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Date Posted: 07:23:53 09/25/01 Tue
Author: Liza previous message
Subject: Liza previous message

Degrees are passports to health, happiness: study

The followings are facts why nowadays young people have to go to university:
1. You will get a degree after leaving university
2. This will be the basic qualification when you apply for jobs
3. A valid passport for LIFE for future careers.
4. A ticket to get on the transport which bring you to a successful professional world

If there is someone who has said to you that it is not necessary to go to university. Don’t believe a word he/she said. You have to analysis the aim (for good side) or the plot( 陰謀) (for bad side) for telling you this.

Good side:
1. That he/she may try to comfort you because he/she knows that it is not possible for you to a placement at university
2. Try to take some pressure off you
3. Try to convince you that life will go on even if you don’t go to university – yes but you will face a lot of hardships in future. E.g. hard to get a better job, easy to lose chances for promotion and perhaps can’t find a good quality boyfriend (if you are a girl) – boys with good potential usually go to university.

Bad side:
1. Don’t want you to get a degree. Afraid that you become smarter than his/her children.
2. Query him/her if his/her children are university graduates – why he/she encourages people not go to university while he/she sent his/her own children to study their degrees abroad and not study a course at IVE or Institute of Education in Hong Kong. (E.g. someone likes Wong Mei-yung)

Here below is an valuable article published on Saturday 8 September in SCMP. Please read and digest it.

Degrees are passports to health, happiness: study
by Donald MacLeod

Graduates( 大學畢業生) are regularly shown to get better jobs than those who do not go into higher education (專上教育), but researchers have now claimed that they are generally likely to be healthier and happier, too.

Graduates’ children do better at school and are less likely to be assaulted (被攻擊) or involved in accidents, says the study published last week by the Higher Education Funding Council for England. Also claimed for graduates are greater engagement in voluntary organisations and more enlightened attitudes (開明的態度) to race and equality.

These benefits are not due to the fact that graduates tend to be cleverer and come from better-off families in the first place, insist John Bynner and Muriel Egerton, at the University of London’s Institute of Education.

Their research is based on a huge database held by the National Child Development Study, which has followed the lives of about 16,000 people born in March 1958.

After introducing controls for background factors such as social class and intelligence, the researchers compared graduates with their contemporaries (同期之人) without A-level qualifications (預科生) and with those who gained A-levels but did not go on to university or college.

Dr Bynner found the chances of having a professional or managerial job were much higher for graduates, especially women, and the chance of being out of work was much less. (This is damn true – genuine example – Liza Lai)

Graduates reported more skill improvements – in computing for instance – over the past 10 years than non-graduates.

Graduates were more likely to see themselves as in excellent physical health than non-graduates, but the most important health factor was family background (measure by father’s occupation and whether children had free school meals). Mature graduates also showed health benefits.

When it came to mental health, graduate men were half as likely to suffer depression as their peers (同職級之人) without A-level qualifications, while among women the effects of childhood circumstances were more marked. Taking these factors into account, graduate women were no less likely to suffer from depression that the group without A-levels.

Mature female graduates seemed particularly well protected from depression, however, possibly because they had passed the early, more stressful stages of family-building.

University drop-outs (無入大學的一群) seems to lose a lot of the benefits of higher education, the study found. Men who failed to complete their degrees were as prone to (易於導致) depression as those without with A-levels, while women who dropped out reported the same extent of violence from a partner as those without A-levels.

One general conclusion was that higher education produced a boost in well-being, said Dr Bynner. “There is a psychological (心理), self-esteem (自尊) and confidence building part of higher education that has spin-offs (副產品) in personal terms. Dropping out from an experience that offers so many opportunities must be very damaging.”

Well-being (身休精神健康愉快) seemed to be transferable to the next generation, too, he said. Graduates’ children were less likely to have educational problems and more likely to own at least 50 books. Many graduates were able to give their children advantages they themselves lacked.

“While these results are preliminary, they suggest that higher education may have a role in breaking the cycle of educational disadvantage,” Dr Bynner said.

Electoral voting (公民投票) was slightly more common among graduates, but markedly more so among mature graduates. They were more likely to be active in voluntary organisations, and much less cynical (憤世嫉習, 自私自利) about the political process – some of the most striking evidence of the social benefits from tertiary education (高等教育), Dr Bynner said.

Graduates were also less likely to be racist (種族主義者) or hold negative views about women’s equality (反對男女平等). “Higher education appears to make a distinctive contribution to increased tolerance of diversity, to commitment of equal opportunities and to resistance to political alienation,” he added. 專上教育最偉大的供獻是使人可寬容多元化的事物,主張人人平等及勇於抵抗政治上之分岐

Sir Brian Fender, chief executive of the funding council, said the research provided evidence of what had long suspected, but which had been hard to confirm – that higher education offered benefits far beyond the economic advantages of having a degree. “Clearly higher education is a profound force (難解力量) for social good, and this research shows why plans to widen higher education to all those who can benefit from it are so important,” he said.

Liza’s comments:

It doesn’t matter to have a degree or not if your father were Li Ka-shing. If not, make sure to get one.
Tell those people to piss off (泠屍掘路) if they say to you that there is no necessary to go to university.

Competition is hard and getting harder and hardest day after day. Believe me!

Leo,

I should let you see this attached content before you
leave HK as it is about immune system of human body
and telling you why you shouldn't stay awake from 12am
to 7am in the morning. If you can open and view this
as this is in Chinese, nevermind, I will airmail a
copy to you while I have your correspondence address.

