編號： DCCC605/06

[FW] 無線新聞賤人片段

2006-12-23T17:13:00.000+08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijQtXHk4XWw

國之將亡，必有妖孽呀......

不知自愛的傢伙

2006-12-19T17:51:00.000+08:00

http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?iss_id=20061219&sec_id=4104&subsec_id=11867&art_id=6634376

雖然我對「家陣D後生」不斷沉淪已經見怪不怪。但我見到這類新聞時，我的心又會下沉.......

有時我懷疑她們真的是白痴。這樣放縱自己，雞難道要到最後因自己的「過去」影響自己一世才後悔？

在此想起一句話：「今日的東京，十年後的香港。」其實不用十年，一年已足，尤其是香港這種鬼地方......

「悍」政勵治

2006-12-19T15:37:00.000+08:00

http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?iss_id=20061219&sec_id=4104&subsec_id=11867&art_id=6634316

本來我昨晚想說：咱們的特「衰」政府除了懂怎樣做大陸喱的走狗及制造破壞外，還懂做甚麽？

不過原來我又錯了，它還有一項專長。就是懂得怎樣做流氓。

拆毁天星碼頭不特只，還語帶恫嚇地表示鐘樓已被肢解，十足十似皮諾切特還魂。

想不到煲呔會如此過份，很心寒......

死不足惜

2006-12-19T00:32:00.000+08:00

http://210.177.167.10/cgi-bin/nsrch.cgi?seq=600080

1.這人的行為與港奸無異。
2.他不配做香港人。
3.明知北上=送死仍要冒險，結果不但損失財物還被「破相」。這是他咎由自取，不值得可憐。

新‧子部落格正式始動

2006-12-18T20:33:00.000+08:00

由於分拆部落格的關係，以後所有「吹水」文章都會轉移陣地至此繼續發表。

其實一早已有把原部落格內容分拆的打算。想當初主部落格的建立是以談談J-pop為目的。後來漸漸也談起其它話題，甚至開始「有妹仔大過主人婆」。為免繼續被「吹水」文章佔據主部落格，分拆是唯一的辦法。

由於技術問題，我不打算將現存在主部落格的「吹水」文章轉移至此。反正這裹打着「新‧子部落格」的旗號，那就在此重新開始吧。

Another carcinogenic toxin found in Hong Kong fish

2006-12-11T15:04:00.000+08:00

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061208/hl_afp/hongkonghealthfoodfish_061208100641

Another carcinogenic toxin found in Hong Kong fish Fri Dec 8, 5:06 AM ET

HONG KONG (AFP) - Hong Kong shoppers were on alert following the discovery of another cancer-causing toxin in fish, the latest in a string of food-related health scares in the territory.

The government said Friday that tests on samples of saltwater fish sold in Hong Kong's markets had traced small amounts of the banned antibiotic nitrofuran.

In small doses nitrofuran is used to treat illnesses such urinary infections, however larger doses are believed to be dangerous and potentially carcinogenic.

Dr Mak Sin-ping, controller of the Centre for Food Safety (CFS), a government lab, said the chemical was found in minute concentrations in samples of pompano, tiger grouper and flowery grouper fish.

"As the levels of nitrofurans detected in the fish samples were low, normal consumption should not pose any adverse health effects," Mak said in a statement. "There is no cause for undue alarm.

"We would continue to monitor the situation closely to protect public health," she said.

Some of the contaminated fish were bought from a branch of the Park n Shop supermarket chain, which is owned by Asia's richest man, tycoon Li Ka-shing. The rest came from a fish wholesalers.

The fish are believed to have been imported from mainland China, the source of the vast majority of the tiny former British colony's food.

Supplies of freshwater fish from the mainland -- which come under stricter import checks that saltwater fish -- have been halted since samples were found with the cancer-causing industrial dye malachite green, a banned additive that is nonetheless found in some farm-fish feed.

Media reports say mainland wholesalers are believed to have unilaterally stopped the imports in protest at Hong Kong's increasingly stringent food safety standards.

The latest fish scare follows many in the past couple of years that have prompted temporary import bans, mostly concerning the presence of malachite green.

However, chicken eggs recently came under the spotlight after it was found the carcinogenc Red Sudan dye was being added to some mainland chickens' feed to produce red egg yolks, seen as a delicacy in China.

There have been other recent scares, over pork from China and poultry imports amid bird flu outbreaks.

Classic HK films leap onto mobile platform

2006-12-09T21:06:00.001+08:00

http://www.telecomasia.net/article.php?type=article&id_article=2957

Classic HK films leap onto mobile platform

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Dec 08, 2006
By Stefan Hammond
ITU Telecom World 2006 Show Daily

Ever since mainstream Western - audiences discovered Hong Kong film a decade ago, the power of Chinese storytelling has snowballed. But mobile telephony remains unleveraged by Hong Kong filmmakers, which opt instead for product placement – actors brandish the latest handset, then the manufacturer's logo appears in the film's credits.

But Celestial Pictures – guardian of the Shaw Brothers library of classic Hong Kong films – is porting HK's martial arts fantasies from the silver screen to the mobile phone screen. Many Shaws films – from "King Boxer" (aka "Five Fingers of Death") to "One-Armed Swordsman," "Come Drink With Me" and "Five Deadly Venoms" – are well known among Western action-film fans. The massive Celestial library comprises 760 films produced from the 1950s to the 1990s and including drama, musicals, even horror and science-fiction genres. But their kung fu films made Shaws worldfamous, and as they re-engineer their content for mobile entertainment, Celestial plunges in with flying fists, clanging swords and flowing robes.

"We're exploring different content options, and getting feedback from the telcos," said CEO William Pfeiffer at ITU TELECOM WORLD 2006, where Celestial's booth screened "mobisodes": 2-3 minute chunks of martial arts films with inserted animation sequences helping propel the action. So far "King Boxer" and "Twelve Gold Medallions” have gotten the mobisode treatment, with more to come.

Also on offer are videoclip messages for mobile devices. "If you're running late, you can send a clip from a [Shaw Brothers] movie of a kung fu hero getting attacked and tied up with the message 'I'm all tied up'," said Pfeiffer. "It's clever tonguein-cheek fun."

Ringtones based on theme music are spearheaded by the Shaw Brothers theme – you heard it in Quentin Tarentino's "Kill Bill Vol. One." The strident opening theme is a natural – "Hard to ignore that one!," noted Pfeiffer, adding that there are 3,000 other pieces of music in the Shaws' library.

The mobile strategy includes multiple products for different regions. In China, a mobile game – based on the 1969 film "The Wandering Swordsman" – is now available on China Mobile.

But even with its vast library, Celestial is active in production: their recent efforts include the feature film "Perhaps Love" – a musical from award-winning director Peter Chan. "We're also shooting high-budget TV productions on the mainland, with themes inspired by Shaw Brothers films," said Pfeiffer, adding that Celestial's new material would migrate to mobile as well.

The Hong Kong film industry has fallen from an annual peak of over 200 films in the early 90s to less than 50 now. Ironically, these films from Hong Kong's rich past are first to somersault onto the mobile platform.

Hong Kong threaten China in table tennis

2006-12-09T21:04:00.000+08:00

http://www.brunei-online.com/bb/fri/dec8s3.htm

Hong Kong threaten China in table tennis

DOHA (AFP) - Hong Kong clinched gold in the men's doubles while China took the women's title as the Red Army's dominance of table tennis at the Asian Games came under threat on Wednesday.

With two titles already secure, China's Guo Yue and Li Xiaoxia defeated Hong Kong's Tie Ya Na and Zhang Rui 4-1 in a spirited match.

The Hong Kong pair, who downed China's Wang Nan and inexperienced Chen Qing earlier Wednesday in the semifinal, took the first set easily.

But the number one seeds simply upped the tempo in response, fighting back for a 4-1 victory.

China arrived in Doha seeking to cement their reputation as the world's best paddlers after taking just three of seven gold on offer at the last Games.

They quickly won the team titles here, blanking Singapore in the women's final and South Korea in the men's.

But their attempts at a gold-medal clean sweep were derailed when Hong Kong's Ko Lai Chak and Li Ching defeated China's Ma Lin and Chen Qi in the men's doubles in a reverse result of the Athens Olympics final. The Hong Kong Olympic silver medallists had earlier dispensed with another Chinese pair Ma Long and Wang Hao in a tense semifinal match.

The southern territory has a chance of another gold on Thursday when Tie takes on Guo in the women's singles after upsetting Wang Nan on her way to the final. Tie fought a ferocious battle against the three-time world champion before emerging with a 4-3 victory, her first against the world number three.

A surprised Tie, ranked three here, said she had decided before the match to take a risky stand against the world number three and play courageous shots.

Yuan becomes stronger, worries Hong Kong

2006-12-09T21:03:00.000+08:00

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Yuan becomes stronger, worries Hong Kong
China’s currency has appreciated by more than 5.3% against the US dollar since July 2005 and it is poised to become more profitable than Hong Kong’s currency. There are concerns about the city’s economy and about an increase in local inflation.

Beijing (AsiaNews/Agencies) – The Chinese yuan hit a new high yesterday when it reached an exchange rate of 7.8226 yuan to one US dollar. The Chinese currency now has the same value as the Hong Kong dollar and its appreciation is expected to continue.

