A luminary in the private higher education sector, former college head Chui Hong-sheung could have gone into retirement, basking in the satisfaction of his career achievements.mini storageInstead the 64-year-old has remained active, ready for another uphill battle.The former head of Hang Seng School of Commerce, a former matriculation college, Chui oversaw its transition into a private-degree-granting institution, renamed as the Hang Seng Management College in 2010. The Sha Tin-based college is now offering five degree programmes and has about 4,000 students.It seemed mission accomplished for Chui. But there is still a lot on his plate.Having left Hang Seng last year, Chui has turned his attention to setting up the territory’s first private Christian university, with plans for its first intake of 150 students in 2015. The college is tentatively named Gratia Christian College, and will be in Shek Kip Mei.Chui is prepared to apply for other sites from the government to create a bigger campus. On top of the HK$100 million pledged by a local donor, it aims to seek an endowment fund of at least HK$200 million.Besides philanthropists, Chui is also counting on a team of Christian advisers, including retired social work professor Alex Kwan; Daniel Shek, a chair professor at Polytechnic University; and Professor Mok Ka-ho, associate vice-president of the Institute of Education.Dr Patrick Lau, associate dean of the School of Business at the Chinese University, and Philemon Choi Yuen-wan, former chairman of the Commission on Youth, are also among them.Two years is a very short time to set up a university from scratch. But thanks to his experience at Hang Seng, Chui is confident about gaining government approval and accreditation of the school’s three initial degree programmes: business administration, social work and psychology.Chui is also hopeful that the student-centred model at the school of commerce, which was widely called an “A-grade factory” for its students’ top rankings in the A-levels, can be adopted successfully.When he transferred to Hang Seng from a secondary school in 1996, Chui had two goals: to turn it into a private college and to transform average students into top scorers.Instilling self-confidence among the students is the key, he says. “It is not difficult for a student to improve his grades. First of all, he needs to set a goal for himself, be determined, and adopt an effective and efficient learning method. We made our students think, not memorise.”At Hang Seng, English was taught to small classes of around 12 students. “Teachers with heart make a big difference,” added Chui, who is also a passionate teacher.“At Hang Seng, our teachers worked as teams – they shared less儲存n plans, teaching tips and had much interaction with students. I had conversations with students with low scores.“It is ridiculous for a school to only accept good students. A school’s role is to teach students well,” he says.Chui himself is testament to making something out of oneself, even with little resources, by working hard. Having grown up in tough times during the 1950s, he has a burning desire to help underprivileged children lead a productive life.Rather than formal education, Chui, to save money, attended extra classes run by a primary school. Then he managed to get into the elite Diocesan Boys’ School with financial help from his brother.In the junior forms, he struggled in the English-language learning environment, but he persevered. He used the same stamina to improve his performance in track and field events, becoming an outstanding athlete. Years later, he was accepted into the University of Hong Kong. After becoming a Christian in year one at university, he decided to become an educator.Gratia will be a teaching-led institution with a focus on character-building. “Christian or not, religious institutions share such values as compassion, serving others and justice. We also want to develop servant leaders like Jesus,” Chui says.Discipline, he maintains, is part of building character. Former Hang Seng students were certainly trained to follow strict rules like being punctual when it comes to class and submitting assignments. Dyed hair was banned and physical education was mandatory.“We enforced strict rules. I sat down with students who kept coming to class late,” Chui says.It is not yet known if the same strict rules will prevail at Gratia, but Chui certainly expects it to provide much-needed alternative paths for school leavers. He is angry at the fact that more than 10,000 students who met the university entrance requirements this year were denied entry into government-funded institutions due to limited places.“The majority of these students cannot afford to further their education abroad. Neither are they well-equipped to get a decent job in Hong Kong today. Our college would provide an opportunity to this group of underprivileged students to further their studies and move up the social ladder.”Several institutions are offering about 7,000 first-year private degree places this year. Albeit with a small initial intake, Gratia will help meet the growing demand for university education among school leavers.The new college may also provide associate degree places, but Chui echoes a educators’ common view that it is time for a consolidation of the sub-degree sector. “They have grown so fast that you just can’t properly control the quality of these programmes.”迷你倉
