阿爸朝早打去房署 轉了主任
佢又話唔識寫字 唔肯寫 ~ 結果都係迫佢自己寫番
那新上任話聽日會有人上來開工 (如果個棚冇問題) 冇幾耐 就有人上來睇個棚夠唔夠穩陣了 .....
阿媽本來話晏晝食拉麵 不過最後都係喺海皇買來一碗艇仔粥
佢自己都係煮拉麵
夜晚就食阿媽包嘅餃子 以為自己食到十隻八隻 (以前閒閒地食到廿隻啦) 結果都係食得四隻半 ......
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太空酒店2012開張 43富豪預訂 3天住宿盛惠3400萬 (明報)2009年11月3日 星期二 05:10
【明報專訊】太空酒店可能不再只聞樓梯響!一間以西班牙巴塞羅那為總部的公司表示,他們的太空酒店將於2012年開業,可向有意一嘗太空旅遊滋味的豪客,提供3天太空住宿,及事前8周適應特訓課程。雖然套餐盛惠逾3400萬港元,但公司總裁透露,迄今已有43人訂房,問津者更逾200人,絕對不愁客路。
「銀河套房太空酒店」(The Galactic Suite Space Resort)提供的3晚住宿期間,可讓旅客每日觀賞15次日出,還能一嘗當蜘蛛俠 的滋味,因為酒店會為每名旅客提供一件魔術貼衣服,讓客人在無重狀態下,「黐」著機艙內壁爬行。太空酒店將以時速3萬公里,定位於離地球表面450公里高的軌道上運行,大約每80分鐘環繞地球一周。這間太空酒店可容納4名旅客和兩名太空人機師,不過到達那兒後沒有人款待,一切要「貴客自理」。
加勒比海島嶼訓練8周 銀河套房公司於2007年成立,宣布要建造太空酒店,但招來專家質疑(見另稿)。公司總裁克拉拉蒙特(Xavier Claramunt)近日接受路透社訪問,聲稱太空酒店的籌建工作順利,可望按原定計劃,於2012年接待首批太空豪客,提供3天酒店住宿連同在加勒比海一個熱帶島嶼進行的8周特訓課程,每位收費300萬歐元(3433萬港元)。
繼英國大亨布蘭森的維珍銀河公司(Virgin Galactic)宣布,將提供每人每次20萬美元 的亞軌道太空遊,世界首個專供自費旅客往返太空的太空機場(Spaceport America)亦在美國 新墨西哥州動工,倘再加上太空酒店,太空旅遊業堪稱已逐漸成型。銀河套房酒店表示,迄今已有逾200人查詢,至少43人已經訂房,人數跟接受了300人繳費或報名的維珍銀河相若。
按摩室供客無重淋浴 克拉拉蒙特說,其公司與其他太空旅行公司不同的地方是,他們在加勒比海的一個海島自設基地,讓旅客可在當地的熱帶風情環境中,為升空接受訓練,同時舒展身心。那兒也將是監測太空酒店運作的中心。旅客將乘搭可多次使用的俄羅斯火箭或太空船,從加勒比海基地升空,每次約花一天半時間飛抵太空酒店。他說﹕「當旅客乘太空船抵埗,太空船將與分離艙連接3天,我們會設法令旅客安心,不會感覺像被遺棄孤島。3天後,旅客便可回到太空船,返回地球。」他還表示,無重狀態下沐浴才是最大問題。「怎樣給客人提供較方便的私隱活動,並不容易」。他們打算安排一間滿室飄浮著水泡的按摩室,供客人來個「無重狀態淋浴」。
料太空遊15年內普及 曾任航天工程師的克拉拉蒙特聲稱,該項目獲得匿名太空狂熱富翁投資30億美元,得以在新興的太空旅遊業中位列前茅。他預計太空旅遊日後將日益普及﹕「大概15年內你的子女就可在太空度周末,那並非天方夜譚。」他還聲言,銀河酒店是公司業務的第一步,日後還會拓展火星遊,現正與日本 、美國、阿聯酋 的投資者洽談。該公司網址為www.galacticsuite.com。
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>>November 3, 2009 at 10:45:44 PM GMT+8
2009 年 11 月 3 日 星期二 【晴】
The wavey effect seen in this picture is caused by cirrus clouds being twisted by upper-level wind movements. It appeared above Raghly in County Sligo on 17th October and was photographed by Richard O'Beirne.
The wet and cloud weather over Louth in Lincolnshire abruptly cleared to leave this spectacular double rainbow on 24th October. Picture taken by Judy Harris.
The undulating effect of the stratocumulus clouds seemed to mirror the ripples in the water below. Charlie David took this picture in the Llyn Peninsula on 14th October.
The view of the first Severn bridge was obscured by the early-morning mist covering the Severn Estuary on 13th October. Photographed by Amanda Doyle.
The cumulonimbus clouds in the distance took on the shape of a wave. Alistair Mackay took this picture in Balintore on the afternoon of 24th October.
Despite the threatening appearance of this large cumulus cloud over Whittlesford in Cambridgeshire, there were only a few drops of rain before it cleared away. Image captured by Donald Richardson on 24th October.
《萬千星輝論人權》(Stories on Human Rights) 故事 : 世界人權宣言六十大壽,聯合國人權理事會於此送上一份別出心裁的禮物:二十二位世界各地的導演、藝術家應邀執導三分鐘,分別圍繞人權宣言的六個主題:文化、發展、尊嚴與公義、環境、性別,和參與。本片早於十五個不同國家巡迴放映,星光熠熠,當然少不了亞洲區代表:泰國Apichatpong Weerasethakul帶領我們馳騁公路;巴勒斯坦Hany Abu-Assad透過兒童的眼睛看監控鏡頭的荒謬;印度Murali Nair藉少女重生載歌載舞;中國賈樟柯審視環境的疫症……多不勝數,你只能親自來看個究竟!此片配樂家Michael Galasso (曾為《重慶森林》和《花樣年華》配樂) 已於零九年九月不幸病逝,特此紀念。
To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights initiated the production of a long-feature film composed by a series of 3min shorts, and thus 22 world-known filmmakers and video artists are invited to work on one cross-cutting theme representing the UDHR: Culture, Development, Dignity and Justice, Environment, Gender and Participation. Asian participants include Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Syndromes and a Century), Hany Abu-Assad (Paradise Now), Saman Salour (Lonely Tune of Tehran), Murali Nair (Unni, Another Story of an Indian Child) and Jia Zhang-Ke (24 City). With Michael Galasso (film scores include In the Mood of Love and Chungking Express), the recently passed-away musician as the score composer.