The exchange rate for the Hong Kong dollar is around 7.8 to one US dollar. The RMB (renminbi) yuan has grown by more than 5.3% since 21 July 2005, when the exchange rate was revised and fixed at 8.28 yuan to the US dollar, with the possibility of floating within a daily 0.3% band. Further appreciation is generally anticipated so the RMB should soon acquire a higher exchange rate than the Hong Kong dollar.

Paul Gruenwald, Hong Kong representative at the International Monetary Fund, yesterday spoke out to calm the city and its markets. He reiterated that the local currency remains “strong” and that the Fund “strongly supports the authorities” of the city. Gruenwald excluded the threat of serious consequences for markets and the global economy although he did admit that increased local inflation –currently around 2% – should be expected. The municipal government must now decide whether to readjust the currency, something that may however lead to more inflation and serious psychological reactions, showing that the local currency must follow the progress of the renminbi.

For years, the United States has accused Beijing of keeping the exchange rate low to favour its exports, so experts believe the Central Bank is for this appreciation as a sign of “goodwill” in view of the imminent visit of Henry Paulson, US Treasury Secretary.

Meanwhile, there is the risk that the current relationship between Hong Kong and neighbouring Shenzhen may change and even reverse. In Shenzhen (Guandong), the Hong Kong dollar has always been preferred as a strong currency and it circulates freely. The city has always been a traditional destination for Hong Kong businessmen and consumers, and thousands pass through the customs points at Lok Fu and Huanggang every day. Many employees in Shenzhen receive their wages in Hong Kong dollars. It is estimated that visitors from Hong Kong spend more than 30 billion HK dollars every year (812 million US dollars).

But now more and more shops are refusing to accept the Hong Kong currency for fear that it will devalue compared to the RMB and many traders have already revised their exchange rates, valuing 100 HK dollars at no more than 95 yuan. For now, analysts say, the influx of Chinese from Hong Kong has not diminished: they come to Shenzhen over the weekend and during the holidays to eat and to shop, not least because prices are cheaper. But some do not exclude the possibility that soon there will be a reverse influx, if revaluation of the RMB makes prices in Hong Kong worthwhile.

Guo Shipin, economic consultant of Shenzhen’s town government and dean of the local university’s finance department, said that the Shenzhen economy had not yet been affected because fear of a further yuan appreciation had prompted Hong Kong residents to invest in real estate and other financial sectors.

According to statistics from Shenzhen customs, the amount of yuan exported to Hong Kong decreased by 90% in the first half of 2006 in comparison with the same period last year. Meanwhile, 460 million yuan more than last year were exported from Hong Kong.

1.70 Million Broadband Customers Were Registered in Hong Kong at the End of August 2006

2006-12-09T20:18:00.000+08:00

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1.70 Million Broadband Customers Were Registered in Hong Kong at the End of August 2006

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c46734) has announced the addition of "Hong Kong SAR Telecommunications Market Intelligence Report 2006" to their offering.

Hong Kong's telecommunications market has been progressively liberalised and is now one of the most sophisticated and successful in the world, reflecting the country's status as a leading business and financial centre. Indeed, the Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA) claims that gross revenues from the provision of telecommunications services in Hong Kong amounted to HK$46,000 million (US$5,915 million) in 2005, representing a 3.3% increase over the previous year's HK$44,620 million (US$5,737 million).

All sectors of the market have been liberalised with no foreign ownership restrictions. The regulatory regime is pro-competitive and very much in favour of the consumer. There are 10 fixed telecommunications network services (FTNS) operators, led by incumbent PCCW-HKT Ltd (owned by PCCW Ltd) and rival Hutchison Global Communications (HGC), New World Telecommunications (NWT), Wharf T&T, and Hong Kong Broadband Network. Approximately 71% of residential households have access to a choice of fixed-line service providers, although the majority remain served by PCCW-HKT despite the introduction of number portability. There were 3.82 million direct exchange lines (DELs) operated by these 10 companies as of August 2006.

Broadband services are very popular in Hong Kong, with the switch to broadband having led some customers to do away with their traditional fixed telephone line. There were 1.70 million broadband customers registered at the end of August 2006, with more than 700,000 of these customers also accessing video services from PCCW-HKT and others. There are more than 180 ISPs licensed in Hong Kong, but demand for dial-up services is falling and the number of ISPs is set to fall.

Competition is most intense in the wireless telephony sector, with five companies operating 14 digital networks based on a mixture of GSM/GPRS/EDGE, CDMA, and UMTS technologies. There were 9.193 million 2G/2.5G/3G subscribers in Hong Kong at the end of Augist 2006 (latest data), giving a penetration rate in excess of 127%. Consolidation in 2006 saw two operators merge to create a market-leading service provider with a reported 3.0 million subscribers as of mid-2006; this is Telstra-owned CSL New World Mobility. Trailing it by nearly a million subscribers is the former market leader, 3 (owned by the Hutchison group). Having sold CSL some years earlier, PCCW broke back into the wireless market in 2005 by taking a controlling stake in one of the smaller operators, SUNDAY. It had hoped to gain full control of SUNDAY before privatising it, but this scheme ran aground on shareholder disapproval and PCCW may not ultimately choose to keep SUNDAY.

PCCW has its own problems, however, with several private equity groups having made tentative offers for the telecommunications business in mid-2006, before being ousted by a takeover offer from a local businessman. This complex scheme also involves Telefonica SA and China Netcom taking stakes in PCCW and went before a shareholder vote at the end of November 2006. The outcome of this vote was not certain but, if approved, it will see the end of Richard Li's time in charge of the business. Mr Li is not at all happy with the proposed transaction but is powerless to influence the vote in any way.

Each extensive ITI Market Intelligence Report includes the following sections: Economic, Social, Political, and Telecoms Indicators; key data presented in tabular form. Regulation; a summary/overview of the market and regulatory climate, followed by synopses of the regulator's powers and other competition or ministerial bodies to which it reports or with which it co-operates. A summary of the regulations in force, a list of differences in the types of available licences and a list of the licences issued. Market Indicators; the available data is presented in tabular form with commentary and graphics. Major Operators; contact data and company information, including ownership, background where relevant for pan-European carriers, licensed activities, scope of activities/services, recent major equipment contracts, summary of network status, references to major subsidiaries, joint ventures, and alliances. Major Manufacturers; contact data and company information including ownership, background where relevant, manufacturing & distribution activities, recent major equipment contracts, references to major subsidiaries, joint ventures, and alliances. Industry Associations; contact data and organisation information covering background where relevant, activities/objectives and references to members.

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c46734

Source: Business Wire

Public sector CIOs 'must stop thinking paper, start thinking change'

2006-12-09T20:17:00.001+08:00

http://www.silicon.com/0,39024729,39164577,00.htm

Public sector CIOs 'must stop thinking paper, start thinking change'
So says Hong Kong's IT boss...
By Jo Best

Published: Thursday 7 December 2006

The CIO of Hong Kong has warned that the public sector around the world is too hung up on old business processes and is failing to get all the benefits of online government.

Howard Dickson, CIO of the Hong Kong special administrative region, said the legacy of paper is holding back governments.

He told delegates at the ITU Telecom World conference in Hong Kong: "A lot of communication is predominantly messaging - the end product still ends up on paper. Administration is still very much paper-based."

He added that information management has not progressed at the same pace as connectivity: "It was designed in a different era... [There are] the Bluetooths and wi-fis and WiMaxes - what are the equivalents in information management?"

The Hong Kong CIO believes radical change may be necessary. Dickson said: "As well as investing in the agencies, do we need to reinvent our entire structure of government?"

He also suggested governments are hung up on rationalising potential tech change and proving the business model when they should consider taking more leaps of faith, offering the example of the development of the BlackBerry.

He said of technology: "The more we can capture people's imagination, I think you'll see it much more the centrepiece going forward."

Despite the widespread connectivity in many countries, Hong Kong's IT head said the digital divide can still be found in richer nations, where the elderly and lower income families don't enjoy the same connectivity as the digital majority.

He added: "It's comforting looking at the numbers but the more people at the end of the tail not included it will start to cost us money further along the line."

HONG KONG: Richard Li tightens grip on PCCW with share purchases

2006-12-09T20:06:00.001+08:00

http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article-eastasia.asp?parentid=59109

HONG KONG: Richard Li tightens grip on PCCW with share purchases

Principal shareholder says he feels confident about the telecom

South China Morning Post
Friday, December 7, 2006

Richard Li Tzar-kai has further tightened his grip on PCCW by buying more shares and redeeming bonds convertible into the company's shares.

Pacific Century Regional Developments, 75 per cent owned by Mr Li, yesterday said it paid US$173.9 million to redeem US$150 million of bonds indirectly held by American International Group.

As the bonds can be swapped into PCCW shares, the early redemption will prevent dilution of Mr Li's holding in the company.

He also bought 11.3 million PCCW shares at an average HK$4.777 each on December 4 after snapping up 41 million shares at an average HK$4.841 each on December 1, stock exchange filings show.

The purchases lifted his stake in the company to 27.16 per cent from 26.38 per cent.