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- Oct 21 Mon 2013 12:49
College to champion the underdogs
- Oct 21 Mon 2013 12:45
旅展超殺價 關西4天不到2萬
年度最大型旅展登場,存倉刺激民眾集中消費,台北國際旅展入場人次創歷年新高,看好民眾下單不手軟,昨日加碼優惠衝業績,接近閉館時間緊急開出關西4天16,888元含稅的超殺價,限量2團全部賣完。逛旅展的消費者大多鎖定耶誕、跨年以及隔年農曆春節假期行程,今年和以往狀況相似,香港、東南亞、日本買氣最旺,昨天短線平均再下殺1,000至3,000元,以除夕、初一出發,不必請假的出團日期最熱門。若想消化公司年假,或急在年底出國卻沒跟上早鳥專案,不妨考慮在旅展購買長程線行程。部分業者取得充足機位,歐美價格漂亮,折扣甚至媲美儲存鳥優惠,如易遊網法國8天5萬含稅、義大利9天6萬含稅,雄獅旅遊土耳其11日66,900元起含稅、捷克9日59,900元起。同步舉辦的海峽兩岸台北旅展今年展銷合一,人氣明顯較以往熱絡,大陸自由行旅客年齡層略下修,無購物、免自費行程最受歡迎,業者以第2人減5千元,或兩人報名現折1萬元等優惠,搭配食宿升級,拉抬行程質感。預期今日下殺幅度不如假日,但仍有零星好康可撿。雄獅旅遊京都環球5天23,888元起含稅;易遊網東京5天自由行10,900元、曼谷5天自由行9,900元;山富旅遊海南之旅全程5星19,900元。迷你倉
- Oct 21 Mon 2013 11:56
Country is at the center of a New Age of Enlightenment
UK politician thinks China is one of the most innovative places By Andrew Moody andrewmoody@chinadaily.mini storagecom.cn Liam Byrne believes China is set to be at the center of a new Age of the Enlightenment over the next 20 years. The ex-British cabinet minister and author of a new book, Turning to Face The East: How Britain Can Prosper in the Asian Century, says the former Middle Kingdom is entering an exciting new dawn. “If Adam Smith (a leading Enlightenment figure) was writing The Wealth of Nations today he would base it on Foxconn City (where Apple and products for other tech giants are manufactured) in Shenzhen because of its pace of production and world-class innovation,” he says. “I think China is one of the most innovative places on Earth right now. Many people believe that China will produce the next Silicon Valley.” Byrne, who was appointed earlier this month as shadow minister for higher education, was speaking in the lobby of Portcullis House in Westminster. He was hitting back at those such as Will Hutton, who argued in The Writing on the Wall: China and the West in the 21st Century, that China lacked the institutions to have its own Enlightenment period that defined Europe’s progress in the 18th century. Byrne actually had a drink with the former editor of The Observer newspaper when he bumped into him in a bar at Oslo airport, which he refers to in his book. “I think it’s a much overrated problem (lack of institutions). I think the Chinese leaders have been very adroit at making the right adjustments at the right time,” he says. Byrne was chief secretary to the Treasury in former prime minister Gordon Brown’s Labour government and famously left a memo to his successor saying he was “afraid there is no money” left. He decided to write the book because of a growing realization that China could be a vital market for the UK in the wake of the financial crisis just as a resurgent Europe proved after the end of World War II. “My starting point was trying to answer the question of how Britain was going to pave its way in a world where China was the largest economy. “I also felt that China is hugely misunderstood in Europe, in general — in Britain, in particular. As someone who has traveled a little to China now and has worked with Chinese politicians for six or seven years, I wanted to share what I had learnt.” Byrne makes the case that while countries such as Germany through companies such as Siemens have been successful exporting to China as it has developed its infrastructure, the next phase of the country’s growth could benefit Britain. “China needs to build a social safety net. China needs to become a world leading science power and China needs to diversify a lot of its foreign exchange away from US Treasury bills. Britain can help with an awful lot of that. We are past masters of soft infrastructure such as legal systems, asset management and we could help China build that social safety net.” He makes the case Britain has been left in Germany’s trail in its dealings with China for more than a decade. Byrne, who took a first in politics and economics at Manchester University, where he was also a student leader, first encountered China when he worked at Hong Kong Telecom for Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) in the early 1990s. Then in 2006 as a minister of state in the Home Office, he visited China dealing with issues around asylum seekers and organized crime. “Coming back (from that trip) I realized that as a British politician I kneself storage nothing about this country that was soon going to become the biggest economy on Earth,” he says. The book, which provides impressive analysis on China for which he acknowledges help from some of Britain’s leading China experts, including the UK foreign office’s China team, is evidence he has since redressed that knowledge deficit. He says there is a tendency in the West not to give full credit to the giant leap China has made since reform and opening up in the late-1970s. “It has been hugely successful and it has been faster than anyone anticipated, much faster, in fact,” he says. He says, however, that the recent nervousness in the financial markets