- Dec 13 Fri 2013 08:56
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本月近百樓盤攢勁“賣年貨”
據世家機構提供的數據顯示,迷你倉最平12月2日—8日,成都市住宅成交面積為238914.10平方米,成交面積有一定幅度的下降,成交套數2651套,同比上周分別下浮9.37%和6.44%;商業方面則無新增供應面積,成交套數548套,成交面積49791.40平方米,成交套數降幅為0.18%,成交面積增幅為19.45%。雖然近期成交相對有所減少,但各大樓盤搶在年底前推銷“年貨”的動作卻持續不斷。據記者不完全統計,本月將有近百個項目推盤入市,主城區推盤項目大多以住宅產品為主,新都、龍泉驛等區域除住宅外還有不同體量的商業項目試水樓市。記者 李卓鍇本月重點關注樓盤項目名稱 項目地址 目前均價 戶型區間龍湖世紀峰景(住宅) 高新區新會展中心 16000元/平方米 280-380平方米美城悅榮府(住宅) 高新區劍南大道南段333號 待定 3迷你倉0-430平方米永立·龍邸(住宅) 成華區512建材市場旁 待定 90-190平方米遠雄風華園(住宅) 肖家河沿街6號 待定 83-178平方米藍潤華府春天(住宅) 雙流縣雙華路與光電大道交匯處 待定 68-84平方米遠大中央公園(住宅) 雙流縣南湖國際風景區 待定 80-107平方米匯錦城(住宅) 高新區益州大道中段盛邦街 10000元/平方米111-138平方米凱德風尚(住宅) 青羊區成飛大道南段199號 9500元/平方米87-179平方米萬科金色樂府(住宅) 成華區建設南路 待定 77-140平方米小商品展貿中心(商業) 成都市北新幹線與興茂大道交匯處 待定 58-380平方米湘銀國際大廈(商業) 龍泉驛區驛都大道世紀廣場 待定 20-1800平方米注:文中價格信息僅供參考,具體以項目現場公佈為準。mini storage
- Dec 13 Fri 2013 08:49
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5公司奪管治卓越獎
「2013年度香港公司管治卓越獎」之得獎公司名單揭曉,自存倉今年共有5家公司獲得公司管治卓越獎,來自銀行、地產發展及管理、能源供應及交通運輸裝備製造等。 得獎公司包括:在第一類別「主板公司:�生指數成分股公司」得獎的中國銀行股份有限公司、中國工商銀行有限公司;在第二類別「主板公司:�生綜合指數成分股公司」得獎的中國南車股份有限公司、港華燃氣(中國)有限公司,和在第三類別得獎迷你倉領匯房地產投資信託基金。獲得持續發展卓越獎的分別是信和置業有限公司和領匯房地產投資信託基金。制定措施 應對獨特風險 評獎委員會主席方正表示,評獎委員集中在那些擁有全面而完善的治理架構,同時又能制定針對性措施應對本身獨特風險與挑戰的企業,而非僅僅遵循標準守則和慣例之公司。 「香港公司管治卓越獎」自2007年起由香港上市公司商會及香港浸會大學公司管治與金融政策研究中心聯合舉辦。mini storage
- Dec 13 Fri 2013 08:43
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廣州版
南方日報訊 (記者/陳捷生 通訊員/游定斌 謝茜 張毅濤 陳立雄)臨近過年,儲存各種形式的電話、網絡詐騙層出不窮,尤其是冒充政府機關、金融電信、網店商家騙取市民信任、侵害市民財產的詐騙案件,常常讓受害者損失慘重。筆者昨日從廣州警方獲悉,廣州“110”已經設立24小時打防詐騙值班專線,市民如果接到可疑電話,可撥打110。“你好,是110台嗎?我想問一下你們有沒有一位張警官?”……“是這樣的,我剛剛接到一個銀行的短信息,說我有張信用卡透支了20多萬,我嚇得趕緊打電話去問怎麼回事,客服說我的身份可能被人冒用了,讓我聯繫廣州市公安局的張警官,又要我把錢轉賬到安全賬戶上,這是不是真的?”“小姐,您剛才收到的是詐騙短信,所打的是犯罪分子留下的電話,請您千萬不要相信!最近冒充公安、檢察、法院、電信、銀行、郵政、稅務等單位人員進行詐騙的犯罪活動比較多,您可以通過各單位公開電話進行求證核實;也請您轉告身邊的親朋好友不要上當受騙。”像這樣的群�來電咨詢,廣州市公安局110報警服務台每天都會接到。昨日上午,廣州市公安局110報警服務台召開新聞通報會,對外公佈“詐騙案件排行榜”,幫助市民群�更好地識別騙局,並詳細介紹了110台在打防詐騙犯罪方面所做的工作及其成效。據110台葉宇萍教導員介紹,近期,為防範各類詐騙犯罪,110台充分發揮自身工作平台優勢,一方面成立了110台打防詐騙專班工作組,實施24小時輪值,對群�報警反映遭受詐騙的案件,及時指揮屬地公安機關出警處置;另一方面,對於群�致電110台反映接到可疑電話、短信或登錄可疑網站的,由110台接警員向群�耐心講解犯罪分子的詐騙手法,及時勸阻受騙群�轉賬,同時利用110台短信平台,向報警群�發送防詐騙宣傳短信,及時挽回群�財產損失。據統計,僅11月23日至12月6日兩周內,110台接警員就及時勸阻疑似接到詐騙電話、信息的群�4900多名,共向報警群�發送防範詐騙宣傳短信3073條。兩周來,110台接報的詐騙案件下降15%,成效顯著。警方介紹,110台下一步還將建立公安銀行聯動勸阻機制,將24小時值班專線電話向全市各銀行網點公佈,當銀行工作人員無法勸阻被騙群�轉賬時,可直接向專線反映,由110台迅速指令警區巡邏民警到場實施阻止。此外,110台將聯手廣州公安微博、微信,曝光新型詐騙手法和案例,提高群�應對各類詐騙犯罪的警惕性。110台提醒廣大市民群�:犯罪分子詐騙手法多變,但最終目的就是要騙走事主錢財,因此,任何時候接到涉及轉賬的電話、信息,都要保持冷靜,小心查證,遇有疑問毫不猶豫撥打110咨詢舉報。■廣州110台接報詐騙案件排行榜TOP1 冒充親友騙子通過短信、盜取親友QQ,或來電“猜猜我是誰”等手段,讓事主相信他們是親友,然後以住院治迷你倉、繳納學費等原因急需用錢為由實施詐騙。防範招數:多思考,多求證。當遇到好友通過短信、QQ等方式提出借錢時,千萬不要急著辦理匯款手續,通過其他通信方式或共同的關係人核實身份。如果您的QQ被盜,要儘快取回密碼,也要讓朋友知道,避免被騙子利用。TOP2 網購騙局騙子通過網絡低價“售賣”商品,然後以需支付訂金、支付寶第三方系統平台故障或節約手續費等為由,要求買家通過銀行轉賬支付,支付後無法再與騙子假冒的所謂商家聯繫。此外,也有騙子提供網址鏈接,要求買家登錄某網站或下載程序完成交易,而這些往往是釣魚網站或惡意程序,買家的網銀或支付寶賬戶、密碼資料隨時可能被竊取並被轉走賬戶內的所有資金。防範招數:在網絡購物時遇到以下幾類情況,很有可能就是詐騙:對方拒絕安全支付、要求多次匯款、提供可疑的網絡鏈接、收取訂金、商品價格奇低等。便宜莫貪,網絡購物要到正規購物網站,並使用第三方平台支付或貨到付款。TOP3 假冒公司客服騙子通過電話自稱是銀行、電信、航空公司或購物網站等公司的客服,騙取群�信任,然後以服務升級、賬號凍結等理由套取賬戶資料;或者聲稱因為客戶身份被盜用導致話費、信用卡被透支,要求提供賬戶信息以挽回損失,從而竊取賬戶。防範招數:遇客服來電要求提供賬戶信息時要提高警惕,真正的客服不會要求提供銀行卡或支付寶的賬號密碼,更不會要求到櫃員機轉賬。遇到可疑情況應先通過官方的客服電話求證,或要求所謂的“客服”提供自己的登記信息,從而拆穿騙局。致電客服求證時,儘量用固定電話撥打,防範騙子利用偽基站干擾通信截取你的電話。TOP4 假冒政府工作人員騙子冒充公檢法、政府機關的工作人員向群�打電話,並用改號軟件將來電顯示修改為機關對外咨詢或辦公電話,然後以事主查收法院傳票、包裹單、辦理退費退稅等借口誘騙事主回電咨詢,再以事主個人信息泄露,銀行賬戶涉嫌洗黑錢、涉嫌毒品犯罪或需要調查等理由,要求事主將銀行存款轉至其提供的所謂“安全賬戶”,以此實施詐騙。防範招數:接到自稱政府部門工作人員電話時,要保持冷靜,小心求證。如果真有相關優惠政策出台,稅務、財政、社保部門會通過媒體發佈權威信息,市民群�也可撥打政府部門向社會公佈的電話核實。另外公檢法機關不可能通過電話辦案,更沒有所謂的“安全賬戶”,總之一旦涉及資金轉出,肯定是詐騙。TOP5 代辦信用卡騙子發送短信或網上發佈信息,承諾無需任何條件即可為信譽度不足的群體代辦信用卡,誘導急於辦理信用卡透支的事主把利息、手續費或保證金匯入其指定賬戶,騙取事主錢財,或套取事主的個人信息開辦信用卡,然後立即套現或盜刷。防範招數:辦理信用卡要到正規銀行,不要委托中介機構代辦,辦卡期間可與發卡銀行聯繫,詢問卡片受理和製作情況,防止被人冒領和盜用。圖片說明:CFP供圖self storage
- Dec 13 Fri 2013 08:35
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Tourism industry ponders ways to stop ‘brain drain’
By Ming Yeung in Hong Kongmingyeung@chinadailyhk.