- Aug 10 Sat 2013 12:46
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體育盛事化下的軟硬件問題
近日身在英國的筆者,self storage參觀了有一百年歷史,可容納七萬六千人的奧脫福球場。參觀當日,這個曼聯主場也經歷了幾場大雨,但仍然是綠草如茵,以最佳的狀況,等待�球季來臨。筆者不是想在傷口上灑鹽,將香港的大球場,與奧脫福球場來作比較。有感而發的是,當政府將體育盛事化作為體育發展的政策目標,鞏固亞洲盛事之都的地位之同時,政府在體育文化的硬件投資和軟件配套,與國際級的水平比較,落差實在太大。 體育盛事,對香港帶來很大的經濟效益,亦有助建立香港的都會魅力。旅發局在二○一一年的顧問研究指出,國際七人欖球可吸引二萬名海外旅客專程來港,為香港帶來的直接經濟收益近二點八二億港元。康文署藥石亂投 另外,體育盛事化,不僅在於追求香港盛事之都的目標,還可滿足香港人對觀賞盛事的需求。根據統計處的數字,可看到香港人對體育之熱愛:香港有一百萬人對觀看足球有興趣,有十萬人表示想到現場觀看不同的球賽。而七月尾連續五場的英超勁旅比賽,入場人次達十二萬,最尾一場的電視觀眾人數,更有七十萬之多,可說是全城投入。 雖然市民有需求,政府有需要,但香港能舉辦世界級體育盛事的場館,屈指可數,要舉辦足球等大型運動場館,更只有大球場一個,五場賽事也要擠在大球場舉行,說明了香港舉辦體育盛事的場地局限迷你倉新加坡積極進取 大球場成為大爛地,既有天災,亦有人禍的因素。除了管理人員對賽事頻密所帶來的場地損耗評估不足外,幾天大雨,也令問題雪上加霜。最令筆者難以理解的是連場賽事後,康文署不僅拿不出解決問題的方案,就連發現問題的能力也欠奉,鋪沙之舉更是藥石亂投。最終要靠外隊發現問題,足總職員總動員,加上老天爺不再下雨,康文署的亡羊補牢,才見成效。 真正的專業管理,不是官僚主義,故步自封,望天打卦,而是應主動尋求專業意見,為最壞的打算,作最好的準備。康文署的場地收費雖然屬專業水平(佔門票收入的兩成),但收費與服務水平,很明顯是不成正比。 今次事件,反映了香港體育盛事化的樽頸問題,設施的硬件如是,軟件的管理也如是,問題不但存在於大型體育設施,大型的文化表演場地亦是同樣缺乏。香港要建立城市的軟實力,讓產業多元化,發展文化和體育產業,都是普遍市民的期望。然而,逆水行舟,不進則退,當我們將希望寄託於西九和啟德的發展,新加坡的濱海區,已發展成藝術文化和旅遊中心,而新加坡的體育城,也將於明年落成,大大增加新加坡主辦國際體育盛事的優勢。面對如此進取的競爭者,面對香港在硬軟件上的樽頸,西九和啟德的發展,還可以承受更多的節外生枝嗎?馬逢國立法會議員體育、演藝、文化及出版界文件倉
- Aug 10 Sat 2013 12:39
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Patrick Wilson suspends disbelief as the lead in horror film The ConjuringThe plot of The Conjuring is like a run-of-the-mill horror film: A family moves into a secluded farmhouse, strange things start happening and paranormal investigators are called in.mini storageThe film's true events and character-driven narrative film lured actor Patrick Wilson, 40 - a self-confessed non-horror fan - to take a lead role.Helmed by Malaysia-born Australian director James Wan, the film centres on a case handled by famed ghostbusters Ed and Lorraine Warren in the 1970s.Another of their investigations became the subject of a book and many films, most notably The Amityville Horror (1979) and its 2005 remake.Wilson, who plays the late Ed, a police officer turned demonologist in The Conjuring, tells Life! during an interview in Manhattan: "They started out as this young couple who heard that an old house was haunted. They showed up and she said: 'Listen, if my husband can paint this painting of your house and we give it to you, can we look inside?' And the fact that someone so blue-collar had an artistic side really appealed to me."Stars include Vera Farmiga as Lorraine, Ron Livingston as head of the terrorised Perron family and Lili Taylor as his wife and mother of their five daughters.The film is based on the accounts of Lorraine, a self-professed clairvoyant and psychic medium, and the Perron family (eldest daughter Andrea penned a book on their experiences in 2011 called House Of Darkness, House Of Light).Wilson, a father of two, has taken roles on stage, TV and in films such as The Phantom Of The Opera (2004), superhero actioner Watchmen (2009) and comedy-drama Young Adult (2011).The chance