- Nov 09 Sat 2013 09:23
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韓泡菜易名辛奇 香港巴士廣告測反應
韓國政府決定日後在中國大陸、香港、台灣等華語區銷售的韓國泡菜,mini storage一律統稱「辛奇」,本月底將在本港進行消費者反應調查。防與中國泡菜混淆韓國泡菜的英文名稱,早於2001 年獲國際食品法典委員會(Codex)定為「Kimchi」,但始終沒有漢字名稱。韓方指, 在中港台等華人社會所銷的「Kimchi」,有的稱「韓國泡菜」、有的叫「白菜泡菜」,名稱不一,而且華語的泡菜主要指用鹽醃製的蔬菜,含意跟韓國的泡菜有出入。再者,有調查顯示,中國人會因「泡菜」這個名稱而誤認為韓國泡菜也是中國食品之一,韓方於是起意正名。韓國農林畜產食品部(下稱農食品部)儲存去年7 月起,為給「Kimchi」找個合適漢字名稱,曾跟中國的語言學家和市場推廣專家討論,前後擬出了40 餘個名稱。經過篩選, 最後剩下「錦赤」與「辛奇」兩名。專家擬40 名篩剩錦赤辛奇「錦赤」形象描述了「Kimchi」如紅色織錦的模樣,故獲好評。不過專家指「辛奇」的「辛」,帶有刺激味道的含意, 「奇」字則有獨特、新鮮的意思, 全意為「有些辣味的新鮮食品」,跟韓國泡菜最為貼切,於是最終選定了這個名稱。農食品部表示,本月底將通過香港巴士廣告,進行消費者對「辛奇」這名稱的反應調查。要在中港台俱完成商標註冊,預料需時1 年。(朝鮮日報)迷你倉
- Nov 09 Sat 2013 09:15
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3款叫車軟件取消加價功能
迷你倉最平 bjrb.bjd.com.cn/html/2013-11/09/content_123914.htm...運輸局約談“官方叫車軟件” 3款叫車軟件取消加價功能 本報訊(記者 劉冕)昨日,北京市交通委運輸局發佈消息,已約談搖搖招車、嘀...迷你倉
- Nov 09 Sat 2013 09:09
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蘋果汁: 380萬港人擁智能電話
mini storage 【本報訊】智能電話越趨普及,統計處年初進行的調查發現,超過380萬名10歲及以上人士擁有智能電話,比率高達61.1%,其中3.9%人擁有2部,0.4%更擁有3部及以上。調查顯示,男性擁有智能電話的比率較女性高,若以年齡劃分,以25至34歲人士擁有智能電話的比率最高,達91.9%;10至14歲港人中,亦有47.8%擁有智能電話,65歲或以上人士擁智能電話的比率最低,只得10.2%,不足10萬人。迷你倉
- Nov 09 Sat 2013 09:01
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防治“車輪腐敗”貴在持之以�
儲存 epaper.gmw.cn/gmrb/images/2013-11/09/07/2013110907_pdf.pdf...《 光明日報 》( 2013年11月09日 07 版) 編輯部: “公車私用”被群�稱為“車輪上的腐敗”,一直是難以根治的頑疾,影響很壞。 然而,記...迷你倉
- Nov 09 Sat 2013 08:52
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史上最強交通癱瘓數百航班停飛 「海燕」襲菲4死 威脅1200萬人
可能是全球有紀錄以來登陸時最強的超級颱風「海燕」,迷你倉昨日在菲律賓中部薩馬島登陸,重創多個城鎮,街道變成澤國,樹木倒塌,電力及通訊中斷。當局警告逾1,200萬人受威脅,近75萬人已疏散;13個機場暫停運作,空中和海上交通嚴重受影響。被媒體形容為「怪獸風暴」的「海燕」在當地造成至少4人死亡,傷亡數字料上升。「海燕」強度達到第5級,強風足以吹毀防風避難所、牆壁及屋頂。1990年有強度相似的颱風襲菲,造成508死246人失蹤。吹宿霧長灘島 20軍艦候命 今次風災中,有居民被電纜及閃電擊中致死,亦有人被塌樹或強風捲起的雜物擊傷。菲政府警告,首都馬尼拉及第2大城市宿霧等均難逃颱風吹襲,長灘島等旅遊勝地更位於颱風移動路徑上,全國受災人數恐超過1,200萬人。 「海燕」料吹襲剛在上月遭遇7.2級大地震的保和島,至少5,000名震後住在帳篷的居民已緊急遷入學校避風。受風暴影響,政府部門昨暫停運送1.4萬包應急糧餉到保和島5個小鎮,災民self storage況恐雪上加霜。 總統阿基諾三世下令軍方候命救災,3架C-130空軍運輸機、32架軍用直升機與飛機及20艘軍艦已準備就緒。另外,菲律賓航空、宿霧太平洋航空、亞洲航空及虎航等合共數百航班停飛,包括部分國際航班。 「海燕」直徑超過1,859公里,覆蓋菲國2/3地區,但移動速度快,減少破壞程度。「海燕」昨早最大陣風達每小時379公里,登陸後稍減弱,最高持續風速從每小時315公里減至235公里,而2005年蹂躪美國新奧爾良的颶風「卡特里娜」風速則為280公里。中國發橙色海浪預警 「海燕」離開菲國中部後預料逼近西沙群島以南海域,中國國家海洋預報台昨罕有地在「立冬」後發出黃色海浪預警,後將警報提升至橙色級別,警告當「海燕」整個雲帶進入南海,南海南部及北部將出現3至9米不等的狂浪,呼籲船隻注意安全。 此前全球最強風暴是1969年吹襲美國密西西比州的颶風「卡米爾」,其每小時風速為305公里。■路透社/綜合外電消息/美國有線新聞網絡/新華社迷利倉
- Nov 09 Sat 2013 08:45
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金融也摻和“雙十一”營銷大戲花樣百出
據新華社訊“雙十一”光棍節如今儼然成了電商們的狂歡節,迷你倉各種吸金大戰早已蓄勢待發。而今年伴隨金融互聯網概念的風生水起,金融也和原本毫不相干的“雙十一”光棍節沾上了邊。銀行、基金、保險……近期各類金融機構都開始打著“雙十一”的噱頭,在電商渠道推出花樣百出的“高收益”產品,一場金融借助互聯網上演的營銷大戲拉開序幕。“我們也意識到了互聯網金融發展對傳統保險銷售帶來的衝擊,所以也開始往互聯網和電商突破。”東吳人壽保險股份有限公司副董事長、總裁徐建平表示,針對“雙十一”,東吳人壽攜手淘寶網推出了一款愛情保險單身版產品,不僅一年預期收益率達到5.2%,還附贈珍愛網的珍愛幣、牽線服務和約會基金。無獨有偶,自存倉安產險也推出了一款名為“脫光險”的保險產品,購買了這款產品的未婚客戶若是一年後結婚即可獲得最高4999元的蜜月禮金。相比于用“噱頭”吸引眼球,有的金融機構則直接祭出了“高收益”大旗。比如,國華人壽“雙十一”期間將在淘寶網推出的“華瑞2號”萬能型保險,給出的收益率高達7%,而且認購門檻僅為1000元。廣發銀行推出的“土豪金1號”給出的收益率也高達7%,起點購買金額為5萬元,投資期限1年,僅限于11月11日當天認購 。從金融機構開始借“雙十一”吸金可以看出,互聯網金融的浪潮已經不可阻擋。保險、基金、銀行理財產品都爭先恐後地和互聯網、電商結盟,走在一起的頻率越來越高,影響力和客戶數正在不斷大幅上升。迷你倉
