- Aug 26 Mon 2013 17:56
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何時不再見嚴重車禍?
雲頂高原路段的一場車禍奪去37條人命,迷你倉沙田令到全國陷入愁雲慘霧中,這的確是我國有史以來嚴重傷亡的車禍,可是我們能阻止意外發生嗎? 猶記得2009年當記者時,金馬倫一場車禍也奪去20多條人命,死者更大部分是泰國人。一次歡樂旅遊,卻帶來慘痛記憶,也為死者家屬帶來難以磨滅的傷痛。那場意外后,政府開始嚴管雙層巴士上山的措施,其實一直以來各項措施條例已經存在,只是執法是否嚴厲的問題而已。 結果,每次旅遊巴士或長巴發生車禍,都被喻為“大馬史上最嚴重死傷的車禍”,死傷人數一次比一次多。大部分意外都是人為疏忽所致,執行單位有否嚴厲把關,相信大家可以從各個案例得知一二。以安全為前提 正所謂馬路如虎口,出門遇上一些車禍意外,有時難以避免,但我們要有出門前檢查好轎車的性能,及有耐性駕駛的態度,如此一來很多迷你倉價錢禍都可避免,即使駕駛長巴、公司車也一樣,尤其與公眾性命悠關的公共交通,更要保障公司的名譽,及以乘客的安全為前提。 如果駕駛者態度無問題,轎車或巴士在駕駛途中發生故障,為了搭客的安全就要及早解決問題,有保護大家性命利益的做法。當然,在追究事因時,也不能過于指責駕駛者。 在現階段,我們不能武斷認為是哪一方出錯,才導致今次雲頂意外的發生。不過,該長巴公司無可避免需承擔車禍發生的責任,現在司機已在意外中逝世,他已不能再為自己辯護,希望稍后該公司在整個事件中,給予死傷者一個明確交代與慰問,即使給予賠償也只是聊表應有的心意,好讓死者家屬內心好過,對傷者而言也是一個安慰。 總的來說,意外可以避免嗎?我並不知道,若是每個崗位的人嚴守條規和奉公守法,相信至少可將車禍率減低,有無盡過努力,我們都看得見。迷你倉
- Aug 26 Mon 2013 17:50
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孫奇:鐵路窗口的“微笑天使”
epaper.gmw.cn/gmrb/images/2013-08/26/01/2013082601_pdf.pdf...《 光明日報 》( 2013年08月26日 01 版)41歲的孫奇從事鐵路工作22年,self storage無論哪個崗位,她都兢兢業業,時刻將熱情和嚴謹注入崗位,用真誠和微...
- Aug 26 Mon 2013 17:49
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From real estate to the fourth estate
Property tycoon Shih Wing-ching wrong-footed sceptics when he launched his newspaper, but then he’s never been one to follow the herd“I am not the kind of person who swims with the tide,” says outspoken businessman and founder of Centaline Group Shih Wing-ching, who has found himself in the media spotlight recently for a reason he says is spurious – claims that he has reversed his allegiance to the government because of a change in the political climate.迷你倉“In the past, the media liked to label me a fan of [chief executive] Mr Leung Chun-ying. Now, they say I am becoming anti-Leung,” says Shih. “It is easy [for the media] to label someone as such and such, but it will not make your readers smarter.”It all started with a high-profile protest against the government’s property market cooling measures last month, in which Shih led some 20,000 property agents who took to the streets and threatened to camp outside the chief executive’s office if the measures, which hit their business hard, were not dropped.“I am not anti-government, but I would certainly say No to the government if it has done something wrong,” Shih says, referring to the government’s attempts to rein in speculation in the property market.“[If] you try to stabilise the residential market, that’s fine. But the measures hit the office and shop market as well, and that’s no good for the economy. You are discouraging people from investing,” he says.Recent media reports about Shih’s attempt to offload a big chunk of his property holdings – including 19 commercial shop lots and office units – have also fuelled speculation that Shih has lost confidence in Leung Chun-ying’s administration and is preparing to quit the local market.Shih laughs off the media speculation, saying that some media outlets have tried to politicise everything they can think of to suit their own political agenda.