導演 Marina Abramovic, Hany Abu-Assad, Armagan Ballantyne, Sergei Bodrov, Charles de Meaux, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster & Ange Leccia, Runa Islam, Francesco Jodice, Etgar Keret & Shira Geffen, Zhang-Ke Jia, Murali Nair, Idrissa Ouedraogo, Pipilotti Rist, Daniela Thomas, Saman Salour, Sarkis, Bram Schouw, Teresa Serrano, Abderrahmane Sissako, Pablo Trapero, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Jasmila Zbanic
演員 --
類別 --
片長 80
級別 IIB
語言 多國語言,英文字幕 (various languages with English subtitles )
《Hush! 及 寒冬三日》 (Hush! & Three Days in Winter) 故事 :
《Hush!》 : 希魔屠殺猶太人的事跡大家耳熟能詳,但其實二戰時的惡耗在一戰時已上演過。一九一五年奧圖曼帝國對阿美尼亞發起種族清洗,洗出一片血海,是東歐歴史裡的耀眼傷口。土耳其導演Berke Bas一次回到家鄉東北部的Ordu小鎮,方知她的大祖母原藉阿美尼亞。由是一段痛苦得難以啟齒的往事再被憶起、重新予以思考與哀悼。導演透過訪問家庭成員和當年僅有的倖存者,為這段行將消失的創痛作證。
Hush! : Visiting her hometown Ordu in Northeastern Turkey, Turkish filmmaker Berke Bas discovers her great-grandmother's Armenian origins and the tragic unspoken past of a once cosmopolitan city. Through conversations with family members and the few surviving Armenians the film tries to restore a memory that is on the verge of being lost.
《寒冬三日》 : 隆冬時節雪紛紛,記憶也一如置放在冷藏庫之中歷久常新。導演Arlette雙親曾是亂世兒女,爸爸是進駐印度支那和摩洛哥的法國士兵,只是他手持刀劍之餘,還手執導筒,在當兵的同時,也用深深的熱情把當年的點點滴滴拍攝下來。導演凝視著父親留下的沉默影像,渴望為它加上自己的聲音。戰爭為人所道,每個人都有自己的版本和詮釋,她的聲音不但在回應歴史,也在重構自己的記憶......
《Three Days in Winter》 : It is winter. Snow is falling in the Jura region. At home, director Arlette Girardot and her mother watch home videos captured by her father, who was an officer during the years preceding the Independence of Algeria and Morocco. Alongside his military career is his passion for images, and it is what a man left behind that recalls the taboos of history and also one’s own family stories.
導演: Hush! :Berke Bas / 寒冬三日 : Arlette Girardot
演員 --
類別 --
片長 104
級別
語言:
Hush! :土耳其語、英語對白,英文字幕
Hush! : Turkish and English with English subtitles
Three Days in Winter : French with English subtitles
寒冬三日: 法語對白,英文字幕
《 Michael Jackson's This Is It》 故事 : 《Michael Jackson’s This Is It》將會讓全球樂迷一睹流行樂天王米高積遜籌備及綵排This Is It演唱會時的珍貴片段。米高積遜叱吒樂壇四十多年,今年3月,他宣佈復出舉行五十場環球演唱會This Is It,令全球樂迷熱切期待,但可惜他未能完成「最後演唱」,便於本年6月25日猝逝。 在米高積遜離世後四個月,全球樂迷將有機會親歷他的最後演唱會,在戲院大銀幕一睹這位一代巨星的最後風采。《Michael Jackson’s This Is It》電影剪輯自米高積遜在本年4月至6月期間,籌備This Is It演唱會時以高清制式拍攝的逾百小時綵排片段及幕後花絮,讓觀眾有如近距離接觸米高積遜,見證這位舞台天王如何力求盡善盡美地締造他的最後演出,電影亦加插米高積遜生前好友及工作伙伴的訪問片段,回顧米高積遜傳奇的星路歷程。本片由Sony Pictures Releasing於全球發行,全球放映只限兩週,香港上映日期為10月29日,戲票會於9月27日開始預售。
Michael Jackson’s THIS IS IT will offer Jackson fans and music lovers worldwide a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the performer as he developed, created and rehearsed for his sold-out concerts that would have taken place beginning this summer in London’s O2 Arena. Chronicling the months from April through June, 2009, the film is produced with the full support of the Estate of Michael Jackson and drawn from more than one hundred hours of behind-the-scenes footage, featuring Jackson rehearsing a number of his songs for the show. Audience will be given a privileged and private look at Jackson up close and personal. In row and candid detail, Michael Jackson’s THIS IS IT captures the singer, dancer, filmmaker, architect, creative genius and great artist at work as he creates and perfects his final show. Kenny Ortega, who was both Michael Jackson’s creative partner and the director of the stage show is also directing the film, which is being produced by Randy Philips, Kenny Ortega and Paul Gongaware. Executive producers are John Branca and John McClain. The film will be distributed worldwide by ony Pictures Releasing Tickets for the limited two-week engagement of the film go on sale beginning September 27.
導演 奧爾特加 Kenny Ortega
演員 米高積遜 Michael Jackson
類別 紀錄片 Documentary
片長 111
級別
語言 英語對白 English
《眾生》 (Red White) 故事 :突如其來的災難過後,面對所有的失去和殘留,人該何去何從?本片由這個問題出發,在四川大地震發生後半年,紀錄了重災區什邡市紅白鎮與及周邊地區的幾個普通人物、家庭的災後生活和精神狀態。失去孩子的父母、失去媽媽的幼童,還有失去一條腿的男孩……種種消逝和彌留,都足以讓人生蒙上不可承受之痛。或許,人們只能在道觀的斷壁殘垣下、在各種宗教儀式裏、甚至在新生和遺忘中,才能找到生存的信仰和力量?