- Nov 08 Fri 2013 11:24
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釋疑改革
迷你倉 epaper.ynet.com/html/2013-11/08/content_22396.htm?div=-1...自1978年始,三中全會已成“改革”代名詞。 2013年11月9日至12日,“研究全面深化改革”並作出“總體部署”的中共十八屆三中全會將在北京...儲存
- Nov 08 Fri 2013 11:13
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Badgeville Launches The Behavior Platform 5.0: the Next-Generation of Gamification Technology for the World's Largest Enterprises
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.文件倉, Nov. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Badgeville, the #1 gamification company, today announced the Behavior Platform 5.0, the latest offering of the company's award-winning cloud technology that enhances customer and employee engagement. The Behavior Platform 5.0 helps companies build more personalized, rewarding user experiences than ever before on top of their websites and applications, boosting both customer loyalty and employee performance.The Behavior Platform is recognized as the industry's leading cloud-based gamification offering. It was named by the Software & Information Industry Association as the 2013 Cloud Platform of the Year. The platform has been selected by hundreds of the world's leading brands including American Express, Kimpton Hotels, Samsung, Oracle, Bell Media, Kendall Jackson, CA, Philips Electronics, and many more.The new set of groundbreaking features in 5.0 include:-- Social Rewards: a new native feature to recognize users for their interactions with a brand on social networks, driving better retention and advocacy. -- Personalization: new features that allow you to build custom rewards for each and every user based on their personal attributes, such as location, gender, job title, interests, and more. -- Enterprise Networks: management tools that enable you to manage gamification programs across multiple websites and applications from one unified interface. -- Enterprise-Grade Security: platform enhancements that includes a private cloud and database, SOC2, and Safe Harbor compliance. -- Platform Event Subscriptions. Notify external systems every time users earn rewards on Badgeville-powered sites and applications. For example, when a user completes a new mission, you could automatically trigger an e-mail to be sent from your E-mail Service Provider (ESP)."The Behavior Platform has proven to be a very compelling tool to drive long-term engagement with our customers," said Brace Rennels, Director of Social & Community Strategy at EMC. "We're excited for Badgeville's 5.0 release, and look forward to leveraging their ever expanding list of features to evolve our engagement programs.""The Behavior Platform provides us with a scalable, sophisticated, and enterprise-grade gamification solution to meet the needs of our world-class loyalty programs," says Nicki Powers, Engagement Strategist at Maritz Motivation Solutions. "The new features of 5.0 will further help us deliver comprehensive, wall-to-wall engagement programs for our customers."Social Rewards: Don't