“It has been known to many that I have been offloading properties since the market turned sluggish. It is not news,” says Shih, adding that what he is selling represents slightly more than half of his investment portfolio.A heavyweight in the property market, Shih surprised many by turning his attention to the media sector in 2005. When few were optimistic about the industry, he spent around HK$100 million of his savings and launched free newspaper am730, which has a circulation of about 400,000 copies a day.“We seem to be in a time of confrontation – if you are not with me, you are my enemy. I believe it is more important than ever that readers should develop an independent mind instead of just following what others or the media say,” says Shih.“I am not suggesting that media should not take sides on political issues. They should, however, defend or explain their stance in editorials, but not incorporate hi自存倉den political agendas into news stories.”Yet he admits that am730 doesn’t always manage that.“Of course I have talked with senior management about this,” he says. “But sometimes the words just don’t reach the frontline staff, or they get overlooked.”Last month, Shih was attacked in his car on the way to work. He was driving from his Kowloon Tong home to his Centaline office in Central in the morning of July 30 when two men in a car intercepted him on Chui Yu Road in Tai Kok Tsui. The pair, each holding a hammer, approached his vehicle and smashed one of its windows. Shih managed to reverse his car and escape without injury.The incident was quickly linked by some observers with his political stance. No one has been arrested so far.Born in Shanghai in 1949, Shih came to settle in Hong Kong with his family at the age of three.A self-taught Marxist, he spent his youth in the city protesting against the British colonial rule. After spending a few years in secondary school, he became an unlicensed teacher at a leftist evening school for workers.In 1978, his disillusionment with the Cultural Revolution prompted him to found the Centaline Property Agency, with an initial investment of HK$5,000 and another HK$5,000 from a friend.Centaline is ubiquitous in Hong Kong and is also well established on the mainland. It became Hong Kong’s biggest property agent in 2001 when it acquired Ricacorp Properties.Centaline has about 30,000 employees working in Hong Kong and around 30 cities on the mainland.After making a fortune in property, Shih turned to philanthropy, putting into practice what he describes as his “Marxist-libertarian” philosophy – mixing a Marxist’s advocacy of social equality with a libertarian’s emphasis on small government and private ownership.In 2008, Shih donated all his shares in Centaline to the Shih Wing Ching foundation, which he set up in 1994 to help Hong Kong’s poor. The foundation also focuses on projects to boost the productivity and livelihoods of rural villagers on the mainland.Shih says his charity drive is part of a lifetime goal to correct one of the world’s biggest problems – wealth inequality.In 2011, he set up the am730 Startup Fund to support promising ideas for small business.