PCCW's stock rose 0.83 per cent to close at HK$4.85 yesterday.

"I'm very confident about PCCW," Mr Li said yesterday, without revealing whether he will buy more.

Mr Li bought the shares after PCRD shareholders voted against a planned sale of his PCCW stake to a group led by former Citigroup banker Francis Leung Pak-to, preventing China Netcom Group from wresting control.

"Mr Li is buying shares because he wants to make sure he stays in control of PCCW," Nomura Securities analyst Kelvin Ho said.

China Netcom, which owns 20 per cent of PCCW, may still try to increase its stake by buying shares from investors, Mr Ho said.

"We have no plans right now to either increase or decrease our stake in PCCW," said Li Tao, a Beijing-based spokesman for China Netcom's Hong Kong-listed unit.

Date Posted: 12/7/2006

Ofta may issue two 3G licences based on mainland standard

2006-12-09T20:04:00.000+08:00

http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article-eastasia.asp?parentid=59110

HONG KONG: Ofta may issue two 3G licences based on mainland standard

New licenses could encourage development of new technology

South China Morning Post
Friday, December 7, 2006

By Frederick Yeung

Hong Kong's telecommunications regulator may issue two more third-generation mobile licences based on China's home-grown technology standard, a move market observers expect to open the market for mainland operators.

Industry watchers said such an arrangement is a political decision to support the mainland technology, known as time division-synchronous code division multiple Access (TD-SCDMA).

Mainland firms, such as China Mobile, which are expected to implement TD-SCDMA for their 3G operations in the country, may be interested in a Hong Kong licence using the same standard, they said.

"There is no business case for investing in the new technology for roaming in China only, as the investment is over HK$100 million for a new network," an executive of a local 3G operator said yesterday.

Ha Yung-kuen, a deputy director-general of the Office of the Telecommunications Authority, said during the ITU Telecom conference yesterday that Hong Kong is preparing to tap mainland visitors whose mobile-telephone network is based on TD-SCDMA.

He said that since no 3G operator shows interest in building a TD-SCDMA network, new licences may be needed to encourage the development of such technology.

3G operators in Hong Kong, namely Hong Kong CSL, Hutchison Telecom, SmarTone-Vodafone and Sunday Communications (now controlled by PCCW Mobile), were assigned spectrum in 2001.

All are offering the service using the European-developed wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA) standard. The spectrum is also suitable for implementing the TD-SCDMA standard.

"[Ofta] hasn't received any application or notice from operators to launch TD-SCDMA service. It should be a commercial decision," Mr Ha said.

"If [no 3G player builds] the network, we will assign additional spectrum and might issue two new licences based on this technology," he said without giving a timetable.

Should the proposal go through, there will be seven 3G licences in Hong Kong. Apart from the existing four using WCDMA, and the two using TD-SCDMA, the government is considering issuing a 3G licence for the US-based code division multiple access (CDMA) technology no later than 2008.

China Unicom, which operates a CDMA network in the mainland, will bid for the CDMA licence in Hong Kong once the tender is launched next year, according to Chen Wu, Unicom's Macau deputy general manager.

Date Posted: 12/7/2006

Hong Kong in maggot disease clampdown

2006-12-09T20:02:00.000+08:00

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Hong Kong in maggot disease clampdown
Wed Dec 6, 12:33 PM

AFP Photo: Health secretary York Chow, seen here in March 2006, said Hong Kong health chiefs are...

HONG KONG (AFP) - Hong Kong health chiefs are to step up checks at old people's homes after a spate of maggot infestations, an official said.

The move comes amid a sudden increase in incidents of human myiasis, an affliction caused when flies lay their eggs in wounds or folds of the skin.

The disease usually afflicts old or infirm people who are unable to keep themselves clean.

Health secretary York Chow said that checks in the homes would be stepped up following the discovery last month of the 14th victim this year.

"(We) will enhance training of elderly home staff on oral hygiene and wound management," Chow told legislators.

"Apart from regular health education, when a case of myiasis occurs in an elderly home, the Centre for Health Protection will alert visiting health teams, which will take the necessary follow-up actions," Chow added.

In the most recent case, a 97-year-old woman was found to have human myiasis after maggots had begun infesting a wound in her gums.

Hong Kong, opting to remain a shopper's paradise, takes a risk

2006-12-09T19:59:00.000+08:00

http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/12/06/business/hkecon.php

Hong Kong, opting to remain a shopper's paradise, takes a risk
By Patrick L. Smith
Published: December 6, 2006

HONG KONG: The Hong Kong administration's abrupt decision to drop the introduction of a sales tax will probably make tourists happy in this shopping paradise. But it is also likely to send leaders in search of other revenue sources, some of which could cut into profits of those who make the city into a financial capital as well.

Prominent among the options, according to those involved in the consultation process, may be taxes on dividends, interest, capital gains or the global income of corporations and individuals.

Such taxes were among more than a dozen listed in a government document issued in 2002, after lengthy discussions among tax experts in the private sector and in the administration about how best to reduce Hong Kong's long dependence on an outsized property sector.

Other ideas included taxes on billboards or cellphones, a poll tax and increased property taxes.

Hanging in the balance is Hong Kong's long-term economic vitality and its ability to innovate, economists and other analysts said Wednesday.

"We've got to back to 2002 and all the rejected alternatives," said David O'Rear, chief economist for the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce. "Dividend taxes, taxing investments or global income - these were the also- rans, and we decided against them precisely because they would damage Hong Kong as a place to do business."

There is general agreement that Hong Kong needs to diversify its public revenues, which are heavily skewed toward land values and property development.

The imbalance has long been viewed as unhealthy among analysts and many executives here because it raises the cost of doing business and leaves the government dependent on highly cyclical sources of income.

Public consultations on a sales tax, known here as a general services tax, or GST, began last summer and were to have extended into the first quarter of 2007. But on Tuesday, the financial secretary, Henry Tang, announced that the administration was cutting them off, citing "insufficient public support."

The secretary had been an ardent proponent of the sales tax, which the administration considered to be the best alternative because it would have spread the burden most effectively among taxpayers.

Advocates also asserted that Hong Kong was one of the few economies of its sophistication that did not have a sales tax. Singapore, whose economy has long been considered comparable to Hong Kong's, has a sales tax of 5 percent and plans to raise it to 7 percent.

But the opposition to the tax was widespread, notably in the commercial and retail sectors and among political leaders and community groups.

The primary complaints were that the tax would damage both tourism and Hong Kong's reputation as a global shopping center, and that it would unfairly penalize those with low incomes.

"I unreservedly called for the abolition of the GST consultations," said Alan Leong Kah Kit, a member of the Legislative Council, Hong Kong's equivalent of a parliament. "We can look at the tax structure in some other context later on."

While figures vary according to what is counted as land-related, economists say that about a third of Hong Kong's government revenue is dependent on land sales, property taxes and the like.

This has left government finances highly uncertain during economic downturns, requiring unusually high government reserves.

The Hong Kong tax system is also top-heavy - that is, narrowly focused - in terms of how it taxes corporate profits and individual incomes. Roughly 17 percent of the territory's seven million residents pay personal taxes. The rest earn less than minimum taxable incomes. About 500 companies account for 80 percent of the taxes paid on total corporate profits.

Critics of the decision to drop consultations said that the government's retreat raised questions as to its ability to restructure the economy to maintain its competitiveness.

It also reflected the difficulty in pushing through change, even when proposed by the administration, since politicians tend to preoccupy themselves with playing to their constituencies without having to worry about the long- term consequences for the economy.

"We're a politically immature system," O'Rear said.

"It's not about considered policy, it's about megaphones. He who shouts first and loudest wins."

HK has all the trappings of an election ... except voters

2006-12-09T19:55:00.000+08:00

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061205/wl_asia_afp/hongkongchinapolitics_061205162223

HK has all the trappings of an election ... except voters

by Mark McCord Tue Dec 5, 12:33 PM ET

AFP/File Photo: Political hopeful Alan Leong addresses the press at an election rally in the central district...

HONG KONG (AFP) - Political hopeful Alan Leong's campaign to become Hong Kong's next leader has all the trappings of a modern democratic electoral battle.
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He has an eye-catching logo, he holds fund-raising gatherings, he canvasses support on the streets and he talks of his manifesto changing the city for the better.

All that's missing are the voters.

In undemocratic Hong Kong, it will not be electors who choose the winner of the chief executive selection race in March, but a panel of elites sympathetic to the city's overall rulers in China.

But while Leong concedes he has no chance of winning against China's favoured candidate, incumbent chief executive Donald Tsang, the pro-democracy lawmaker has decided he must still pound the streets building up public support.

"I have set for myself the target of rekindling the interest of Hong Kong people in the chief executive election to at least give them a chance to choose between policies," Leong said after a fund-raising luncheon.

"If I succeed in doing that I will consider myself a winner," he added.

A lawyer by trade, Leong is a leading light in the moderate faction of Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement, which has long campaigned for an overhaul of the city's electoral system.

While he objects to the narrow-franchised election that will choose the chief executive in March, he has nonetheless put himself forward as a protest candidate.