Just Listen to Social Media. Drive Engagement.Social Rewards enables brands and businesses to reward customers and employees for their interactions on social networks. For example, a 存倉ustomer who tweets favorably about a new product can earn a special reward within your gamification program. You can then drive them back to your website or application through real-time mobile and email notifications, increasing customer and employee loyalty.Personalization: Deliver a Richer, Contextual User Experience.With Badgeville's new Personalization features, a company can rapidly configure missions and gamified experiences that only display and trigger for specific audiences based on their role, interest and location. For example, within the same application, your inside sales team could have missions for qualifying new leads into opportunities, while your field sales team rewarded for shorter sales cycles and larger deal sizes.Enterprise Networks: Easily Manage Wall-to-Wall Engagement Programs.As businesses launch multiple gamification programs across their company, it's more important than ever to be able to administer these programs from one place. With a tiered structure, Enterprise Networks & Sites help you manage gamification programs across all of your enterprise websites and applications from one, unified interface. Additionally, you can also give granular access to administrators who only control the rewards programs for one specific application inside your company.World-Class Security and ScaleThe Behavior Platform 5.0 delivers the most scalable, enterprise-grade platform in the gamification market. Powered by a private cloud and database, the platform processes millions of user behaviors a day, maintaining the highest levels of security and performance. It also meets the regulatory and compliance needs of large enterprises, and is SOC2 and Safe Harbor certified."With enhancements focused on depth, breadth and scalability, The Behavior Platform 5.0 leaves behind first-generation gamification solutions focused solely on points, badges and leaderboards," said Ted Farrell, CTO, Badgeville. "With this release, we've delivered next-generation features that will transform what enterprises and B2C companies expect from a gamification platform, helping them build more personalized, rewarding user experiences that drive long-term engagement."About BadgevilleBadgeville, The Behavior Platform, is the world's leading cloud-based gamification technology. With hundreds of global customers, Badgeville brings Game Mechanics, Reputation Mechanics, and Social Mechanics to industry leaders and innovators including American Express, Oracle, Samsung, EMC, Bell Media, Kendall Jackson, Philips Electronics, and more. Founded in 2010, Badgeville is based in Redwood City, Calif., and has offices in New York and Europe. (To learn more follow @Badgeville or visit .badgeville.com)BadgevilleCONTACT: Sarah Hilmer, +1-317-340-5301, shilmer@sspr.comWeb site: .badgeville.com/儲存
- Nov 08 Fri 2013 10:59