迷你倉將軍澳comTourism in Hong Kong has been expanding — but it is currently suffering from a serious “brain drain”, industry experts warn.How the industry can revive its “halo” and improve work conditions and career prospects was discussed at the 20th SAR Media (Recruit) Roundtable chaired by Professor Raymond So, dean of School of Business at Hang Seng Management College. The roundtable attracted government officials and industry experts. It was organized by Recruit Holdings and co-organized by China Daily Asia Pacific and the Hong Kong Management Association.One of the four economic pillars of Hong Kong, the tourism industry grew 7 percent year-on-year over the past decade, hiring more than 233,000 people, according to the Census and Statistics Department.Susanna Lau, Travel Expert’s general manager in Marketing and Product Development, said the standard of inbound tours varied significantly because some inbound travel companies were small and lacked proper management. She said these companies emphasized quantity over quality with tour activities relying heavily on shopping.There were nearly 50 million visitors to Hong Kong in 2012, of which 70 percent were from the mainland. The number is expected to hit 70 million after completion of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge in 2018.“We should not get conceited about the surging figures,” said Michael Wu, chairman of the Travel Industry Council of Hong Kong. He said half the visitors came to Hong Kong only for a day trip.“There is a real danger of having a tax-free zone in Shenzhen,” said Wu, who said he expected tourist numbers would drop by 10 million if the tourists felt there was no point coming here to shop anymore.Even for those who stay overnight, the manpower needed to deal with the ever-increasing inbound visitors was still insufficient, especially in catering and hotels. “None of the hotels in Hong Kong have enough staff,” stressed Benedict Chow, Harbour Grand Hong Kong’s general manager.He said the industry had to come up with a short-term solution to “stop bleeding”. Many of its experienced employees had been lured away by better packages in Macao.“I have seen the young people come and go in a month. We have opened for four years but we are always short-handed,” Chow said.He said sometimes parents opposed their children working in hotels because it was so demanding.Create the ‘halo’Theme parks face similar problems. With the mainland’s rising middle-class, Hong Kong’s theme parks need to increase capacity to reinforce their attractiveness, said Matthias Li, Ocean Park’s deputy chief executive.Apart from a nearly 30 percent turnover rate a year, the tourism industry finds it hard to recruit new talent. “We have to compete against other industries for the same pool of the workforce. For instance, only 20 percent of hotel management graduates join the industry. How are we going to change the image of the industry and create our ‘halo’ to young people?” asked Andrew Kam, managing director of Hong Kong Disneyland Resort.“It’s fine they change jobs, as long as they don’t change fields,” said Kam, adding that a “company’s culture” was the key factor in retaining staff.To attract young people, companies have to be proactive and seek out capable candidates on university campuses, advised Steve Huen, EGL Tours Co Ltd’s executive director. Huen said his company had started providing seminars at universities to explain tourism to students.“We have to let them know what we are providing is not simply a vocation, but a career,” Huen said.But travel experts also say many young people today lack a commitment to work and change jobs too easily.The service quality was deteriorating because the new generation had poorer language proficiency and lacked people skills.A steady source of manpower comes from institutes under the Vocational Training Council (VTC). Winnie Ngan, VTC’s academic director of Hotel, Service and Tourism Studies, said that her annual 5,000 students maintain a 90 percent employment rate after graduation.The relevant employment rate, meaning students joining the field equivalent to their study major, was 85 percent.But the industry still had problems attracting young people. This was because starting salaries varied greatly and some jobs were unappealing to young people. Waiters and bellboys, for example, were hit especially hard.Some difficult jobs remained unattractive to young people - no matter how well they were promoted, explained Professor Denis Wang, director of School of Hotel and Tourism Management at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. But he said there were still plenty of opportunities.