about China’s slowing growth is indicative of the fact that people were ignorant of the government’s long-term strategic approach to policy. “The (concept of the) five-year plan is not very well understood in the West. People don’t pay attention to it or read it properly,” he says. “A lot of the anxiety about the slowdown in growth was very easily answered by simply pointing to the plan and saying that is what Chinese leaders said was going to happen.” He says that it might take a historic event such as China becoming a bigger economy than the United States ending its more than 100 years in pole position to change perceptions. “I think this will be a huge moment and I think it is important that US citizens and US politicians, in particular, react in a cool-headed way,” he says. Byrne, however, does feel that there will have to be reform of the post-World War II Bretton Woods institutions such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. “China is now doing something very clever in building new institutions to sit alongside the Bretton Woods settlement. The BRICS bank, for example, may be more powerful than the IMF or the World Bank over the next 10 years. China will be helping steer that in a big way,” he says. Byrne, who now teaches a class to students from leading Chinese banks at the Said Business School at Oxford University, believes there needs to be more focus on China in the UK education system. He is currently exploring private Chinese lessons for his 13-year-old son. “It is a big challenge for our education system. When a friend of mine asked the education secretary how many qualified Mandarin teachers we had in British schools he didn’t know,” he says. Byrne says he has had recent discussions with educators trying to develop an A-level course in Chinese civilization but they are finding it “tough to get it off the ground”. bio Liam ByrneUK shadow minister for higher educationAge: 43Education:• 1992: BA (First Class Honours), Politics and Modern History, University of Manchester• 2000: MBA, Harvard UniversityCareer:• 1991-92: Leader, Manchester Students’ Union• 1993-96: Management consultant, Andersen Consulting (now Accenture)• 1997-99: Banker, NM Rothchilds• 2000-04: Co-founder EGS Group• Since 2004: Labour MP for Birmingham Hodge Hill• 2006-08: Minister of state, Home Office• 2008-09: Minister of state, Cabinet Office• 2009-10: Chief secretary to the Treasury• Since 2010: Various shadow positions, including appointment this month as shadow minister for higher education.Book: The Road to Oxiana by Robert Byron. “One of the great travel books of the 1930s written by a slightly comic English aristocrat.”Film: Casablanca (1942, dir. by Michael Curtiz)Music: Stone RosesFood: Curry. “I have a lot of very good friends in Pakistan and it is always a great pleasure to go back and eat.”mini storage
- Oct 21 Mon 2013 11:40
讓中俄關係優勢開花結果
王憲舉俄羅斯總理梅德韋傑夫10月22日至23日將來華訪問。俄羅斯政府新聞處稱,迷利倉俄總理將同中國領導人討論增加兩國貿易、發展投資合作、落實能源項目和加強工業生產合作等問題。同時,梅德韋傑夫將參觀位於安徽合肥市的中國科學創新中心和中國科技大學,並討論中俄人文合作。由此可見,這將是一次十分重要的訪問,是落實今年3月習近平主席訪俄時與普京總統確定的方針——把兩國前所未有的高水平政治關係優勢轉化為經濟、人文等領域務實合作成果——的具體措施。近年來,中國已成為俄羅斯最大的貿易伙伴,俄也躍入我國十大外貿伙伴之列,兩國相互投資規模持續擴大,總的發展勢頭迅猛良好。但無論是貿易還是投資,現有水平與中俄的經濟實力相比,與中國和美國、歐盟、日本、東盟、韓國等國家和地區的貿易相比,都還低一大截,潛力相當大。究其原因,從俄方來說,主要是經濟結構不合理、互利觀念不夠強、資金較短缺。中方的主要原因則是對俄市場瞭解不夠,對相關法律法規搞不清楚,開拓俄市場的能力不夠強。為此我們有必要提高對加強投資和技術合作重要性的認識,自存倉取措施儘快改變現狀。梅德韋傑夫總理將在中國科技大學與師生交流,這是俄擬與中國加強科技合作的一個重要信號。在西方一些國家特別是美國拒絕同中俄開展高科技合作的情況下,兩國加強彼此間的科技合作理應成為雙邊戰略和長期合作的重點之一。目前中俄科技合作項目很少,甚至連各種科技資料的翻譯都捉襟見肘。這對開展科技和工業生產合作不利。2012年成立的黑龍江大學中俄人文合作協同創新中心,著眼于在科學方面達到世界科學的前沿,在學科建設、人才培養、科學研究、社會服務方面滿足國家發展和中俄合作的重大需求。希望這一嘗試取得成功。通過開展一系列的文化年和旅遊年等活動,中俄兩國的人文交流取得長足進步,去年來華的俄羅斯人為230萬,赴俄的中國公民近百萬,但對於我們兩個鄰國來說仍顯不夠,彼此的瞭解也還少。最近一個時期我們國內關於蘇聯解體的爭論,一定程度上也反映了相當多的人對俄羅斯現狀還缺乏瞭解。因此,兩國政府把明後兩年定為“青年交流年”是非常正確和十分必要的。▲(作者是國務院發展研究中心歐亞社會發展研究所副所長、研究員)迷你倉
- Oct 21 Mon 2013 11:05
全球10大名望城市
你心目中的名望城市是甚麼地方?專門從事聲譽評級的國際機構「聲譽顧問公司」(Reputation Institutte)公布2013年全球最佳百大名望城市調查,自存倉其中澳洲悉尼高踞榜首,2、3名分別是多倫多和斯德哥爾摩。該調查從環境、經濟以及政府效能三大範疇,邀請約2.2萬人就城市的美麗及安全等方面作評分,滿分以百分計算,藉此評選出全球前100大最佳名望城市。香港去年排名第66位,今年就躍升12位,排第54。 本報港聞部報道第1名 悉尼澳洲悉尼(Sydney)去年得73分,排名第3,今年就以77.4分高踞榜首,成為全球最具名望的城市。雖然澳洲的首都在坎培拉而不是悉尼,但是悉尼卻有�首都的氣勢及實際地位。報告中提到,環境優美亦得分指標之一,悉尼除了有�世界上最美麗的海港之一的悉尼港外,還是澳洲最古老、規模最大和極具多樣性的城市。從市中心到郊區,所到之處無不散發各自的魅力。第2名 多倫多第2名是加拿大多倫多(Toronto),評分76.9。多倫多去年只有68.1分,上升8.8分,成功登上第二位。報告指出,調查結果顯示城市的名望與經濟發展程度有關聯,同時城市環境的美觀、安全、文化等指標,也是影響分數與排名高低的關鍵。多倫多是加拿大的經濟中心,也是世界上最大的金融中心之一。多倫多在經濟上的領先地位在於金融、商業服務、電信、交通運輸、媒體、藝術出版、教育、旅遊等產業。多倫多證券交易所亦是世界第七大交易所,有多數加拿大公司在這�上市。第3名 斯德哥爾摩瑞典首都斯德哥爾摩(Stockholm)今年以76.9分榮獲第3名,去年只有71分, 上升5.9分。斯德哥爾摩是瑞典首都,也是瑞典第一大城市,集經濟、文化於一身,符合評分標準。瑞典國家政府、國會以及皇室的官方宮殿都設在斯德哥爾摩。同時亦是瑞典的政治、文化、經濟和交通中心。斯德哥爾摩由於免受戰爭的破壞而保存良好,現在共有100多座博物館和名勝,包括歷史、民族、自然、美術等各個方面。斯德哥爾摩也是一個高科技的城市,擁有眾多大學,工業發達。第4名 維也納維也納(Vienna)今年以76.9分得第4名,較去年的74分上升2分。維也納是世界名城,奧地利的首都。維也納的古典音樂氣氛濃厚,引來各國音樂家聚集於此,因而被冠上「世界音樂之都」和「樂都」等美譽。此外,維也納還是購物天堂和美食天地。從葡萄園釀製的純正葡萄酒,到風靡世界的奧地利咖啡,從世界頂級設計師設計的名牌產品,到珍貴的古玩和有趣的紀念品,在維也納都可說是應有盡有。第5名 威尼斯威尼斯(Venice)今年得分75.8,排名第5。威尼斯去年只有71分,而今年則上升了4.8分。威尼斯是意大利東北部著名的旅遊地區,在威尼斯本島上共有150條運河穿梭在整個島嶼之中,上面的橋樑更高達數百座之多。整座島上,是完全沒有任何的車輛,全部仰賴人類的雙腳或是水上船隻。威尼斯被譽為「水之都」、「面具之城」、「漂浮之都」等多個美名,亦被多本個名雜誌形容為「無疑是最美麗的人造都市」及「歐洲最浪漫的城市之一」。第6名 佛羅倫斯今迷你倉排名第6的佛羅倫斯(Florence)得分75.7,較去年的71.7分上升4分。位於意大利中部的佛羅倫斯,集歷史文化與商業中心於一身。