- Feb 06 Thu 2014 14:38
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楊千霈 走春呷好料
存倉反應靈敏、口才風趣的「3金」(金曲、金鐘、金馬獎)星光大道主持人楊千霈,男友雖是餐飲集團老闆,但她推薦美食卻刻意避開,而是推薦私藏的餐廳給讀者,過完年她走訪超低調日本料理店和私藏燒烤店,來趟優雅開心的美味之旅。 握壽司好滋味 沒話說 開店7年,不宣傳、不接受採訪的日本料理店「大正浪漫」,是許多大老闆的最愛,餐廳沒菜單,主廚依照當季食材出菜,嚴格控制食材鮮度,楊千霈說每次來吃飯、總是充滿期待感。店裡全是價位不同的套餐,今日店長推薦了數道經典佳餚。光是「前菜」,共有9款食材完美呈現於擺盤上,有鮑魚、蟹黃豆腐、來自富士山的酥炸澤蟹、鱈魚板、鰹魚、風螺、水菜蟹肉和櫻花蝦、秋天栗子等,店長還囑咐得依逆時鐘順序食用,才能讓味蕾有美妙享受;而這裡的綜合握壽司,也是楊千霈大力推薦,「鰈魚鰭邊肉握壽司」「黑鮪魚大腹海膽握壽司」等,好吃到讓她說不出話來。 大正浪漫 地址:台北市復興南路一段30巷1號 電話:(02)2772-0680 營業時間:12:00∼14:30、18:00∼22:00(週日公休) 推薦:(推薦的料理中午1,500元以上就會有,晚上套餐也都包含在內)中午套餐區分為: 800元、1,200元、1,50儲存元、1,800元;晚餐套餐區分為2,000元、2,500元、3,000元 松�豬香飄飄 熱賣款 來到台北巿金山南路,放眼附近餐廳並不多,卻暗藏了一家「下酒菜株式會社」居酒屋,楊千霈喜歡這裡氣氛,她笑著推薦「酒香蛤蜊」,作法是特選大顆蛤蜊,加入日本清酒清蒸,蛤蜊吃來肉塊扎實,湯鮮味美。「下酒菜一夜干」是將大尾午仔魚放於鹽水先醃製,剖開後直接燒烤,魚肉鮮美帶有焦香,配酒一流。這裡的燒烤也很棒,楊千霈點了香氣飄飄的「蒜香松�豬」,採用台灣豬肉,取適當肥瘦比例,厚切後燒烤,烤到外皮酥脆、內部軟Q時,再放上特製的蒜香調味料,讓這道口感好又充滿燒烤焦香味道的料理,成為店裡的熱賣招牌。 下酒菜株式會社 地址:台北市金山南路一段81-1號 電話:(02)2321-5058 營業時間:18:00∼1:00(週一公休) 推薦:酒香蛤蜊160元、明太子雞肉丸200元、下酒菜一夜干280元、蒜香松�豬130元、風味雞軟骨150元 楊千霈 生日:1982年3月9日 學歷:台灣大學戲劇系 身高╱體重:163公分╱43公斤 身分:戲劇、主持、舞台劇等 作品:戲劇《原鄉》《幸福選擇題》《愛情女僕》著作《新纖美人》迷你倉
- Feb 06 Thu 2014 14:37
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數百件行李裝卸 每件用時僅8秒
迷你倉旺角 bjrb.bjd.com.cn/html/2014-02/06/content_148382.htm...南苑機場裝卸工春節堅守崗位 數百件行李裝卸 每件用時僅8秒 春節長假,中國聯航負責行李裝卸、分揀的幾十位工人師傅放棄休假,...mini storage
- Feb 06 Thu 2014 14:36
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舞台
迷你倉旺角大年初三經過旅遊塔廣場,因為晚上花車巡遊這裡是終點站,一個年輕歌手在臨時搭建的舞台上載歌載舞地排練,整個廣場都飄蕩著強勁的音樂節拍,我不期然地停下來欣賞。台上一個歌者,台下只有我一個聽�,感覺上像包場一樣。一小時後我再經過廣場時,歌者和工作人員都已離去,只留下一座空蕩蕩的舞台,望著舞台我想到許多事。有人認為人一旦降生,就注定要在人生舞台上進行表演,直至人生落幕為止,我認為這個比�是恰當的,只是各人的背景不同,稟賦不同,演出各有分別而已。文學家情感豐富,他們憑藉詩文直抒胸臆,政治家希望實現自己的理想,開拓一個新紀元,而帶兵的將領則希望一戰成名永留�史。各類人物,精英也罷,庸才也罷,在有限的生命周期裡,各自演繹著自己的故事。不過,要�史留名並不容易,需要社會這個大舞台提供條件才成,所謂時勢造英雄,項羽帶領江東三千子弟過江抗秦,破釜沉舟勇不可當,最後成了西楚mini storage王,勇則勇矣,但也要趕上秦國國勢走下坡,天下群雄並起的環境,如果在強秦破滅六國的時候作反,再多十個八個項羽,也是小菜一碟而已。曹操被評為“亂世之梟雄”,說明要天下大亂時他才有機會表現。阿里巴巴是大陸的上市公司,由馬雲一手創辦,這間公司近年發展迅速,二○一二年僅“淘�網”和“天貓”的銷售額便達一萬一千億人民幣,成績驕人。不過,話說回來,如果不是改革開放,莫說把生意做到過萬億,僅僅是掛了個招牌便會被打翻在地了。所以,人生雖然是自己的,但也要看國家這個大舞台而定。現在南灣區商廈林立,幾大博企矗立。其實澳門也在國際舞台上有精彩的表演,自回歸後,經濟發展神速,開放賭權和自由行等利澳措施,澳門的人均GDP迅即排在亞洲前列,去年博彩收益已是拉斯維加斯七倍。政府連續七年向市民派錢,雖然不多,但與歐美國家近幾年大幅削減福利,延長退休年限等應急措施相比,則顯得有點與�不同了。迷你倉
- Feb 05 Wed 2014 12:40
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微軟確認納德拉任新CEO
迷你倉旺角【本報綜合報道】微軟正式確認,現任雲端及企業部副總裁納德拉(Satya Nadella)將接替鮑爾默,接任微軟行政總裁(CEO)。與此同時,獨立董事湯普遜(John Thompson)亦會接替創辦人蓋茲(Bill Gates)出任微軟主席。微軟將增設科技顧問一職給蓋茨。蓋茨退任主席今次人事變動與上周市場傳聞相符,亦突顯微軟希望新mini storageEO擁有更多面向消費者的經驗及在微軟的經歷。納德拉在微軟工作23年,在接手企業與雲端部門之前,已是掌管微軟最核心企業客戶業務的副總裁。蓋茨昨表示,納德拉已證明自己是個領袖,同時擁有重要的工程技能、商業視野及能聯繫不同人士。退任微軟主席的蓋茨續指,微軟表把握現在機會進化。納德拉則指,他工作將專注於加快轉型及推出更劃時代的產品給顧客。迷你倉