“Throughout the eco迷你倉尖沙咀omic history of the world, all successful cases of economic transformation had to rely on the importation of low-skilled workers from elsewhere,” Wang said. Failing to make the most of this opportunity would hurt the economy.He added that Hong Kong had more to offer than just attractive destinations. For instance, it could develop medical, financial and education tourism.Michael Wu said that while importing foreign labor was controversial in Hong Kong, blindly increasing salaries was not a sustainable way to retain staff.Using Macao as an example, Wu said Hong Kong should be aware of the downside of using imported labor. Since Macao opened up its gaming industry in 2002, it had imported many workers from the mainland and other countries. But most of them worked for casinos.While casinos were competing against each other for workers by increasing salaries, they were still understaffed. Even after one offered more than HK$20,000 for a shuttle bus driver, it still could not get the right applicant, Wu said, citing a recent example.Other small businesses had to close because they could not afford to pay their workers as well, he added.Employment mismatch“What we see now is a mismatch between employers and employees,” said Secretary for Labour and Welfare Matthew Cheung Kin-chung.In October, the government launched a four-month population consultation to gather views on how to deal with an aging population and a shrinking workforce.With a 3.5 percent unemployment rate, Cheung said Hong Kong’s workforce was not being fully utilized. More manpower could be allocated to different areas.At present, there were about 500,000 women between 30-59 years of age currently out of the workforce. Some were forced to stay home to take care of children and elderly people.Cheung said if more nursing homes for elderly people and childcare services were available, these women could return to the workforce.New immigrants and South Asian minorities were also available, Cheung noted. People with disabilities were largely excluded from the job market, but they could potentially help society.“Employers have to change their mindset; these people are all valuable to the job market and to Hong Kong as a whole,” he said.Cheung said that as Hong Kong people enjoyed a long life expectancy, the city could make greater use of its elderly population. The government is studying the feasibility of prolonging the retirement age to 65 in the civil service. A report on the issue will be out early next year.Echoing Cheung’s suggestions, Michael Wu said labor insurance did not cover employees over the retirement age. This often stopped companies hiring older people.“We have to diversify some jobs. For instance, we hire part-time hotel cleaning women in some districts who refuse to work full-time or travel long distances just for a cleaning job,” Wu suggested.Harbour Grand Hong Kong’s Benedict Chow also urged the government to be less strict about allowing people to work in Hong Kong. He said he felt frustrated when his application to the Immigration Department for a Russian-speaker was rejected three times. Without such an employee, his hotel could not develop its business with Russian tourists. The number of Russian tourists visiting Hong Kong recently has been increasing considerably, he noted.Winnie Ngan stressed that long hours and a tough working environment were still deterring young people from entering the industry. Instead of telling them to be loyal, the industry should improve their work conditions, she suggested.With underused manpower in the city, together with new immigrants from the mainland, Matthew Cheung said Hong Kong would not consider importing labor from overseas unless there was no alternative.“The problem can’t be solved overnight and there is no single solution. The government, the industry and employers have to cooperate to sort this out. We don’t take antibiotics until the very end,” Cheung said.There is a real danger of having a tax-free zone in Shenzhen”Michael Wuchairman of the Travel Industry Council of Hong KongWe have to compete against other industries for the same pool of the workforce ... How are we going to change the image of the industry and create our ‘halo’ to young people?”Andrew Kammanaging director of Hong Kong Disneyland ResortEmployers have to change their mindset; these people (with disabilities) are all valuable to the job market and to Hong Kong as a whole”Matthew CheungKin-chungSecretary for Labour and WelfareThe standard of inbound tours varies significantly because some inbound travel companies are small and lack proper management”Susanna LauTravel Expert’s general manager in Marketing and Product Developmentmini storage
- Dec 13 Fri 2013 08:27
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再有五家銀行發行同業存單
本報北京12月12日訊 記者陳果靜報道: 交通銀行、浦發銀行、 興業銀行、 中信銀行、 招商銀行今日發佈公告稱,存倉12月13日將發行總額不超過150億元同業存單。其中, 交通銀行、 浦發銀行、 中信銀行、 招商銀行各發行同業存單30 億元, 期限為3個月; 興業銀行發行同業存單30億元, 期限為1個月。12月12日招標的首批同業存單發行結果已經儲存爐。其中, 工行1月期同業存單的利率為5.10%; 中行和建行的3月期同業存單利率達5.20%, 農行的3月期同業存單利率為5.18%; 國開行6月期同業存單利率為5.25%。與上海銀行間同業拆放利率 (Shibor) 相比, 首批同業存單發行利率不高。12月12日, 3月期Shibor利率為5.32%, 1月期Shi- bor利率為5.42%。迷你倉