佛羅倫斯又被認為是文藝復興運動的誕生地,藝術與建築的搖籃之一,擁有眾多的歷史建築,和藏品豐富的博物館,而著名的佛羅倫薩歷史中心就被列為世界文化遺產。另外,亦有很多歷史名人誕生於此地,比較著名的有詩人但丁、畫家列奧納多達芬奇、米開朗基羅、政治理論家馬基維利、雕塑家多納太羅等。第7名 愛丁堡第愛丁堡(Edinburgh)今年得分75.1,排名第7。愛丁堡去年只有68.4分,今年就上升了6.7分之多。愛丁堡位於蘇格蘭東海岸福斯灣南岸,是英國蘇格蘭首府。1995年被聯合國教科文組織列為世界文化遺產。愛丁堡也是蘇格蘭最重要旅遊城市,每年吸引過千萬名遊客。每年8月份,愛丁堡都會舉辦世界聞名的愛丁堡國際藝術節(EdinburghInternational Festival),項目包括戲劇、電影、舞蹈和音樂。在藝術節的期間,愛丁堡城堡前也會舉行愛丁堡軍操表演(The RoyalEdinburgh Military Tattoo)。第8名 蘇黎世蘇黎世(Zurich)今年排名第8,得分74.7,較去年的71.7分上升了3分。蘇黎世是瑞士的最大城市,亦是主要的商業和文化中心集中地,是全歐洲最富裕的城市。蘇黎世不僅是瑞士最大的金融中心,也是西歐重要的金融中心,集中了120多家銀行,其中半數以上是外國銀行。蘇黎世又被譽為湖上的花園城,市內滿是的精心修整的花園,漫步城中,整齊、潔凈,隨處是鮮花綠草與別致的建築物。第9名 倫敦倫敦(London)今年得分74.4,較去年的69.5分上升了4.9分,排名第9。倫敦是英國首都,一個非常多元化的大都市,其居民來自世界各地,具有多元的種族、宗教和文化,城市中使用的語言超過300種。同時,倫敦還是世界聞名的旅遊勝地,擁有數量眾多的名勝景點與博物館等。倫敦港同時也是英國最大的港口,每年吞吐量約5000萬噸,倫敦證券交易所是世界上最重要的證券交易中心之一。第10名 哥本哈根排名第10 的哥本哈根(Copenhagen)今年得分74.3,較去年的73分上升了1.3分。哥本哈根是丹麥的首都、最大城市及最大港口,座落於丹麥西蘭島東部。哥本哈根是座集古典與現代於一體的城市,充滿活力與藝術氣息。著名的童話故事作者安徒生在哥本哈根度過了他的大半生,他的眾多著作都是在這�進行創作。哥本哈根同時亦聚集了不少充滿童話氣質的古堡與皇宮、鄉村與莊園。第54名 香港被譽為「東方之珠」的香港去年得分57.6,排名第66位,今年就躍升12位,排第54,得分64.1,上升了6.5分。本港由一個小小漁港,發展成現今的世界級城市,是全球重要的國際金融、服務業及航運中心,並且以廉潔社會、優良治安、經濟自由及法律制度完備而聞名於世。香港在全球金融中心指數排名中一直名列前茅,為僅次於紐約及倫敦的全球第三大金融中心,連續第18年獲得全球最自由經濟體系的評級,經濟自由度指數排名第一。mini storage
- Oct 21 Mon 2013 10:52
With Downeaster train ridership up, possible increase in number of trips between Brunswick, Boston
Source: Bangor Daily News, MaineOct.存倉 20--BRUNSWICK, Maine -- New figures released last week by Amtrak show the Downeaster train from Boston to Portland and Brunswick is busier than ever, prompting officials to contemplate eventually increasing the number of trips.Ridership on the Downeaster is up 3 percent from last year, and up a "staggering" 123 percent since the service started in 2005, according to Patricia Quinn, executive director of the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority,which operates the service for Amtrak. The number of people using the train for tourism increased 30 percent in the past year alone, Quinn said, and the amount of people arriving in Brunswick on the mid-afternoon train and leaving in the early evening for Boston has increased up to 20 percent during the week and 60 percent on the weekends."People are not only riding the train, but coming here, going to local businesses, staying overnight, buying things in restaurants and stores and contributing to the local economy. [It] is extremely exciting for us," she said.The increase in ridership has NNEPRA thinking big thoughts about the future, including the possibility of increasing the number of roundtrips between Brunswick and Boston to five per day, with an additional train running from Portland to Boston. That would be good news for local business owners, who say they see more customers when the trains are running.Each day the Downeaster rolls into Brunswick Station, Scarlet Begonias owner Doug Lavallee can count on "a handful" of customers to step off the train and visit his nearby restaurant."We get people getting off the train, people buying food to go; we see conductors and engineers," Lavallee said. "It's been a really positive effect for the whole area."Dominic Petrillo, whose Freeport restaurant, Petrillo's, sits about 100 yards from the train platform, said a busy train can bring in "quite a few" customers, and others stop while waiting to board the return trip.Sande Updegraph, executive director of the Greater Freeport Chamber of Commerce, said Thursdays that restaurateurs and retailers, particularly along Main Street and at Freeport Village Station, are seeing "quite a bit of traffic" from the train.But more riders don't guarantee more trips. Quinn儲存said NNEPRA will complete a long-term "service development plan" to outline future work. At the top of that list is building a controversial train layover facility in Brunswick.Currently the Downeaster chugs into Brunswick from Portland twice a day. The first train in and the last train out "dead end" because trains cannot currently overnight in Brunswick.The proposed $12 million facility, which has received full funding from the federal government, would provide a place for trains to idle during the day and spend the night in Brunswick, Quinn said, eliminating the need for a return trip to Portland late at night, only to return first thing the next morning. Officials say it would also reduce noise, emissions and fuel consumption.The project has encountered fierce opposition, however, from neighbors who say it would reduce quality of life and negatively affect air, water and other environmental conditions.Dan Sullivan, chairman of the Brunswick West Neighborhood Coalition, told The Forecaster in July that the facility would "change the nature of the residences and the neighborhoods nearby. The air quality will drop dramatically through our neighborhood. The noise is off the scale."Following a public hearing in late September on NNEPRA's draft environmental assessment, the Federal Rail Authority is determining if extra analysis of the project's potential impact is needed, The Forecaster reported.Quinn said Thursday that once the layover facility is completed, NNEPRA could increase the number of round-trips from two to three each day between Boston and Brunswick.Other plans include track work in the Yarmouth area and improvements that could shave 10 to 15 minutes off the Brunswick-Boston trip. NNEPRA is also working with officials from Pan Am Railways -- which owns the tracks -- and the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority -- which operates North Station in Boston -- to develop plans for other improvements that would increase the number of trips between Portland and Boston.Quinn said NNEPRA also hopes a feeder service to and from Lewiston/Auburn is part of the plan.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Bangor Daily News (Bangor, Maine) Visit the Bangor Daily News (Bangor, Maine) at .bangordailynews.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉