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微軟創新電腦大躍進 Windows 8.1 操作 顛覆固有形象
自從智能手機和平板電腦出現之後,迷你倉整個IT市場的風浪不斷,有公司被推上神壇,同時亦有巨人倒下。雄霸IT市場三十八年的微軟,早年被批過於老定,興起的新玩意似乎都沒有微軟份。但近年微軟動作頻頻,出自家電腦、極力推廣Windows 8.1、收購諾基亞,其香港及澳門區總經理鄒作基叫大家別輕視這頭大象,每段時間都有不同宏願顛覆市場。記者 勞顯亮 攝影 伍明輝上月微軟推出的第二代自家品牌平板和筆記型電腦Surface正式來到香港,結合最新的Windows 8.1操作系統,距離第一代Surface推出,差不多一年時間。一年前,微軟在軟硬件同時有搞作,首次推出自家品牌的電腦,新操作系統Windows 8亦取消開始按鍵,顛覆以往大眾對微軟的形象。新作當然有讚有彈,甚至被揶揄「金正恩找不到『開始』按鍵,北韓才發射不到核彈。」開始鍵回歸 �重觸屏核彈之說當然只是戲言,但鄒作基也興奮地介紹這個「開始」的回歸。「市場上很多意見,我們很快收到。一年前推出Windows 8,介面變得一格格,早於市場可以承受前已推出。微軟作為老大,一定要牽頭,去改變和帶領市場生態。」一頭大象,要改變,牽一髮而動全身。「Windows 8和以前很不同,�重touch(觸屏),當時我們也問過自己,若出自家電腦,友好夥伴會不會變成競爭對手呢?當時這個新概念,友好廠商亦未必能揣摩我們的用意,所以要先帶頭。」鄒作基稱,一年前,市面上觸摸式的電腦不足兩成,但一年來新機不斷,「每個廠商都有新創意,好似變形金剛,連我們都沒有想過。這文件倉競爭激發的創意就是我們想看到的,若我們不先做,可能新電腦只是一塊平板,『死咕咕』。」一○年,蘋果推出iPad,平板電腦湧現市場,到微軟要向touch和平板進發,似乎已落後兩年。但鄒作基稱,此板非彼板,「平板打機、煲劇、娛樂好方便,但若要處理文件,在Email以外似乎很難做到。以前說『work hard play hard』,但現在工作和娛樂愈來愈難分開,平板卻難以取代電腦。以前出差只須帶電腦和手機,現在還要帶多一個平板,似『搵自己笨』。」消費者不想自討苦吃,微軟就將平板和電腦結合「每個時候微軟都有創新,創新的時候未必清晰看到,何時才能成為市場的領導者,但我們不怕去試。二十年前幻想每人都有一部電腦,當時看好傻。但今日,誰未用過Windows和Office?曾專注做系統和辦公軟件,突然踩入遊戲市場搞Xbox,無人看好,但現在遊戲機市場已是全球第一。」工作娛樂功能相兼顧蘋果在上月發布會上宣布,Mac OS系統和辦公軟件將免費升級,被譽為向微軟宣戰。鄒作基卻看清羊毛出在羊身上的道理,「只是收費模式不一樣。平板電腦Surface2亦免費有Office,而完全電腦功能的Surface Pro,就按照原來PC的玩法,照收費。因為對手是其他超薄的電腦。對手免費升級,但賣得超貴。」對手是誰?雖沒說出口,但誰都知道他在暗示Mac Book Air。推出一年,Surface全球收入已達四億美元,最新出貨量較上季增加一倍,香港剛剛推出的第二代,已有部分型號斷市。「賣斷市的感覺好好」,鄒作基笑說。存倉
- Nov 08 Fri 2013 10:48
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半數青年:無帶手機慘過無錢
外出時,儲存你最害怕忘記帶甚麼物件?一項調查顯示,五百二十名年齡介乎十至二十四歲受訪青年,五成人認為手機不在身邊,比不帶錢更缺安全感,更甚有四成三人如廁時都使用手機。專家建議青少年善用資訊科技的好處同時,應避免過度依賴手機。本報記者香港青年協會發表「智能手機與我」調查,八成九受訪青年擁有智能手機,當中七成六人指最常用的功能是即時通訊,其次是四成二的社交網絡,及四成一的玩遊戲。智能手機與人通訊快捷便利,受訪者每日迷你倉均收發二百二十個即時訊息,若按職業劃分,在學青年每日平均收發二百四十一個訊息,比在職青年一百六十二個為多。平均收發220個即時訊息機不離手差不多成為年輕人習慣,據調查結果顯示,七成一青年睡前會使用智能手機,另有五成及四成三青年,食飯及如廁時仍然會「按手機」,更甚是半數人認為不帶手機比不帶錢更缺乏安全感。青協青年研究中心主任陳瑞貞建議,青少年應適當分配時間,保持生活平衡,避免過度依賴手機,缺乏與其他人面對面溝通。self storage
- Nov 08 Fri 2013 10:36
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Twilight of the triads
Hong Kong’s triad gangs stormed back into the headlines internationally last month when a Hollywood director was attacked on a movie set in the city.迷你倉 But the incident doesn’t prove the triads are getting stronger or that their influence is spreading. In fact, experts believe it may signal the opposite, Simon Parry reports. It was a scene that could have come from one of Hong Kong’s famously hammy 1970s action movies. An angry triad brandishing an air conditioning unit chases after Hollywood director Michael Bay and crew members after they brush off demands from him and fellow gang members for HK$100,000 protection money. “He walked right up to me and tried to smack my face, but I ducked, threw the air unit on the floor and pushed him away,” Bay blogged afterwards. “It took seven big guys to subdue him. It was like a Zombie in Bradd Pitt’s movie World War Z — he lifted seven guys up and tried to bite them.” The bizarre incident on October 17 on the set of Transformers 4 in Quarry Bay, followed by a second equally clumsy attempt to extort money five days later, saw