2011年6月30日 星期四

立法會替補機制

香港立法會替補機制最近在城中成為熱門話題, 林局長成為紅人, 在網上看到很多令人噴飯的評論, 茲摘錄如下:

電鋸
林公公,替補機制其實是會危害張學明、譚耀宗、王國興、陳鑑林及黃國健議員的精神健康,因為他們要朝夕恐懼病倒、死亡,辭職後議席被「反對派」張超雄及陶君行替補。他們被迫像孫公那樣,六十幾歲人,有病也只能死撐說是「洗肚」,不能辭職,好慘的。你也通過波仔,將心比己,收手吧。
小奧斯陸
林公公,替補機制其實是皇帝唔急你就急,將民主選舉變回封建制度的王死子繼,目的是要將香港變成一黨專政了吧,不過恐怕那些同流合污的議員受萬民詛咒過後一天終會因病請辭,最後壞了你的如意算盤呢。
公園仔
林公公,替補機制妙計也。因為最高票當選的議員若被暗殺或被拉至後巷用麻包袋笠住打至重傷會由第二名的補上,要在任內坐穩,唯有黑幫或者地方勢力人士才敢當。本埠日後黑勢力治港,繁榮昌盛千秋萬代,有你林公公今日創先河的功勞。
吳愛達
林公公,不知你有否留意吸冰男自宮的新聞?看到那個硬漢送院時舉起正評的大拇指,不知為何總錯看是你。據說生切子孫根是男人最痛,你索了權力K粉後渾然忘我,選擇政治自宮也罷了,何苦要全港市民承受同樣痛楚?替補機制就如Jer數,出嚟行,遲早要還的!!
梁啟智
林公公,替補機制其實是革命一百年的悲哀。一百年前的林覺民赴廣州起義前,與妻訣別時說﹕「吾充吾愛汝之心,助天下人愛其所愛,所以敢先汝而死,不顧汝也」。你那些自作聰明嘲弄直選議員「有負選民」的話,不要在立法會對見功能小組議員說,這精神自慰太難看。有種的,你去黃花崗陵園面前和林覺民說。
陳雲
林公公,你知唔知道,有啲嘢好似男人切咗朘(jer)一樣,係無得補替o架?即使係駁番,都無可能借第二個來駁o架?你知唔知,你正為香港嘅選舉制度,帶來無可補替嘅傷害o架?你自己切你自己事,你做咩幫我地大家都切埋呀?
黃怡
我在想啊,如果我和四個吃素的朋友湊錢吃pizza,投票後決定要點的all veggie pizza賣光了,店員因為我抱怨過說「怎麼每次都只吃菜」就擅自換一個meat lover's pizza給我們,而不是把菜單拿來讓我們重挑,我應該跟隨朋友一起翻桌子,試着說服吃素的朋友把pizza吃下去還是索性一起移民到沒pizza賣的地方?
小丸子
林公公,替補機制其實是提高參選意欲的好機會。以後大家一人一張名單參選,自己投自己一票即可擔櫈仔等做替補,參選名單數目勢必創新高!選舉經費都慳番唔好做宣傳喇,用來買起現任議員吧!等佢哋死光淨盡,就可以「一人一票」齊齊抽籤等運到~
Vivien
林公公,新替補機制是盲婚啞嫁。若我當天的首選今天離我而去,我也要問一問當天的次選是否仍然首肯與我終生為伴,就算他願意,我也要看看今天的他由內至外變成什麼模樣吧。政壇如情場,人之善變,如出一轍。新替補機制如何保證次選不會像當年的劉江華,替補之際,棄黨投奔建制?更重要的是,林局長,你為什麼不問一問我是否願意?
一網民
我支持全港公民抽籤做特首。
沈旭暉
在一些選區,替補一兩次後,就會輪到餘額得票是數百、數十的候選人,巴士阿叔當選不再是夢想;甚或是餘額得票是零的抽籤補上,深深符合一些哲學家認為抽籤比民主更公平的精神。這是對全球民主理論的創造性發展,建議效法比例代表制「漢迪法」,將此制正名為「瑞麟法」,讓原創者得到應有的歷史地位。
曾憲冠
林公公,替補機制其實是遞補機制,遞補機制其實是填補機制,填補機制其實是互補機制,互補機制其實是後補機制,後補機制其實是候補機制,候補機制其實是追補機制,追補機制其實是修補機制,修補機制其實是惡補機制,惡補機制其實是採補機制,採補機制其實是進補機制,進補機制其實是滋補機制。
立法會議員余若薇
有人濫用補選呀!快D堵塞漏洞,以後唔准有補選!
有人濫用綜援呀!快D取消綜援制度!
有人濫用司法覆核呀!快D通過法例以後唔准司法覆核!
有人濫藥呀!以後有病都唔准食藥!
有人濫叫人公公呀!以後唔准有公公,淨係准有婆婆!
咁大件事都要諮詢吓掛?
唔使喇,以上道理咁簡單都唔明?死蠢!
王慧麟
林公公,替補機制其實是一個為80後度身訂做的上位方法。只要80後踴躍參選,個個做替補,等現任議員因唔同理由「被下台」之後,80後就可輪流上位做議員,讓他們不用圍立法會,增加社會流動,用心良苦,果良吏之典範。你苦心孤詣,但就被人當笑話,痴心當玩偶,真係唔抵也。你絕對有能力做政務司司長做儲君,問鼎特首,做埋政協常委都仲得,我撐你o架!
黃洋達
林公公,替補機制其實是推動人民革命的一大助力,惡法配合《建黨偉業》上映時間推出,你分明就是想提醒人民,要嘛就革命,要嘛就眼巴巴看着開倒車走向封建極權。連共產黨都未敢在「中華人民共和國」中剔除「人民」兩字,你卻連諮詢也不做,急就章要剝奪人民選舉權,正是皇帝未急太監急。
wing
林公公, 你一話立法會需要實行替補機制, 就害到一班年長人士都話要在七.一出黎行. 如果有幾個因為條街太熱而中暑, 你於心何忍呀!