- Oct 21 Mon 2013 10:40
臺灣
知情人士透露,mini storage摩根大通(JP Morgan Chase)已在一項暫時協議中同意支付130億美元,就當局對該公司販售不良抵押貸款給投資人的調查達成和解,可能創下美國政府和單一企業的最高和解金額。美聯社和華爾街日報報導,摩根大通執行長戴蒙、法務長柯特勒(Stephen Cutler)18日晚上已和司法部長霍德(Eric Holder)與聯邦助理檢察官韋斯特,透過電話敲定和解協議的一般條款。知情人士說,摩根大通支付的130億美元中,50億美元是罰款、40億美元是與聯邦住宅金融管理局(FHFA)的和解金、40億美元用於協助消費者。若這是最終協議,將創下美國政府和單一業者的和解金額紀錄。知情人士說,這項協議並未化解摩根大通面臨的刑事調查;加州沙加緬度的聯邦檢察官正在進行這項調查。這位消息人士也透露,霍德跟摩根大通說,不太可能達成不起訴迷你倉議,這代表司法部將持續對摩根大通進行刑事調查。司法部也預期,摩根大通將繼續和司法部合作,調查這家銀行於2005年到2007年販售抵押擔保證券(MBS)的事宜。當局正在調查摩根大通販售這些MBS時,是否知道這些證券的風險比看起來還高。房利美(Fannie Mae)和房地美(Freddie Mac)等投資人指出,摩根大通說這些貸款比實際上還安全,或指控該銀行疏於取得借款人的所得等資訊。2007年美國房市泡沫破滅後,大批MBS價值暴跌,導致投資人損失數十億美元。這樁和解協議牽涉到的約80%證券都和貝爾斯登(Bear Sterns)和華盛頓互惠銀行(Washington Mutual)有關;政府在這兩家業者於金融海嘯期間幾近破產後,鼓勵摩根大通收購。另一位消息來源說,摩根大通有可能和當局達成130億美元更廣泛協議,但雙方仍在擬定細節。文件倉
- Oct 21 Mon 2013 10:29
殘障翁添置電視 告別寂寥
【家居援助】基伯(74歲)多年來生活捉襟見肘,存倉他曾任運輸工人,後來轉任保安員,工資都是僅夠餬口,無兒無女又無積蓄,晚年靠綜援過活。由於年輕時工作過勞,他的左小腿骨彎曲,行路須靠枴杖,行動不便,但日常起居仍能自理。憶起20多年前妻子離家出走,從此沒有再相見,基伯坦言並無怪責妻子,只是淡然道:「可能佢嫌棄我窮,或者佢有新理想,話唔埋�!」口硬心軟的他其實曾經想辦法尋妻,可惜最終也未能如願。「希望同其他人溝通」基伯搬進現址公屋已12年,一直無力添置電視,雖然日間能到鄰近的社區中心看電視,但該時段通常都是重播舊劇集,而鄰居茶餘飯後喜愛討論都是近期播映的電視劇情,「人�話亞視套《秦直道》好好睇,但我都搭唔到嘴」。獨個兒在家「靜英英」時,他會聽收音機,但與儲存居總是欠缺話題。「希望有部電視機,可以擴闊社交圈子,同其他人都溝通到。」基伯說。蘋果日報慈善基金已從「家居援助專戶」撥款為他購置電視機,助他融入社區。「基伯」捐款編號:C3515網上捐款:charity.appledaily.com.hk/donate蘋果日報慈善基金電話:29908688傳真:37112468電郵:charity@adfund.org.hk網址:charity.appledaily.com.hk蘋果基金收捐款戶口�生銀行:368-006565-001�豐銀行:580-198836-001中國銀行:012-898-00067655渣打銀行:447-0-667059-3蘋果日報慈善基金乃根據《稅務條例》第88條獲豁免繳稅的慈善機構 迷你倉
- Oct 21 Mon 2013 10:16
下一波還可3G市場
幸好香港未有管制報紙出版數量,文件倉否則分分鐘連《am730》也難面世,皆因要維持報紙的「市場秩序」,避免影響收費報章的生意。若果如此,免費報章市場便不可能百花齊放,產生的經濟利益更難為派報姐姐提供新收入來源。雖然,最遲誕生的免費報章於上周最早「夭折」,無論是市場飽和,抑或是其他原因造成,卻正正證明市場自行調節的能力,即使日後有投資者開拓新發展空間,再有新免費報章面世也不足為奇。可惜,香港特區政府兼做「好母親」角色,為了「免費電視市場」好, 政府話:「在考慮牌照的數目和開放市場的步伐上,是顧及增發三個牌照會否不利市場健康及有秩序發展,因而採取循序漸進、審慎引入競爭的決定。」循序漸進,代表何時去進呢?已等了3年多才寸進?相信市場機制比政府更清楚怎樣前進,政府又話:「將免費電視營運者由現時兩個,倍增至四個」,不斷強調電視台數目經已大量增加,滿足大家的要求,遺憾的是,政府仍停留在量而忽略質的要求,且看亞記曾幾何時在數碼廣播啟用後,設立大量頻道,又話抽中靚號碼,轉台收看云云,結果如何,有目共睹。至於市場全面開放,是否不利既得利益者?且看香港於6月共有逾431萬條電話線,住宅佔逾247萬條,商業佔1存倉4萬條。香港電訊(6823)於6月底有265.1萬條,住宅和商業分佔140.9萬和124.2萬條,即該集團佔整體市場佔有率61.5%,再細分住宅和商業市場佔有率則為57%和67.5%,代表雖然市場開放多年,其他對手只能蠶食部分比率,但過去電話費用已有所下降,及創造就業機會。電視廣播(511)理應不用太擔心!其實,政府下一波恐怕會蔓延至另一項民生重要事項:流動電話市場。由於3G頻譜續牌迫在眉睫,現有營辦商頻發功,希望不要收回部分頻譜,並預先取消無限上網計劃,兼各自加價,預示市民要用貴電話服務,但政府似乎無意改變初衷,當然,決定不會含「政治因素」。問題來了,今日流動通訊市場的戰國場面更厲害,儘管近年多番整合,市場仍然有多達5間營辦商生存,有3G的亦佔4間,如果3G頻譜引入新競爭對手,代表數目達5間,豈不是向政府對免費電視市場的「有秩序發展」摑一巴?禤中怡相信,行會高官忙於政事,難天天睇電視,但還望讓市場決定這個營運商能否生存。政府往往用娛樂、賭博等各種享受麻痹市民,對政治冷感,方便施政,奈何如今連只睇電視的都上街,恐怕梁特首日後退位,轉做社運分子,定必有能力號召市民湧上街頭。逢周一刊出禤中怡儲存
- Oct 21 Mon 2013 09:39
輸姓名可查個人信息 “查開房”被封 記者查詢發現多名信息遭泄露者曾在經濟連鎖酒店訂房;多家經濟連鎖酒店表示將進行調查
新京報訊 (記者楊鋒 林野 趙嘉妮)“發個狗血的東西,儲存倉如家、七天等連鎖酒店開房信息泄露,給大家一個地址,可以去查詢。”10月18日,實名認證的新浪微博賬戶@股社區發佈了一個名為“查開房”的網址。記者登錄該網址發現,只需輸入姓名或身份證號,即可查詢到包括身份證號、生日、地址、手機號、郵箱、公司、登記日期等個人信息。據多位被查詢到信息的當事人回憶,在網站顯示的登記日期前後,他們曾在各地的經濟連鎖酒店預訂房間、入住或辦理過會員卡。昨日,為多家酒店提供無線上網認證管理系統的浙江慧達驛站網絡有限公司(以下簡稱“慧達驛站”)表示,已發現該網站,經查,其背後“是個會員數據庫”,與慧達驛站無關。漢庭連鎖酒店表示,已排除數據庫來自漢庭的可能性。7天連鎖酒店、錦江之星連鎖酒店則表示,將針對此事進行調查。至昨晚,記者未能聯繫到如家酒店相關負責人,格林豪泰連鎖酒店則尚未作出回複。網站顯示信息基本與本人信息契合這條微博由實名認證的新浪微博賬戶@股社區發表于10月18日18時58分。點擊鏈接進入這個名為“查開房”的網站,可見網頁十分簡陋,整個頁面只有一個輸入框及一個查詢按鈕。“真的能查,但是不全”、“真查到了,看到好幾個和我同名的呀”……在該微博下,多位網友聲稱,經實測後,查詢到了自己或身邊朋友的信息,並稱數據庫並不完整。記者昨日登錄該網址,用自己及朋友的信息查詢發現,網站顯示的信迷你倉最平基本與本人信息契合,尤其是手機號、身份證號和郵箱,但也有個別信息存在誤差,如住址。根據網站“登記日期”一欄顯示的信息,他們回憶稱,曾在該時間段內在全國各地的經濟連鎖酒店預訂房間、入住或辦理過會員卡。網絡110稱已屏蔽“查開房”網站此前,國內安全漏洞監測平台烏雲發佈一則報告稱,多家酒店開房記錄被無線上網認證管理系統供應商——浙江慧達驛站網絡有限公司存儲,並因其系統有漏洞而存在泄露隱患。隨後,10月11日,慧達驛站公司證實曾存在漏洞,但稱已修復,未造成開房記錄等住客個人信息泄露。昨日,針對“查開房”網站,慧達驛站公司表示,日前已發現該網站,經查,該網站“是個會員數據庫”,與其無關,並稱不方便透露泄露來源。漢庭連鎖酒店表示,技術部門日前已發現該網站,並且已經排除數據庫來自漢庭的可能性。7天連鎖酒店、錦江之星連鎖酒店稱,將針對“查開房”網一事進行調查。截至昨晚,記者未能聯繫到如家連鎖酒店相關負責人,格林豪泰連鎖酒店則尚未作出回複。記者在工信部域名備案管理系統上未查到“查開房”網站的備案信息。昨日凌晨2時40分許,記者就此事向110及網絡110平台報警。昨日中午,網絡110回複稱,已將該網站屏蔽。點擊進入“查開房”網站,整個頁面只有一個輸入框及一個查詢按鈕。輸入姓名進行搜索,若同名記錄超過500條,網站會提示“請使用身份證號精確查找”。A08-09版圖片均為網絡截屏迷你倉
- Oct 21 Mon 2013 09:23
LG 4
近期韓國手機都Gimmick十足,文件倉Samsung先來部弧形芒�Galaxy Round,而另一邊廂LG都唔執輸,推出「四方芒」Vu3,水貨仲搶先抵港!作為Vu系列第三炮,機身外形繼續方正,加上全新�圓角設計,驟眼睇實在似足一本兒童書仔。其5.2吋4:3屏幕同樣�睇書,屏幕顯示畫面比一般16:9闊得多,較接近書籍及紙張比例,睇得零舍舒服!圓角似書仔同上兩代一樣,Vu3今次都係用上正方形Form Factor,不過邊框就由方角改為類似同廠G2的圓角設計,外形同兒童書仔差不多。而機身則備有一個4:3�5.2吋IPS屏幕,解像度達1,280×960,顏色顯示準確,兼對比度夠高。試睇電子書同網頁,發現呢個比例�屏幕視野夠闊,刨書固然�,又可以一頁睇晒內容超多�PC版網頁,唔使左Drag右掃。小記亦試過開Facebook以及Instagram,畫面會自動調整比例,可以全螢幕睇,內容亦唔會變形,毫無兼容問題!比較可惜係睇高清影片時,屏幕會有大大條黑邊影響視線。手寫筆繪圖V存倉系列向來以畫畫、記事拿手作為賣點,今次Vu3都一樣掂,佢內置Rubberdium手寫筆,寫字、畫畫都好靈敏;如果配合埋《筆記本》App,仲可以畫畫同填色添!作為旗艦機款,Vu3規格相當足料,2.3GHz四核心處理器、2GB RAM、1,300萬像素鏡頭都屬頂級配置。而水貨機亦兼容香港4G網絡,上網速度超快。功能方面,記事「QMemo」、多工視窗「QSlide」甚至敲芒�機「KnockON」等功能都有齊,絕不比G2輸蝕。SPEC制式:GSM、WCDMA、LTE處理器:Qualcomm 2.3GHz四核心記憶體:2GB RAM、16GB內存、支援64GB microSD屏幕:5.2吋HD+ IPS(1,280×960解像度)鏡頭:前置210萬像素、後置1,300萬像素對外連接:藍芽4.0、microUSB、Wi-Fi n、NFC作業系統:Android 4.2.2電池容量:2,610mAh體積:132.1×85.6×9.4mm重量:161g查詢:2374 0618儲存