to play a real person with such conviction in his beliefs in The Conjuring was too good to pass up, he says."I've to surrender to it and think, this is the guy that I'm playing, this is what he believes in. It's not up to me to go, 'Nah, that didn't happen'. I wasn't there."Before production began, he and Farmiga drove to the Warren home in Monroe, Connecticut, where Lorraine still lives.He says: "We wanted to, not so much get her blessing, but let her know we wanted to give a realistic and non-judgmental portrayal of these two people."She's great, she's quirky and fun."He also toured the Warrens' basement Occult Museum, which is featured in the film and houses "evil objects" taken from the more than 3,000 cases the couple claim to have investigated over the years."I was fascinated. To me, some of the things that carried the most weight were things that were left aself storage a cemetery, like some kid made this with the intent to conjure something evil."Does he believe in the paranormal? "I've never seen a ghost. But what I have seen are strange coincidences and, to me, it's all part of the same realm of there being something on another level that we're not privy to."Nothing creepy happened during filming though he recalls the day the Perron family visited the set. "They got a call that their mother had fallen at home and they were all freaked out. The day that they leave her alone, she falls and she's injured. It was just a little strange."Wilson has done two other spooky films - Insidious (2011) and its upcoming sequel, which were also directed by Wan, who was behind the Saw franchise.Wan won Wilson over with his focus on building characters and suspense rather than going for cheap scares. "James has this mantra of no false scares. If something's scaring you, it's not going to be the cat," says the actor.Wan also earned a new fan in Taylor, whose experience in the panned CGI- laden horror flick The Haunting (1999) left a bad taste in her mouth.She says: "I've got scripts and heard from directors that they are not into CGI, but then you see it and you're like, oh, that's what all those red lights and cones were, I should have known. The Haunting ended up like that and director Jan de Bont said it was going to be simple."But the minute I talked to James, I knew he knows what's going on."The 46-year-old indie darling, whose credits include Mystic Pizza (1988), Dogfight (1991) and I Shot Andy Warhol (1996), calls this film one of her most physically and emotionally draining, though she found a way to unwind after each day's shoot."There are these bird cams on the Internet. When I got home, I'd just watch the chicks being born, that was my happy place," says Taylor, who is married and has one daughter, according to reports.Regarding the supernatural, she recalls an experience that spooked her years ago: "I was doing theatre with these kids. One night, lights were going on and off, there were