- Feb 05 Wed 2014 12:37
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「麥金塔」30年 透視Mac應用、外觀演變
儲存1984年1月24日,第一部Macintosh電腦誕生,個人電腦市場亦由文本介面進入了圖像用戶介面的年代。Mac機雖然並不是蘋果公司生產的第一部電腦,但它卻一直緊扣著蘋果生存的命脈。縱使智能手機年代有iPhone的出現,但過去30年來,「想起Apple就先想起Mac」,在很多人心目中,仍沒有改變。一個產品系列能發展了30年仍興盛不衰,堪稱十分長壽,而在個人電腦市場上,更是難得少有。像其他長壽產品一樣,Mac也經歷過高潮及低谷,甚至面對過會被淘汰的危機。在80年代,建基於Motorola 68000系列處理器的Mac機,雖然銷量冠軍位置被較廉價的IBM個人電腦取代了,但Mac機在商業、財務、教育及桌面排版等用途領域上,仍然獨佔鰲頭。衰退90年代,Mac機採用了更強的RISC架構PowerPC處理器,並已在圖片設計及影片視覺效果的應用領域,成為了專業人士必然之選。可是,在Wintel陣營的興起及Windows系統的流行下,Mac亦開始步入衰退期。在Mac的衰退期中,Mac機的外型愈來愈似一般Wintel的個人電腦;雖然Mac機的起跌,不可簡單地只靠產品外觀的因素解釋,但這個現象卻是有目共睹。中興1998年,Mac從低谷反彈,在這過去幾年間,個人電腦已變成了每個家庭都必須擁有的東西,上網及電郵已成為了電腦主流的應用。當年8月推出的iMac,外觀上有很大的突破,回復了初代Mac機一體式的機身設計,更採用了半透明彩色的機殼,使iMac一推出後,便成為了熱賣產品。促使iMac的成功,有很多因素,例如放棄軟磁碟機、加入USB插頭,及強調迷你倉網的應用等,但更重要,應是Steve Jobs的回歸,以及他重新帶來的簡約設計概念。只要看看早一年的Mac就知道,這年的Mac機是蘋果慶祝公司20周年的型號,外型遠比早幾年的款式獨特,但論到對蘋果公司的影響,永遠卻無法與Steve Jobs重新主政時的iMac可相提亦論。30年來,蘋果每年都至少推出一款新的Mac機型號,外觀樣貌都要年年不同,在iMac推出後,這個傳統都沒有改變過,尤其剛在iMac推出後數年,蘋果的設計師在產品外觀上花費了不少心思。99年的Power Mac G4、2000年的iBook、2002年的iMac等,外型上都十分獨特。Mac的盛世現今的Mac機,外型仍然相當獨特,例如一體式像部「芒」一樣的iMac、像個盒子的Mac mini、又或「刀鋒超薄」的MacBook Air,全都極具時代氣息。用Mac機的人,也不再只限專業人士;用Mac已變得普及,任何用戶要從Windows轉到Mac,難度已再沒有多少了。不過,像Mac的應用一樣,近年的Mac機外觀設計,也不再是年年有很大轉變,較特別的就只有去年「垃圾筒」型的Mac Pro,這是不變應萬變?還是找到最好不必再變?30年,絕對不簡單,在這30年裡,不少更大的電腦名字也早已煙沒了。至於Mac的魅力,打從第一次公開示範其實已經出現。因為Mac 30周年,一段1984年1月24日蘋果股東大會的片段最近公開,當中就是Macintosh初次公開亮相,歷史意義極其珍貴。Text: Kenneth / Photo: 互聯網 / Art: sam / Editor: 四哥 self storage
- Feb 05 Wed 2014 12:35
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聯想頻收購惹疑慮 股價重摔16.4%
【陳冠穎╱綜合外電報導】聯想(lenovo)近期收購動作頻頻,繼上月耗資23億美元(698.迷你倉旺角6億元台幣)收購IBM低階伺服器事業及29.1億美元(883.9億元台幣)從Google手中收購手機製造事業摩托羅拉移動(Motorola Mobility)之後,市場又盛傳,聯想正與SONY(索尼)洽談,有意收購其處於虧損狀況的VAIO個人電腦業務。 市值蒸發22億美元 儘管SONY出面否認,但投資人仍憂心聯想業績恐遭近期鉅額收購拖累,衝擊聯想股價周二重挫16.4%,跌幅創2009年1月以來新高,市值蒸發22億美元(668.3億台幣)。為了對抗日漸下滑的PC(Personal Computer,個人電腦)市場,聯想一周內宣布2項鉅額收購案,顯示其拓展事業的決心,但對摩托羅拉手機業務的收購案因該業務仍持續虧損,被視為將會為公司帶來不好影響。摩根士丹利(Morgan Stamini storageley)分析報告指出,預期近期之內聯想對摩托羅拉的收購將對公司淨利帶來負面影響,轉虧為盈將會需要一些時間。不過在拓展手機業務之際,聯想也無意放棄PC業務,據傳正與SONY洽談收購旗下VAIO電腦部門。但SONY發表聲明否認,指出相關報導並不正確。而聯想則是拒絕對此發表評論。PC市場面臨萎縮,全球第3大PC廠戴爾(DELL)據傳本周將進行大規模裁員,全球裁員人數可能超過1.5萬人,一些部門裁員比率甚至高達15%。 戴爾傳大刀裁1.5萬人 為扭轉頹勢,戴爾試圖將重點放在包括雲端計算與行動系統等企業相關服務上,意謂著重點業務不相關部門面臨裁員風險。資遣方案包括,被裁員員工可獲得基本2個月的薪水加上根據服務年資所獲得額外補償,每工作1年增加1周的薪水。戴爾還為員工提供75%的獎金、18個月的健康保險和介紹新工作服務。財務長葛拉登(Brian Gladden)也將在近期離職。迷你倉