Hong Kong’s triads achieve something they rarely manage to do these days: Make international headlines. Usually, triad outrages are inter-society affairs. In April, for instance, a top gangster known as Mouse Shing from the Wo Shing Wo triad society was brutally hacked to death and reportedly disembowelled by two masked men in broad daylight outside the North District Hospital. Three years earlier, in August 2009, senior triad Lee Tai-lung of the Sun Yee On triad society was run over by a car as he stepped from his Mercedes-Benz outside the Shangri La hotel in Kowloon and then stabbed to death by a group of men who jumped from a second vehicle. Away from violence Attacks on people outside their immediate sphere of influence are rare. But experts on triad societies in Hong Kong say the Transformer incidents do not reflect an upsurge in gangland violence and influence in the city and may in fact indicate the opposite. Triad gangs — while still active — are in fact moving away from violent crime in the wake of a sustained police crackdown on their activities and seeking to invest their resources instead in semi-legitimate businesses such as the cross-border trade in milk powder, they say. Today’s triad gangster, in the words of a report co-authored by a Chinese University sociologist Lee King Wa, is “as likely to appear in business suits as sporting tattoos, and to engage in financial manipulation as well as extortion”. However, the shift away from violence and into enterprise has led to a breakdown in the chains of command with lower-ranking triad members sometimes acting independently without seeking permission or wiser counsel from Big Brothers. Triad researcher Sharon Kwok of City University, who has interviewed scores of gang members and co-authored a detailed academic report on triad organized crime titled “Beyond Social Capital”, said it had become tougher to recruit the foot soldiers gangs rely upon. “In terms of structure they (the gangs) are not as organized as in the past. They used to be more concerned about the Brotherhood,” she said. “That made it easier for them to recruit foot soldiers to commit crimes for them — but now it is getting more difficult.” Recruitment problem Senior triad members with the resources and capital to do so are switching from illicit businesses to “quasi-legitimate businesses” such as casinos in Macao, drug stores in Hong Kong and the trade in milk powder, Kwok said. But lower level members were struggling to get by on the old methods of extortion. “I have been told they are having difficulty recruiting youngsters to triad societies,” she said. “One reason is that young people are getting more materialistic. Foot soldiers used to work for senior members without asking for any return. They did it because of the Brotherhood. “But nowadays they have problems asking the younger generation to work for them without pay. For example, if they have a negotiation (with a rival gang) and they want a lot of foot soldiers to be present at the scene to increase their power for