(資料來源:
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/23/1/1/2365885/1.html)

2011年6月28日 星期二

中國申請高速鐵路專利權

Recently the NHK News reported the following:
中国鉄道省は、海外からの技術供与を受けて開発し、製造している高速鉄道の車両について、特許の申請手続きを日本やヨーロッパなどで進めていることを明らかにしました。
中国政府系の英字紙「チャイナ・デーリー」が、中国鉄道省の高官の話として伝えたところによりますと、中国政府は、高速鉄道の車両に関する技術の特許の申請手続きを、日本やアメリカ、ブラジル、ヨーロッパ、そしてロシアで進めているとしています。特許を申請しているのは、高速列車の車両の、▽台車や、▽外側の形などで、国際的な特許出願制度「特許協力条約」に従って、21件の特許を申請し、このうち8件はすでに予備段階での審査を通過したということです。しかし、中国の高速鉄道の車両は、日本やドイツ、フランス、そしてカナダの4か国の企業から技術供与を受けて開発、製造されており、今後、これらの企業との間で特許を巡って紛争が起こる可能性も指摘されています。これに対し、中国政府は「各国からの技術を吸収し、改良を重ねたものだ」として、あくまで中国独自の技術であると主張しており、海外で特許を取得することで、今後、アメリカやブラジルなどへの高速鉄道の輸出競争で、優位に立ちたいねらいがあるものとみられます。
(試譯文)
It was clarified that the Chinese railway ministry was applying for patents on the technologies which they had developed after receiving them from foreign countries; and the procedure to apply for patents in the manufacturing of vehicles used in the rapid-transit railway was in progress in Japan and Europe, etc.
Based on an English-Language governmental newspaper the "China Daily" in China, according to a story told by the senior officials in the Chinese railway ministry, the Chinese government had initiated the application procedure to get patents on the technologies concerning the vehicle used in the rapid-transit railway in countries such as Japan, the United States, Brazil, Europe, and Russia. Their application was to apply for 21 patents in the carriage body of the high-speed train and the outside shape, etc. , applying according to the international patent application system: the "Patent Cooperation Treaty"; among these, they had already passed eight patients examinations in the preparatory phase. However, because these vehicles for use in the rapid-transit railway was developed and manufactured by China using licensed technologies from the enterprises of four countries in Japan, Germany, France, and Canada, it was pointed out that there was the possibility that disputes could happen with these enterprises over the patents in the future. The Chinese government was insisting to the end saying that "It is a technology that was absorbed from other countries, and then improvements are added repeatedly" and that the technology was of Chinese origin. It was expected that when the patents were obtained in foreign countries, they would post export competition to countries such as the United States and Brazil in the rapid-transit railway, and there was the aim for China to get a dominating position in the future.

When China has mastered the technology, competition would be inevitable.