- Dec 13 Fri 2013 08:20
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涉網上騙案 警拘10男女
連同兩人涉出售「好評」被捕,self storage警方周三起一連兩日採取名為「登�者」的行動,共拘6男4女,年齡由16至38歲;其餘被補的5男3女,涉及50名受害人及35萬元,警方並檢獲一批電腦、手提電話、銀行文件、提款卡及演唱會門票。當中有騙徒在今年5至11月,涉於社交網站、網上討論區及流動社交應用程式訛稱有演唱會門票出售,受害人將款項存入騙徒戶口後,便與對方失去聯絡。警方接獲30人報案,涉約4.5萬元。上述各人涉「以欺騙手段取得財產」被捕,其中一名21歲迷你倉何男子因違反法庭擔保條件,昨於在九龍城裁判法院提堂,其餘9人獲准保釋候查。網上撰失實好評或犯法網上有不少俗稱「打手」的人士,收錢為商品或食肆等撰寫好評,會否墮入協助行騙法網而不自知?律師梁永鏗表示,網上賣「好評」而被控協助或串謀詐騙,需證明賣「好評」者事前知道買家是進行詐騙,所以網上「打手」不會單單因為寫「好評」而被控協助或串謀詐騙。但他指,網上「打手」為商品或食肆撰「好評」,可視為廣告的一部分,若內容失實或誤導,可能觸犯《商品說明條例》。迷你倉樂器
- Dec 12 Thu 2013 11:23
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Vancouver asks for thorough oil-terminal study
Source: The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.迷你倉Dec. 11--A AVancouver neighborhoods cut off from fire and police protection by increased train traffic. A highly volatile commodity traveling near homes. An industrial area prone to liquefying in an earthquake.Those are among more than 100 areas of concern the city of Vancouver wants state regulators to include in their examination of the environmental impacts of a proposed oil-by-rail operation at the Port of Vancouver.City officials on Monday presented to the City Council a draft 12-page document outlining Vancouver's concerns about the proposal by Tesoro Corp. and Savage Companies to run a facility capable of handling as much as 380,000 barrels of crude per day for eventual conversion into transportation fuels. It would be the largest such operation in the Northwest.The city will send its concerns to the state Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council, or EFSEC, as part of the council's scoping process to decide what should be included in the environmental review of the project. The deadline for submitting remarks is Dec. 18.Senior Planner Jon Wagner told city councilors that thousands of people have submitted comments to EFSEC. "I feel confident the project will be thoroughly reviewed," he said.Project opponents want the city to request a comprehensive environmental review and to oppose the project. They include Jim Eversaul, a Vancouver resident and retired U.S. Coast Guard chief engineer, who was among 11 people who spoke to city councilors last month. "It's just not that many jobs for the price," he said of the oil-handling facility.The city's concerns reflect many of those raised by opponents, including potential oil spills, detrimental impacts to the city's waterfront redevelopment plan and climate change. But the city isn't taking a position on the oil terminal, according to its scoping comments. Instead, the city "encourages EFSEC to require a full and comprehensive analysis of the probable, significant adverse environmental impacts of the entire project."In an email to The Columbian, Rebecca Boucher, a spokeswoman for Savage, said the company and Tesoro declined to comment for this story.'Entirely cut off'The city's scoping comments mark the latest step in what's likely to be a yearlong regulatory process. The EFSEC will make a recommendation to Gov. Jay Inslee, who has the final say over whether the oil terminal gets built.In its comments, the city asks for an analysis of the "entire range" of impacts, not only of the oil terminal site itself but also of moving "the commodity to the port by rail and the shipping by ocean-going tanker on the Columbia River."Under the Tesoro-Savage plan, oil would be hauled to the port by train from North Dakota's Bakken shale formation, where crude is extracted by hydraulic fracturing. The oil would be stored at the port and transferred to ships headed to U.S. refineries. The companies say the project's benefits include about 250 temporary construction jobs, 120 full-time jobs and a significant boost to local and state tax revenues.Noting the possibility of increased train traffic through Vancouver, the city asks state regulators to examine the cumulative impacts of the Tesoro-Savage plan, two other oil-by-rail proposals in Grays Harbor, a potash-by-rail export facility planned at the Port of Vancouver, and two coal-export proposals in Longview and near Bellingham, all of which involve more trains.The city also asks state regulators to assess risks tied to the oil terminal and to analyze whether the effects on everything from neighborhoods and transportation to air, land and water will increase