- Oct 21 Mon 2013 09:13
蘋果挖來博柏利CEO 將重回“喬布斯時代”?
2013年10月15日,迷你倉蘋果官方消息稱,英國奢侈品公司博柏利集團CEO安吉拉·阿倫茨將于2014年年中辭職加入蘋果公司。阿倫茨屆時將擔任高級副總裁,負責蘋果的零售和線上業務,直接向CEO蒂姆·庫克匯報。 蘋果公司從成立伊始至今,最大的危機並不是來源於創造力、執行力下降、市場份額減少等“常見病”,而是創始人喬布斯的離去。 與喬布斯一起逝去的,還有蘋果獨有的設計理念和營銷方式。 現在,蘋果想試圖改變這一切,首先,還得從喬布斯入手。新人解舊怨 據瞭解,阿倫茨將負責蘋果的零售和線上業務。可蘋果是一家強大的科技公司,並不缺乏互聯網經驗,加之蘋果APP STORE是全世界第二大移動分發平台,而蘋果官網的點擊率是所有科技類公司中最高的。如此看來,蘋果並不指望阿倫茨給其帶來互聯網創新。 目標任務鎖定在“零售”上。事實上,蘋果在產品終端銷售的經驗非常豐富,拿其在中國的銷售情況來看,零售成績高于運營商集采。蘋果的直營店實現了真正賣產品的功能,而非退而求其次的公司形象展示。 Enders Analysis駐倫敦的一位分析師本尼迪克·埃文斯表示,“阿倫茨的到來,主要將為蘋果帶來零售方面的管理能力,特別是她在奢侈品方面的經驗;相比之下,此前的零售部老總John Browett更專注于成本控制,這與蘋果的期望不太符合。” “對於安吉拉的加入我感到很興奮。”庫克說,“她認同我們的價值觀以及我們對創新的專注,她對於客戶體驗非常重視,在她的職業生涯里,安吉拉也顯示出了出色的領導才能。” 阿倫茨也表示非常期待和蘋果團隊的合作。 庫克在這裡特別提到了客戶體驗。作為奢侈品牌的掌門人,阿倫茨更加重視產品與客戶的融合,比如,私人定制產品。當然,奢侈品企業最拿手的還是培養忠實用戶。 蘋果恰恰面臨著忠誠用戶流失的問題。喬布斯離去,加之蘋果產品的獨特性和創新力下降,很多忠實用戶已經把興趣點轉向三星。 從現狀來看,蘋果最大的競爭對手就是三星。而三星的目標用戶更加商務。庫儲存倉並不想讓蘋果如此跟風,這也不是蘋果的個性。否則,蘋果早在兩年前就會推出大屏手機。 現在的蘋果太需要一場勝利,剛剛發佈的iPhone5S和iPhone5C被業界瘋狂吐槽。用戶對於蘋果無亮點創新的容忍度越來越低。但如果蘋果能在市場和業績層面戰勝三星,也是個不錯的進步。相信阿倫茨的假想敵會迅速從LV換成三星。“喬布斯”回歸? 庫克從上任開始,就實行了一系列改革,其中最重要的就是“去喬布斯化”。 但現在的狀況看來,喬布斯的“余威”仍舊非常大。喬布斯最重視產品設計,他會為了一個簡單的產品細節放棄最好的銷售時機。蘋果一年一機的習慣正是因為喬布斯對產品的苛刻性而產生的,而喬布斯也把蘋果做成了奢侈品。 庫克更想把蘋果和其他產品一樣“快消”化,但這之後,蘋果與其他手機產品的區別卻減小了。庫克邀請阿倫茨進入蘋果公司似乎有意在讓“喬布斯思想”回歸。 阿倫茨來自于奢侈品企業,她對產品的精細度要求會非常高。這點與喬布斯寧缺勿濫的思維很像。 包括阿倫茨將來要從事的零售業務,把用戶體驗做出個人定制式的奢侈感,也會讓蘋果重拾與眾不同的特性。 除了阿倫茨之外,庫克還曾聘請法國時裝零售商聖羅蘭前行政總裁Paul Deneve,為特別項目擔任副總裁。足以見得,他非常期待蘋果繼續成為手機終端產品中的奢侈品,這說明,喬布斯思想正在蘋果公司內部“抬頭”。 “不過,科技產品更新換代頻繁,很難在這個領域塑造物以稀為貴的奢侈感,蘋果已經是個個例。”易觀國際分析師郭洋說。 庫克顯然更願意把自己當成一個科技公司的CEO,而非精神領袖。這樣他就可以把精力主要放在產品製造和市場銷售,甚至是他最鐘意的供應鏈上。 據悉,有人曾質疑阿倫茨讓時尚“平民化”了。對此,她曾回應,“我們要跟上世界的腳步,這是個數字化的時代,暫時忘掉‘奢侈’吧,一個偉大的公司必須不斷進步。”相信這句話也說到庫克心裡,畢竟,科技領域的競爭非常激烈,如果太過於看重浮華,也會對企業帶來潛在的危機,萬事還是要以平衡為好。迷你倉最平
- Oct 21 Mon 2013 09:02
歐美金融機構接連受罰
【本報特訊】自08年金融危機爆發後,迷你倉最平歐、美各國監管機構即時加強對金融機構進行監管,當然亦動輒對金融機構作出重罰。今次摩通遭到罰款的金額高達130億美元,對投資者而言當然是感到震撼,而摩通遭到罰款的原因,是因為被指在金融危機爆發前,涉嫌對投資者,以及向房利美及房貸美等政府支持的住屋貸款機構銷售按揭抵押證券(MBS)時,有誇大相關房貸質量之嫌,結果而遭到重罰。�豐渣打先後被指控除了摩通外,尚有不少歐、美金融機構遭到監管當局罰款,其中�豐控股(005)及渣打集團(2888),先後被美國政府指控反洗黑錢不力而遭到罰款。�控在去年12月底被裁定須支付19.2億美元罰款後,有關事件的刑事訴訟問題,要延遲至今年7月才有決定。當局決定不予對�控進行刑事訴訟。反洗錢迷你倉力是金融機構遭到監管當局重罰的原因之一,另一促使金融機構重罰的原因,則涉及操控價格,涉及的產品種類可以說是應有盡有,包括操控倫敦銀行同業拆息(Libor)、匯率、大宗商品等。被指控的金融機構不單止遭到監管當局罰款,有時更直接促使金融機構的高層下台。在去年6月,英、美監管機構指控巴克萊銀行涉嫌操控Libor,由於Libor息率高低,往往反映出銀行資金流動性是否充裕問題,而全球有不少金融產品是以Libor作參考定價,因此事件引起極大回響。時任該行行政總裁的BobDiamond 及主席的Marcus Agius 先後宣布辭職,及後該行遭到英、美監管機構合共罰款6.1億美元。此外瑞銀則被指控涉嫌操控匯率,遭到罰款15億美元;高盛則被指為操控鋁價,遭到入稟法院。儲存
- Oct 21 Mon 2013 08:53
Internet in Jordan 'partly free'
Source: Jordan Times, AmmanOct.mini storage 20--AMMAN -- Jordan enjoyed partly free Internet access this year, according to an international report, which also said restrictions on web content in the Kingdom has increased in 2013 compared to 2012.The Freedom on the Net 2013 report, issued by Freedom House, showed that freedom on the Internet in Jordan rose to 46 per cent in 2013 compared to 45 per cent in 2012.The higher the percentage, the better freedom is on a scale of 100 per cent.The report, posted recently on Freedom House website, said the Press and Publications Law, which went effective earlier this year, was a major setback for Internet freedom in Jordan, as it increased restrictions on web content."I agree to a large extent with the report that freedom on the net is partial in the Kingdom, especially this year, because many websites and blogs were shut down after the law went into effect," Abed Shamlawi, CEO of the ICT Association of Jordan (int@j), told The Jordan Times on Saturday."This law forces many IT companies specialised in creating entertainment content and videos to think of leaving Jordan or reconsider their business as the law imposed restrictions on web content," Shamlawi said.The law requires websites that publish news, articles and comments related to Jordan's local or international affairs to register with the Press and Publications Department (PPD) and receive licences.It considers any comment published on a website to be "press material" and holds online publishers responsible for these comments. It also prohibits websites from publishing comments not relevant to the article under which they are published.Around 200 websites were blocked in June thi迷你倉 year for failing to register at the PPD.Int@j, which represents more than 400 ICT companies, warned that the law will eventually harm the ICT sector, which contributes about 14 per cent annually to the country's gross domestic product."The law caused panic among ICT companies because the majority of them have websites and interact with the audience through comments, especially companies that develop video content that is satirical and sometimes critical of government policies," an employee at a content developing company said.Government officials maintain that the law specifically targets news websites and not blogs; however, some local blogging websites have been blocked for failing to obtain a licence."The law is vague, as it does not clearly differentiate between political news sites and entertainment websites that develop cynical videos for example, and this will eventually affect freedom of the Internet in Jordan," said the employee, who preferred not to be named."There is a need to revisit the law and make it clearer, so there are no restrictions whatsoever on Internet freedoms," Shamlawi said.On a positive note, Jordan witnessed several notable online campaigns over the past year, indicating users' growing interest in utilising online tools for activism, the Freedom House report said.YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and international blog-hosting services are freely available and very popular in the country, it added.Jordan also does not have a history of extensive web filtering, the report indicated.