He has begun campaigning early because he fears Hong Kong's seven million citizens have become politically complacent in recent years, thanks to the booming economy and the leadership of Tsang, who while considered a Beijing yes-man, is popular among the people.

"(I want) to try to overcome this feeling of helplessness or this culture of disability," he said.

As well as stimulating debate, Leong hopes to give Hong Kong a taste of what electoral politics would look like if democracy was introduced.

To even stand a chance of competing, he must first win the nominations of 100 of the 800 members of the Election Committee that will select the chief executive.

That's a tough task as the election committee is stuffed with pro-Beijing conservatives who are unlikely to vote against the communist leadership's preferred candidate.

That system -- introduced after sovereignty of the city passed from colonial rulers Britain to China in 1997 -- has prevented other challengers from toppling incumbent leaders.

In both elections since the handover, China's anointed candidate ran unopposed after receiving more than 700 nominations in the first round.

Leong is undeterred, however. His goal is simply to stimulate debate on what he and his fellow pro-democrats feel is an unjust political system.

"I cannot accept there will be no competition for the top political post in Hong Kong for the third time in 10 years," he said.

"Open competition creates a political marketplace where policies compete, proposals are tested and wider perspectives and better solutions are rewarded," he added.

"An absence of competition favours the mediocre (and) the unimaginative, and allows leaders to become arrogant, complacent, remote and defensive."

According to street surveys by his Civic Party, Hong Kong people are clamouring for the chance to vote for their leaders.

Margaret Ng, a colourful pro-democracy legislator in Leong's party, said he has been receiving positive responses from the public during hustings.

"They understand why he is doing this -- why he is standing even though he will loose," said Ng. "People from all over the territory come up to us and wish us luck. They want a competitive election."

So far Tsang has yet to indicate whether or not he will run in March, but the indications from Chinese leaders is that Beijing has found no other potential candidate to back.

HK wants film-making ties with Kingdom

2006-12-09T19:54:00.001+08:00

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2006/12/05/business/business_30020729.php

HK wants film-making ties with Kingdom

Potential to open China to Thai features

Hong Kong, home to one of Asia's most productive film industries, has proposed an international agreement with Thailand to enhance cooperation and generate plans to produce films and exchange technology jointly.

Suphatra Srimaitreephithak, Thai deputy consul-general in Hong Kong, said the proposed letter of intent seeks cooperation in producing films and other entertainment products.

Thailand is the gateway through which Hong Kong films reach the wider Southeast Asian market, while Hong Kong is the gateway through which Thai films reach the rest of the world. She said the proposed agreement would not only increase export opportunities for films from both sides, but also enable exchanges of film production technology.

Thailand's Culture Ministry is currently considering whether to sign the contract. If it does, cooperation should commence next year.

Sophia Chong, senior services-promotion manager for the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, said Hong Kong was one of Asia's largest film producers and had both high technology and a high awareness of intellectual-property protection. Cooperation would create great opportunities for both sides.

Chong said the proposed agreement opened the door for cooperative projects like film-content adaptation, remaking films for fresh markets, co-productions or joint ventures to produce films, distribution in China - because Hong Kong has a closer economic partnership arrangement with the mainland - and exchanges of human resources.

China and Hong Kong have an agreement to collect no tariffs on movies brought in from Hong Kong.

She said cooperation would also lead to tangible cultural exchanges between Hong Kong and Thailand.

The Motion Pictures Industry Association reports Hong Kong films earned a total of US$24 billion (Bt862 billion) in 2004. The figure is expected to increase three-fold next year.

Chong said consumers were also showing a preference for animated films and that innovations and technology development in Hong Kong would create wide opportunities in this medium. She said one-third of the 300 million movie-goers aged under 18 favour animated films, adding that production companies should focus on this market to increase the industry's income.

Petchanet Pratruangkrai

The Nation

Hong Kong

Journalism fund aimed at instilling a global outlook

2006-12-09T19:53:00.001+08:00

http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article-eastasia.asp?parentid=58932

HONG KONG: Journalism fund aimed at instilling a global outlook

The fund will support overseas visits to international organisations and provide on-the-job training

South China Morning Post
Saturday, December 2, 2006

By Felix Chan

Journalists will have a chance to upgrade their skills with overseas trips and on-the-job training under a new fund announced yesterday.

Organisers of the Journalism Education Foundation hope the fund -- which is still being raised -- will enhance public understanding of the local media. The money will help pay for media education courses for students from primary school to university.

The Foundation is co-promoted by the Hong Kong Newspaper Society and the News Executives' Association. Its chairman, Eric Chan Cho-biu, said the fund was aimed at raising the standard of journalists and expanding their horizons.

He cited reporting on the election of former director of health Margaret Chan Fung Fu-chun as the chief of the World Health Organisation as an example of the need for reporters to have a better global outlook.

"The election has shown the growing involvement of Hong Kong and China on the world stage," he said. "But Hong Kong journalists in general are unable to come to grips with the operations and influence of the WHO and this was reflected in the apparent lack of information about the election."

Mr Chan said it was important to encourage journalists to upgrade their skills and establish better relations with world organisation.

The fund will support overseas visits to international organisations and provide on-the-job training. Organisers also plan to run media education courses for students to raise their interest in journalism.

Mr Chan did not reveal how much they had raised so far or their intended target but said it could cost several million dollars a year to run the proposed activities.

Several media organisations, including the South China Morning Post, have contributed to the fund.

A number of recognisable names have agreed to be the fund's honorary sponsors and to monitor its operation, including executive councillors Charles Lee Yeh-kwong and Henry Fan Hung-ling, Hong Kong Jockey Club chairman John Chan Cho-chak, Cathay Pacific chief executive Philip Chen Nan-lok, Hospital Authority chairman Anthony Wu Ting-yuk, former Chinese University vice-chancellor Ambrose King Yeo-chi and Hong Kong Newspaper Society chairman Lee Cho-jat.

Date Posted: 12/2/2006

HONG KONG: Li commits to PCCW after sale blocked

2006-12-02T22:46:00.001+08:00

http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article-eastasia.asp?parentid=58860

HONG KONG: Li commits to PCCW after sale blocked
Chairman says he will work with China Netcom; Broadcasting Authority will investigate possible breach of ownership rules

South China Morning Post
Friday, December 1, 2006

By Frederick Yeung

Richard Li Tzar-kai said last night he remained committed to PCCW following a vote in Singapore that torpedoed his plans to sell his controlling stake in the telecoms giant.

The PCCW chairman said he would continue to work with the China Network Communications Group (Netcom), which owns a 20 per cent stake in PCCW and had earlier opposed a sale of Mr Li's stake to foreign firms, to explore opportunities for the company.

"I have considered very carefully what is in the best interests of the company going forward. In the past six months we have explored a number of options to create shareholder value which, together with Netcom, I will continue to explore," Mr Li said.

"I remain as committed as ever to PCCW...and I intend to remain a major shareholder."

Mr Li's assurances came after minority shareholders of PCCW's parent, Singapore-listed Pacific Century Regional Developments, vetoed the sale of his 23.6 per cent stake to a consortium led by investment banker Francis Leung Pak-to.

"There are no discussions with any party concerning a possible sale of shares in the company in progress," PCCW said in a statement last night.

PCCW, Hong Kong's largest telephone company, was also not in negotiations with any third party concerning the possible sale of its telecoms and media-related assets, the board said.

The company would "continue to pursue innovative business strategies and market opportunities...under the continued chairmanship of Mr Li".

The statement indirectly denied a market rumour that China Network might seek to buy out Mr Li if the deal was voted down by PCRD's minority shareholders.

The damage to relationships that might have been caused by Mr Li's attempts over the past five months to divest himself of PCCW needed to be repaired, a source familiar with the situation said.

"Mr Li should make efforts to rebuild relationships with parties involved in the deal, such as China Network, and he should commit to this," the source said.

PCCW directors "all showed their confidence and support for Mr Li" at a meeting on Wednesday, the source said.

Mr Li said he appreciated the efforts Mr Leung had made in the process of the transaction.

The deal was opposed by PCRD's minority shareholders, with 76.3 per cent, holding 366 million shares, voting against the sale, while 23.7 per cent, holding 113 million shares, supported the sale.

Shareholders attending yesterday's meeting said PCCW should not be sold at such a low price.

Mr Leung offered HK$6 per PCCW share, making the deal worth HK$9.2 billion. Supporting the bid, he lined up Li Ka-shing foundations in Hong Kong and Canada to take a 12 per cent interest in PCCW and Spanish telecoms firm Telefonica to buy 8 per cent.

"PCCW should be a goose that can lay golden eggs. It is PCRD's best asset and we shouldn't sell it for such a low price," one shareholder said after the vote.

Mr Li said he accepted their decision. "PCRD minority shareholders have spoken and the PCRD board respects their decision."

China Network, which would have assumed Mr Li's position as the single largest shareholder of PCCW if the deal had gone through, declined to comment on the results of the vote.

China Network might still want to boost its stake in PCCW by buying either in the open market or from other institutional investors, market sources said.

Shareholders hoping for a better offer may be disappointed, according to broker Merrill Lynch.

"As not all bidders will have Beijing's blessing, Beijing has taken the stance that a change of control of the PCCW assets is a one-country issue, but not a two-systems issue," Merrill Lynch said last night in a research report.