negotiation, you have to pay the kids around HK$300 each just to show up and stand there. So it is going to cost a lot of money. If you don’t pay them they may not be willing to turn up.” While leading triads had turned their backs on violence in order to safeguard their blossoming business interests, however, lower level triads — recruited from schools on a large scale to keep triad societies alive in the past two decades – were operating outside the control of their bosses. “Violence where it occurs is most likely to be committed by junior members because they are less controlled than in the past,” Kwok said. “In the past, if they wanted to fight, they needed to get permission from their Big Brother. Now they don’t. They just fight when they want to. “They have different foot soldiers in different areas and it is difficult (for gang leaders) to check what is going on in every area. They are less picky in choosing members. Juniors recruit their own members so the senior member doesn’t know what is going on with junior members.” Lee King-wa, who co-authored a report on the impact of law enforcement and economic change on triad gangs titled “The Transformation of Triad Dark Societies in Hong Kong”, agreed that gangs were switching to less violent methods. “They talk more and they fight less,” he said. “They are more calculating, more rational, and it is less about sub-culture and Brotherhood. They talk more about benefits. Different triad groups work together to get business done. Also the population is shrinking so there is less muscle to summon. “Before, it was the leaders who chose the members. People were keen to join triad gangs in those days. Now, it is the members who choose the leaders. There has been a change. self storage“I would look at this with reference to the context of Hong Kong. Since the 1980s we have been promoting a flexible work force. Hong Kong is a free society and triad societies operate in that way too. “They emphasise flexibility and elasticity. They can do business with any triad group and anyone can join the business. It is not necessary to have a triad membership (to do business with them).” The softer, more business-friendly image of Hong Kong’s triad gangs made the incident on the movie set in October a baffling one, Lee said. “It’s quite a while since I’ve heard of that kind of on-the-spot blackmail case where they (the culprits) almost certainly know the police will come and arrest them. “I’m not sure if it is a low level triad operating independently. Maybe it is someone who wants to show face and tell other triad groups that they have the guts to do it. They know it will fail but they want to send out a message saying ‘This is my territory and I can still do this even though I know the police will come and arrest me’.” Whatever the motives, Lee said there were undoubtedly challenges for triads in adapting to a post-industrial society in Hong Kong. “We are moving towards being a service economy,” he said. “It is very hard for them to blackmail Wellcome or Park N Shop