2011年6月25日 星期六

南海主權爭議拉近越南和美國合作

Recently the NHK News reported the following:
ベトナムは、近く、アメリカ海軍と合同で救助訓練を行うと発表し、南シナ海の南沙諸島などの領有権を巡って対立する中国を、けん制しようというねらいがあるものとみられます。
ベトナム外務省のグエン・フォン・ガー報道官は、23日に開いた定例記者会見で、アメリカ海軍の艦艇が近くベトナムに寄港し、合同で海難救助訓練を行うことを明らかにしたうえで、「両国の海軍の関係を強化するものとなる」と述べて、その意義を強調しました。訓練は来月後半、ベトナム中部のダナンの沖で数日間行われるものとみられます。両国の海軍は去年8月にも同様の訓練を行っており、今回、2年続けての交流となります。ベトナムは中国との間で、南シナ海の南沙諸島や西沙諸島の領有権を巡って対立が続き、先月以降は、ベトナムの漁船が中国の船に威嚇射撃されたり、国営石油会社の探査船が活動を妨害されたりする事件が相次いでいます。こうした状況を受けて、アメリカもゲーツ国防長官が、先に「アメリカ軍のプレゼンスを東南アジアなどでも強化する」と述べて、この地域でのアメリカ軍の活動を増やす方針を打ち出していました。今回の合同訓練は、南シナ海で影響力を増す中国をけん制しようというねらいが、ベトナム・アメリカ両国にあるものとみられます。
(試譯文)
It was expected that Vietnam would be announcing that a rescue training would shortly be held jointly with American naval forces, and this could bee seen as aiming at restraining China that had conflicts over the sovereignty such as Spratly Islands in the South China Sea.
At a regular press conference held on the 23rd, spokesperson Gwen Fung Gurr of the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that warships of American naval forces would make a port call to Vietnam, and to hold joint training on salvage operation; on top of that it was clarified that "the relation between the naval forces of the two countries would become strengthened", and emphasized the meaning of the operation. It was expected that training would be held for several days in the offing in Danang in Vietnam's central part during the latter half of next month. Naval forces of the two countries did similar training last August, and this time become a continuous exchange in two consecutive years. Between Vietnam and China there were continuing disputes over the sovereignty patrolling right over the Spratly Islands etc. in the South China Sea; since last month events such as that the fishing boat of Vietnam was being threaten by shooting, and the exploring activity of the national oil company ship was obstructed by China continued one after another. Such a situation was noted, and earlier US's Secretary of Defense Gates said "The presence of the U.S. Army in South East Asia etc was strengthened", and the up coming policy was to increase US Army activities in this region. This two-country combined training of Vietnam and the American was expected to aim at restraining China that was increasing its influence in the South China Sea.

In view of the South China Sea disputes, it is natural for Vietnam to form a closer relationship with the US.

2011年6月22日 星期三

温家宝向日本地震災民寄出邀請信

Recently the Yomiuri News reported the following:
中国外務省は19日、温家宝首相が5月の訪日の際、交流した福島県の女子児童が送った手紙に励ましの返信を出したことを明らかにした。
 児童は郡山市立金透小6年の福島佳代さんで、温首相は「日本の被災地の子供たちを中国に招待しており、あなたが来られるように希望します」と書いたという。
 福島さんは5月21日、被災地の視察で福島駅に到着した温首相と握手し、その時の感動などを書いた手紙を送った。温首相の返信は6月11日付で、福島さんと家族に対し、「健康で楽しくいられるように祈ります」などと毛筆で記された。
 中国は東日本大震災の復興支援を通じ、日本の対中感情改善を図る考えで、被災地の学生500人を中国に招待する意向も示している。
(試譯文)
On the 19th, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs clarified that Prime Minister Wen Jaiboa had sent out a letter of encouragement to reply to the girl child in Fukushima Prefecture whom he had communicated with when he visited Japan in May.
The child was Kayo Fukushima who was the 6th grade student of Koriyama municipal elementary school, and it was said that Prime Minister had written that "Children in the stricken area in Japan are invited to China, and hope that you may come".
Fukushima-san had shook hands with Prime Minister Wen when he arrived at Fukushima Station to inspect the stricken area on May 21, and sent the letter that had written down his impression etc at that time.The reply of Prime Minister Wen was sent to Fukushima-san and family with "wishes for living healthily and happily" etc. and was dated June 11 written in a brush.
China shows the intention to invite 500 students in the stricken area to China with the idea of trying to improve Japan's feelings towards China through supporting the East Japan great earthquake reconstruction work.

Regardless of the intention, it is a positive gesture from China.