How could people deal with all their loss and remains after the most unimaginable catastrophe? Based on this question, director Zhong Chen records the continuing lives in Red White, a small rural town that was seriously devastated by the 5.12 Earthquake. Whether for broken families, or people with a broken limb, memories of the past haunt the post-quake present with all the same painfulness. As a Taoism priest help the local people to deal with their various difficulties, would religion prove as the way out in such an extreme situation?
導演 陳心中 Zhong Chen
演員 -- / 類別 --
片長 95
級別
語言 普通話對白,中英文字幕 Putonghua with Chinese and English subtitles
《下一站,伊朗》 (My Iranian Paradise) 故事 : 導演Annette是丹麥與波蘭混血兒,伊人卻在伊朗長大,藉著拍攝此紀錄片回到德黑蘭 ── 她的童年天堂。箇中有還鄉之喜,也有事物全非之愁;以童年無忌的視野出發,注入女性角度的體會;二戰烽煙的回憶,混雜七九年伊朗革命的群情洶湧。影片由訴說個人家庭歴史開始,講述小人物在歴史巨輪下的身不由己與流離失所,延伸探討個體在社會大環境中的角色與價值。今天伊朗局勢與世界政壇息息相關,箇中你又知道多少?入場觀賞這七十八分鐘,導演為你送上一個伊朗萬花筒。原來這個地方,曾經是天堂
Back then, in her youthful years, Tehran of Iran used to be a paradise for director Annette. But having witnessed the country's change into a pillar in the infamous 'Axis of Evil', she travels back on a journey regarding the past and the present. Combining current footage of today's inaccessible country together with historical footage rare to be seen, My Iranian Paradise starts from a personal, female perspective, yet develops into a full illustration of the Iranians’ living condition in the shade of politics and in the light of history. It is Iran. It was a paradise once.
導演 Annette Mari Olsen, Katia Forbert Petersen
演員 -- / 類別 --
片長 78 級別 I
語言 丹麥語、波斯語對白,英文字幕 Danish and Persian with English subtitles
《慢性中毒》 (Dead Slowly) 故事
數宗似是而非的案件,串起一段段疑幻似真的關係。車禍中眉的丈夫失去雙腳,而妹妹凝竟與丈夫有染;眉又涉嫌一宗食物中毒案,與警員政展開撲朔迷離的關係,且同時糾結於八年前的夢魘當中;政的妻清個人身份模糊,從來只是別人的妻、別人的媽、別人的情婦…電影始於敘事,漸漸天馬行空,變成一場影象盛宴。閱讀的可能性因而不斷擴大,一發不可收拾,兔子、女屍、血樹,種種符號,任憑詮釋。錄像藝術家許雅舒首部劇情長片技驚四座,每場影像均如定格圖畫,對白甚具黃碧雲文字韻味,難怪成為本年度角逐釜山國際電影節New Currents Award的唯一一套香港電影。
It takes only fragments of crime to line up various characters and relationships. Mei’s husband lost his legs in a car accident. Ying, Mei’s sister, is having an affair with Mei’s husband. A policeman, Jing, is investigating a food poisoning case involving Mei as the main suspect, and the case reminds Jing his guilt 8 years ago. Ching, wife of Jing, has only vague identities: someone’s wife, someone’s mother, and someone’s mistress… And what if narration further disintegrates into symbolic encounters of relationships? Having worked as a media artist over a decade, director Rita Hui presents this visual feast for all who dares to stare. Dead Slowly, the only Hong Kong film that competes for the New Currents Award in Pusan International Film Festival this year.
導演 許雅舒 Rita Hui
演員 蔣祖曼, 高少敏, 鄭湘玲, 彭敬慈 (Joman Chiang, Siu Man Ko, Sheung Ling Cheng, Samuel Pang)
類別 -- / 片長 87
級別 iii
語言 粵語對白,中英文字幕 (Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles )
《大鑊密探》(The Informant ) 故事 : 荷里活大導演史提芬蘇德堡、金像獎影星麥迪文攜手打造商界告密英雄故事。在農業大公司ADM工作的明日之星馬克偉達利(麥迪文 飾演)一天突然變身成告密者,他到底在想甚麼?他打算向美國聯邦密探FBI告發公司國際性操控價格的不良營商手法,希望因此成為人民英雄。為了搜集足夠證據,偉達利不惜在身上裝上竊聽系統,在公事包內暗藏錄音機,想像自己成為真真正正的臥底密探。 可惜,偉達利所提供的線索似乎不太可靠,有時他的說話更是撲朔迷離。FBI探員對他經常轉變、次次新鮮的證供感到非常沮喪,有時候根本分不清到底哪些是真確的事實,哪些是偉達利憑空想像的產物。
What was Mark Whitacre thinking? A rising star at agri-industry giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Whitacre (Matt Damon) suddenly turns whistleblower. Even as he exposes his company’s multi-national price-fixing conspiracy to the FBI, Whitacre envisions himself being hailed as a hero of the common man and handed a promotion. But before all that can happen, the FBI needs evidence, so Whitacre eagerly agrees to wear a wire and carry a hidden tape recorder in his briefcase, imagining himself as a kind of de facto secret agent. Unfortunately for the FBI, their lead witness hasn’t been quite so forthcoming about helping himself to the corporate coffers. Whitacre’s ever-changing account frustrates the agents (Scott Bakula and Joel McHale) and threatens the case against ADM as it becomes almost impossible to decipher what is real and what is the product of Whitacre’s active imagination.
導演 史提芬蘇德堡 Steven Soderbergh
演員 麥迪文,史葛比高拉,祖爾麥希爾 Matt Damon, Scott Bakula, Joel Mchale
類別 劇情 Drama
片長 109 級別 IIB
語言 英語對白(中文字幕)
《尋找簡東拿》 (Looking for Eric) 故事:艾力是個迷失人生方向的郵差,生活諸事不順 – 離婚、再婚、繼子頑劣,連花園的混水泥機都不聽話!而且還對30多年前的前妻Lily念念不忘!雖然他的一班球迷好兄弟不斷出手相助,但卻越幫越忙,艾力亦繼續迷失自我。 此時,艾力的人生忽然出現了另一個艾力:鼎鼎大名的曼聯傳奇球星、「奧脫福大帝」- 艾力.簡東拿。簡東拿帶艾力回到過去,一個最危險的國度,好讓他尋找出路。正所謂事事畏首畏尾,難免一事無成。不肯冒險,坐以待斃又怎麼行?