- Feb 05 Wed 2014 12:32
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投行唱淡買摩記 聯想暴瀉16%
香港文匯報訊(記者 陳遠威)聯想(0992)高價收購業績虧損的摩托羅拉令市場咋舌,憂慮公司利潤因而分薄,其股價在春節長假期休市前大跌逾8%,並接連遭受大行唱淡,市場進一步消化消息後,昨再大幅急挫16.迷你倉4%,為5年來最大單日跌幅;收報8.41元,成交30.66億元。聯想市值在兩個交易日合共蒸發240億元。市值兩日蒸發240億摩托羅拉去年錄得淨虧損9.28億美元,兩年內合共虧損15.44億美元,市場預計摩托羅拉手機銷量需要增長一倍方可達致收支平衡。聯想能否將摩托羅拉起死回生,並成為其生財法寶仍屬未知之數,但已先遭多間大行調低目標價。摩根大通認為,聯想股價在短期內勢將波動,並持續至摩托羅拉盈利改善,但聯想收購IBM伺服器業務可提供盈利支持。該行維持其增持評級,目標價則由12.5元下調至10.7元。摩通報告指,雖然聯想的收購方向正確,包括可取得2,000項專利、50間合作營運商,並得以在北美等地發展,但在執迷你倉上有風險,如美國手機市場仍由三星及蘋果公司牽頭,亞馬遜亦有意推出智能手機分一杯羹,同時將摩托羅拉手機業務扭虧轉盈並非易事。摩根士丹利表示,贊同聯想收購IBM伺服器業務,但收購摩托羅拉手機業務作價偏高,而目前智能手機市場增長開始放緩,相信需要較長時間方可令摩托羅拉轉虧為盈。大摩將聯想評級降至中性,目標價由12.5元下調至9.8元。關注如何安撫市場情緒瑞銀亦發表報告指,摩托羅拉手機業務去年第四季實質毛利率下跌至7.7%,營運虧損擴大至超過4億美元,預料將持續錄得虧損至2017年,聯想如沒有定下明確發展計劃安撫市場情緒,估計其股價難以明顯反彈。該行將聯想評級降至中性,目標價下調至10.3元。美國對中資機構相關收購案取態審慎,彭博引述消息人士指,聯想為求摩托羅拉及IBM兩宗交易獲得通過,已聘請曾在美國中央情報局及國土安全部任職、世強律師事務所的兩名律師,以及科文頓柏靈律師事務所,在監管部門審批交易時提供協助。迷你倉沙田
- Feb 05 Wed 2014 12:31
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旅客湧至過關需3個鐘 高峰時段拱北管制人潮 旅客打尖動武公安調停
【本報訊】昨日農曆大年初五,來澳旅客人數有增無減,據治安警出入境事務廳資料,截至昨晚9時,各口岸共錄得20萬人入境,其中關閘口岸入境人次超過12萬,拱北口岸更採取人潮管制措施,至晚上9時最高峰時數千名旅客在拱北口岸廣場輪候出境,旅客需等候3個小時才能完成通關手續。因輪候時間長,現場秩序非常混亂,部分旅客甚至跨越鐵馬「打尖」,引起其他旅客不滿,最終需由公安人員調停。根據澳門治安警出入境事務廳資料,昨日至晚上9時共有39.迷你倉價錢1萬人次經各個口岸出入境,入境人數超過20萬,其中以關閘口岸最多,約12萬人次,其次是外港碼頭,錄得3.6萬人次,由於橫琴長隆開幕,經橫琴口岸入境的數字激增,錄得2.1萬人。廣場人山人海輪候轉3圈昨日早上9時的過境高峰時段,拱北口岸廣場人山人海,有關部門採取人流管制措施,架起重重鐵馬,設5條分隔線分隔旅客,輪候者需「轉三圈」才能到達簷篷位置的分流通道,從龍尾到拱北口山出境廳需輪候1個半小時。因輪候時間過長,現場秩序非常混亂,「打尖」推撞時有發生,每當分隔線開放時,輪候者「一窩蜂」向前衝,險象環生,不少小朋友「騎膊馬」避免走散或受傷,有旅客甚至跳過圍欄,企圖縮短輪候時間,引起其他旅客不滿,初則口角,繼而動武,最終由需迷你倉最平安介入調停,事件始告平息。來自江門的陳小姐稱,出發前已預計人流會較平時多,但昨日人流數目超乎想像,她認為現場秩序非常混亂,對同行小朋友的安全感到擔憂,未來將盡量避免在新年期間來澳。至於為何不選擇從橫琴口岸入境本澳,陳小姐指今次主要是到中區遊覽,如果由橫琴口岸入境交通不太方便,雖然到達拱北後發現有巴士前往橫琴口岸,但因不清楚橫琴的通關情況,所以依舊使用拱北口岸。回澳的市民林先生稱,由於下午要上班,所以不得不在上午高峰期回澳,他形容輪候人數多得恐怖,又指大堂內自助過關及港澳居民的通道人流較為疏落,邊檢部門應該將澳門市民及旅客分流,縮短不必要的輪候時間。對於本澳警方的口岸實況網上平台,林先生直言從未聽過相關措施,認為有關部門宣傳不足,日後再入境時會多加留意,選擇合適時間。來澳船票難求要炒黃牛飛外港碼頭方面,人流亦較平時暢旺,但旅客平均花15分鐘便完成通關手續。香港旅客張先生稱,通關時間大致時順,但香港尖沙嘴碼頭船票可謂一票難求,昨日早上9時許抵達碼頭,售票處已售賣下午2時30分的船票,最終需要以250元一張的價錢購買「黃牛飛」,認為船公司在高峰時期應加開班次,及抽調容納客量較多的船隻疏導人潮,而他日後亦會預先在網上訂票,避免同類事件發生。迷你倉
- Feb 05 Wed 2014 12:27
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Restructuring Singapore's economy and raising productivity, so as to reduce the country's reliance on foreign labour and raise average wages, has been a big challenge.