doors slamming and weird sounds. Whatever was in that house humbled me and I just have a healthy respect for it."I had always thought I wanted to see ghosts - I don't."She says she had heard of Amityville, but had not connected the dots with the Warrens. To her, meeting Lorraine was the most bizarre event of the film."She's like a sweet little grandmother. You'd never know that she's a ghosthunter. It's like that 'truth is stranger than fiction' kind of thing."stlife@sph.com.sgThe Conjuring is showing in cinemas.迷你倉
- Aug 10 Sat 2013 12:30
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Former Alton man faces seldom-used charge
Source: The Telegraph, Alton, Ill.存倉Aug. 09--EDWARDSVILLE -- Authorities have filed an unusual criminal complaint against a former Alton landlord with a long history of unusual legal battles.The Madison County State's Attorney's Office filed a charge of attempted unlawful clouding of title against Paul S. Schneider, 66, of St. Charles, Mo., who has served time in federal prison for fraudulently posing as an electrical contractor using a reference from a non-existent Grafton bank.The most recent charge alleges that Schneider attempted to file a claim for a lien against US Bank, formerly Alton Banking and Trust Co., with the intent of claiming $400,000 from the bank. The charge is a misdemeanor.State's Attorney Tom Gibbons praised Recorder of Deeds Amy Meyer and her staff for catching the fraud. Schneider hand-delivered the allegedly false document to the Recorder's Office.The charge alleges that Schneider filed the claim "knowing that the theory upon which the purported cloud on title was based is not recognized as a legitimate theory by the courts of Illinois or the United States."Gibbons said that the fraudulent claim was caught immediately and never actually filed. The case was turned over to the Madison County Sheriff's Department, which investigated and brought the misdemeanor charge.Schneider has a long history of representing himself in court cases and losing.Between 1995 and 1999, the city of Alton filed more than 150 property ordinance violation cases against Schneider. One of his properties was an illegally operating boarding house, which was supplied with electricity by an extension cord connected to an adjacent property.Schneider often has asserted in interviews and in court doc自存倉ments that many of the officials who have prosecuted him have plotted against him.He filed a document in 2008 that stated: "We the Schneiders and other similarly politically disfavored persons cannot obtain due process, fair trials, justice, fairness, honest administration, impartial enforcement and equal protection of the rule of law from our court, judicial law enforcement and public officer corps of Southwestern Illinois."In a 2004 case, a judge issued an order preventing Schneider from filing documents in a case to which he was not a party. In another case on file at the