Eric the postman is slipping through his own fingers… His chaotic family, his wild stepsons and the cement mixer in the front garden don’t help, but it is Eric’s own secret that drives him to the brink. Can he face Lily,the woman he once loved 30 years ago? Despite outrageous efforts and misplaced goodwill from his football fan mates, Eric continues to sink. In desperate times it takes a spliff and a special friend from foreign parts to challenge a lost postman to make that journey into the most perilous territory of all – the past. As the Chinese, and one Frenchman, say :“He who is afraid to throw the dice will never throw a six.”
導演 堅盧治 Ken Loach
演員 簡東拿,史提夫艾域斯 Eric Cantona,Steve Evets
類別 喜劇 片長 116 級別 IIB
語言 英語對白(中文字幕) English (Chinese Subtitles)
《 硬漢 》(The Underdog Knight ) (IIB)
92 分鐘
導演: 丁晟 Sheng Ding
演員: 劉燁, 黃秋生 Liu Ye, Anthony Wong
普通話對白,中英文字幕 Putonghua with English and Chinese subtitles
10月29日上映 他是老三。他的智商並不高。他每天在苦練著功夫,隨時準備去打擊壞人。老三曾是一名潛艇兵,他喜歡水,嚮往純凈的世界,他一直保持著軍人特有的強健體魄和正義感。他留著鍋蓋頭,斜挎迷彩水壺,手提紅纓槍,穿梭于城市之間,怪異而神秘。只有不遵紀守法的騙子、兇徒才有機會和他正面碰撞!貪圖他的力量的後果總是很悲慘的,而老三,正是要在這個過程中找到將邪惡征服的快樂。老三的偶像是宋朝的岳飛,得知偶像所使用的“瀝泉槍”來市展示,老三雀躍前往,殊不知與此同時,國際級的大盜早已盯上了這件國寶。當正義與罪惡正面相撞,火花四濺;真實與謊言彼此交織,難以分辨,懵懂的老三不得不作出一個在他而言,非常艱難的判斷。其實一切也許很簡單,因為他堅信這塵世間有一種力量,是為了消滅邪惡而存在的,那就是他,老三﹗
The Underdog Knight pits Mainland's top actor Liu Ye against Hong Kong thespian Anthony Wong and other famous screen tough guys in a battle of the best actors. Lan Yu's lanky Liu toughens himself up to play the Travis Bicklesque protagonist Lao San in this stylish action drama. Lao San is an idealistic war veteran, who decides to uphold justice on his own, using his kung fu to fight criminals and ultimately change the world. When the spear that once belonged to Song dynasty General Yue Fei - whom Lao San idolizes - is in exhibition, an internationally infamous bandit (Anthony Wong) eyeing the national treasure becomes Lao San's toughest enemy yet. 10月30日 Fri 14:57:26
豪宅屢創天價 草根交千元租金也難
CNN披露籠屋慘況 港府厚顏卸膊籠民
香港籠屋「升呢」,榮獲國際關注。美國有線新聞網絡(CNN)昨日報道豪宅樓價屢創新高下的本港籠民慘況,引發外國觀眾參與討論。港府把籠屋問題歸咎於租金及籠民本身的意願,社工則批評這是香港房屋政策的失敗,並對香港形象受損感到慚愧。有籠民說,特首曾蔭權不會因國際傳媒關注而改善對他們的態度。
CNN的報道以《活在香港的籠》(Living in a cage in Hong Kong)為題,披露香港籠屋的慘況。記者Eunice Yoon今年9月透過社區組織協會,訪問了觀塘一個住了19個人、僅625平方呎的籠屋單位。汗流浹背的她在34℃室內高溫下,講述國際大都會下草根居民的生活環境,單在 YouTube觀看轉載版本的網民,半日已超過300人次。
網民:香港政府白癡 報道訪問了籠民鍾火流,從前當保安員,月入3,875元,去年金融海嘯後被裁。眼看現有的積蓄,連1,160元的籠屋月租也應付不來。 CNN邀約港府訪問被拒,只能引述港府書面回應稱:「政府一直重視草根所需,包括住屋需求……他們選擇居於床位,除了因為租金低廉,也由於單位設在方便的市區。」
CNN記者特別提及香港豪宅市場近日交投瘋狂,港島西半山樓盤天匯一個複式單位以 4.39億元成交,呎價創紀錄,對比籠民生活苦況。