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Jordan Times (Amman, Jordan) Visit the Jordan Times (Amman, Jordan) at .jordantimes.com Distributed by MCT Information Services文件倉
- Oct 20 Sun 2013 15:23
Food bank event in Wyomissing serves generous portions of gratitude
Source: Reading Eagle, Pa.迷利倉Oct. 19--The Greater Berks Food Bank thanked donors and volunteers for supporting its mission to feed the hungry during its 30th Annual World Food Day breakfast Friday, the organization's biggest fundraiser of the year.More than 220 gathered at Crowne Plaza Reading, Wyomissing, to reflect on the nonprofit's first 30 years and discuss plans for the future.Leaders of the food bank, which serves about 60,000 people in Berks, Schuylkill and western Montgomery counties, say they are eager to expand their Muhlenberg Township facility or move into a larger building.The event raised about $30,000, said Doug Long, manager of marketing and development for the food bank."We simply are out of space and cannot do more at our current location," Executive Director Peg Bianca said previously of the 19,500-square-foot warehouse off Tuckerton Road.Offici自存倉ls are leaning toward purchasing a new facility rather than expanding, Long said.In its first year of operation, the food bank had 12 member agencies and distributed 500,000 pounds of food. This year, officials expect to distribute more than 7 million pounds of food to more than 300 charitable food assistance programs, which include food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, after-school programs and senior housing facilities.The cost of Friday's breakfast was underwritten by Rosalind Hyman of Wyomissing, Bogia Engineering Inc. of Wyomissing, and M&T Bank of Reading.Chris Brand, public and community relations manager for Giant Food Stores, based in Carlisle, presented a $9,000 check to the organization.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Reading Eagle (Reading, Pa.) Visit the Reading Eagle (Reading, Pa.) at readingeagle.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉
- Oct 20 Sun 2013 15:14
新加坡
根據警方初步調查顯示,儲存嫌犯因負債累累,計劃用氣槍搶劫附近的銀行。他還把計劃告訴同伙,該同伙正接受警方進一步調查。@劉麗儀leeyee@sph.com.sg在過去一星期發生的兩起槍支相關案件中,一名30歲男子因涉嫌把氣槍藏在義順中1路的組屋單位外,昨天在非法擁有氣槍的罪名下被控。另一名男子則因涉嫌把所擁有的三把軟氣槍丟棄在實里達上段蓄水池而被逮捕。被告黃士強(譯音,30歲)面對一項控狀,指他在本月14日,在義順中1路第932座組屋7樓的一個單位非法擁有一把Beretta款式的黑色氣槍,觸犯了武器罪行法令。一旦罪名成立,可被判坐牢5到10年,並打鞭至少6下。控方向法官要求將黃士強還押宏茂橋警署一個星期協助調查,法官諭令案件展至25日過堂。黃士強皮膚黝黑,身高約1.7米,身材瘦削,身穿無袖青色條紋汗衫出庭,面控時面無表情,時而低頭,時而東張西望。他沒有聘請代表律師,庭上也不見家人。據悉,他是一個槍械發燒友。警方前天發表的文告說,警方是在星期二(15日)晚上10時50分接獲報案,有居民在上述組屋7樓的一個角頭單位外,發現一個塞在幹式消防立管內的袋子。警員到場調查,發現袋子內有一把模仿Beretta手槍的氣槍、一套衣服mini storage一雙鞋子、手套、塑料扣帶和口罩。經過一番追查,警方在隔天下午掌握嫌犯身份,當天深夜分別在實龍崗花園和三巴旺弄逮捕嫌犯和另一個30歲的同伙。根據警方的初步調查顯示,嫌犯因負債累累,計劃用氣槍搶劫附近的銀行。他還把計劃告訴同伙,該同伙正接受警方進一步調查。目前相信保釋在外。據悉,嫌犯開口向同伙借車作為犯案工具,至於同伙是否對搶劫銀行的計劃知情,則不得而知。會計與企業管制局資料顯示,黃士強于去年6月11日,在實龍崗花園大道註冊成立一家酒廊,擔任老闆和經理職位。不過隔天他就卸下老闆頭銜,接著在今年1月24日停止擔任經理一職。他相信因此而債台高築。另一起槍支案件發生在本月12日,一名民�在萬禮路靠近火化場附近的實里達上段蓄水池散步時,發現水里有三把槍。三把“槍”外形各異,最長一把附有瞄準鏡,看似狙擊手專用狙擊槍;另一把外型看似M16來複槍;還有一把是普通氣槍。雖然在外國擁有這類軟氣槍並不違法,但警方受詢時表示這類槍支在本地屬違禁品。被捕男子槍支由兄弟丟棄警方回複媒體詢問時說,一名相信與本案有關的50余歲男子已經被捕。調查仍在進行中,他目前保釋在外。據本報瞭解,該名51歲華族男子是在上星期被捕,而替他丟棄槍支的人是他的兄弟。self storage
- Oct 20 Sun 2013 15:06
銀行資管計劃四箭齊發 收益設計現“變相封頂”
URL:.chinanews.com.cn/fortune/2013/10-18/5396825.shtml 銀行資管時代的大幕正式開�。 首批銀行獲批理財資產管理業務試點的消息傳出後僅一周時間,迷利倉多家銀行已先行試水相關理財產品。據《每日經濟新聞》記者昨日(10月17日)走訪滬上數十家銀行調查發現,工商銀行、交通銀行、興業銀行、浦發銀行設計的首款自主理財管理計劃已經公開向公�募集,規模上限從1億元到75億元不等。 作為銀行資管計劃最為核心的部分,各銀行在設計中均納入了債權類直接融資工具。但在理財收益方面,各家銀行的設計可以說大相徑庭:通過諸如投資管理費等項目,有銀行設計了費用回撥這種對投資者的“補償”機制,也有銀行則變相設定了收益上限。 業內人士對《每日經濟新聞》記者表示,畢竟銀行自主資產管理計劃的法律主體地位還沒有確立,所以這幾款產品應該算是在現有的監管框架下的一種改良。 均採取較穩健投資策略/ 10月16日,工商銀行在其官網正式推出“中國工商銀行超高淨值客戶專屬多享優勢系列產品-理財管理計劃A款(編號ZHDY01)”,募集期為2013年10月15日∼2013年10月20日,計劃發行規模為75億,發行規模居記者調查的四家銀行之首。此外,工行此款產品的銷售門檻也較高,主要的銷售對象是個人超高淨值客戶(工商銀行的超高資產淨值客戶是指金融淨資產達到600萬元人民幣及以上的商業銀行客戶)。 據《每日經濟新聞》記者從另外3家銀行網點獲得的產品說明書顯示,興業銀行、交通銀行、浦發銀行推出的理財管理計劃均主要面向穩健型、平衡型、成長型、進取型的全體個人客戶。在認購起點方面,工行和交行為10萬元,興業和浦發為5萬。 具體來看,興業銀行萬利寶理財管理計劃第一期第1款 (銷售編號:95013011),首發規模上限為30億元。交通銀行人民幣理財管理計劃2013年 第 一 期 (代 碼 :0191130182),募集下限為0.4億元,上限是1億元。浦發銀行月月享盈理財管理計劃(代碼:2301137101),規模下限5000萬,上限10億元。 與此前常見的銀行理財產品通常會設定預期收益率不同,上述4款產品均為開放式非保本浮動收益型。所謂開放式,即參考基金產品的做法,在產品封閉日結束之後,將每月某一天設為開放日,投資者可在開放日提交申購、贖回申請。據浦發銀行理財客戶經理介紹,“無論投資者哪天購買都是在18日起息,無論是一個月中什麼時候贖回都是18號確定本金和利息,打到投資者的賬戶。如果不贖回,就把本金和利息計入下一個月,持續滾動。” 產品說明書還顯示,上述各款理財管理計劃目前均採取穩健的投資管理策略,在嚴格的風險控制和確保產品資產流動性的前提下,配合套利策略的積極運用,追求低風險下的穩健收益。 據興業銀行上述產品的說明書,該款產品募集的資金直接或間接投資于貨幣市場工具和銀行間市場及證券交易所流通交易的債券、資產支持證券等有價證券、理財直接融資工具以及銀監會認可的其他標準化金融投資工具。 