Madison County Courthouse, a judge dismissed one of his pleadings on the basis that the case had been dismissed eight years prior.In his claim, Schneider claims to be an attorney. His allegedly fraudulent claim states in part:"That on and about the 20th day of November 1980, the claimant(s) made a contract with said bank and property owners, which said bank used this said contract to falsely convict and defraud we claimant(s) of #9 Frontenac Place, Godfrey Illinois, 529 E. Seventh St., located in Alton, Illinois, and multiple other properties in collusion with City of Alton and County of Madison rogue officials."I, Paul Schneider Jr., certify and state on oath with full knowledge of the laws that prohibit and punishes people for filing false statements and false lien claims that the above statement and claims true in fact. The United States of America and state of Illinois are both common law jurisdictions, entities and artificial persons."sanfordschmidt@yahoo.comCopyright: ___ (c)2013 The Telegraph (Alton, Ill.) Visit The Telegraph (Alton, Ill.) at .thetelegraph.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉新蒲崗
- Aug 10 Sat 2013 12:15
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The test of urbanization
To deal with challenge posed by industrialization and expanding cities, China has to take steps to develop a green service sector At his first news conference after assuming office, Premier Li Keqiang described China’s urbanization as “unprecedented in human history”.self storage He was right. Over the past few decades, hundreds of millions of farmers have become urban residents, and more are likely to follow in the coming decades. A growing population means a growing need for energy and natural resources. This problem is serious especially for China, because its energy efficiency level is low due to its overall mode of production. According to economist Gu Shengzu, China contributed 8 percent of the global economy in 2012 while it consumed 17.7 percent of the total energy generated by the world. China is already suffering from “urban diseases” such as air pollution — an experience that all developed countries went through during their development period. Today, we live in a heavily polluted world. And the traditional economic development model, characterized by high energy consumption and unchecked exploitation of resources, is no longer sustainable. Therefore, China has to find a sustainable urbanization model, a model that will help build a green economy. Like all other economies, the Chinese economy will need to rely more on the service sector during the later phase of industrialization to move toward an environmentally friendly mode of urbanization. Urbanization poses a challenge also because the influx of a huge number of people into cities exerts immense pressure on their basic infrastructure, public services, job markets and transportation systems. The solution to the