the need for public services."Some residential areas along the Columbia River could be entirely cut off from emergency services for extended periods of time and 迷你倉樂器ncreased frequency due to the length of the unit trains and slow speeds of the trains in city limits, or from trains stopped waiting for other trains to move," according to the city. "Emergency responders may have no alternative but to access these areas by boat. But such a response would be clearly inadequate for fire response or responses to criminal activity."Bakken oil 'highly volatile'State regulators also should identify the potential risks of an oil-train explosion "and if and how those can be mitigated to nonsignificant levels," the city says. Regulators also should review the federal government's investigation into concerns surrounding the shipment of Bakken crude by train."Bakken crude oil is recognized as being highly volatile," the city says. "The disaster at Lac-Megantic, Quebec, in which 47 lives were lost, demonstrates beyond question the danger posed by shipping this commodity through population centers."The city also says the oil terminal would be built "in an area identified to have a high risk of liquefaction in the event of an earthquake. The analysis needs to address this risk and its potential impacts."And state regulators should conduct "a full study" of the effects on the public of toxic air emissions from the oil terminal, the city says, including impacts "to those in poor health."The city points to its investments in a larger plan to redevelop Vancouver's waterfront, including $45 million in transportation improvements. Noting that rail tracks border the waterfront site, the city asks state regulators to identify the oilterminal's effects on the redevelopment plan, which calls for 3,300 residential units and 1 million square feet of commercial space on 32 acres of riverfront property.In its comments about climate change, the city quotes Tesoro and Savage from their oil-terminal application. The companies say that while most scientists agree human-generated greenhouse gas emissions are affecting the climate, there are no analytical tools "or established procedures for evaluating climate impacts from individual projects."The city sees it differently, remarking that "although there is some controversy with this concept," EFSEC's environmental-impact review "should address the potential impacts to climate" of the oil terminal.In a phone interview, Wagner, the senior planner, said the city thinks "the state ought to see if there is a way to measure it." He added, "We want the state to define it."Fire department weighs inThe city's remarks to EFSEC include a section devoted to an extensive list of concerns and requests from the Vancouver Fire Department. The department's requests include:--An analysis of the "fire and life safety risk and probability of error based on volume of crude oil and transport type," including risks to homes and businesses along the rail system and Columbia River.--An examination of the impacts on the fire department's ability to respond to emergencies and an identification of "deficiencies and needed mitigations such as training or equipment."--An evaluation of the proposed fire and spill protection systems for the proposed oil facilities.--An analysis of the design and construction of the oil storage tanks "in terms of the 2012 International Fire Code."Vancouver Fire Marshal Heidi Scarpelli said Tuesday she expects to seek outside expertise to help the fire department assess the proposed oil terminal's impacts as part of the environmental review. That's not an unusual step, she said, given the complexity of the oil-handling facility. "It's such a large project," she said.------Staff writer Stephanie Rice contributed to this story.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 The Columbian (Vancouver, Wash.) Visit The Columbian (Vancouver, Wash.) at .columbian.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉西貢
- Dec 12 Thu 2013 11:14
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橫店,“秀”TIME進行時