網民反應激烈,有人直言「羞恥!」有人說"I hate HK."有留言衝着港府的回應而來:「香港政府是一群白癡。(HK government is a group of idiot.)」更有留言說:「政府在末段的反應讓我反胃。(government's response at the end made me sick.)」
議員:我覺得好慚愧 協助CNN訪問的社區組織協會幹事施麗珊說,外國傳媒採訪香港籠屋並不罕見,過往路透社、美聯社也曾報道:「啲外國記者入到籠屋,個個反應都好驚訝。」她說香港的籠屋已破壞了國際都市的形象:「一個咁有錢嘅地方,連草根階層嘅基本生活都保障唔到。」
施麗珊並批評港府的回應是推卸責任:「籠民要住呢啲地方,係因為申請唔到公屋,政府根本冇提供選擇畀佢哋。」
立法會社會福利界議員張國柱也指出,籠屋問題是由於單身公屋不足,綜援金也不夠租住私人住宅,「籠屋係世界少見嘅住所,唔好話西方,東南亞都少見。一個咁發達嘅地方,有啲咁嘅住屋環境,作為香港人,我覺得好慚愧囉。更加令我慚愧嘅係,政府完全冇關心過呢班居民。」
本港現時約有10萬人住在籠屋,集中在深水埗、大角嘴、油尖旺、土瓜灣及觀塘等區。社區組織協會今年4至6月的調查顯示,10.7%籠屋板間單位的租金在金融海嘯下不跌反升,平均加幅為 15%,有業主更瘋狂加租40%,整體租金呎價中位數由07年的23.9元推高至現時的32.9元,「媲美」半山豪宅。
特稿
籠民:沒有選擇的選擇 「無可奈何,綜援太少。」觀塘區籠民梁伯每月的住屋津貼只得1,200元,剛好夠交籠屋租金。他去年因病入院後失去了公屋單位,重新申請起碼要再等一年,惡病纏身也要住在籠屋。雖有國際傳媒反映問題,但梁伯並不樂觀:「曾蔭權俾人吠都係咁咯,佢聽到都當聽唔到啦。」
「曾蔭權聽到都當聽唔到」 74歲的梁伯本來住在鯉魚門公屋,去年大病入院,出院後被社會福利署「丟入」老人院。該九個多月內,梁伯未能前往交租,公屋單位遭房屋署沒收。梁伯離開老人院後,只好租住 50呎丁方的籠屋,月租1,200元,比公屋單位1,040元更貴。
梁伯體弱多病,本身前列腺有毛病,又有時生蛇。他說籠屋環境惡劣,「窗都冇個,空氣唔夠,人又多,十幾人得兩個廁所,好話唔好聽,試過等到瀨。」他仍有機會重返公屋,但最快要多等一年。政府指籠民是自己選擇住籠屋,梁伯慨歎這是沒有選擇的選擇:「我去開市區嘅醫院診所睇病,搬去新界,你叫我用啲錢嚟搭車好定食好呢?」
政府邇來盡失民心,即使有國際傳媒報道施壓,梁伯也不敢奢望政府改變對籠民的冷漠態度,「有外國電視報道,咁咪威水囉!不過對我哋都冇益處啦,政府理得你吖!曾蔭權俾人吠都係咁咯,佢聽到都當聽唔到啦。」 1400居屋貨尾今推出
房屋委員會今日推出近 1,400個居屋貨尾單位,售價介乎46萬至229萬元。由於部份單位空置長達七、八年,房屋署表示所有單位出售前已「執番正」,買家亦可獲一年保養期。在樓價高企下,當局估計周六、日會有大批市民前往參觀示範單位。
料周末現參觀人潮 今次發售的貨尾單位分佈在天水圍天富苑、油塘油翠苑、馬鞍山錦泰苑等八個屋苑,建築面積介乎211至650平方呎,呎價1050至2570元。房屋署助理署長黃比昨帶傳媒參觀示範單位時表示,由於單位落成後就開始空置,部份更長達七、八年,內櫳可能比較殘舊,但房署出售前已全部翻新,買家亦可獲單位一年保養期。
基於環保原則,房署不會更換單位內性能良好的冷氣機。記者所見,除部份冷氣機機身發黃外,單位牆身未見出現裂紋,鋁窗也未發現生銹。黃比不評論今期居屋能否悉數售出,但相信周末會出現參觀示範單位人龍。
市民今日起至下月12日,可參觀油翠苑及天富苑的現樓示範單位;房署網頁(http://www.housingauthority....../b5/residential/hos/phase5/)有其餘屋苑單位照片。市民可到房委會位於樂富的居屋中心,索取及遞交購買居屋表格。 被嘲笑低能 大報復 刀刺同學 入教導所
釋後監管青年跳樓亡
「驅魔人」誘姦女大專生
屯門山景邨發生「驅魔人」誘姦少女案。一名在專上學院就讀的22歲女學生,被一名相識不久的婦人指她「鬼上身」,該婦人並將自稱法術高超的男友介紹給她,本月初安排做一場驅魔法事,作法期間,女生在半推半就下被迫與法師性交驅魔。早前,法師藉詞再與女生及案中婦人一同性交,事後,女生向社工透露作法過程,由社工陪她報警。警方昨晚在屯門友愛邨拘捕涉案「驅魔人」,通宵扣留調查。
警方消息稱,被捕男子今年60歲,與妻子及兒女同住屯門友愛邨愛暉樓。據悉,他自稱熟悉法術,並因此結識一名47歲婦人,兩人發生婚外情。
上月,該名婦人與一名認識不久的22歲少女相遇,少女稱最近身體不適,婦人稱她可能鬼上身,並指男友法術高超,遂將她介紹給男友,並安排一場法事替她「驅魔」。
被迫家中玩 3P
本月初,少女將婦人及「驅魔人」帶往山景邨住所,據悉,當天「驅魔人」帶備大量工具往上址單位,除了焚香念咒外,並要求少女脫去全身衣服,然後與他性交。
直至日前,「驅魔人」再聯絡少女,指上次法事發生意外,搞到「我女友xM家鬼上身」,所以要求少女再做一次法事,並且要她與女友一起做。少女被迫答應,並且在家中與婦人及「驅魔人」進行「 3P」性交。
事後,少女將曾經找人驅魔的過程告訴一名社工,社工立即陪她往警署報案。昨晚,屯門警區重案組探員找到案中 47歲婦人,再根據她提供的資料掩至友愛邨愛暉樓,拘捕涉案的驅魔人,警方目前正調查他是否涉及其他同類案件。 有冇攪錯?! 恁都得嘅??!
性交轉運疑案 女模激動飲泣 一度休庭
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女模特兒因事業不如意,疑遭已婚泥頭車司機誘騙性交轉運一案,昨在區域法院續審。女模特兒日前首度出庭憶述「口交儀式」時,曾激動落淚。她昨第二日出庭,尚未開始作供,情緒已略帶激動。她其後向法官解釋「今日身體唔舒服」,並開始飲泣。主審法官遂將其作供部份押後至下周一,讓她休息,並改召專家證人出庭。
又係屯門?!