problem, hence, is to develop a green service sector, which, for example, would accommodate a greater number of people on smaller plots of land. But what is a green service sector? Like industry and agriculture, the service sector too generates waste and, in the process, harms the environment. A green service sector, however, would not only generate less waste, but also reduce the consumption of resources and energy without compromising people’s need for a better life. In short, a green service sector will help move the economy toward sustainable development. But China’s road to sustainable development is not without hurdles. According to a 2006 study by Wang Dehua of the Institute of Finance and Trade Economics, affiliated to the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China’s service sector consumes more energy per unit of production than in most of the member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Besides, due to lack of a “green sense” many service enterprises pursue growth without efficiently using all the resources at their disposal. And the absence of a green eval迷你倉ation system in the service sector prompts more enterprises to pursue profit at the cost of the environment. What China needs to make its service sector green is, in fact, systemic reform. It could choose some key areas to introduce reform as a pilot and then extend it to the entire sector. “Green finance”, for example, could be part of the reform. Green finance requires financial departments to consider the potential environmental impact of their decisions to issue loans to businesses and entrepreneurs. China’s financial institutions and regulating departments have a lot to do to guide economic resources toward green usage. They can start by establishing an eco-friendly legal system, following green evaluation methods to issue loans and setting up special agencies for green ratings. Green logistics, too, could be part of the reform. Green logistics means maximum use, including recycling, of resources and reduction of pollution. The regulating department will have to set up special standards for logistics enterprises, and offer allowances and permits to enable green logistics companies to succeed in the market. An energy-saving service industry, which provides eco-friendly technologies, services and products, and compels enterprises to follow green production and distribution methods has huge potential. But it will need more State support and regulation to enter the market. Of course, while supporting these key industries, the State should also adopt related macro measures. Government agencies have to devise a long-term plan with environmental targets to facilitate the establishment of a green service sector. Detailed sub-plans are also needed for special industries like logistics and tourism. The government as the regulator also needs to introduce more environmental protection authentication systems, like