迷你倉旺角 In the run-up to Budget 2014, The Straits Times is running a series on how companies are taking steps to transform their businesses, with varying degrees of success. Today, Yasmine Yahya looks at how the manufacturing industry has fared and challenges that remain.CHANGE is the only constant for Singapore's manufacturing sector, which has evolved over the decades from a group of low-cost producers to the high-end, high-value players of today.And so it may come as no surprise that manufacturers have been among the quickest to raise their game amid the country's restructuring drive.But three years in and despite widespread adoption of productivity-raising measures across the sector, productivity numbers are still low.What is needed now, experts say, is for manufacturers to take a giant leap forward to become more innovative and perhaps even reinvent themselves in order to not just survive in the new economic landscape, but also thrive.Of course, this will not be easy, and the Government will have to help, they say. This could be done in a variety of ways, whether with funding support for research and development projects or by making it easier for small and medium-sized enterprises to win government contracts.Since 2010, as the Government tightened quotas and raised levies on foreign workers, many manufacturers have adjusted by investing in automation and streamlining their processes, noted OCBC economist Selena Ling.However, their productivity numbers have been patchy thus far because of global economic trends, she said.Labour productivity in the manufacturing sector grew a healthy 11.1 per cent in 2010, but decelerated sharply to a 1.3 per cent rise in 2011, and then shrunk 2.6 per cent in 2012."The last few years have been very challenging due to the global business environment being very tepid. Hence, it has been a continual struggle for manufacturers to upgrade, innovate and move up the value chain," Ms Ling said.CIMB economist Song Seng Wun agreed, adding that manufacturers tend not to retrench staff as quickly as service firms when facing an economic downturn."Labour is so tough to come by, so manufacturers tend to hold on to their staff while awaiting an upturn. And staff in the manufacturing sector now are more skilled and specialised, so businesses also want to retain them," he said.With the global economy recovering over the past year, productivity numbers in the manufacturing sector have improved, but are still not stellar, noted KPMG Singapore tax partner Chiu Wu Hong.Labour productivity in the sector was flat at 0.2 per cent in the second quarter of last year, before rising to 1.6 per cent in thmini