Mr Leung said the rejection of his bid should mark the end of the proposed sale to his consortium. He blamed the media for scuppering the deal.

"It is perhaps unfortunate that certain recent media reports and speculation have caused confusion amongst minority shareholders as to the rationale and overwhelming benefits of the transaction," Mr Leung said in a statement.

Local newspapers reported last week that Mr Li, who had to abstain from voting on the sale, wanted PCRD's minority shareholders to vote it down as he did not want PCCW to be involved in a political and murky transaction. PCRD's independent directors had previously called for a vote in favour of the deal.

Questions about the future of China Network's relationship with PCCW sparked political concerns, particularly the possibility that the Hong Kong business would be merged with the mainland fixed-line carrier's operations if the sale went ahead.

Li defeat dims PCCW China outlook

By Tim Leemaster and Lee Yuk-Kei

PCCW's prospects in the high-growth mainland market and the outlook for its share price are dim after minority shareholders blocked chairman Richard Li Tzar-kai's plan to sell his stake, fund managers and analysts said.

Such an expectation comes because the company is still headed by Mr Li, whose attempt to sell his stake reflects that he does not want to run the company, they said.

At the same time, they said PCCW's second-largest shareholder China Netcom Group, caught off guard by Mr Li's sell-off plans, considers him an unwelcome partner.

"It's a real stalemate situation," said one hedge fund manager who recently sold down his stake in the company. "Had the deal gone through, you would have had Francis Leung Pak-to go in there and repair bridges with the Chinese and then there would be some upside."

Minority shareholders of Pacific Century Regional Developments, a Singapore-listed firm controlled by Mr Li, spurned an offer yesterday from former banker Mr Leung, two charities owned by Mr Li's father Li Ka-shing and Spanish company Telefonica to buy a 22.7 per cent stake in PCCW for HK$9.2 billion.

"Shareholders should be very disappointed at the result," said Auyeung Tat, a fund manager at Apex Capital. "The situation becomes murky again ... in the short term, PCCW shares will be under pressure."

The shares have plunged 95 per cent since it bought control of Cable & Wireless HKT in 2000 to become Hong Kong's dominant telecommunications service operator.

Kenny Tang Sing-hing, an associate director of Tung Tai Securities, said the shares of PCCW will be under heavy selling pressure as shareholders will not get the special dividend that Richard Li promised if the deal was approved.

Many market observers expect a period of quiet after the number of iterations the deal has seen since it all started earlier this year.

US buyout firm TPG-Newbridge and Macquarie Bank failed in their bids to buy PCCW assets after Beijing objected to them falling into foreign hands. The two suitors would not comment.

Local tycoons appear to be uninterested as none, apart from the elder Mr Li, joined Mr Leung's consortium. That leaves Netcom and other mainland firms likely buyers.

"Everyone needs a period of stability where they can just focus on the business," said one fund manager who asked not to be identified. "It's been deals and deals and now they have to turn back and focus on the business and let management get back to management."

However, any quiet will not last long as the company is likely to remain the object of acquisitional interest despite Beijing's sentiments to the contrary.

Everyone agrees that PCCW has a lot going for it, particularly the Now Broadband television unit which has attracted a growing number of subscribers and has recently won the exclusive right to broadcast English Premier League football.

PCCW, with more than 700,000 subscribers, has the most broadband television subscribers of any service provider in the world.

"PCCW has the management and technical experience that could make it a bid target again with interested bidders including telecoms operators and private equity, especially if recent management disputes escalate and the stock takes a hit," said Cyrus Mewawalla, an analyst at broker Westhall Capital.

PCCW tumbles 4.95pc

Shares in Hong Kong’s dominant telecom firm PCCW tumbled 4.95 per cent on Friday amid disappointment at shareholders’ rejection of the controversial sale of the company, dealers said.

Minority shareholders in Singapore-listed Pacific Century Regional Developments on Thursday voted down the sale of PCCW chairman Richard Li Tzar-kai’s 23 per cent controlling stake to a consortium led by financier Francis Leung Pak-to.

Mr Leung, a close associate of Richard Li’s father, Asia’s richest man Li Ka-shing, led a ground which included the elder Mr Li’s charitable foundations and Spanish telecom giant Telefonica.

PCCW shares closed 25 cents lower at HK$4.80, just off the intraday low of HK$4.79, while the benchmark Hang Seng Index declined 269.66 points or 1.42 per cent to 18,690.82.

Dealers said PCCW’s future remained uncertain. Richard Li said he remained committed to the company but shareholders and investors were concerned as to whether or not he would ever try to sell his controlling stake again.

“Shareholder disappointment with [the vote] ... was exacerbated by their concerns over the uncertain growth prospects [for PCCW] under chairman Richard Li,” said YK Chan, strategist at Phillip Asset Management.

In July, Mr Leung stepped in to buy Richard Li’s stake for HK$9.2 billion after central government-controlled China Netcom, which holds a 20 per cent stake, insisted that strategic telecom assets should not be sold to foreign investors.

This squashed previous offers of US$7 billion (HK$54.6 billion) from Australia’s Macquarie Bank and the Texas Pacific Group from the United States for PCCW’s key telecoms and media assets.

On Thursday, the PCCW board said it was not in negotiations with any third party concerning the possible sale of its key assets. Richard Li said he would continue to work with China Netcom and explore opportunities for the business.

The controversial deal had worried analysts in Hong Kong given Beijing’s intervention to stop the initial sale and sparked concerns over corporate governance standards.

Investment house JP Morgan said it expected “increased risks on the horizon” as a result of Richard Li’s unsuccessful attempt to exit the company.

“We believe PCCW’s prospects of gaining a foothold in the mainland telecom market is at risk, along with its future strategic direction due to the tenuous relationship between the company’s two largest shareholders,” referring to China Netcom and Richard Li.

The rejection, coupled with PCCW’s earlier decision to buy broadcast rights for England Premier League (EPL) football, would impact the company’s earnings, it said.

“EPL will be a drag on profitability over the next two years and ownership and corporate governance overhangs remain. This may see the stock trading at levels below what we would regard as fair value,” it added.

Regulator checks for media rule breach

By Frederck Yeung

As his attempt to sell a stake in PCCW has failed, Richard Li Tzar-kai now faces a possible breach of local media ownership rules with his 50 per cent stake in Hong Kong Economic Journal.

The Broadcasting Authority, the media regulator in Hong Kong, said it is seeking more information from PCCW, the second largest pay-television operator, to see if the rule banning cross-media ownership has been breached.

The authority's rule states that anyone who controls one media organisation is barred from owning 15 per cent or more of another.

Mr Li indirectly owns 23 per cent of PCCW through Pacific Century Regional Developments. He also personally owns 3 per cent of PCCW, making him the largest shareholder in the company.

The problem would have been solved had PCRD minority shareholders approved the sale of the PCCW stake to a consortium led by former investment banker Francis Leung Pak-to.

The proposal was voted down yesterday. Mr Li, who owns 75 per cent of PCRD, could not vote after it was revealed his father Li Ka-shing was a member of the consortium.

Mr Li could get a waiver allowing him to control more than one media group but a Broadcasting Authority spokesman said it has not received an application from him.

Democratic Party lawmaker Sin Chung-kai said the government is unlikely to let Mr Li control PCCW and the Journal at the same time.

"Mr Li had spoken to the public on how he would like to operate the Journal when the transaction closed in August. Mr Li and PCCW are clearly breaching the cross-media ownership rule," Mr Sin said.

A source familiar with the situation said technically Mr Li has not broken the rule, as he invested in the Journal through a trust firm.

In August, Mr Li struck a deal with Journal founder Lam Shan-muk and columnist Cho Chi-ming to take 50 per cent of the Journal for HK$280 million.

The purchase was made through a trust company called Clermont Media of which Mr Li is a settlor.

"We noticed the sensitive of cross-media ownership issue from the first day we negotiated with Mr Lam," said a source familiar with the situation.

He added Mr Lam would not have sold his stake to Mr Li had they not been confident cross-media ownership was not a problem.

"Technically speaking, the trust set up by Mr Li could be treated as an independent body from PCCW or Mr Li himself," the source said.

Mr Li may also get the so-called "firewall treatment" from the government as in the case of Television Broadcasts, a free-to-air broadcaster that owns 49 per cent of a pay-television operator, the source said.

Date Posted: 12/1/2006

PCCW saga a blow for HK's credibility

2006-12-02T22:44:00.000+08:00

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PCCW saga a blow for HK's credibility
Beijing politics and the finances of Richard Li interfered with the Hong Kong business sale, says the South China Morning Post

South China Morning Post
Friday, December 1, 2006

Richard Li Tzar-kai's grand plan to retreat from the telecoms industry has hit the rocks, leaving behind a litany of questions about political interference, family discord and corporate governance. They cast a long shadow over Hong Kong's image as a credible centre of international finance.

Australian investment bank Macquarie and US buyout firm TPG Newbridge had proposed separate bids to acquire PCCW's key assets. China Netcom, PCCW's second-largest shareholder, decided against selling and enlisted Xinhua, the state-run news agency, to issue a press release to publicise its desire that PCCW should remain in local hands. The unusual arrangement speaks volumes about the nature of the opposition to the deal. Beijing was firmly against allowing what it considers to be a strategic asset of Hong Kong to fall into foreign hands.