ISO14000 environmental management. It could offer more green-related services to enterprises, like promoting international exchange, making more systemic arrangements and championing green consumption. These measures will help more enterprises to establish green norms. Moreover, the government should become green itself by initiating eco-friendly government purchases to support the country’s fragile but growing green service sector. Only with State help, enterprises’ participation and people’s involvement can the green service sector become a reality. The author is a researcher at the National Academy of Economic Strategy, Chinese Academy of Social Science. The Chinese version of this article was first published in China Development Observation magazine. Urbanization poses a challenge also because the influx of a huge number of people into cities exerts immense pressure on their basic infrastructure, public services, job markets and transportation systems. 文件倉
- Aug 10 Sat 2013 12:09
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婚禮App手機派帖收人情
【香港商報訊】實習記者王珈莉報道:2014年讀起來有「愛你一世」的寓意,迷你倉價錢更是雙春兼閏月的好年,預計明年結婚的數字將會大幅增加。昨於會展舉行的秋日婚博會上,有軟件開發公司首創三合一手機應用程式,讓新人派囍帖、發布婚禮畫冊及收人情,可謂「一個App可以滿足三個願望」,亦可讓新人創造專屬個性的App,隨時與親友分享結婚的喜悅。 可上載婚禮畫冊最多 500張 全港首創的婚禮畫冊App,由四方創意研發,行政總裁李健和昨日表示,該App於婚博會上首次曝光,期望把新意念帶入傳統婚禮。他指出,程式有別於傳統的婚冊,只有一本放置於門外供來賓觀看,且相冊的內容有限,未能把全部照片收錄;這畫冊全由新人主導,創造出專屬於新人個性的程式,加上環保無紙設計,節省印刷相片成本。 李健和介紹畫冊App的特點還包括,設有獨立的線上平台,可自行決定上載那些照片,支援相片數目最多為500張,更可上載片段。製作公司亦會為新人提供訓練班,教迷你倉庫如何使用程式的「後台」。程式製作完成後附有「QRCode」,可供新人印刷至請帖上,賓客只需使用智能手機掃描下載,即可隨時觀看新人的婚紗照,至於新人的各項重要資訊,也可透過畫冊通知賓客。 與澳合作推婚禮旅遊獎勵 新人更可透過程式收人情,即使在外國未能出席的親朋好友亦可一同參與,更可免卻婚宴當日遺失人情。該程式與PayPal合作,親友可按自己的意欲選擇相應的人情金額,即時畀人情新人。李先生指新程式的目標顧客群主要是80後及90後,預期能帶來一至二成的生意增長。 另外,是次婚博會主力推廣海外婚禮,首次介紹澳門,推介當地別具特色的異國風情拍攝場地。大會更與澳門特別行政區政府旅遊局合作,推行「婚禮旅遊獎勵計劃」,資助新人到澳門拍攝婚紗照及舉辦婚禮。 為期3天的第72屆秋日婚紗、婚宴及結婚服務博覽暨海外婚禮、蜜月及優閒度假屋,於本月9日至11日在灣仔會展舉行,超過500個國際婚嫁品牌,提供一站式的婚嫁服務。儲存
- Aug 10 Sat 2013 12:04
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蘋中信:不沾鍋的代價(謝金河)
最近有兩則令人印象深刻的新聞,迷你倉庫一個是美國總統歐巴馬在關鍵時刻力挺蘋果電腦,動用否決權,讓蘋果產品可以在美國銷售。另一個是宏達電營運告急,沒有政府奧援只能想辦法自我了斷。針對國際貿易委員會(ITC)裁定蘋果電腦侵犯南韓三星電子的無線通訊專利技術,歐巴馬授權美國貿易代表,以ITC裁定可能影響美國消費者權益及美國經濟競爭環境為由,行使了雷根總統在1987年以來的否決權,讓蘋果電腦的產品可以繼續在美國市場銷售。歐巴馬力挺美國企業,讓蘋果電腦士氣大振。另一個則是台灣的投資人十分熟悉的宏達電,在跌破九年前上市承銷價之後,宣布執行庫藏股。今年以來,王雪紅領軍的宏達電厄運連連,先是獲利急轉直下,首季EPS只有0.1元,最近召開的法說會又預告第三季將出現虧損,接著外資連番調降目標價,麥格里率先出手給予92元的目標價,法國巴黎證券則把宏達電目標價下修到71元,經過這一番折騰,宏達電股價一口氣跌到142元。企業是國力的延伸全球手機與平板電腦市場,這幾年進入「弱肉強食」的世界。原本世界的霸主是蘋果電腦,後來殺出了三星,且三星的GALAXY系列威力更驚人,如今囊括全球三成以上市佔率,將蘋果遠遠拋離在後,而過去力保老二地位的MOTO老早已陣亡,後來被GOOGLE收購;過去手機產業的巨霸NOKIA則是節節敗退;連象徵日本國力延伸的SONY,2000年市值一度是三星的十幾倍,一度剩下三星的1/10。品牌手機大廠在全球的競爭,其儲存就是國家經濟力的延伸。像蘋果電腦是全美市值最大的企業,蘋果電腦代表的「美國隊長」面對三星的挑戰,美國總統在關鍵時刻只能挺身站在蘋果電腦這一邊,原本勝券在握的三星也只能徒呼負負。政府挺企業,而企業在全球爭戰,則是國力的延伸,像三星把觸角延伸到全世界各個角落,除了三星本身實力夠強,南韓政府努力為三星開路,給三星加持,是今天三星成功的關鍵。反觀宏達電「形單影隻」,兩岸政府都不挺,必須以自身的力量面對有政府當後盾的企業挑戰,最後勝負之數已很清楚。目前蘋果市值4000億美元,三星的1600多億美元,宏達電則從354億美元縮水剩下40億美元,未來這場世界級的戰爭,宏達電恐怕打不下去了。可怕的是,後面還有追兵,由中國政府強力挾持的手機產業,從低價品牌手機的華為、聯想、中興通訊、TCL、中國無線(酷派),到小米機紛紛崛起,而隨著中國智慧型手機已攻佔20%的市佔率,中國的手機零組件供應鏈,從機殼、觸控產業到電聲元件產業紛紛崛起。台灣整個手機產業,從品牌到代工,到關鍵零組件產業開始面臨中國追兵夾擊,宏達電節節敗退,只是冰山一角。手機業淪第五慘業我們的政府沒有產業政策,又對產業發展漫不經心,加上馬總統一向獨善其身的「不沾鍋政策」很可能讓台灣的手機產業淪為「第五慘業」。從歐巴馬出手力挺蘋果電腦,安倍晉三努力幫SONY突圍,南韓政府全力加持三星,宏達電今日輸了,除了技不如人,我們不禁也要問:「政府,您在哪裡?」財金文化董事長新蒲崗迷你倉