借一萬畀$2000 少年大耳窿落網
借一萬實得二千!警方搗破五間進行高利貸活動的「中介人公司」,拘捕12名涉案男女,包括年紀最小的15歲雙失少年。警方指這些公司以介紹財務公司為名,以諸多名義收取債仔高昂費用,即使債仔最終被拒借款或不願借款亦照樣收費,並會以武力威嚇債仔就範。警方相信被捕人士大部份有黑社會背景,現正追緝涉案的在逃人士。
新界南總區刑事部警司顏楚國指出,涉案的中介人公司在報章刊登廣告,或以易拉架及橫額作宣傳,聲稱5分鐘內可批核借款,吸引荃灣及葵青區一些無能力到合法財務公司借貸的低收入人士光顧。警方在9月開始先後派出7名警員扮債仔搜集證據,至前日中午認為時機成熟展開「閃燃者」行動,突擊搜查區內五間中介人公司。
警方共拘11男1女 警方共拘捕11男1女(15至 39歲);當中兩人是公司東主,年紀最小的是一名雙失少年,負責登記工作。
行動中,警方撿獲涉及逾 2000名債仔的數簿,又發現鐵鎚及黑油疑是追數時使用,警方指涉案五間公司與高利貸集團掛鈎。被捕人涉嫌違反《放債人條例》,包括非法借貸,及展示沒有放債人名稱及牌照號碼的廣告等。
新界南總區反黑組總督察許桂生表示,中介人公司會以不同名義收取債仔各項高昂費用,例如填表要收800至2,600元,介紹財務公司要收行政費1,000元,另外確定地址及擔保人資料均要收費,債仔成功申請貸款後又要扣回三分二貸款額作保證金。
換言之,借一萬元往往只得二千。如果債仔決定不借或財務公司拒絕其申請,債仔一樣要繳付有關費用,若拒絕付款會被恐嚇或毆打。 真係「大耳窿」之中嘅「大耳窿(loan)」 ~ 可以咁惡嘅!!! 2009年10月30日 Fri 15:36:12 / 16:15:42
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The clearance of a weather front over Stornaway provided this spectacular view at sunrise. Photograph submitted by David Rattray on 21st October.
Photographer William Fraser tells us: "The Cuiliin peaks on Skye at 300ft, peeking through the clouds as I was flying by on Saturday 17th October"
Nick Cheesham submitted this unusual image of a sun halo. Photograph taken on 2nd October at Pine Island in Florida.
This picture was taken by Sarah Ringrose on 13th October "A beautiful scene of low lying fog, in a small valley near Lutterworth in South Leicestershire."
"A new day dawns over Penicuik, Scotland." This photo was taken on the 20th October by Kenny Hall.
As we wave goodbye to British Summer Time 2009, Colin Nichol reminds us of a towering July cloudscape, captured from Duntulm Bay looking west towards Lewis and Harris.
今日API依然高達140 .... (聽日都差唔多)叫人聽日點拜山
80元翻版Win7現深水埗商場 灣仔店舖違約半價賣「跟機版」
經過一晚通宵排隊,這批學生成功以特惠價錢377元購得原價2699元的Windows 7旗艦版,笑逐顏開。(李紹昌攝)
【明報專訊】微軟Windows 7(下稱Win 7)首賣會昨日掀起搶購潮,與此同時,深水埗有電腦商場旋即出售盜版,低至80元便有交易;此外,灣仔亦有商場店舖涉嫌違反與微軟的合約,「偷雞」出售只可隨電腦一併出售的Win 7「跟機版」,開價是正貨的一半。微軟香港Windows Client業務部主管熊世賢強調,盜版軟件質素成疑,用家或可能「自招損失」,鼓勵港人尊重知識產權,支持正版。
本報記者昨日在深水埗黃金商場附近的福仁商場1樓一間盜版光碟店,發現有Win 7盜版軟件出售,當中英文家用版只售80元,中文旗艦版則售150元。店舖同時出售其他遊戲或軟件的盜版碟,全部只貼出招紙,沒有現貨,記者昨「放蛇」購買,付款後等了一小時才能取貨。記者其後試裝盜版碟,並無發現問題。
微軟料港盜版較內地少五成 熊世賢稱,了解Win 7在中國盜版猖獗,相信香港情况「沒這般嚴重」,盜版率起碼較中國少五成,不擔心影響正版銷路。他指出,市民用來歷不明軟件,不但無法享用微軟定期更新程式,更可能導致電腦中毒或資料流失,鼓勵市民支持正版。微軟香港亦會與海關 和商業電子聯盟合作加強打擊盜版軟件。
除了「老翻」,本報記者昨到灣仔東方188電腦商場觀察,亦發現有原廠「跟機版」(OEM版)Win 7軟件出售,售價比廠貨低一半,原價2599元的專業版半價後售1248元,而原價2699元的旗艦版則售1068。
店舖職員向記者解釋,「跟機版」原為跟隨原廠電腦一併出售的內置軟件,質素和原廠貨沒分別,亦享有微軟定期更新程式,但一套只限安裝5部電腦。職員指出,Win 7「跟機版」周五已有貨,當日立即熱賣,售出15套,非常受歡迎。據了解,每當微軟有新作業系統推出,市場上均有「跟機版」暗地出售,雖然出售跟機版並非違法,但微軟會在合約中訂明零售商不能把「跟機版」獨立出售,微軟可能會因此終止與零售商的合約。