到橫店玩什麼?可能是很多人一直以來比較困惑的話題——看明星,迷你倉尖沙咀人家都在封閉的區域拍戲,閑人勿擾;想閑逛,不好意思,全是仿古建築,氣勢壯觀,但空蕩蕩一目瞭然。 為了打破這單一局面,橫店影視城煞費苦心。迄今為止,橫店已推出超大型演藝秀5台,特色演藝秀13台,小型互動節目數個。 而今年年初,一部號稱砸了6000萬打造的4D電影在橫店秦王宮上演。讓人驚喜的是,不少人在這部電影里看出了主題公園的味道,而這部名叫《龍帝驚臨》的軌道4D電影也毫無意外成為橫店旅遊最受寵的項目。 耗資6000萬拍的4D電影秀 導遊排隊看了15遍 戴上3D眼鏡,坐在過山車式的軌道車上,緩緩進入漆黑一片的秦始王陵,眼前各種刺激的立體畫面陪隨著軌道車的左右移動。 十一期間,橫店秦王宮的這部4D電影《龍帝驚臨》賺足眼球。這是今年4月橫店秦王宮景區全新推出的項目,耗資6000萬,片長只有7分鐘,但如此刺激和逼真效果的娛樂方式在橫店完全是一個全新體驗。 “項目雖然只有七八分鐘,但很多遊客尤其是散客卻因為喜歡,將秦王宮當成逗留時間最長的遊覽地點。”秦王宮景區負責人說,《龍帝驚臨》項目是以在本景區拍攝的好萊塢電影《木乃伊3》的精彩劇情為背景,以目前最具吸引力的大型室內娛樂項目之一Dark Ride的形式來表現,與主人公一起感受恐怖追擊所帶來的驚險與刺激,在電影特效、動感飛車、怪物襲擊中經歷一場驚心動魄的危險之旅。 “劇場就在秦王宮,逛完宮殿以後,就進入電影情節,非常刺激。節日期間,很多小朋友甚至願意重新排一次隊,連景區導遊都成了粉絲,按理他們已經見怪不怪,結果有兩人排隊看了15遍。”該負責人感嘆,這個6000萬花得還挺值,秦王宮已經成成了橫店最為火熱的景點。 橫店的“房子”已經很漂亮了 我們要做美味的“菜” 其實一部《龍帝驚臨》,就可以一窺橫店的野心。 “10多年前,很多旅行社還不願意來橫店,認為這只是建了一群不值得‘旅遊’的空房子和假古董,也就是說橫店不算旅遊景點,不是景點當然沒必要掏腰包。” 橫店影視城有限公司董事長兼總經理殷旭回憶,如今,橫店影視城已經是年接待遊客量過千萬人次的國家5A級旅遊景區了,而改變這一現象的重要一環就是,橫店的秀。 “我們不mini storage要把自家房子裝修得漂漂亮亮,請大家過來看,還要做頓美味的菜,把大家留下來吃飯。” 2001年,張藝謀攜武俠巨制《英雄》奔赴橫店,40%的場景取自橫店。殷旭敏銳地抓住了契機,利用電影影響力,打造了橫店的第一個演藝秀,用自己演員演出電影片段——《英雄比劍》。 從《英雄比劍》以後,橫店還推出了災難性實景演出《暴雨山洪》,氣勢如弘的《夢幻太極》,還有恢諧搞笑的《大話飛鴻》、《笑破天門陣》……遊客到橫店看演藝秀,成了保留節目。 迄今為止,橫店已推出超大型演藝秀5台,特色演藝秀13台,小型互動節目數個。僅去年一年,各種演藝秀的演出場次高達17993場,今年前5月演出7000余場,相當于一天要演出50場。 然而,作為橫店影視的領頭人,殷旭似乎對這一結果並不滿足。在他看來,這還只是開始。 未來10年演藝秀將達50個 打造中國夢式主題公園 就在不久前,橫店壓軸的演藝秀《夢幻太極》完成了第六次成功改版的升級版,從內容到場地全部推倒重來,並且引入國際最先進的設備水準。 不僅如此,2013年的橫店秀場上,又相繼推出兩台超大型的演藝秀《紫禁大典》和《秦淮八豔》,一台以歌舞形式講述故宮歷史變遷,一台則以影視全景方式演繹秦淮八豔,成為橫店繼《夢幻太極》之後最受歡迎的節目演出。 “未來3年,橫店固定演藝秀將增至30個以上,10年後將達到50個以上。”殷旭透露,橫店的未來,不僅要增加各類型的演藝秀,而一個以夢為核心的主題公園正在打造。 “如果說夢幻穀是第一代主題公園,那麼夢上海和夢想王國就是橫店第二代的主題公園,也代表著國際一流的水平,我們請來了美國環球影城的設計團隊來打造這一系列。”殷旭透露,光一個“夢上海”的主題公園,未來就會有十多場秀。 “很多人可能會覺得在橫店看不到明星,看不到劇組拍戲,覺得很遺憾。而劇組們又覺得,如果拍戲受干擾很麻煩,會影響進度,這樣的情況在未來我們就會進行改進。”殷旭說,以“夢上海”為主題的主題公園,遊客不僅可以觀看舞台式的演出節目,同時也可以隔著玻璃觀看劇組拍戲,起到讓雙方都滿意的結果。而“夢想王國”則試圖描述一個數十年以後的未來世界。 “橫店要打造的,就是一群中國夢式的主題公園。”殷旭說。 本報記者 貝遠景 張姮迷你倉
- Dec 12 Thu 2013 11:04
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China DIGEST
BeijingHigh child diabetes rateNearly a third of overweight primary and middle school pupils in the city suffer from high blood pressure and more than 60 per cent have diabetes, according to a survey by the city’s health authorities, the Beijing Times reports.迷你倉最平 More than 2,000 overweight pupils took part in the research.OK to bring your ownCapital restaurants have been banned from stopping customers from bringing their own drinks or charging extra for sterile dining ware, Xinhua reports. Regulations starting this month also stop restaurants from putting up signs that were deemed unfair, like those denying responsibility for lost or stolen belongings.FujianMurder suspect arrestedJinjiang police have arrested a man from Chongqing on charges he murdered his father earlier this year, the Strait Metropolis News reports. His mother and an uncle who police say helped him flee were also detained. The 18-year-old suspect said he been beaten and mistreated by his father since birth. Authorities say he attacked his father with a sickle after quarrelling over what channel to watch on television. The suspects will be sent to Chongqing for trial.Panic on busA child accidentally set off a fire extinguisher on a bus in Xiamen , causing a stampede on board, the Haixi Morning News reports. The nine-year-old pulled out the extinguisher’s safety bolt, setting off the device. Fresh with the memory of a fire on a city bus that killed nearly 50 people in June, passengers panicked and fled.HubeiConstruction rubble rowThe demolition of houses at a subway construction site in Wuhan has generated so much dust and debris that more than a dozen city street-cleaning trucks have been damaged from overwork, the Wuhan Evening News reports. Two construction companies involved in the project admitted they had not washed the trucks that carried construction rubble and many left the site without being covered. The companies were fined 6,000 yuan (HK$7,600), but that was less than the cost of repairing the trucks.Romantic wake-up callStudents at Hubei University have found a fun way of getting out of bed on cold wintry mornings, the Chutian Metropolis News reports. Students put their mobile numbers into a pool and give one on the list a wake-up call. A student who gets a call has to ring another in the pool. The pairing is strictly random, but callers and receivers are always of a different sex. Students said they were embarrassed at first, but soon loved the idea because it felt something like a blind date.JiangsuOfficials bankrupt dinerThe government in Zhancheng has admitted that for more than a decade its officials did not pay after dining at a small restaurant and the unpaid bills helped drive it into bankruptcy, the Modern Express reports. The government said the bills amounted to nearly 20,000 yuan, with the earliest dating back to 1998. Many officials who had signed bills have already retired and cannot be disciplined. The restaurant’s owner photographed the bills and posted pictures