storage third quarter.These statistics seem to indicate that Singapore still has some way to go to achieving its target of 2 per cent to 3 per cent annual productivity growth for the overall economy, Mr Chiu said.One reason for this hump is the fact that there are still some pockets of resistance to change."There are still sectors such as shipbuilding and precision engineering which have yet to embrace productivity as being a key driver for business," he noted.Also holding back productivity gains in the manufacturing sector are the perennial challenges of high business costs and a shortage of skilled talent, said Ernst & Young's government and public sector leader for Asean, Ms Mildred Tan."We can't run away from these issues. So far, embracing productivity has helped manufacturers, but it has not brought them to new heights," she noted."So, what they need to do to get themselves to the next level is to increase investments in R&D activities. In other words, they should not just invest in automated processes, but also reinvent themselves and their operations."The Government could help by providing more funding support for R&D, she said.It could also work together with bigger industry players to come up with productivity solutions that are suitable for mass adoption across the industry.Mr Thomas Chua, a member of the National Productivity and Continuing Education Council, who is also chairman and managing director of Teckwah Industrial as well as president of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said companies should also look at internationalising their businesses."In the manufacturing sector, you should look into leveraging on resources in the region, for example, setting up part of the business elsewhere instead of locating everything in Singapore, to address manpower issues and business costs," he said.PwC Singapore corporate tax partner Lennon Lee said government schemes should serve only to help businesses manage costs in the interim, as Singapore's economy restructures."At the end of the day, Singapore companies must innovate and seek out new markets and growth areas in order to thrive. Raising productivity so as to manage cost increases is only one aspect of the overall strategy," he said.M Metal chief executive John Kong noted, however, that for smaller companies like his to be able to invest more in productivity and expand abroad, they first need scale. And to scale up, they need more recognition from bigger players, including government agencies."Smaller players whose products have been tested and proven to meet international standards should be given a chance to bid for government projects," he said. "The construction industry which I supply, for example, is dominated by a few big players. SMEs like us want a level playing field."yasminey@sph.com.sg迷你倉