優惠正版輪候者批通宵排隊安排 Windows 7首賣會昨日揭幕,喜獲優惠名額的400人經通宵輪候後,每人可以377元購得原價2699的旗艦版一套。其中一名「幸運兒」薛先生投訴大會安排輪候者通宵排隊是「不人道」。他說:「本來沒想過要過夜,以為晚上派完籌可以走。」他批評大會既然已替排隊者登記,無必要限制輪候者每次只準離開隊伍30分鐘,連上廁所和吃飯也不夠時間,暗指大會借排隊「博宣傳」。微軟香港市場總監胡靄慈回應說,會聽取意見,日後再作改善,但否認借排隊宣傳造勢。
財務「羅生門」鬧上法庭 回收店發達 母子斷親情 (星島日報報道) 從事廢料回收的老字號「永昌五金」,最近爆發家族內訌,兒子狀告母親用巨石阻塞回收場大門,使其無法營運;母親反指兒子企圖侵吞土地。八十五歲葉婆婆接受《東周刊》訪問,細說當年如何在逆境中養育七名子女,憑著雙手由零變富的發達傳奇。可是賺得錢財,母子親情卻因財決裂。
位於荃灣和宜合村的永昌五金,佔地三千餘平方呎,堆滿廢料垃圾,卻原來是一盤大生意。貿易發展局曾對外介紹永昌的環保回收業務,指其營業額一年高達三千多萬元。
寡婦拾荒養七子女 四十年代末,羅溢祥隻身從內地來港,以「永昌」為商號,在區內執垃圾變賣。到五三年,葉富蓮來港與夫團聚。羅溢祥夫婦當年得悉鵝毛、鴨毛原來相當值錢,可以用來打羽絨,便連一條毛都不放過,賣給紗廠,更想到以便宜的「叮叮糖」作酬勞,動員過百街童組成執垃圾兵團,成功賺得第一桶金。
可惜好景不常,六五年一場水災將羅家在曹公潭的家園摧毀,他們一度要到永昌貨場暫住。及後羅遇上騙徒,全副家產被騙精光,終日愁眉苦臉。翌年某日,他獨自走到汀九,過馬路時意外遭車撞斃。
年營業額達三千萬 新寡境況悽慘,但望著七名年幼子女,她決心要把永昌從頭做起,「那時每日做足十七、八小時,子女每天放學後也要幫手執垃圾。」不少廠商得悉他們孤兒寡婦十分可憐,每當棄置較有價值的物料,都會優先找永昌搬走,羅家才得以渡過難關,且於七十年代發展起來,成為一家具規模的回收公司。
永昌由開業至今逾半個世紀,羅家七名子女各有發展,至於永昌本號,則由三女月英及六子耀華協助打理,業務更於八十年代突飛猛進。
生意上軌道,羅耀華開始以公司名義涉獵其他行業,永昌曾在八九年投資購入兩部小巴,「但後來有人將小巴變賣,拿著所得現金離開永昌,獨資轉做凍肉生意。」一名羅家成員透露,耀華經營的凍肉生意最終慘淡收場。兄弟見狀,勸他回家向母親認錯,卒在九四年獲准重返永昌,並協議與母親兩人每月可從公司各自支取三萬元薪金。
到O二年,羅耀華突向母親出示一份文件,著她簽署後便可繼續支薪。羅家成員說。直至今年初,葉突收到稅務局通知,指她欠稅五十四萬元,才得悉當年所簽文件,原來是租地合約,把屬於她名下的地皮,以三萬元租給羅耀華使用,而稅務局追收的,正是她過去七年出租地皮的利得稅。
地皮有價母子爭產 葉懷疑有人想透過租約,便可以租客身分名正言順使用該地,甚至對永昌存放在該處的貨物及資產也有管有權。葉發覺被蒙騙後,找耀華理論,豈料有人建議母親既然沒錢交稅,倒不如把屬於她名下的和宜合村地皮轉賣給他,葉拒絕,有人立即加碼至二百五十萬元。她找其他子女求助,眾人打聽下,揭發原來正有地產發展商洽購永昌的地皮,且開價六百萬元。
事件氣得葉立即下令,把兩塊巨石擱在永昌門前,以阻賣地,並指斥有人騙她簽租約及私侵公司資產;至於耀華因無法進入貨場繼續其私人業務,遂入稟狀告母親。
案件日前在高等法院開審,原告人羅耀華未現身,只派代表律師上庭;葉富蓮則由四名子女陪同應訊,雙方就巨石擋門事件達成初步協議,法庭頒令葉須將巨石移走,但羅耀華亦不得擅自動用公司資產,至於其他爭拗,押後再審。
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另一個「人」又話啥要九點起身 結果又叫人十二點嗌佢 到十二點 又話咩十二點二 ......
到點幾 鍾於頂唔順 想恰陣 本來打算恰到兩點半,頂多三點; 點知就恰到六點,重要過多兩個字 ......
本來想下晝食拉麵 但因為瞓著咗 之後就搞到夜晚先食
重配埋阿媽買番來嘅叉燒添
不過朝早叫佢去吉之島買(北海道)拉麵 但佢就話太多人 結果去咗第度買大陸假扮的 ...... 唉! 2009年10月25日 Sun 23:18:11
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今日空氣污染指數高達170 .....
新聞話 一個十四歲女童 七號感染人類豬流感後 也服用過特敏福
不過卻在今日不治
那個港大退休副教援 真的沉死了 ..... 下晝蛙人已找回他的屍體了 .....
精算大師陳小舟 紅旗下石澳暢泳
退休港大教授遇溺失蹤
尋晚又好似前晚恁 差唔多天光先瞓
本來打算八點起身的 不過唔記得校(手機)鬧鐘 結果十二點幾先起身 ........
好多Nat Geo同Discovery嘅節目 都因此miss咗lu
但做《老千》結局前 (三點前) 都係大瞓特瞓 ~ 總算補番之前兩晚嘅睡眠 而家算係精神番啲 ..... (但其實星期四、五兩日全日都好精神)
下晝阿媽番來 又再次整南瓜露 不過今次換上大粒西米
瞓到七點幾嘅阿妹都終於肯食喇
佢番煲時冇睇火 結果重搞到滾瀉添 ......
《痞子英雄》結局 講大多嘢 ~ 劇終時用一大堆文字(成千字)來交待劇中人去向
太快了 ~ 有一兩句始終係miss咗 ......
不過都唔及《女警奇案不思議》做完之後那兩句字幕咁快
唔夠三秒彈兩句 都係十幾個字嘅中文字幕出來 ~ 真係睇唔切
但劇入面嘅女主角竟可以極速揭書就將書裡內容一一背下來
真想有這種「異能」呢 .....