or 7-Eleven. They used to blackmail individual businesses but they can’t blackmail chain stores. “They used to be responsible for human trafficking before 1997 but there is no human trafficking between the mainland and Hong Kong anymore. There is high mobility in the Pearl River Delta. In the past they managed brothels with lots of trafficked women. Now they just look after one-woman brothels.” Whether triads will continue to exist one generation from now — but the incident on the set of Transformers is a vivid illustration of how, for the secret societies that have for so long been part of the fabric of Hong Kong life, a transformation is under way. “Their operations are really changing,” said Lee. “It is much less about violence now. I don’t know whether they will cease to exist or have a declining influence but I can only say that they are certainly changing.” “They have different foot soldiers in different areas and it is difficult (for gang leaders) to check what is going on in every area. They are less picky in choosing members. Juniors recruit their own members so the senior member doesn’t know what is going on with junior members.” Lee King-wa, who co-authored a report on the impact of law enforcement and economic change on triad gangs titled “The Transformation of Triad Dark Societies in Hong Kong”, agreed that gangs were switching to less violent methods. “They talk more and they fight less,” he said. “They are more calculating, more rational, and it is less about sub-culture and Brotherhood. They talk more about benefits. Different triad groups work together to get business done. Also the population is shrinking so there is less muscle to summon. “Before, it was the leaders who chose the members. People were keen to join triad gangs in those days. Now, it is the members who choose the leaders. There has been a change. “I would look at this with reference to the context of Hong Kong. Since the 1980s we have been promoting a flexible work force. Hong Kong is a free society and triad societies operate in that way too. “They emphasise flexibility and elasticity. They can do business with any triad group and anyone can join the business. It is not necessary to have a triad membership (to do business with them).” The softer, more business-friendly image of Hong Kong’s triad gangs made the incident on the movie set in October a baffling one, Lee said. “It’s quite a while since I’ve heard of that kind of on-the-spot blackmail case where they (the culprits) almost certainly know the police will come and arrest them. “I’m not sure if it is a low level triad operating independently. Maybe it is someone who wants to show face and tell other triad groups that they have the guts to do it. They know it will fail but they want to send out a message saying ‘This is my territory and I can still do this even though I know the police will come and arrest me’.” Whatever the motives, Lee said there were undoubtedly challenges for triads in adapting to a post-industrial society in Hong Kong. “We are moving towards