- Feb 05 Wed 2014 12:26
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品嘗美食拋垃圾 保持清潔民有責 想踩單車苦等候 限時加租互遷就
迷你倉沙田△新春期間百萬旅客大軍踏進小城,市面人潮擁擠,不得不實行交通疏導措施,亦衍生出環境衛生問題。噴水池、大三巴屬遊客必到之地,不但名勝、燈飾、商店最多,走進其中,定必摩肩接踵。小城另一特色就是美食多,遊客行到累都喜歡捐窿捐罅“搵食”,賣草地圍附近的小食店甚熱鬧。惟一連幾日上址都慘變垃圾崗,顧客甚至需站在垃圾堆上進食。店舖員工忙於清理,轉頭又復舊。有旅客表示,亂拋垃圾情況普遍,或影響本澳形象。亦有街坊表示,亂拋垃圾者或多為遊客,冀當局加強巡查勸喻,甚至可增設大型垃圾桶收集垃圾。小城迷你倉價錢美靠大家努力營造,冀各人自律,保持環境清潔。△新春期間,不少居民或旅客到�仔海濱休憩區踩單車,好不開心。除小部分人自備單車外,大部分人也是租單車。礙於出租的單車數量有限,加上沒有時間限制,即只要租到單車,便可一直踩到民署人員“收工”那一刻。因此,不少人包括小朋友在租車區等候多時,也租不到單車,最終乘興而來,敗興而歸。居民建議當局在農曆新年等特別節假日,考慮限制租單車時間,即每人最多可租兩至三個小時。若逾時不還車,往後每小時的租車費便大幅調升,相信這樣能讓更多遊人享受踩單車的樂趣。迷你倉最平
- Feb 05 Wed 2014 12:24
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Buddha becomes very big in China
Giant statues of sage spring up all over mainland as developers and officials bid to lure touristsLocal officials on the mainland are drawing inspiration from Buddha, but perhaps not in a way he might have intended.迷利倉Tourism bureaus and developers are racing to build ever-higher statues of Buddha, in an attempt to copy the success of the Lingshan Grand Buddha in Wuxi , Jiangsu province.The 88-metre-high attraction drew about 3.8 million visitors last year, generating more than 1.2 billion yuan (HK$1.5 billion). Not a bad return on 725 tonnes of bronze sheet.Hong Kong’s Tian Tan Buddha, at a modest 34 metres, would barely rise to the knees of the current behemoths such as the 208-metre-high Spring Temple Buddha in Lushan county in Henan province.At least five others taller than Tian Tan are spread across the mainland and the list is set to grow, including a planned 88-metre-high statue of the bodhisattva Guanyin in Suzhou , Jiangsu province, a 99-metre depiction of the bodhisattva Ksitigarbha in Anhui province, and a 48-metre statue of Amitabha Buddha at Lu Mountain in Jiangxi province.According to the New Weekly, the Aerosun Corporation, which built the Tian Tan Buddha on Lantau, is developing more than 10 such projects across the country this year.China has a long history of Buddhist art and sculpture, with the Sui dynasty (589-617) and Tang dynasty (618-907) considered peak eras. But many of the best examples were destroyed