夜晚睇到網誌回覆 ~ 無啦啦被個阿耀話人家唔識得尊重人
有冇搞錯?! 其實唔識得尊重人(意願)的人是他 所以我先咁憎佢 ~ 但阿爸不過見過人幾次
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機師疑睡著 美客機「飛站」240公里 【明報專訊】美國西北航空一架載有144名乘客的A320客機,發生罕有「嚴重飛站」事故,兩名機師聲稱因在駕駛艙內爭辯以致分心,令客機在3.7萬呎高空,與地面控制塔人員失去聯絡達78分鐘,引發劫機驚魂,客機錯過了降落目的地,足足「飛站」240多公里後,機師才察覺出錯,急忙掉頭,最後安全降落。當局正調查「飛站」原因,包括兩人是否在駕駛時睡著引致出錯。
這架編號NW188的客機,周三由加州聖迭戈(San Diego)飛往明尼阿波利斯(Minneapolis),原定在晚上8時降落。但在約7時,地面控制塔人員與客機失去聯絡,直至8時14分,機師才跟控制塔聯絡上,但飛機已飛過原定降落的明尼亞波利斯—聖保羅國際機場,並繼續向東北飛了240多公里。
失聯絡78分鐘 惹劫機驚魂 航空管制員表示,雖然最後成功聯絡上機師,但他的回答含糊,令控制員一度擔心客機可能被騎劫。北美防空司令部證實,當時有4架戰機在威斯康星州準備就緒,倘若發現客機遭騎劫,便會即時升空攔截。
由於客機「飛站」時飛越了多個空中交通管制區域,數組不同的管制員曾先後試圖聯絡客機,但都沒有得到答覆。空中交通管制員最後要求另外兩架在附近飛行的西北航空客機,嘗試聯絡NW188班機,最後其中一架成功聯絡上,並要求NW188的機師跟控制塔聯絡。為了肯定客機未被騎劫,控制塔多次要求機師做出多項不必要的操作,以證明他們仍全權控制著客機。機師最後折返目的地,到了約9時安全降落。
機師辯稱爭拗導致分心 初步迹象顯示,機師事發時相信不知道自己的位置,以致無法迅速通知地面控制人員他們偏離了航道。兩名機師事後解釋,他們當時正為航空公司的政策激烈爭辯,以致分心和忘了位置。西北航空已暫停兩人的飛行職務,直至完成調查。國家運輸安全局將翻查航機的飛行資料和錄音紀錄,以及向兩機師問話,調查飛站真相,當中包括兩名機師是否太疲倦,齊齊睡著覺,引致「飛站」。聯邦監管部門、國會和航空公司最近正關注飛行員疲憊的問題,可能就機師在24小時內能夠飛行或值班多長時間的規定作出調整。
美國民航機一周內兩意外 這是一周以來,美國發生的第2宗民航機烏龍事件。在周一,達美航空一架波音767客機在亞特蘭大機場誤降在飛機滑行道而非跑道上,幸好沒釀成意外。
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Pilot on wayward plane: ‘Nobody was asleep’
Police say both men in cockpit passed breath tests, apologized after flight WASHINGTON - The first officer of the Northwest Airlines jet that missed its destination by 150 miles says there was no fight in the cockpit, neither he nor the captain had fallen asleep and the passengers were never in any danger.
"Nobody was asleep in the cockpit," Richard I. Cole, the first officer on the flight, said in front of his Salem, Ore., home on Friday.
But two days after he and a colleague blew past their destination as air traffic controllers tried frantically to reach them, Cole would not say just what it was that led to them to forget to land Flight 188.
"It was not a serious event, from a safety issue," Cole said in front of his Salem, Ore., home. "I would tell you more, but I've already told you way too much."
Air traffic controllers and pilots tried for more than an hour Wednesday night to contact Cole and the flight's captain, Timothy B. Cheney, of Gig Harbor, Wash., using radio, cell phone and data messages. On the ground, concerned officials alerted National Guard jets to prepare to chase the airliner from two locations, though none of the military planes left the runway.
"We were not asleep; we were not having an argument; we were not having a fight," Cole said.
He would not discuss why it took so long for the pilots to respond to radio calls, "but I can tell you that airplanes lose contact with the ground people all the time. It happens. Sometimes they get together right away; sometimes it takes awhile before one or the other notices that they are not in contact."
Passed alcohol breath tests The Minneapolis Star Tribune, citing an internal Northwest document it said was described to the newspaper, reported that Cheney and Cole began what was to be a five-day flying stint Tuesday with a flight from Minneapolis to San Diego. The newspaper said the pair had a 19-hour layover before Wednesday's return flight.
A police report released Friday said the pilots passed breathalyzer tests and were apologetic after the flight. The report also said that the crew indicated they had been having a heated discussion about airline policy.
But aviation safety experts and other pilots were deeply skeptical they could have become so distracted by shop talk that they forgot to land an airplane carrying 144 passengers. The most likely possibility, they said, is that the pilots simply fell asleep somewhere along their route from San Diego.
certainly is a plausible explanation," said Bill Voss, president of the Flight Safety Foundation in Alexandria, Va.
Unfortunately, the cockpit voice recorder may not tell the tale.
New recorders retain as much as two hours of cockpit conversation and other noise, but the older model aboard Northwest's Flight 188 includes just the last 30 minutes — only the very end of Wednesday night's flight after the pilots realized their error over Wisconsin and were heading back to Minneapolis.
Suspended during inquiry Cheney and Cole have been suspended and are to be interviewed by National Transportation Safety Board investigators next week. The airline, acquired last year by Delta Air Lines, is also investigating. Messages left at Cheney's home were not returned.
FAA spokesman Tony Molinaro said in general, an unsafe condition created by a pilot could lead to the suspension of the person's pilot license and possibly a civil penalty.
With worries about terrorists still high, even after contact was re-established, air traffic controllers asked the crew to prove who they were by executing turns.
"Controllers have a heightened sense of vigilance when we're not able to talk to an aircraft. That's the reality post-9/11," said Doug Church, a spokesman for the National Air Traffic Controllers Association.
NTSB spokesman Keith Holloway said fatigue and cockpit distraction will be looked into. The plane's flight recorders were brought to the board's Washington headquarters.
Newsweek: Puzzling explanations from pilots The pilots were finally alerted to their situation when a flight attendant called on an intercom from the cabin.
Voss said a special concern was that the many safety checks built into the aviation system to prevent incidents like this one — or to correct them quickly — apparently were ineffective until the very end. Not only couldn't air traffic controllers and other pilots raise the Northwest pilots for an hour, but the airline's dispatcher should have been trying to reach them as well. The three flight attendants onboard should have questioned why there were no preparations for landing being made. Brightly lit cockpit displays should have warned the pilots it was time to land.
"It's probably something you would say never would happen if this hadn't just happened," Voss said.