工行理財管理計劃的投資則以固定收益投資為主,在權益市場具較確定投資機會時,配置少部分權益類資產。固定收益投資方面,將主要投資于債券、存款等高流動性資產和理財直接融資工具。 收益設計相差較大/ 據各家銀行的理財客戶經理介紹,上述理財管理計劃目前尚處於試行階段,投資管理策略比較保守。記者對比發現,在收益方面,各家銀行的設計顯得五花八門。 工行產品說明書顯示,其托管費用為0.1%/年,銷售費標準為0.4%/年。但值得注意的是,該款產品的管理費用有固定管理費和浮動管理費兩項。固定管理費標準為0.6%/年。當產品單月的收益率年化達自存倉N以上時 (N=一年期人民幣存款利率+1.75%),超過N的部分,管理人將按照20%的比例再提取浮動管理費。 這意味著,只要該產品某個月的年化收益率超過4.75%(一年期存款利率按3%計算)時,工行就能獲得超額分成,而不受其他月份的收益以及到期實際收益影響。 按照這個設計,存在這樣的可能:如果產品存續期內,部分月份的年化收益超過4.75%,而其他月份的年化收益不到4.75%,即使到期累計的年化收益不足4.75%,銀行也能獲得超額收益分成 (浮動管理費)。在最極端的情況下,即使客戶到期出現虧損,只要存續期內有單月年化收益率超過4.75%,銀行也依然可以獲得當月的超額收益分成。 對此,普益財富研究員葉林峰在接受 《每日經濟新聞》採訪時表示,“確實有可能出現這種情況。但是這款產品並不是結構類產品,是投資債權類的產品,且不能在二級市場流轉,因此相對比較穩健,不太可能出現收益大幅波動的情況。” 興業銀行對投資管理費的設計則顯得更為“激進”。其產品說明書顯示,投資人投資收益為產品投資者資產實際產生的投資收益,扣除銷售管理費0.5%/年、產品托管費0.03%/年、投資管理費等產品相關費用後測算得出。其中,如果該產品收益/產品總份額超過產品單位份額參考淨值時,超出部分則全部作為管理人收取的投資管理費。這樣的設計,實際上是變相給投資者取得的實際收益設定了上限。 僅從設計上來看,交行和浦發銀行在管理費收取上明顯要“保守”得多。浦發月月享盈的年化管理費為0.5%,如果在該投資周期中,按照產品申購贖回確認日前一日單位淨值折合年收益率低於5.20%,銀行將以銀行管理費為限進行回撥。 浦發銀行一位理財經理對 《每日經濟新聞》舉例解釋說:“若產品申購贖回確認日前一日單位淨值只有4.8%,不足5.2%,我行會將0.5%的銀行管理費計入客戶收益里。” 交行上述產品的管理費設計則為,當單日產品單位淨值大於1元時,銀行會按0.3%(年)的標準收取當天的管理費,如果當天的產品單位淨值小于或等於1元時,則不提取管理費。 資管市場細分/ “2007年左右,市場也推出了一些淨值化理財產品,但由於借道投資股票而導致出現大面積虧損,所以估計首批試點不會配置很多權益類資產。要想獲得更高收益就得配置更多的理財直接融資工具。”一位銀行理財經理進一步指出。 “這跟我們之前預想的理想化的產品當然有一定差距,但這幾款產品還是在目前監管體系下比較折中的選擇。因為畢竟銀行資產管理計劃的法律主體地位還沒有確立,所以這幾款產品應該算是在現有的監管框架下的一種改良。”普益財富研究員葉林峰在接受《每日經濟新聞》記者採訪時表示。 此前,銀行的理財資金一直需要借道信托、券商資管、基金子公司等通道進行投資,而銀行理財管理計劃的正式落地,被認為是銀行理財產品向去通道化、去“剛性兌付”邁出的實質性一步。 僅從上述幾款產品的收益率形成機制來看,目前對投資者的影響並不是很大。“如果收益率定得比較高的話,當然會比較有競爭力。如果收益率定得和其他同樣投向債權和貨幣市場工具的產品差不多的話,競爭的優勢就不那麼明顯了。”葉林峰告訴記者。 華林證券專戶投資經理曹雷告訴《每日經濟新聞》記者,過去大家在國內都是混著做的,利用所謂的“通道”,我做你的業務,你做我的業務。“我覺得未來會出現這樣的分工,基金公司和券商的資管產品應該是以高信用債為主要投資標的,而銀行則是以固定信用、抵押充分的資產為主要投資標的,然後再打包轉讓這些資產。” 曹雷坦言,投資者也應該盡早回到理財的正軌:“從銀行買的應該是低風險產品,從信托、基金處買的應該就是高風險產品,要讓投資者買到適應他風險承受能力的產品。”迷你倉
- Oct 20 Sun 2013 14:57
央行昨暫停逆回購注資操作
早報記者陳月石央行新聞發言人16日晚剛表示“貨幣信貸擴張的壓力仍然較大”,文件倉昨日,央行便暫停已重�將近兩個月的逆回購操作,暫停向市場注資。“這一舉措略出乎市場意料,但卻又在情理之中”。新華海外財經報道援引業內人士的話說,“(央行是在)拉一下馬�,昨天(16日)的表態已經很明確了”。央行16日表態稱,近期貸款增速相對還是較快,特別是在外貿順差繼續擴大,外匯大幅流入存倉情況下,貨幣信貸擴張的壓力仍然較大,將繼續實施穩健的貨幣政策,引導貨幣信貸和社會融資合理適度增長。北京一基金經理昨日也表示,央行一改近期已然形成的節奏,並未進行14天逆回購操作說明貨幣政策趨緊,央行動作、論調一致。從市場表現看,目前市場流動性確實充足。本周央行公開市場淨回籠資金445億元。但在淨回籠後,銀行間市場利率基本保持了平穩,隔夜和1月期利率還出現了下降。儲存
- Oct 20 Sun 2013 14:46
聯想提購黑莓遇阻力
【本報記者周家強報道】聯想(0992)企圖吞併智能手機製造商黑莓公司(BlackBerry )遇上攔路虎。加拿大總理哈珀表示,儲存任何外國公司收購黑莓,政府都會考量國家安全,這宗中加聯婚案隨時胎死腹中。哈珀在布魯塞爾接受《彭博社》訪問時指出,根據加拿大收購法,任何外國公司在收購加拿大公司時,國家安全是政府的必要考量。他表示,黑莓在資訊科技業是一個很重要的角色,因此任何有關黑莓的未來交易,都不可威脅國安。任何有關黑莓的收購,或僅僅收購部份資產,都需經加拿大及美國政府的嚴密審查。黑莓股價漲7%根據加拿大投資法,外國公司收購加拿大公司,若不能為加拿大帶來「淨利益」(Net Benefit),或對加拿大國家安全帶來威脅,聯邦政府有權否決。較早前,加拿大聯邦政府即因國家安全考量,否決埃及電訊業者收購加拿大曼尼托巴電信公司(Man迷你倉toba Telecom Services)旗下的Allstream光纖網絡。《華爾街日報》日前報道,聯想有意收購黑莓,雙方並已簽定「非公開」協議,准許聯想查看黑莓的帳冊,了解黑莓財務情況。由於聯想若想全面收購黑莓,將會面臨監管機構的阻撓,聯想可能退而求其次只收購部份業務。受到賣盤消息的刺激,黑莓的股價在上周五急升6.89%,至8.38美元。黑莓公司今年8月曾說,正探尋各種可能救亡,包括出售公司。黑莓今年9月尚有26億美元現金,3個月前的現金為31億美元。至於聯想,雖然在今年終於打低惠浦,晉升個人電腦一哥,不過,在全球智能手機上,一直落後其他國際性手機商,因此,市場預期聯想將會仿效10年前,以蛇吞象方式收購IBM旗下個人電腦業務,打開海外知明度,事實上,除了黑莓外,市場亦都盛傳聯想試圖併購台灣的HTC,但被後者否認。self storage
- Oct 20 Sun 2013 14:45
圖文:增進民生福祉 創新社會管理
湖北日報訊 圖為:武漢市青山區社區醫院醫護人員上門為居民檢查身體並建立健康檔案。(資料照片 記者張朋 攝)記者李先宏 實習生柯小南嘉賓:秦尊文 省社科院副院長、研究員、博導趙 曼 中南財經政法大學教授、博導、城鄉社區社會管理湖北省協同創新中心主任關鍵詞:民生共享支點【決定摘錄】加快建設民生共享的支點,迷你倉努力在增進民生福祉、創新社會建設和管理上走在前列。【解讀】秦尊文:《決定》首次提出了“民生共享支點”這個新概念,提出了“在增進民生福祉、創新社會建設和管理上走在前列”這個新目標。以前,我們也講民生共享,但沒有上升到“支點”這個高度;我們也講創新社會管理,但沒有提出走在前列的奮鬥目標。加快建設民生共享的支點,是落實科學發展觀、實現中國夢的要求,也是“建成支點、走在前列”的應有之義。科學發展觀要求以人為本,中國夢也是“百姓夢”。湖北要建成支點,不僅僅是經濟發展的支點,而是要建成充滿市場活力的支點、轉型升級的支點、綠色發展的支點、民生共享的支點。民生共享是建成“支點”的出發點和落腳點。關鍵詞:提高社會保障水平【決定摘錄】提高社會保障水平。堅持“六民要旨”,念好“衣食住行、業教保醫”八字經,全面實現“十個確保”。【解讀】秦尊文:社會保障是經濟社會發展的“助推器”和“穩定器”。一方面,社會保障制度通過維護勞動力的再生產與擴大再生產,來維護國民經濟的健康運行,通過對社會保障基金的籌集與支付來調節社會的總需求與總供給,促進經濟的平衡運行和穩定增長。統一的、社會化的保障體系,促進了勞動力的合理流動,有利於發揮市場機製作用,優化勞動力資源配置,有效推動社會經濟的發展。另一方面,社會保障制度通過對社會成員基本生活需求的保障建立起了社會安全機制,可以減少因此而產生的社會震蕩。社會保障基金的收支,對國民收入的分配與再分配進行調節,以克服社會的分配不均,縮小社會的貧富差距。同時,權利與義務相結合的社會保障,能促進人們自強自立意識的樹立和互助互濟人道主義精神的發揚,調整人們之間相互關係,推動社會的文明與進步。趙曼:“衣食住行、業教保醫”涵蓋了絕大多數人以及絕大多數的民生事項,是基本民生。加快建設民生共享的支點,就要抬高基本民生的重心,念好民生“八字經”。如何念好“八字經”?一是可得性,即消費得起:二是可及性,即消費對象充裕;三是可放心性,即消費得安全可靠。抬高基本民生的重心,要促進民生導向性的產業轉型與升級,包括對“衣食住行、業教保醫”等民生大項提質、提速或增加優質選項;發展以智慧、綠色、健康、時尚為特徵的新型產業。這樣不但使民生建設有了物質載體,還有可能催生一self storage新的商業模式。關鍵詞:普惠性、可持續【決定摘錄】加快構建覆蓋城鄉、普惠性強、可持續的基本公共服務體系,重點改善基層公共服務水平。【解讀】秦尊文:構建覆蓋城鄉、普惠性強、可持續的基本公共服務體系,有利於推進保障和改善民生為重點的社會建設,有利於切實保障人民群�最關心、最直接、最現實的利益,有利於加快經濟發展方式轉變、擴大內需特別是消費需求。加快構建覆蓋城鄉、普惠性強、可持續的基本公共服務體系,要打破行業分割和地區分割,加快城鄉基本公共服務制度一體化建設,大力推進區域間制度統籌銜接,加大公共資源向農村、貧困地區和社會弱勢群體傾斜力度,實現基本公共服務制度覆蓋全民。要把更多的財力、物力投向基層,把更多的人才、技術引向基層,切實加強基層公共服務機構設施和能力建設,促進資源共建共享,全面提高基本公共服務水平。關鍵詞:增強公平性、適應流動性、保證可持續性【決定摘錄】進一步完善各項社會保險制度,增強公平性、適應流動性、保證可持續性,推進全民社保體系建設從“制度全覆蓋”到“人口全覆蓋”。【解讀】秦尊文:目前的社會保險還存在著地區差距、身份差距等不公平問題,城鎮化快速發展帶來大量的流動人口,社保資金的籌集受到用人單位效益、勞動者收入、地方財政收入各種因素影響等問題。同時,社會保險在制度上做到了全覆蓋,但還沒有實現人群全覆蓋。因此,社會保險制度要增強公平性、適應流動性,保證可持續性,在覆蓋人群上要由少到多,要穩步並且是可持續的提高保障水平,並逐步縮小相關群體之間的保障水平差距。關鍵詞:社會管理機制創新【決定摘錄】堅持整體規劃、循序漸進,推進社會管理體制機制創新,進一步完善黨委領導、政府負責、社會協同、公�參與、法治保障的社會管理格局。【解讀】秦尊文:加強和創新社會管理,關鍵是“機制”,也就是說,加強社會管理要靠制度。要健全基層黨組織領導的充滿活力的基層群�自治機制,建立健全重大決策社會穩定風險評估機制,完善各類突發事件應急處理機制,改革和完善食品藥品監管體制機制等等。趙曼:創新社會管理,要依托社區平台滿足民生訴求,打造一種讓民�愉悅的社會管理。一是服務優先。社會管理內在地包含服務,服務優先方能有人性化的管控;寓服務予管控之中方能有群治群防。思路是依托社區既有的工作網絡,變坐堂服務為主動服務,變常規服務為特色服務。二是公共治理。重點是建立緩衝機制,搭建溝通平台。在基層,與矛盾直接接觸的是社會組織,應讓其走到前台,發揮其在群�中的作用,使矛盾消解在源頭。例如,在街鎮、村居、企業成立平安協會,形成社會矛盾的“第三方”調解組織,可以降低社會運行成本和管理代價。迷利倉