being a service economy,” he said. “It is very hard for them to blackmail Wellcome or Park N Shop or 7-Eleven. They use to blackmail individual businesses but they can’t blackmail chain stores. “They used to be responsible for human trafficking before 1997 but there is no human trafficking between the mainland and Hong Kong anymore. There is high mobility in the Pearl River Delta. IN the past they managed brothels with lots of trafficked women. Now they just look after one-woman brothels.” Whether triads will continue to exist one generation from now – but the incident on the set of Transformers is a vivid illustration of how, for the secret societies that have for so long been part of the fabric of Hong Kong life, a transformation is under way. “Their operations are really changing,” said Lee. “It is much less about violence now. I don’t know whether they will cease to exist or have a declining influence but I can only say that they are certainly changing.” Young people are getting more materialistic. Foot soldiers used to work for senior members without asking for any return. They did it because of the Brotherhood ... But nowadays ... you have to pay the kids.” sharon kwok triad researcher, the city university of hong kong They talk more and they fight less. They are more calculating, more rational, and it is less about sub-culture and Brotherhood. They talk more about benefits. Different triad groups work together to get business done.” lee king-wa sociologist, the chinese university of hong kong 迷利倉
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記者的足跡
11月8日,迷你倉第十四個中國記者節。我們推薦江坪同志的新著《記者的足跡》,江坪同志是新中國成立後湧現的第一代新聞人,曾是《浙江日報》記者,後來成為了總編輯,他在新聞崗位上一干就是50多年,是一部活的新中國新聞史。讀《記者的足跡》一書,可以管窺他博大的精神世界,對記者、編輯等新聞職業有更深的領悟。 路甬祥 我與江坪同志相識已有30年了。1981年9月,我從聯邦德國進修回國,時任中共中央政治局委員、國務院副總理的方毅同志在北京人民大會堂接見了我,時任浙江省委書記的鐵瑛同志在杭州會見了我和浙江大學其他幾位回國人員,囑咐我們將自己的知識和智慧奉獻給國家和人民。國家有關部門和浙江省政府支持我在浙江大學組建流體傳動與控制研究所,這引起了學術界和社會上比較多的關注。我一回到杭州,浙江日報記者江坪同志就來採訪。當時我只想集中精力趕快投入研究所的組建和研究、教學工作,對他的採訪並不熱情。但他是一位“難纏”的記者,在短短10余天時間里不但採訪了我,還採訪了我的同事、家人和親友,獲取和發掘了許多素材,很快在《浙江日報》發表了一篇長篇報道。當時我就感覺到他這位記者既敬業、勤奮、執著、高效,還善於採訪、發掘、與人溝通,而且是用心在寫作。他與採訪對象真心實意地交朋友,有一種親和力。我因此對他產生了興趣,並開始關注瞭解他的工作經歷和作品。 江坪同志是一位工人出身的新聞工作者。他一步一個腳印,腳踏實地,勤奮耕耘,求索創新,在新聞工作崗位上已經度過了半個世紀。他有豐富的人生經歷,當過工人、基層幹部,到新聞單位後當過記者、部門主任、副總編輯、總編輯……他交友廣泛,結交了工人、農民、戰士、居民老太太、青少年學生、科學家、漫畫家、作家、表演藝術家、企業家……他與許多採訪對象成自存倉真摯的朋友,我即是其中之一。 江坪同志也是一位多產的作家。我結識他以後,不時在報紙、雜誌上讀到他的作品,有時事評論,有人物專訪,有隨筆散文,也有他對新聞事業的職業感悟、改革思考和工作心得。這些作品形式多樣,內容豐富多彩,使人感動,給人啟發和力量。他採寫的報道文風樸實,講求時效;他寫的評論文章觀點鮮明,立論有據,切中時弊;他寫的散文隨筆短小精悍,視角獨到,清新幽默,見微知著。尤其是他與著名漫畫家華君武先生合作的配詞畫作,褒貶有趣,膾炙人口,成為佳話。 江坪同志長我8歲,我們相識那年他只有40多歲,如今盡管年事已高,卻仍保持著記者的生活節奏和工作作風。這些年來,他仍筆耕不輟,其作品始終堅持貼近生活、貼近群�、貼近實際,其文風更犀利,意境更深遠,興趣更廣泛,視野更開闊。他不僅關注現實生活,還涉及網絡虛擬社會,表現出他作為一名老新聞工作者不懈的理想追求、優良的專業素質和與時俱進的精神品格。這次他將自己幾十年記者生涯中的作品結集出版,既是個人業績的回顧展示,也給廣大讀者提供了一個分享欣賞的機會,尤其是給青年新聞工作者和有志于投身新聞事業的青年學子提供了很有價值的參考和�迪。 江坪同志在他熱愛的新聞事業的廣闊天地里能夠取得如此成就,是與他身上具備的特質和優點分不開的。我以為,這多得益于他的思想敏銳和工作勤奮,不僅腿勤、手勤、筆勤,更勤于、善於觀察和思考。這正是在任何崗位上做好工作、取得成就應該具備的素質,新聞工作者是這樣,科技工作者也是這樣。他邀我作序言,於是我寫下以上文字,其實這都是我識其人、讀其文之後的一些感受和感想,且以為序。 2011年10月27日于北京 (此文是路甬祥同志為浙江日報原總編輯江坪新書《記者的足跡》寫的序言,標題為編者所加)迷你倉