- Aug 10 Sat 2013 11:58
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Historic building.
自存倉If it is decided to site part of the planned northeast new town development on the golf course at Fanling, should the governor’s summer residence, Fanling Lodge, be preserved for community use in the centre of a public park?
- Aug 10 Sat 2013 11:49
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直升機翱遊香港 空中觀光服務多元化
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- Aug 10 Sat 2013 11:42
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原東星董事長蘭世立提前出獄 曾為湖北首富
京華時報訊(記者廖豐)昨天,迷你倉出租記者從東星訴融�案代理律師張軍處證實,原東星集團董事長蘭世立已于8月7日提前3個月出獄。 曾被譽為湖北首富的蘭世立創辦的東星集團,曾涉足IT、酒店、公路、地產、電信、旅遊、航空等多種業務。2005年5月東星集團獲准籌建東星航空,此後蘭世立因得到了國際銀行的百億元貸款,以此租賃和購買共20架A320而名聲大噪。 然而,2008年底開始儲存倉星航空拖欠巨額債務,2009年3月被民航中南局以影響飛行安全勒令停飛,2010年東星航空被處以破產清算。東星航空停飛當天,蘭世立被捕。2010年4月8日,武漢市中院一審判處蘭世立有期徒刑4年,獲刑理由是逃避追繳所欠稅款5000多萬元。按當時判決,蘭世立應是今年11月出獄。 東星訴融�案代理律師張軍向記者證實了蘭世立減刑提前出獄的消息。標簽:蘭世立 東星 出獄 融� 航空迷你倉沙田
- Aug 10 Sat 2013 11:22
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中國古代的“三公”消費
近來,mini storage中央部分部委相繼公開了“三公經費”賬單,引起了各方高度關注。事實上,自古至今,抑制公款消費的努力一直沒有停止過,作一盤點,或許有些�示。公款吃喝迎來送往讓地方官不堪重負“食色,性也”,歷史上有無數饕餮之徒,想方設法滿足口腹之欲,所以在一些人看來,反對公款消費的第一要務,是與公款吃喝作鬥爭。在今天,“四菜一湯”已成為勤儉的代名詞,據說,這是朱元璋的發明。跟歷朝皇帝相比,朱元璋的日子過得非常儉樸,一方面,朱元璋稱帝後面臨著一個經歷多年戰火蹂躪的一窮二白的大明王朝,需要節儉度日;另一方面,朱元璋窮苦出身,當年甚至做過乞丐,什麼苦沒吃過?君臨天下後,對物質要求比較低。當他發覺有公款吃喝的苗頭,於是趁馬皇后過生日,召集群臣後吩咐上菜:第一道菜是炒蘿蔔;第二道菜是炒韭菜;第三道兩大碗青菜;最後一道是蔥花豆腐湯。�臣不解,朱元璋解釋,“蘿蔔上了街,藥店無買賣”;“韭菜青又青,長治久安定人心”;“兩碗青菜一樣香,兩袖清風好丞相”;“小蔥豆腐青又白,公正廉潔如日月”。於是“四菜一湯”就這麼誕生了。事實上,皇室歷史上最著名的公款吃喝之一,當屬“一騎紅塵妃子笑,無人知是荔枝來”。朱元璋與馬皇后是異數,從《南京太常寺條》祭祀孝陵的祭品單中看,總少不了韭菜、薺菜、芹菜、茄子、苔菜、竹筍、芋苗這些農家土菜,這應該是朱元璋和馬皇後生前常吃的,這對同患難、共富貴的夫妻,節儉不假。不過,上有政策,下有對策,好吃者有無數對付“四菜一湯”的絕技。袁世凱就是一個作秀的高手。史載,袁世凱一日吃早餐,有人拜見,見他只吃兩個小饅頭、兩條小鯽魚,還有一點胡椒面。於是這人稱讚不已,逢人就說:袁總統太樸素了、太偉大了,身居一國元首,早餐還這麼簡單隨便,應該在全國推廣。這時,有知情人悄悄提醒他:別傻了,袁大總統的早餐可不能推廣,鯽魚是從淮河運過來的,活魚打上來,用豬油浸泡,豬油凝固,魚也密封了,這樣可以保證運到京城的時候,還是新鮮的。至於胡椒面,那不過是跟胡椒面一個顏色而已,實際上使用鹿茸人參以及十幾味中藥制成的補藥。今天的公款吃喝費用,很大一部分是用于迎來送往,所謂公務接待費,是財政預算的重要一塊。但在古代,衙門公賬上沒有公務接待的預算,所以陪送領導,讓地方官員們不堪重負。明代萬歷二十三年,剛當上吳縣知縣才幾個月的袁宏道寫信給朋友說:現在已經知道人生作吏甚苦,作縣令尤苦,作吳縣知縣更是苦上萬萬倍,比牛馬還不如!這是為什麼呢?因為“上官如云,過客如雨”,來來往往都要縣令早晚接待。古時等級森嚴,下屬往往為接待好上級,什麼招式都使得出來。明朝南京兵部主事管志道回憶說,他在鄉里做生員時,曾親眼看見一位縣令百般向前來視察的巡按獻媚,拍馬屁一直拍到馬桶上,甚至到了用貂皮來裝飾尿壺、將緞褥鋪在廁所里的程度。當然,也有敢於挑戰潛規則者,著名的清官海瑞就是一位。他出任浙江省淳安縣知縣時,在公務接待方面嚴格照章辦事———按照當時流行的常規,顯要官員路過淳安,大概要用接待費二三十兩銀子,以糧價折算,在人民幣六七千元上下。如果巡撫路過淳安,接待費要用去銀子三四百兩,將近10萬人民幣。而按照海瑞遵循的章程,一般官員的伙食費、下程路上的伙食費、下程用船用夫,合計不過五六錢銀子,約一百四五十元人民幣。如果上司駕到,另加一隻鵝、一隻火腿,市價二錢銀子,再補充五六分銀子的蔬菜,合計不過200元人民幣。中央的部級離退休幹部路過,也按這200元的標準辦理。海瑞認為,這個標準足以保證客人吃得可口了。海瑞這個規定一出,得罪了不少人,不過他鐵面無私,後來上級就索性不來淳安了,這事對海瑞的仕途頗有影響。嘉靖四十年(1561年),海瑞任滿升遷的49歲關 口,被平調江西興國,到一個更窮的地方繼續當知縣。公車消費不同品級的官員坐不同的轎子“公車”也是公款消費的一大塊。這兩字出于《史記·東方朔傳》:“朔初入長安,至公車上書,凡用三千奏牘。”漢代用公家車馬接送應舉的人,後便以“公車”泛指入京應試的舉人。