2011年6月21日 星期二

國際貨幣基金指出日本和美國經濟有待改善

Recently the Yomiuri News reported the following:
 国際通貨基金(IMF)は17日、世界財政見通しを公表し、「多くの先進国で適切なペースで財政再建が進んでいる」と評価した。
 しかし、2011年、12年とも主要国で最悪の財政赤字を抱える日本に対しては、「より具体的な中期の財政再建策が不可欠だ」と指摘している。
 各国の物価水準を勘案して調整した購買力平価ベースで比較した。日本は東日本大震災に伴う税収減や補正予算による財政出動が見込まれるため、前回(4月)見通しより、国内総生産(GDP)比で11年が0・5ポイント悪化し10・5%、12年が同0・7ポイント悪化の9・1%となる見通しだ。
 米国は11年は景気回復に伴う税収増や歳出削減で同0・9ポイント改善して9・9%となるが、12年は同0・3ポイント悪化し7・8%と高水準が続く。このため、中期の財政再建策を早急にまとめる必要性を指摘している。
(試譯文)
On the 17th, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) made public its world financial projection, and evaluated that "In many advanced countries, fiscal reconstruction is advancing in an appropriate pace".
However, it pointed out that Japan as a major power had the worst fiscal deficit in 2011 years and also 2012 and that "A concrete mid-term fiscal reconstruction plan is indispensable".
It also compared each country's purchasing power parity based on the adjusted price level. For Japan in expectation of a decrease tax revenue due to the East Japan great earthquake and the increase in public spending by supplementary budget, when compared to last (April), it was expected that the gross domestic product (GDP) in the year 11 would see a deterioration of 0.5 point to become 10.5%, and 0.7 point deterioration to become 9.1% in year 12.
In the US, for year 2011, due to increase in tax revenue and cuts in expenditure as a result of the economic recovery, it would improve by 0.9 point to become 9.9%; for the year 2012 similar improvement in deterioration by 0.3 point to become 7.8%, with the high levels continuing though. Therefore there was a need to immediately bring a mid-term fiscal reconstruction plan together, it was pointed out.

According to the IMF, it seems that the financial situation both in Japan and the US needs further improvement.

2011年6月20日 星期一

中国民意對南海主權爭議支持軍事行動

Recently the Yomiuri News reported the following:
中国の国際問題専門紙「環球時報」(英語版)は20日、ベトナムなどとの対立が激化する南シナ海の領有権問題について同紙が行ったインターネット世論調査で、中国の「軍事行動」が最も妥当な紛争解決方法だとする回答が82・9%に達したと報じた。
 「交渉による解決」を求める意見は13・6%にとどまった。
 調査は2万3000人以上が参加。南シナ海の紛争で「中国が自制を示すこと」を支持するとの回答が18%だったのに対し、反対が80%に上るなど強硬意見が目立った。
(試譯文)
In an opinion poll done on 20th by the "Word Times" of China (English version), a journal specialized in international problems, it was reported that the answer to the poll done by this paper about the method to solve the intensified confrontation with Vietnam etc. over the sovereignty problem in the South China Sea, the reply that "Military campaign" by China was the most appropriate had reached 82.9%.
The opinion that requested "Solution through negotiations" remained in 13.6%.
23,000 people or more had participated in this survey. Comparing to the 18% that answered in support of "China to show self-control", a strong opposing opinion of up to 80% stood out.

While I have little faith in this kind of opinion poll, some how it has given hints on the thinking of some Chinese people. Nationalism is a double edged sword, it should be used with care.

2011年6月19日 星期日

松下電器預期利潤可以由低位回升

Recently the NHK News reported the following:
大手電機メーカーのパナソニックは、東日本大震災の影響で、来年3月期の最終利益が、前の年の同じ時期よりおよそ6割減少するという見通しを明らかにしました。
パナソニックの発表によりますと、ことし4月から9月までの今年度上半期の最終損益は、700億円の赤字になると予想しています。これは東日本大震災の影響で、自動車の関連部品や液晶テレビなどの売り上げが大幅に落ち込むためです。震災の影響は次第に回復するとみて、今年度を通じた来年3月期の最終損益は300億円の黒字になると予想していますが、前の年の同じ時期を59%下回る水準にとどまります。上野山実常務取締役は「月を追うごとに震災の影響の度合いが低下してきているというのが実感だ」と述べ、今年度の下半期については、住宅や太陽電池などの分野で業績の回復を目指すという考えを示しました。
(試譯文)
Panasonic the major electric machine manufacturer clarified the prospect that their final profit for the period ending March next year would decrease by about 60 percent compared with the same time of the previous period due to the East Japan great earthquake.
According to the announcement of Panasonic, it was expected that the profit and loss in the first half of the year from April to September of the current year would be a deficit of 70 billion yen. The reason for this was that sales such as those related to car parts and LCD TVs had decreased greatly due to the East Japan great earthquake. It remained in the level that drop below the same time of the previous period by 59%, although current year's final profit and loss for the period ending March next year would become a surplus of 30 billion yen could be expected because a gradual recovery from the influence of the earthquake was anticipated. Mr. Ueno the managing director described that "It is actually felt that the degree of influence of the earthquake is decreasing month after month", and showed the idea of aiming at the recovery of achievements in the fields such as houses and solar batteries around the latter half of this year.
It is a good news that Panasonic is confident about their business will pick up gradually.