Francis Leung Pak-to, an investment banker with strong ties to Li Ka-shing, Hong Kong's richest tycoon and father of Richard, then emerged as a white knight to block the foreign bids. In July, Mr Leung put together a deal to acquire Richard Li's 23 per cent stake in PCCW, held through his Singapore-listed vehicle Pacific Century Regional Development.

Quizzed at the time, Mr Leung denied that the elder Mr Li was among his backers. It turned out that this was a technical denial. The tycoon was not an investor at that stage, but he was the source of a HK$500 million loan that Mr Leung drew on to pay a deposit to PCRD. The Li Ka-shing Foundation, the tycoon's vehicle for charity work, has since taken a 10 per cent stake in Mr Leung's consortium.

Mr Leung appears to have been acting as the front man for the elder Mr Li. It looks as if the tycoon, with extensive connections in Beijing, engineered the deal to resolve the political problem his son had caused. Father and son, it seems, did not communicate over the matter. When Richard knew of his father's involvement in Mr Leung's bid, he was so angry he reportedly said last week that he would rather PCRD's minority shareholders vote it down. Now that the younger Mr Li's reported wishes have come true, following the vote in Singapore yesterday, Hong Kong's reputation for having a level playing field for business has suffered a severe beating.

It would be naive to think that politics never plays a role in business here. British interests once dominated key sectors in Hong Kong, relinquishing their firm grip only in the last years of colonial rule. Indeed, politics was believed to be behind the sale by Cable & Wireless HKT -- renamed PCCW by Richard Li -- in 2000, three years after Hong Kong's return to China.

Beijing was widely believed to have an influence over the choice of Richard Li as the buyer, in preference to a strong rival bid from Singapore Telecom. No wonder Beijing was taken aback when he decided to sell his stake to foreigners.

But the way in which the planned sale of PCCW's assets was handled in recent months, both in Beijing and Hong Kong, has dealt a heavy blow to our city's reputation. It has done so in two key areas. The first is the blatant interference by Beijing in a proposed business deal which was really not important enough to justify such attention. This was done in an underhand way and it has gravely damaged Hong Kong's image as a city that offers fair treatment to all businesses, wherever they may come from.

Since the handover, there have been few occasions when Beijing has so obviously interfered with Hong Kong affairs. We have had a pretty good nine years. But that record has now been seriously dented. The blocked PCCW deal is a signal moment that has been watched with consternation both here and around the world.

The second concern is the failure of Hong Kong's regulators to do anything about it. This has shown them to be ineffective when faced with a series of events that raises serious questions.

The vote in Singapore might bring the whole sorry affair to the end. Now, it is hoped, we can move on. But the damage has already been done.

Date Posted: 12/1/2006

Hong Kong TV campaign to promote big families

2006-12-02T22:43:00.002+08:00

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Hong Kong TV campaign to promote big families
(DPA)

1 December 2006

HONG KONG - A TV campaign to promote parenthood in Hong Kong was under way Friday to counter the city’s tumbling birth rate, which is now one of the lowest in the world.

Two advertisements showing the joys of newborn babies began screening on prime time TV from Thursday night in the city of 6.8 million where the average number of children per family is only 0.9.

The short films show a small boy watching his pregnant mother and looking forward to a bigger family and a father and son preparing for the birth of a new child.

The advertisements have been produced by the territory’s Family Planning Association which says it is not trying to directly promote bigger families but rather to highlight their positive aspects.

China’s one-child policy does not apply to the former British colony but family sizes have shrunk dramatically because of limited home space, high education costs and a trend of marrying late.

Hong Kong’s family size has tumbled from nearly three children in 1980 and the city now faces a population crisis with people aged over 64 expected to account for nearly half the population by 2033.

Birth rates are falling globally but Hong Kong’s rate of 0.9 per woman is one of the lowest in the world, comparing to 1.6 in the UK and 1.3 in Germany.

The Family Planning Association says it wants the advertisements to encourage parents to plan ahead and gives them the option of a bigger family before they are too old.

Hong Kong’s chief executive Donald Tsang last year made a more direct appeal, saying couples should aim to have three children each to combat the ageing population.

In an interview with Friday’s South China Morning Post, Family Planning Association vice-chairman Linda Lo said the advertisements were intended to convey ‘a positive image to couples about having children.’

‘Having children is not that horrible,’ she said. ‘Although the intention of the advertisements is not to urge people to have more children, they do talk about the joy of having a baby if couples plan ahead.’

HONG KONG: PCCW sale rejected

2006-12-02T22:43:00.001+08:00

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HONG KONG: PCCW sale rejected
Vast bulk of PCRD's minority shareholders turn down deal

South China Morning Post
Thursday, November 30, 2006

Minority shareholders of Singapore-listed Pacific Century Regional Developments on Thursday rejected the sale of a controlling stake in Hong Kong telecommunications giant PCCW, a PCRD spokesman said.

The spokesman, who declined to be named, said 76.3 per cent of the votes cast were against the deal.

Votes were counted immediately after the meeting to discuss the sale, which lasted about one hour at the private Raffles Town Club, marking the culmination of a corporate and family saga involving Asia's richest man, Li Ka-shing.

The deal has been mired in controversy since Mr Li's son, PCCW chairman Richard Li Tzar-kai, announced earlier this year that he wanted to sell out, drawing bids worth as much as US$7 billion (HK$54.6 billion) from foreign investors for PCCW's core telecoms assets.

That sale option was vetoed by central government-owned China Netcom, PCCW's second-largest shareholder, which said the company should not be sold to foreign interests.

Amid dire warnings that such direct intervention by the mainland in Hong Kong's business affairs compromised its corporate governance standards, a close associate of Li Ka-shing stepped forward with a counter offer.

Francis Leung Pak-to, an investment banker, said in July that he would buy the 23 per cent controlling stake held by PCCW chief Richard Li's PCRD for HK$9.2 billion.

Li Ka-shing initially denied involvement in the deal but Mr Leung later revealed the elder Mr Li and Spanish telecom firm Telefonica would in fact be the main buyers.

The revelation sparked an apparent change of heart by Richard Li, who has long wanted to escape his father's shadow and he was quoted by Ming Pao last week as saying he would be pleased if PCRD shareholders rejected the deal.

Richard Li holds 75 per cent of PRCD but, because of his father's involvement, he cannot take part in the vote under regulations governing connected transactions, which left minority shareholders to decide the deal.

"Why should we give away the golden goose?" Edward Gay, a shareholder who said he would vote against the sale, told reporters as he arrived for the vote.

"They are making very good business" yet shareholders had not received "even a single cent" in dividends, Mr Gay said.

The meeting itself was closed to the press.

Date Posted: 11/30/2006

Hong Kong cardinal criticizes ordination

2006-12-02T22:40:00.000+08:00

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Hong Kong cardinal criticizes ordination By MIN LEE, Associated Press Writer
Thu Nov 30, 11:06 PM ET

HONG KONG - Hong Kong Cardinal Joseph Zen on Friday lashed out at China's latest ordination of a bishop without papal approval — the third known case this year — accusing Beijing of reneging on a promise to the Vatican to stop the practice.

Wang Renlei, the 37-year-old vicar-general of the Xuzhou Diocese in the eastern province of Jiangsu, was ordained Thursday in a two-hour ceremony attended by about 1,000 people, said Liu Bainian, deputy chairman of the government-backed Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association.

Liu defended the installment of Wang, saying his predecessor needed to be replaced because he was more than 90 years old.

Beijing broke ties with the Vatican in 1951 after the communists took power and set up a separate Catholic church outside the authority of the Holy See. Local faithful are only allowed to worship with the state-sanctioned church.

Efforts to resume Sino-Vatican diplomatic ties have been hindered by China's reluctance to cede its power to name bishops. Beijing views papal appointments in China as an interference in internal affairs.

China drew fire from the Vatican when it installed Bishops Ma Yinglin in the southwestern city of Kunming and Liu Xinhong in Wuhu in the central province of Anhui earlier this year. The Holy See threatened to excommunicate the priests.

Zen, however, said in a statement Friday that after the first round of bishop appointments this year, Beijing had invited a Vatican delegation to the Chinese capital and promised to stop the practice.

"It is hard to understand how there can be people who obstinately work for destruction," Zen said.

The cardinal suggested China's government-backed church fears it will lose power if Beijing recognizes the Vatican.

He said Thursday's ordination "made evident how those with vested interests are terribly afraid that the church one day may operate normally and freely according to her constitution."

Zen also criticized the Chinese government for allegedly detaining two bishops recognized by the Vatican and forcing them to attend Wang's ordination.

Despite the Vatican's illegitimacy in China, millions remain loyal to the pope and worship in secret, but priests and members of their congregations are frequently detained and harassed.

While banned in mainland China, the Vatican operates in Hong Kong, a Chinese-ruled former British colony that is promised significant autonomy and Western-style civil liberties such as religious freedom.