along with much of the nation’s other religious heritage in the years that followed the establishment of the People’s Republic. “There were more than 1,000 temples in Beijing before 1949,” Xue said. “But now only 20 to 30 remain.”In the迷你倉eyes of some tourists, Buddha-themed parks can become too grandiose. The Lingshan park charges 210 yuan (HK$267) per ticket and gets very crowded at holiday times.“The park is full of tourists with cameras and is definitely not a good place for religious practice,” said Kent Cai, a visitor from Ningbo in Jiangsu.“I felt dazed when I saw so many incense packages on sale – 50 yuan to pray for health, 128 yuan to pray for a child, 398 yuan to pray for vast happiness and 598 yuan for huge fortune.”Sometimes Buddha attraction developers must contend with monks and residents who differ over ownership of a site.In impoverished Lushan county, the developer spent 1.2 billion yuan on building the Spring Temple Buddha in 2008.Monks have tried to take charge of the attraction and admit people free of charge.In Leshan , Sichuan province, local residents have said a theme park with replicas of more than 3,000 Buddha statues, including world-famous ones in India, Thailand and Myanmar, badly damaged the 71-metre Giant Buddha, the world’s tallest stone Buddha statue, built 1,200 years ago.“As a Buddhist, I would like to see more Buddha statues. They help show the public the teachings and practice of becoming a Buddha,” said Huiyao, a nun at a temple in Yangzhou in Jiangsu. “But I don’t think they all need to be more dozens of metres high or break the world record.”Xue Yu, of the department of cultural and religious studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, said local governments would view giant Buddhas as an ambitious way to boost tourism.“The projects use the popularity of Buddhism and are a politically safe way to help build social harmony,” he said.Harry’s view A12自存倉
- Feb 05 Wed 2014 12:22
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「夏加爾畫作」被評�品恐要燒掉
迷你倉英國一名商人20 年前花10 萬鎊購入的名畫家夏加爾(Marc Chagall)一幅水彩畫,遭法國方面評定為�品,依法要在法官監證下燒掉。夏加爾是現代主義先鋒,1887 年生於現今的白俄羅斯,壯年定居法國,1985 年以98 歲高齡逝世。其作品動輒可賣數百萬鎊。英國地產商馬丁.朗(Martin Lang)於1992 年聽從一個俄羅斯藝術品商人建議,花10 萬鎊買入號稱夏加爾1909-10 年的真�《裸體》。去年,他發現英國廣播公司(BBC)self storage一個鑑識藝術品真偽的電視節目,於是主動聯絡製作單位評估其藏品。鑑定結果顯示,畫中採用的藍色、綠色「太現代」,是1930 年代才開發出來的,夏加爾的藝術專家朋友編撰的蘇聯藝術書籍也沒有提這個作品。由夏加爾兩個孫女主持的巴黎夏加爾委員會認為《裸體》為�品,主張按法國法例燒�。物主信屬真�盼歸還馬丁.朗仍相信它可能是真�,希望委員會歸還畫作及保證若將來發現它屬真品,可註銷�品之名。有評論員認為夏加爾委員會的決定「極端、不適當」。(觀察家報/BBC)迷利倉