古代沒有汽車,公車就是馬、馬車,還有轎子,以及船。雖然有話說“安步當車”,但“出無車”卻從來被士大夫之流視為奇恥大辱,《戰國策·齊策》中馮諼 就埋怨過:“如長鋏歸來乎!出無車;長鋏歸來乎!食無魚!”不過,古代官員們更喜歡坐轎子,轎子在中國傳統中有太多的暗示意味,例如,全世界只有中國才把小車叫做“轎車”。轎子最早叫“肩輿”或“平肩輿”,古時轎分官轎和民轎兩種。官轎是皇家、官員的主要交通工具,由於坐轎者身份不同,所乘的轎子也不同。光皇帝坐的轎子就有許多種類。如禮輿,是供皇帝上朝時乘坐的;步輿,是供皇帝在紫禁城內self storage行時乘坐的;輕步輿,是供皇帝去城外巡狩、視察民情乘坐的;便輿,是供皇帝在巡視時備用的一種轎,隨時以轎代步用的。平時,皇帝在宮內出入,一般都乘便輿,冬天坐暖輿,夏天坐涼輿。除皇帝的轎子外,不同品級的官員則坐不同的轎子。官轎出府,常有隨從在前鳴鑼開道,四周還有侍衛人員,前呼後擁,展示官威。百姓見之,必須肅靜、迴避。所用轎夫也分等級,官越大,抬轎的人越多。一般七品官多為四抬,五品以上的官員可乘八抬,皇帝出宮時是十六抬,自然是最高的規格。不過,並非一開始官員就能坐轎。唐和北宋的官員一般不許坐轎。唐初,宰相出門一律乘馬,只有貴族婦女才可以乘轎。但唐武宗又規定:三品以上的宰相、三公、尚書令以及退仕和患病者,才可乘轎,其餘不論尊卑,一律不准,而且坐轎者還必須自己出錢僱請。北宋時期,士大夫認為乘轎是“以人代畜”,有傷風化,所以都不乘轎。宋哲宗紹聖二年“禁京師人士輿轎”,只有司馬光是四朝元老,德高望重,哲宗念他年事已高,批准他乘轎上朝,但司馬光一再辭謝,不敢接受。南宋高宗趙構南渡以後,因為江南多雨,道路泥濘,才允許朝官乘轎,但還規 定祭祀時騎馬,上朝時乘轎。從此,轎子才開始在官場中使用起來。但到明初,對乘轎仍有種種限制,規定“國朝文武大臣皆乘馬,自景泰以後,例許用轎。勳戚一品,惟年老寵優者方敢陳請,其他則不允許”。但在交通不便的南方山區,它還是一種使用較多的代步工具。明中後期以後,轎子才成為人們普遍使用的重要代步工具。作家孫方友曾寫過一篇文章《閑話轎子》:古代在官衙里當轎夫,多是子承父業。因為抬轎也是一門技術。在衙府里當轎夫有許多禁忌,一是行轎時不能大聲說話,上肩走轎、停轎全聽轎頭指揮,轎頭多用暗示,如起肩走轎喊一聲“起轎”,上坡下坡時要拍轎杠,落轎後前面的轎夫要閃開,以便官員出轎。轎夫還要忌口,不能吃大蒜、生蔥和韭菜等有異味的東西,以防當官的聞到。另外,還不能放響屁,大聲吐痰什麼的,怕的是當官的聽到“膈應”。公費旅遊當胡總督的公子遭遇海瑞“三公”還有“一公”是公款出境,古代中國官員很少有出國的,他們更多是到各地公務出差,順便公款旅遊。古代交通業和接待服務業不發達,行旅服務經濟短缺。因此,自秦漢時期起即建立了政府接待制度,由官辦驛站和地方官府負責過往官員的接待服務。驛站所需要的物資、經費由中央或地方政府負擔。有唐代開始,除了中央政府設置的招待所“驛”,地方政府還設置稱之為“館”的地方政府賓館。數量�多的驛站或館驛,頻繁的公務往來,是帝國財政支出的重要組成部分。政府接待制度是自秦朝至清朝,各朝代政府後勤保障制度的重要內容。政府接待制度,既是為官員因公出差這種日常的行政管理活動提供必要的物質條件,也是對於官員的一種優待,進而成為特權。明朝萬曆年間,內閣輔臣高拱與張居正爭權失敗,被下旨立刻�程回老家閑住,一刻也不准在北京停留。所以當聖旨傳達後,立刻就有一幫錦衣衛把高拱押送出北京。以高拱的地位,完全可以享受馳驛的權力,但事出突然,人走茶涼,倉促中,高拱老兩口只得僱一輛牛車,淒淒惶惶地離開了北京。古代規定很嚴格,官員利用驛站需要經過批准,持有特殊的通行憑證。過往官員憑通行憑證可以得到相應于身份秩級的待遇。同時實行消費等級制度,驛站按規定的接待標準接待過往官員。官員身份秩級不同,飲食、住宿、車馬的接待標準不同。朱元璋為限制官員的馳驛特權,一開始就用嚴法對某些特權者進行了限制。他明文規定:“非軍國重事不許給驛”(《昭代王章》)。1393年,又頒佈了《應合給驛條例》,限定了符合用驛馬、驛船條件的人員,其他人一律不得“擅自乘驛傳船馬”,違者重罰。不過,再好的規定也有人鑽空子,或者破壞。一些高幹子弟,沒有權力享受服務,但照樣一路作威作福,什麼待遇都少不了。這裡還得再講一下海瑞的故事,他就讓高幹子弟碰過大釘子。他任淳安知縣期間,有一次,總督胡宗憲的公子路過淳安,被淳安驛丞(近似招待所所長)的接待方式激怒,將所長倒吊了起來。不過海瑞也不是吃素的,他也大怒,下令將胡公子關押起來,銀子沒收,上報胡總督,說您在通知中明確指示,不許大操大辦地搞接待,現在卻有人冒充您的公子招搖撞騙。海瑞請示如何處理,鬧得胡總督有苦說不出。但畢竟海瑞這樣敢於堅持原則的人太少,驛站接待制度產生許多弊端。超範圍、超標準接待,擅自乘驛,給驛泛濫,利用公驛恣行享樂、靡費公帑,獻媚取容、賄賂誅求,十分普遍,成為吏治腐敗的一個重要方面。巨大的接待費用,造成了沉重的財政負擔。○摘自《草地周刊》關山遠文公款吃喝費用很大一部分是用于迎來送往。一些旅遊景點的公務旅遊接待更漸趨繁冗,令當地不堪重負迷你倉
- Aug 10 Sat 2013 11:15
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楊俊文指澳青欠拼勁
【本報訊】政協常委楊俊文昨日表示,迷你倉沙田相對於其他地方的年青人,本地年青人的拼勁似乎不太積極,他鼓勵有志創業的年青人必須改善這方面的態度,保持積極的心,不斷學習,擴闊視野。而政府亦應主動創造條件和機會,讓他們去嘗試創業。近年越來越多年青人在畢業後,不選擇進入傳統就業市場,而選擇走上「創業路」,嘗試實現自己的創業理想,走一條與其他人不同的道路。惟有眾多年輕人表示在創業時均遇到眾多難題,例如資金及機會等。對此,人大政協常委楊俊文昨日出席活動前指出,他認同年青人創業和搞生意的目標,惟他覺得部份年青人的拼勁似乎不及其他地方,故此他認為年青人應先改善自身的態度,不要寄望凡事都由他人代為處理,不然的話自身競爭力很快就會消失。他引用一個近期相關問卷調查解釋,可能本地環境比較好,找工作不是太難迷你倉價錢致使有部份年青人可能只求有穩定生活,有屋住,有時間做自己的公餘活動就感滿足。這種現象不是澳門獨有,即使其他地方都會有。他稱,任何成功的人都要經過艱苦和奮鬥,年青人創業亦不例外,在過程中必定會有一個艱苦的階段,但他勸勉年青人要有決心和保持積極,並不斷學習,擴闊視野。不然的話,就不會知道自身競爭力弱於其他地方。他又提到橫琴長隆度假村的發展,認為初期那裡舖位都不會全部租出,故此有興趣創業的人可以視為新嘗試。並建議政府可以主動委任,或者創造一個單位,再以該單位的名義向橫琴方面申請租借一定範圍空間,再將之分隔成若干個舖位,邀請本地文創業者或小企業共同參與此項目,而參與者首年只須付部份租金,以鼓勵他們作跨越門檻的嘗試。他坦言此做法並不是政府牽頭介入,而是政府創造一個機會和條件予他們嘗試。迷你倉庫