HK wants tougher food laws after recent scares

2006-12-02T22:39:00.000+08:00

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HK wants tougher food laws after recent scares
30 Nov 2006 05:48:45 GMT
Source: Reuters

HONG KONG, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Hong Kong has called for tougher laws to allow the mandatory recall of food items found to be contaminated, the city's top health official said on Thursday after a spate of food scares.

Eggs tainted with a carcinogenic industrial dyes, freshwater fish with traces of toxic chemicals and formaldehyde-laced bean curd have been detected by food safety officials in recent weeks.

"Yes, we absolutely would like to legislate to regulate the trade. There are some inadequacies, and legislating would be intended to address all these problems," York Chow, Hong Kong's Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food, told a special legislative council meeting to discuss food safety.

Hong Kong laws only allow the government the right to seize tainted food, but not the power to prohibit the sale of contaminated food items. Most of the former British colony's food comes from across the border in China.

By boosting its enforcement powers, the government said it could act more effectively to freeze the sale of potentially dangerous foods and track down the source of suspect products.

Hong Kong has been among several Chinese cities to be hit by eggs tainted with the industrial and cancer-causing Sudan IV dye, mixed in with chicken feed, to make egg yolks redder and therefore more expensive.

Hong Kong has so far only detected a small number of Sudan dye tainted eggs -- two salted ducks eggs and five hen eggs -- but the scandal has undermined public confidence in food safety, particularly after officials at first denied any such imports.

Hong Kong imports 90 percent of its food and has been at the mercy of food traders who've used unscrupulous means to make a profit and get around perfunctory supervision.

Its porous land and sea borders also make Hong Kong vulnerable to smuggling of contraband fish, meat and vegetables from unregistered suppliers.

Fresh-water aquatic imports from Chinese fish farms have been a recurrent problem in recent years, with traces of toxic substances, such as the anti-fungal chemical malachite green, often showing up in fish and eels despite a ban.

Guangdong fish suppliers, however, claim that Hong Kong's standards are too stringent and recently suspended fresh-fish exports to the city in an apparent protest, causing a fish shortage in local wet-markets.

HONG KONG: Corporate saga to culminate in Singapore vote on PCCW deal

2006-12-02T22:38:00.001+08:00

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HONG KONG: Corporate saga to culminate in Singapore vote on PCCW deal
Minority shareholders' vote will bring weeks of speculation, controversy to an end

South China Morning Post
Wednesday, November 29, 2006

A corporate and family saga involving Asia's richest man culminates on Thursday at a private Singapore social club when minority shareholders vote on the proposed sale of Hong Kong's fixed-line telecommunications giant PCCW.

The deal has become mired in controversy since Richard Li Tar-kai, son of legendary Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing and PCCW's chairman, announced earlier this year that he wanted to sell out, drawing bids worth as much as US$7 billion (HK$54.6 billion) from foreign investors for the firm's core telecoms assets.

That option, however, was vetoed by central government-owned China Netcom, PCCW's second-largest shareholder, which objected that the company should not be sold to foreign interests.

Amid dire warnings that such direct intervention by the mainland in Hong Kong's business affairs compromised its corporate governance standards, a close associate of Li Ka-shing stepped forward with a counter offer.

Francis Leung Pak-to, a well known investment banker, in July said he would buy the 23 per cent controlling stake held by PCCW chief Richard Li's Singapore-listed Pacific Century Regional Developments (PCRD) for HK$9.2 billion.

That appeared to keep everyone satisfied until the details of how it was to be financed became clear -- Mr Leung would rely heavily on Li Ka-shing for the funding, sparking an apparent change of heart on the part of Richard Li who seems to have objected to his father's role.

Last week, the younger Li was quoted by Ming Pao in Hong Kong as saying he was "very unhappy" with his father's involvement and would be pleased if PCRD shareholders rejected the deal.

"[I] am very unhappy with the result; I am full of confidence in PCCW's outlook and if [PCRD] minority shareholders vote down [the deal] ... I would be very happy," he was quoted as saying.

Richard Li said that instead, he was now willing to "continue to develop and lead PCCW", rather than wanting to sell his stake.

His comments prompted a critical response from analysts, especially since Thursday's vote by minority shareholders was seen as a very close call.

"It's obvious that the father tried to help the son and the son didn't appreciate it," said one analyst in Hong Kong who requested anonymity.

Castor Pang, a strategist at Sun Hung Kai Financial Group, said the apparent turnaround was "ridiculous".

"One minute he wanted to sell PCCW and the next minute he didn't. There is no logic in this. It's very strange ... It seems like a careless and casual decision he made and was not properly thought through," he added.

Analysts say the deal did not reflect well on corporate governance standards in Hong Kong, with smaller investors particularly ignored while larger parties, including Beijing, work out the details to their advantage.

Singapore's The Business Times interviewed PCRD shareholders opposed to the deal. One, Gregory Chan, told the newspaper a vote against the sale would "send a signal that the minority shareholders are not happy about how we've been treated".

Richard Li holds 75 per cent of PRCD but cannot take part in the vote under regulations governing connected transactions since his father is involved, leaving the deal to be decided by minority shareholders.

The extraordinary general meeting begins at 10am on Thursday in Singapore's Raffles Town Club.

Date Posted: 11/29/2006

Ching Cheong petition to be handed to NPC chief

2006-12-02T22:36:00.002+08:00

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CHINA: Ching Cheong petition to be handed to NPC chief
28 legislators sign letter that calls on Hu Jintao to release the jailed journalist

South China Morning Post
Wednesday, November 29, 2006

By Klaudia Lee and Jimmy Cheung

The Security Bureau yesterday promised to hand in a petition from Ching Cheong's family to National People's Congress chairman Wu Bangguo calling on him to review the jailed journalist's case during his visit to the city.

The comments by Ching's elder brother, Ching Hai, followed a meeting between the family and a Security Bureau official and came as former chief secretary Anson Chan Fang On-sang called on Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen to take a more "proactive" role in helping the jailed journalist.

A signature campaign by Democratic Party legislator Cheung Man-kwong also gathered steam, with 28 lawmakers signing the letter that calls on President Hu Jintao to release Ching on medical parole.

Ching Hai said the official had promised the family that the letter would be handed to Mr Wu. The letter calls on the NPC chairman to look into the case, saying the verdict was unjust and was founded on biased and insufficient evidence.

The official also promised to pass the family's request to the mainland authorities asking for medical parole for Ching and to allow him to serve out his sentence in Guangzhou, he said.

Ching Hai also revealed that mainland sources had told him that the Beijing Higher People's Court would soon deliver a formal letter to the detention centre in Beijing notifying them that the case was closed.

Mrs Chan, who yesterday described Ching as journalist who loved the country and Hong Kong, said she was "very saddened" by the case.

"Hong Kong people hope that our chief executive can reflect Hong Kong's people's concerns and worries," she added.

Date Posted: 11/29/2006

Hong Kong forced to act on racism

2006-12-02T22:36:00.001+08:00

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Hong Kong forced to act on racism
November 29 2006 at 01:27PM

Hong Kong - Hong Kong, bowing to pressure from civil rights groups, proposed new laws on racial discrimination on Wednesday to protect the rights of the city's ethnic minorities.

Under the Race Discrimination Bill, which requires legislative approval, "racial discrimination and harassment" in certain areas and "vilification on the grounds of race" will become illegal and punishable by fines and jail terms of up to two years.

"We are introducing the bill because we have international obligations to do so (and) because we have now gained general community support for legislation," said Carrie Lam, the government's Permanent Secretary for Home Affairs.

Racism is not often explicit or violent in Hong Kong but the city's many foreign migrant workers have often been denied jobs, accommodation or school places on the basis of their ethnicity.

Shoe master Jimmy Choo gives it all up to teach

2006-12-02T22:35:00.001+08:00

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Shoe master Jimmy Choo gives it all up to teach Wed Nov 29, 9:50 AM ET

HONG KONG (AFP) - Shoemaker to the stars Jimmy Choo is ready to give shoe designing the boot and start teaching his skills to youngsters, he said.

Choo, whose often flamboyant designs have been worn by the likes of Madonna and Michelle Yeoh, said he felt he had proven himself as a designer and now wanted to pass on his talents.

"I want to be a hero, for all (parts) of my life," Malaysian-born Choo told reporters in Hong Kong, where he is a guest at a design expo.

"I'm a good designer, I'm a good shoemaker -- what is the next step for me? I want to be a good teacher," he said.

Choo said he had already begun teaching, and has lent his time to the London College of Fashion.

"Everyone can be a designer. As they say in Chinese, 'if you have a good master you will be a good student'," said Choo, who was taught to be a cobbler by his father in Malaysia.

"I like to travel around and show people how to make shoes," he added. "I respect my students and in return I hope they will learn something from me and go on to be great designers."

Born Zhou Yangjie to Hakka Chinese immigrants in Penang, Choo has risen to the top of the fashion pile, designing shoes for the rich and famous, including Princess Diana, and receiving Malaysia's equivalent of a knighthood, giving him the honorific Dato.

Now a British citizen, Choo confines himself to bespoke couture designs, having sold his ready-to-wear business to former Vogue editor Tamara Mellon.