“I am a man of action. I am concerned about social affairs,” says Shih. “I have taken part in political protests in the past, like the anti-globalisation march during the [2005] World Trade Organisation conference in Hong Kong.”So, he adds, it should not have surprised anyone when he led realtors in last month’s rally.Shih Wing-chingAGE 64EDUCATION1962-67 New Method CollegeCAREER1968-76 Teacher at a workers’ night-school1976-78 Messenger at the Hsin Cheong construction group1978 Founded Centaline Property AgencyCHARITYThe Shih Wing Ching Foundation迷你倉新蒲崗
- Aug 26 Mon 2013 15:54
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在建酒店項目共十一個
【特訊】根據土地工務運輸局的統計資料,迷你倉新蒲崗今年第二季施工中酒店項目有11項,仍在審批中的酒店項目為27項,合共38項,初步可提供超過23,000間客房和近18,000個泊車位(包括私家車位和電單車位)。截至今年第二季,興建中的酒店項目共有11個。按發展商提交的初步計劃數字看來,預期可供應約6,200多間客房。其中澳門半島在建中的8個酒店項目有937間客房,路�城在迷你倉出租中的3個酒店項目有5,326間客房。11個酒店項目的客房總建築面積為55萬多平方米;將來酒店停車場設有約6,120個泊車位。同期,仍在審批中的酒店項目共有27個,將可提供約16,700多間客房。其中審批中的17個澳門半島酒店項目涉及2,300多間客房,�仔方面的3個項目涉及1,190間客房,路�城方面的5個項目有12,615間客房,路環的2個項目有620間客房。迷你倉
- Aug 26 Mon 2013 15:47
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清宮廷服有啟示
【本報訊】電視劇的清代宮廷服飾大家看得多,迷你倉但真的大家見過未?香港歷史博物館現正舉行「國采朝章-清代宮廷服飾」展覽。大會還請來著名香港時裝設計師張路路主持創意工作坊,其中將赴英修讀時裝設計的陳德容(左)及從事時裝採購的余灝恩(右)參與工作坊後,大讚清朝旗袍對現代設計有好大啟示。 政府新聞處圖片
- Aug 26 Mon 2013 15:38
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對付軟皮蛇要用硬功
港人質在馬尼拉被革職警察槍殺,迷你倉事隔三年,沒有賠償,雖然港府對菲律賓仍然維持「黑色旅遊警告」叫港人不要到彼邦去,但此間的電視台,已有廣告大賣到那邊旅遊,亦有旅行社組團到那邊玩,你未能「同仇敵愾」,自然遇到「賴皮」。政府若要施壓,大可以暫停兩個月辦理菲傭來港,這招雖然未必有效(因台灣可以吸納),但到底是一種姿勢,對付「軟皮蛇」若不施硬功,苦主自然怨高官「唔做野」。跟無賴講「斯文」一味「開會」是無用的。有人將台灣漁民被射殺,與香港人質被屠殺相題並論,但明眼人都知道,兩者是截然不同。反對派藉此向梁振英「抽水」,是欠公允,因他們連事件性質亦搞不清。台漁民是政治事件,因菲人員越境射殺手無寸鐵漁民,在國際上是嚴重事新蒲崗迷你倉,容不得「賴皮」;港人質是刑事案件,菲警察有營救,不過官員顢頇無能,救人變成害人;菲政府用不同的臉孔處理,除了「欺善」外,「時間」對菲國亦是有利因素,因拖得兩拖,過了追討期間,就可以「關人個關」。但要求賠償,應該是交由保險界計算後,向馬尼拉市提出,一層層來,軟、硬兼施,但說到底,菲政府若一味「耍太極」,你亦吹佢唔漲,因為他們在港的領事館,可以厚著臉皮連請願信也不收,你咬佢乎?事件拖得越久,對菲亦無好處,香港的苦主可以透可網上工具唱衰菲律賓,叫人不要到那邊旅行,因為下一個槍手,不知道甚麼時候會再出現,屆時菲警察保護不了遊客的生命,即使水清沙幼的海灘又怎樣,去了之後返唔到屋企,則賣多多廣告,都係吸引唔到遊客。mini storage
- Aug 26 Mon 2013 15:26
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圖文:梅新平:玩轉航母再創業
湖北日報訊 記者 雷闖 人物名片:天津濱海天聯集團副董事長 梅新平老家麻城的梅新平,文件倉經歷不凡:當過上市公司董事長,開發過航母旅遊,如今又將一個名不見經傳的小公司,在7年間發展成控股40多家企業的大集團——天津濱海天聯集團。 膽略:從教師下海到開發航母今年50歲的梅新平,曾是湖北省某財校的教師。1991年,因不甘心每月拿幾十元的死工資,他毅然“下海”打工。買股票、炒期貨、開發房地產……梅新平從財經理論家轉變為資本實戰高手。1994年,梅新平被天津環渤海集團高薪聘請,擔任旗下投資公司財務總監。因業績出眾,他很快被升為副總經理,並擔任新疆一家番茄醬公司董事長,將這家快破產的小企業,變成了年營業收入近億元的大公司。2000年,環渤海集團耗資1億多元,購買了俄羅斯退役航母“基輔”號。由於航母飛機滑道上的鉚釘非常值錢,集團計劃將鉚釘拆除賣掉。旅遊專家向環渤海集團建議,航母拆成零件賣太可惜,能否像“明斯克”航母一樣開發旅遊?“天津旅遊產業很薄弱,我覺得有市場。”梅新平調回天津工作,他提出要把航母所在地打造成一個大型航母主題公園。在他的堅持下,公司最終選擇了航母旅遊開發。在航母停靠的天津市漢沽區,政府將10平方公里劃為航母主題公園開發區域。