Last night(still tonite, as now the time is mid-night), I have watch quite a special episode of "60 minutes", by CBS, broadcasted by ATV here in HK.
Those 3 topics are very interesting and I found deeply interested in all of them ....
~The first one is talk about those whose age is long after their retirement, some even over 80, 90 and 95 ... are still contributing to the labour force (in US, but not in HK) * In HK, only entrepreneur can work happily in their 70s or 80s, but not those who got to pick dumpings from the street to sell )
There are a number of benefits to individuals as well as to the society with such re-enter in labour force ... 1st, those elderlies can less likely suffer from illness and they can live happier as they can still get honour and self esteem with the job. They can still gathering with those in similar ages, instead of sit still at home and doing nothing. From working in that age, they can find themselves are still useful, but not useless. (infact, the term "uselessness" is the name given to them by the society, where the whole society, even their families and their governments --> all neglect their contribution to raising their families or tax and works to their home countries) In this way, still working can greatly reduce the rate of commit suicide of elderlies where it's among the highest in most MDCs
And to the society or the company, the burden of providing health care is lessen for the employers as the elderlies are receiving subsidies from the government already. And the government could be less likely to face the lack of labour pool caused by the lack of age 15-64 work in the labour force due to low birth rate and high unemployment rate ......
So, I hope it could be a solution to "elderly problems", infact,, such problem is caused by the lack of care and concern of the society, not by those individuals
~ The second topic is about the Toppest University in India, even the WHOLE WORLD, which is called IIT in short. Most of the graduates from that U are not entrepreneur in US (not in India). The curriculum are the toughest and the degree courses provided are even harder then those master courses by most universities. So, that why it is the toppest! And yet, India is still regarded as a LDC instead of MDC, so only few stay in India.
But yet, I think the people from that nation are already better than us, here from HK
~ The third topic is about a preview of the election of the new Prime Minister of Israel. I really can't imagine how would it be if Ariel Sharon win that "holy place" again! So, I really hope the one introduced and interviewed by the programme, Mr. Amram Mitzna, can win the election (if he could really help Middle East to become a PEACE Holy Place like what Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafar tried to do in the early 1990s)
" I've said more than once, we make peace with enemies, sometimes with bitter enemies." ~ Yitzhak Rabin (1922.3.1 --- 1995.11.4) , former Israel Prime Minister, was assassinated in Tel Avia, Israel that day, and the Holy Place fall into darkness again.
REMEMBERANCE: (yesterday, 12 Jan, 2002, Sun; we lost these 2 people)
Bee Gees star Maurice Gibb has died in a Miami hospital at the age of 53.
The singer had suffered a heart attack during emergency surgery for an intestinal blockage.
A spokesperson for his family said he died in the Mount Sinai Medical Centre's intensive care unit about 0045 local time (0545 GMT).
The former Argentine dictator who in 1982 triggered a war with Britain over the Falkland Islands, Leopoldo Galtieri, has died at the age of 76.
He was suffering from cancer of the pancreas, but sources at the military hospital in Buenos Aires where he was being cared for say he died of a heart failure.
好驚!
是晚臘月十六,月光好靚(雖然見到的不是'燊悅',但這滿月亦很美),心情亦好靚...
大日子?
"似野馬盡管奔向前 凌亂腳印那可有規例 這市鎮未分清(青)與紅 誰有看破這可怕一代(步工具) 太真!"
"如果明天落寞又絕望欠快樂
哨牙大粒墨癦袁佩婷