of them on the internet earlier this month to draw attention to his plight.Pedestrian crossing scamA man in Nanjing has been arrested by police and charged with extortion after he allegedly threw himself in front of a bus to demand compensation, the Yangtze Evening News reports. Police said the suspect learned cars had to stop for people at a pedestrian crossing and sensed a money-making opportunity. He was filmed by a surveillance camera迷你倉jumping in front of a slow-moving bus at a busy intersection.JiangxiWife beats ‘mistress’A woman in Ruichang was detained by police for 10 days and fined 500 yuan for beating and injuring her husband’s dancing partner in a jealous rage, the Jiangnan Metropolis News reports. Police said the woman saw her husband dancing with another woman in the city’s central square. She suspected the woman was her husband’s mistress and beat her to the ground in the public area, where many couples were dancing.Birds nests removedRailway workers have to remove hundreds of birds’ nests from the power lines of a railway connecting Jiangxi and Fujian provinces each month, Xinhua reports. The maintenance workers on the Xiangpu railway said they felt bad destroying the homes of so many birds, but the nests could fall and cut the power supply for high-speed trains. More than 16,000 devices have been installed on the line to scare birds away, but they have grown used to the technology.SichuanJailed for sex with girlA man has been jailed for 10 years by a court in Zizhong county for sleeping with a 13-year-old girl and impregnating her, the West China City Daily reports. The man, 40, met the victim on the internet last year and told her having sex with a middle-aged man would make her into a beautiful woman. The man later made her have an abortion. The victim’s parents were migrant workers and rarely at home. They reported the man to police and said they regretted their lack of care for their daughter.Tobacco sales riseTobacco farmers in the province earned 5 billion yuan selling dry tobacco leaves this year, about 25 per cent more than in the same period last year, the Sichuan Daily reports. The provincial government is to put more money and resources into the tobacco sector and away from more traditional forms of agriculture. The newspaper said the Jinsha River was to be developed into one of the country’s biggest tobacco-production centres in the coming years.TianjinMore room for bike lanesThe city’s government plans to reduce the width of car lanes in its future road-building projects to give bicycles and pedestrians more room, the Tianjin Express News reports. Authorities were seeking experts’ opinions on the narrowest possible width for a motor lane, but no final decision had been made.Festive meals on farmMore people plan to eat meals at farm restaurants over the Lunar New Year holiday than eateries in the city because of concerns over food safety, the Tianjin Daily News reports. One rural guest house in Ji county has received bookings from more than 400 families for the festive period.ZhejiangTurtle farming bannedSoft-shell turtle farming is to be banned in the Yuhang district of Hangzhou next year and the demolition of turtle farms has already begun, the Qianjiang Evening News reports. The district government said although Zhejiang contributed nearly half the supply of soft-shell turtles to the country’s food markets, the industry created serious water and air pollution. The farms discharge untreated animal waste into rivers and burn wooden flakes to keep turtles warm in winter.Piano teacher jailedA piano teacher was sentenced to 41/2 years in jail by a court in Hangzhou for stealing from a rich student’s home in July, the Qianjiang Evening News reports. The stolen items included watches, rings, handbags, cameras and skincare products worth about 180,000 yuan. Her thefts were not discovered until October.mini storage
- Dec 12 Thu 2013 10:55
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SHKP offers up to 20pc discount for new homes