之後3年內,環渤海集團先後投入7億多元,進行基礎設施建設和航母改造。為加快航母改造,有半年時間,項目公司領導層在航母上輪流值班。船上嚴禁抽煙,存倉癮很大的梅新平強忍著,180天沒抽一支煙。2003年,天津市大型國企天津泰達集團以17億元價格收購了航母主題公園,投資獲得了豐厚回報。梅新平說,這些經歷,為他日後創業奠定了堅實基礎。 眼界:辭職創業做成大集團多年的“高級打工仔”經驗,讓梅新平眼光變得犀利獨到。在環渤海集團工作期間,梅新平接觸到生產玻璃鋼管道的天聯集團公司。當時這家公司總部在河北,年銷售額僅1000萬元。但他一眼看出了門道。與城市供水普遍使用的水泥管相比,玻璃鋼管道不僅解決了汙染問題,還把滲水率從48%一下子降到了0.8%,使用壽命則從5年延長到50年,市場前景巨大。2006年,梅新平辭去一切職務,入股天聯集團,擔任副董事長職務。梅新平提出,玻璃鋼管主業遇到天花板,主要原因是規模小,既缺錢又缺人。他利用在資本市場的人脈資源,吸引4家風投入股,引入資金8000多萬元,隨後又發行企業債5000多萬元,先後在新疆、四川、湖北、天津和福建建立8個生產基地,網絡覆蓋全國。他對管理和研發團隊提檔升級。原來學歷偏低但執行能力強的創始團隊,發揮優勢主管生產車間。同時引進高學歷的管理、研發、銷售人才,並給予股份獎勵。一系列變革後,天聯集團主業爆發式增長。2012年,玻璃鋼管銷售額約6億元。在做大主業的同時,梅新平力主推進公司多元化擴張。如今,天聯集團旗下已有40多家企業,涉足化工、新材料、金融等多個領域,年營業額數十億元。迷你倉
- Aug 26 Mon 2013 15:19
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新土地法嚴謹 條文清晰明確新 批地程序公示提升透明度
《土地法》已於本月中獲立法會全體大會細則性通過,文件倉將於明年三月一日起正式生效。新法強調嚴謹與明確,從土地的申請、批給、轉讓、利用、監管、溢價金等不同層面,皆在民意基礎上提煉成相對清晰有力的條文。當中,土地批給必須公開招標更是新《土地法》的核心原則。 明確免招標條件 在現行《土地法》中,雖訂明土地批出前應公開招標(競投),但由於社會一直有聲音要求政府在土地批給之前,一律公開招標。為顯示政府對土地管理的公平,並回應社會訴求,在新《土地法》中規定,除法案訂明的一些例外情況可豁免公開招標外,土地臨時批給前必須公開招標。 新《土地法》對可豁免公開招標的例外情況例如:發展不牟利的教育、文化、衛生、體育事業、社會服務;興建公用事業設施;配合政府政策的建設;存倉與由行政當局發起的城市建設計劃等。其中提及的“配合政府政策建設”,也在條文中明確細化,例如:載於年度的施政方針;政府在立法會施政報告、施政方針答問大會上公佈;政府在政策新聞發佈會上公佈等。 公佈內容助監督 此外,新《土地法》在批給程序上引入了“全程公示”制度。如屬豁免公開招標的項目,須在審議過程中,尤其是在政府有關報告書完成之前,須經土地工務運輸局的網站公佈申請土地批給的主要內容,尤其是申請人的名稱、申請批給的土地面積、位置及用途、建築面積、倘有的溢價金金額,以及申請豁免公開招標的理由。 即使承批人按期完成利用土地之後改變原有用途,或移轉,也要向社會公佈。此舉不但提高透明度,更重要是讓社會參與監督。政府會聽取社會意見,作為審批的重要參考。 迷你倉
- Aug 26 Mon 2013 15:09
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涼亭倒吊橋斷暖東峽谷 砸千萬整修 下月動工 預計明年夏天重新開放
基隆巿暖東峽谷森林遊樂區因委外合約到期,自存倉加上園區設施長年欠缺維護,交通旅遊處去年底收回後暫停開放,最近獲觀光局核准補助經費,下月將花1500萬元重新整修,預估明年夏天前將重新開放。位於基隆巿暖暖區東勢坑的暖東峽谷森林遊樂區,山林環繞,溪水清澈見底,自然生態豐富,夏天常見戲水、烤肉人潮。但近幾年來因園內設施缺乏維護,破爛不堪,遊客卻步。交旅處去年底趁著合約到期收回,準備重新修繕後再開放。交旅處觀光工程科表示,最近發現有迷你倉新蒲崗眾闖入戲水、烤肉,製造垃圾,事實上目前園區內步道青苔滿布、涼亭倒塌、吊橋、護欄爛斷,又有步道因坍方封閉,進入易致危險,加上附近基福公路仍在施工,因此請民眾「忍耐」。觀光工程科指出,兩個月前已獲觀光局同意補助,加上巿府自籌款,準備花1500萬元展開第一期改善工程,包括整理入口停車場、重做步道鋪面、廢棄公廁空間美化及修建涼亭、欄杆、鐵橋等,工期預定180個工作天,最遲明年夏天前就可重新開放,至於環山步道,將列入第二期工程。迷你倉出租
- Aug 26 Mon 2013 14:36
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網民翻舊帳揭薄打老竇
【本報訊】濟南中級人民法院昨提交薄熙來妻子谷開來的證供指,自存倉薄怒打前重慶副市長王立軍後告訴妻子,自己打了王一個耳光,是他這輩子第一次打人。但有網民翻舊帳指,薄在文革時曾親自用拳腳批鬥父親薄一波,質疑薄講大話。薄一波生前亦曾憶述,文革時「連他的兒子小熙來也給他一頓鐵拳,把他打得眼前一黑摔在地上。」
- Aug 26 Mon 2013 14:26
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The Hong Kong Institute of Housing Urges Landlords and Property Owners to Pay More Attention to Building Safety
HONG KONG, Aug.self storage 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hong Kong Institute of Housing( .housing.org.hk ) (hereafter known as "HKIH") is highly aware that the Buildings Department (hereafter known as "BD") applied to the Judiciary for a closure order against a tenement building of 56 years old in To Kwa Wan on Kai Ming Street. BD intended to take action to vacate the residents from the building by Friday of next week and to dismount the building's unauthorized balconies. HKIH appeals to