Mayer Brown launches in Hong Kong with Jones Day raid

2006-12-02T22:33:00.000+08:00

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Mayer Brown launches in Hong Kong with Jones Day raid

Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw has swooped on Jones Day to kickstart its Hong Kong office, which has just had its licence approved by the Hong Kong Law Society.

As well as relocating London-based corporate partner Stephen Bottomley to Hong Kong to oversee the opening, Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw (MBRM) has lured Jones Day’s Hong Kong-based finance partner Jeff Chen to head the office’s securitisation and finance practice.

As first reported in The Lawyer (13 October), MBRM is to be fully operational in Hong Kong by the end of the year.

Bottomley told The Lawyer: “We are aware that our existing client base in both the US and Europe have aspirations to break into China and Asia generally. Our move into Hong Kong is consistent with the firm’s principle to establish offices in the major financial centres around the world. This is an exciting and significant commitment and we intend to stay here and be successful.”

The 1,535-lawyer firm already has consulting offices in Beijing and Shanghai but its Hong Kong office will be its first in China with a full legal mandate. Its licence is effective from Friday (1 December).

Bottomley added: “We will be applying for a practising licence for mainland China in early 2007. We will probably select from either Beijing or Shanghai as potential locations.”

The office will have an initial finance and corporate capability, with plans to expand into other areas. Bottomley said: “We are looking to build on our corporate/M&A practice as well as private equity and capital markets. We are also considering project finance, IP, international arbitration and international tax.”

The firm’s Hong Kong office currently has capacity for up to 18 lawyers and the firm will be looking to recruit within the year.

MBRM has been hiring partners with China expertise for some time, most recently Washington DC-based trade partner Duane Layton and former Chinese foreign affairs ministry official Connie Wang.

Up until now, the firm’s China consultancies have focused on MBRM’s global trade group, which includes the former American commerce secretary Mickey Kantor. The firm intends to leverage off existing clients of the trade team to provide a workflow to the Hong Kong office.

Reality of HK's 'one country, two systems'

2006-12-02T22:19:00.002+08:00

http://us.ft.com/ftgateway/superpage.ft?news_id=fto112820061735286294

Reality of HK's 'one country, two systems'

By Justine Lau and Tom Mitchell in Hong Kong
Tue Nov 28 17:15:27 EST 2006

The intervention of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office in the sale of PCCW (NYSE:PCW) to foreign bidders represents Beijing's boldest intervention in the territory's supposedly sancrosanct commercial affairs since the 1997 handover.

When Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule nine years ago, the former British colony was promised autonomy over all aspects of its governance except those related to defence and foreign affairs. Under the "one country, two systems" principle conceived by Deng Xiaoping, China's late patriarch, the world's biggest communist country pledged to protect Hong Kong's capitalist tradition.

Over the years many have accused China of wielding an "invisible hand" in the territory's political and judicial affairs but Beijing has trod carefully in the commercial arena for fear of damaging Hong Kong's reputation as an open place to do business.

However, the proposed sale of PCCW's telecoms assets to Australia's Macquarie Bank and TPG-Newbridge of the US struck a nerve.

Though supportive of Richard Li's takeover of PCCW six years ago, officials at the Beijing-based Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office were taken aback by Mr Li's moves in June to sell his company's assets to foreign companies.

By proposing to sell PCCW's assets rather than the company itself, Macquarie and TPG-Newbridge's bids neatly sidestepped the right of China Netcom (NYSE:CN) , PCCW's second-biggest shareholder, to veto sales of more than 10 per cent of the company's equity.

As part of China's state council, or cabinet, the HKMAO serves as a bridge between China and its two special administrative regions.

While the HKMAO stayed silent, in June state-owned China Netcom issued a strongly worded statement opposing any changes in PCCW, saying it should continue to be "managed and owned by Hong Kong people". It remains unclear if the HKMAO was acting on orders from higher above or on its own. One sceptic says: "This smacks of second-tier politics in Beijing."

Others note that the HKMAO's reporting lines flow to both Wen Jiabao, the premier, and Zeng Qinghong, vice-president, who heads an elite government working group that oversees Hong Kong-related policymaking.

Second-tier politics or not, the HKMAO has reminded foreign investors in Hong Kong that "one country, two systems" may be a nice catchphrase but it is not the reality.

Lawmakers asked to sign parole request for reporter

2006-12-02T22:19:00.001+08:00

http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=58537

HONG KONG: Lawmakers asked to sign parole request for reporter
Democratic party members urged to sign letter addressed to Wen Jiabao for the release of Ching Cheong

South China Morning Post
Tuesday, November 28, 2006

By Denise Hung and Gary Cheung

The Democrats are soliciting signatures from fellow lawmakers in the hope of making a joint appeal to President Hu Jintao to release journalist Ching Cheong on medical parole.

Party lawmaker Cheung Man-kwong said they would ask all members to sign the letter, irrespective of their party affiliation and political background.

The letter, which will also be addressed to Premier Wen Jiabao, said Ching, a correspondent for The Straits Times in Singapore, should be granted medical parole on humanitarian grounds and allowed to return to Hong Kong.

"I will set Friday as the last day for collecting the signatures, as some parties may need to have meetings before they decide to give their names or not," Mr Cheung said.

It is too early to say whether lawmakers will make a unanimous call.

Tsang Yok-sing, of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong, has previously written to mainland authorities requesting leniency, but yesterday a party lawmaker said they would have to discuss the letter once they received it.

The DAB's Tam Yiu-chung said: "We need to discuss it first, as we rarely express our views through signing letters like this. We have all along been expressing our concern through our own channels."

On Friday, a Beijing court rejected Ching's appeal against his conviction for spying for Taiwan, quashing the Hong Kong journalist's attempt to clear his name. Ching was jailed for five years by a lower court in August.

Ching, 56, has lost more than 4kg and suffered stomach pains almost every night, according to the Ching Cheong Incident Concern Group.

Mary Lau Man-yee, the journalist's wife, said Ching's family planned to write to the Hong Kong government this week to ask it to pass a letter to the mainland authorities.

The letter would call on the central government to release Ching on medical parole or allow him to serve out his sentence in Guangzhou, she said.

Lau, who is also a journalist, said the family would discuss the issue with security officials this week.

Date Posted: 11/28/2006

Pianist Lang Lang becomes HK resident

2006-12-02T22:17:00.000+08:00

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-11/28/content_744881.htm

Pianist Lang Lang becomes HK resident
(AP)
Updated: 2006-11-28 13:34

HONG KONG -- Chinese classical pianist Lang Lang has formally become a Hong Kong resident, saying he hopes to spend more time mentoring aspiring musicians in the territory.

The former British colony Hong Kong is now under Chinese rule, but it remains separately governed and maintains immigration controls. Hong Kong residency is coveted in the Chinese mainland because of the higher standard of living here.

Lang Lang was granted Hong Kong residency under a new "quality migrant" scheme that allows foreigners and mainlanders to settle locally without first securing a job.

He presented original copies of documents proving his qualifications at Hong Kong immigration offices Monday and was issued a residency permit, Immigration Department spokesman K.K. Au said.

The 24-year-old Lang, a native of the northeastern Chinese city of Shenyang, told reporters, he's glad his move to Hong Kong allows him to keep Chinese citizenship.

"I'm very happy. I have many chances to get foreign passports, but this arrangement is especially good because I can maintain my Chinese citizenship," he told reporters.

Hong Kong residents have different passports than mainland Chinese citizens but are considered Chinese nationals.

Lang, who was named an honorary fellow at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts this year, said he wants to spend more time interacting with music students in Hong Kong.

"I hope to frequently visit the academy or other schools to conduct exchanges with local students," Lang said.

Lang's Hong Kong residency will be reviewed after a year to see if he has made moves to plant roots in Hong Kong, such as landing a job or setting up a business, immigration spokesman Au said.

Once Lang spends seven years living here he will qualify for permanent residency.

Local media reported immigration offices gave Lang preferential treatment Monday, extending their opening hours so that Lang, who arrived late, could complete his paperwork.

Au denied this, saying a representative for Lang arrived within working hours to provide documentation, although Lang himself showed up later, adding that the Immigration Department extends the same courtesy to ordinary citizens.

Other outstanding Chinese citizens rumored to have been granted Hong Kong residency under the "quality migrant" scheme include fellow Chinese classical pianist Li Yundi and Olympic gold medalist diver Fu Mingxia, who has married former Hong Kong Financial Secretary Antony Leung.

The Immigration Department declined to confirm other new residents. Eighty-three "quality" immigrants were approved in early November.

Guangdong halts freshwater fish exports

2006-12-02T22:16:00.000+08:00

http://www.japantoday.com/jp/news/391690

Guangdong halts freshwater fish exports
Tuesday, November 28, 2006 at 07:10 EST

HONG KONG — Exports of freshwater fish from Guangdong Province in southern China will be suspended from Tuesday because carcinogenic disinfectant and antibiotics have been found in them, Hong Kong fishmongers said Monday.

Hong Kong, Kowloon and New Territories Freshwater Fish Wholesale Association Director Tommy Hui, quoting sources from mainland China, said traders in four of five major export sites in the province have confirmed the export suspension. "There is nothing we can do now, except wait for resumption," Hui said.

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