Sun Hung Kai Properties has priced the first batch of flats at its upmarket residential development Century Gateway II, at West Rail’s Tuen Mun Station, at up to 20 per cent below those in the first phase launched in September last year.迷你倉尖沙咀This is the fourth residential project put on sale since October by the city’s second-largest developer.Despite the recent sales momentum in the market for new homes, SHKP yesterday announced the price list for 203 units at an average of HK$9,718 per square foot.The going rate for phase one flats is HK$11,000 to HK$12,000 per square foot.“It will draw interest from both end-users and investors,” said Sammy Po, a director at Midland Realty.Century Gateway II, which has 911 units, is the fourth development to be launched by SHKP since October. The others were the Cullinan at Kowloon Station, Imperial Kennedy in Western and Shouson Peak in Deep Water Bay.SHKP will offer a 7.5 per cent discount to Century Gateway II buyers until January 30mini storage plus an additional 4 per cent cut if the transaction is completed within 100 days.The price tag for a 659 sq ft unit on the eighth floor of Block 6, without the discount, is HK$5.7 million, or HK$8,703 per square foot in terms of saleable area.A 379 sq ft flat on the eighth floor of Block 8 costs HK$4.2 million, or HK$11,102 per square foot.Po expects the first batch of 203 units to attract more than 4,000 potential buyers, considering they are priced lower than expected.Last year, SHKP priced the phase one flats at HK$11,000 per square foot, making the residential project the most expensive in Tuen Mun at the time.Since October, developers have pulled in more than HK$37 billion, selling 3,300 units in 11 new projects, according to property agents.They estimate sales of new homes would exceed HK$40 billion since October, including those of Century Gateway II.That would bring total sales for the year to HK$90 billion – 30 per cent less than last year’s HK$127.5 billion.迷你倉
- Dec 12 Thu 2013 10:46
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Local, int'l experts to mentor 30 tech start-ups next week
Source: Jordan Times, AmmanDec.迷你倉將軍澳 11--AMMAN -- Local and international experts will provide intensive training and mentorship to around 30 tech start-ups in Jordan next week.On December 16 and 17, local start-ups are scheduled to undergo intensive training as part of the Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) initiative, organisers said on Tuesday.The experts include Jeff Hoffman, CEO of ColorJar, Chuck Eesley, assistant professor at Stanford University, Faysal Sohail, venture capitalist and Kari Hanson, former project director at SEED Design Lab at Stanford University."During the two-day boot camp, the Jordanian start-ups will have the chance to get acquainted with skills and practices that will help better manage their ventures and make them successful," said Cathleen A. Campbell, president and CEO of the US Civilian Research and Development Foundation, which leads the GIST initiative in partnership with the US Department of State.After the two-day boot camp, to be held in cooperation with Oasis500, 15 start-ups will be selected to take part in the GIST Demo Day on December 18, where they will have the chance to pitch their ideas to about 200 investors, Campbell told The Jordan Times."Our objective is to help start-ups in Jordan take their projects to the next level and... build networks between them and potential investors," she added."At GI迷你倉尖沙咀T, we are keen on enhancing the skills of entrepreneurs as well, as we believe that is key for creating jobs and making their ventures succeed."Campbell said about 60 Jordanians have applied to benefit from GIST programmes over the past two years, adding that 12 of them have won awards and mentorship.The GIST initiative builds entrepreneurial ecosystems in 54 countries across the Middle East, Turkey, Asia and Africa by identifying, coaching and funding the most promising technology entrepreneurs through its flagship competitions, start-up acceleration services, online social media platform and interactive mentorship programmes.The initiative holds several competitions, including the GIST Technology Idea Competition, which is designed to encourage and support technology and science entrepreneurs to launch and/or grow a company in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Turkey.In partnership with the MIT Enterprise Forum from the Pan-Arab region, GIST also launched the Business Plan Competition to all technology entrepreneurs with promising new technologies and companies, according to Campbell.Winners with the best business plans receive several cash awards and mentorship under this competition, she said.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Jordan Times (Amman, Jordan) Visit the Jordan Times (Amman, Jordan) at .jordantimes.com Distributed by MCT Information Servicesmini storage
- Dec 12 Thu 2013 10:37
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