landlord and property owners taking serious views on building safety to prevent the reoccurrence of the tragic building collapse on Ma Tau Wai Road in 2010.This August, BD has completed an inspection report on this aged building and concluded that the unauthorized structures of the cantilevered balconies were in a critically dangerous condition, so needed to be removed. BD informed the tenants yesterday to move out of the building with a closure warrant.The problem of sub-divided units in the tenements has recently worsened which caused the building be listed as dangerous. HKIH is of the view that the landlords or property owners of such "three-nil" buildings should be made aware of the importance of proper management and maintenance of the buildings so to upkeep adequate safety level and reduce risks and hazards. The institute urges property owners to form into Owners Incorporations instantly and recommends them employing professional property managers to safe guard the properties, assets and even lives.In the event that property owners need financial or technical support, they are advised to apply for the Integrated Building Maintenance Assistance Scheme currently offered by the Urban Renewal Authori迷你倉y. By providing professional advice, the scheme can help owners to form Owners Incorporations and provide them with subsidies to arrange necessary repair work for buildings and flats.Ms Cora Yuen, the President of Hong Kong Institute of Housing, said, "Memory of the building collapse of To Kwa Wan 3 years ago is still fresh in all of the Hong Kong people's minds. Building safety is extremely important for tenants and civilians. We strongly advise property owners to pay more attention on proper management and maintenance for their buildings and properties. They are advised to form Owners Incorporations and employ professional property managers, and ultimately avoid the use of unauthorized structures or sub-divided units. We would support the government to inspect the 'three-nil' buildings at soonest possible to prevent problems and hazards caused by unauthorized sub-divided units."*About the Hong Kong Institute of Housing*The Hong Kong Institute of Housing was incorporated in Hong Kong on 29 November 1988. As at March 2013, the HKIH has over 2,600 members. Together, the HKIH's members are responsible for the management of not less than 70% of all the housing stock in Hong Kong. Members are engaged in the co-ordination and execution of housing services incorporating the design, provision, improvement, rehabilitation, management and administration of all types of housing. Apart from actively expanding local network, the HKIH is forging close links with property management associations and academic institutions in Taiwan, Macau and many parts of China. For more information, please visit the Hong Kong Institute of Housing website: .housing.org.hkThe Hong Kong Institute of Housing文件倉