Hope everything is alright. Don't worry about home.
We are fine. I am not as worried about you as few
years ago because I know you can make it and you have
grown up a lot. Take good care and ring home whenever
you feel like (since the distance call is no longer
expensive now). Leave your mobile on from 5pm (your
time) or when you get back to your room so if I want
to ring you, I can reach you via your mobile.

I love you.

Mother

Thu, 13 Sep 2001 05:51:48 +0100 (BST)

Dear Sue

Leo has broaded the Emirate airline last night and
will arrive Heathrow Thursday around noon. I asked
him to call you when he settles down in campus. I
have got a little thing for you so he may contact you
later.

Have you got a reliable travel agent because I want
you to help Leo book a flight for December back to HK
and return to England in January 2002. Should you
have one, please let me have details so I can contact
them direct.

Enjoy your lucky life as Auntie Sue as I understand
there are a few returning England for studying. Pam's
girl, Teresa's son and Leo, Adrian may return a week
later but he is a frequent traveller.

Have you heard from Beryl recently? How is the "how
pau"? I really miss her and others.

Take good care and thanks.

Love
Liza

Thu, 13 Sep 2001 17:16:33 +0100 (BST)

Leo

Glad to know that you have arrived safe and sound. I
wonder why it took so long for you to ring home. How
was the trip in Underground and Rail. It was not too
difficult, right? Thanks God, you are a young man and
so independent. I'm proud of you. Auntie Sue may go
to Amsterdam, Holland. Ring her to make sure you pass
the moon cake to her. Anyway she will be back to
London on 30 Sept.

Please read Auntie Sue's reply that she has given some
information about Travel Agent. Do give him a ring
and check price at your end.

Jocelyn missed you very much because she was scarce to
death by a cockcoach in her bathroom. She said if you
were there, you would kill the cockcoach for her.

Take care. Give me your correspondence address once
you have one.

Mum

Thu, 13 Sep 2001 12:57:34 +0000

Dear Liza,

Thank you in advance for your present.

There's travel agent that my ex-sister in law uses a lot is called Fast
East
Travel. Contact name is Stephen (speak chinese), tel. 44 20 74340102.

Good luck to the ticket hunting.

There's also a travel agent for students only called STA. Sorry I have
not
got the phone on hand. Will email once I can find their details.

Tyrone, Theresa's son will be arriving UK on 30th Sept. the day I will
be
returning from Amsterdam. He has lots of his things stored with me, so
I
will be seeing him. Adrian normally does not need my help unless it's
something very urgent. Sherleen, Pam's daughter is now in Malvin
College in
Worcester. She seems to be enjoying herself there. Will be staying
with me
during half-term week in Oct.

All the best.

Love
Susanna

Socking news of USA.

Sun, 16 Sep 2001 03:08:26 -0700 (PDT)

FOR THOSE WHO HAVE A MICROWAVE AT HOME

"Boiling Water in Microwave Ovens"

I feel that the following is information that anyone
who uses a Microwave oven to heat water should know.
My 26-year old son decided to have a cup of coffee. He
took a cup of water and put it in the microwave to
heat it up (something that he had done numerous times
before).
I am not sure how long he set the timer for, but he
told me he wanted to bring the water to a boil.
When the timer shut the oven off, he removed the cup
from the oven.
As he looked into the cup, he noted that the water was
not boiling, but instantly the water in the cup "blew
up" into his face.
The cup remained intact until he threw it out of his
hand but all the water had flown out into his face due
to the build up of energy.
His whole face is blistered and he has 1st and 2nd
degree burns to his face which may leave scarring.
He also may have lost partial sight in his left eye.
While at the hospital, the doctor who was attending to
him stated that this
is a fairly common occurrence and water alone)should
never be heated in a microwave oven.
If water is heated in this manner, something should be
placed in the cup to diffuse the energy such as a
wooden stir stick, tea bag, etc.
It is however a much safer choice to boil the water
in a tea kettle.
Please pass this information on to friends and family.

"General Electric's response:"

Microwaved water and other liquids do not always
bubble when they reach the boiling point. They can
actually get superheated and not bubble at all.
The superheated liquid will bubble up out of the cup
when it is moved or when
something like a spoon or tea bag is put into it. To
prevent this from happening and causing injury, do not
heat any liquid for more than two minutes per cup.
After heating, let the cup stand in the microwave for
thirty seconds before moving it or adding anything
into it. I hope this helps. Should you need any
further assistance, please contact us.

"Here is what our local science teacher had to say on
the matter:"

"Thanks for the microwave warning. I have seen this
happen before. It is caused by a phenomenon known as
super heating.
It can occur anytime water is heated and will
particularly occur if the vessel that the water is
heated in is new, or when heating a small amount of
water (less than half a cup). What happens is that the
water heats faster than the vapor bubbles can form. If
the cup is very new then it is unlikely to have small
surface scratches inside it that provide a place for
the bubbles to form. As the bubbles cannot form and
release some of the heat that has built up, the liquid
does not
boil, and the liquid continues to heat up well past
its boiling point. What then usually happens is that
the liquid is bumped or jarred, which is just enough
of a shock to cause the bubbles to rapidly form and
expel the hot liquid. The rapid formation of bubbles
is also why a carbonated beverage spews when opened
after having been shaken."
__________________________________________________
Terrorist Attacks on U.S. - How can you help?
Donate cash, emergency relief information
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/US/Emergency_Information/

Mon, 17 Sep 2001 15:55:14 +0000
(From Susanna Yau)
Dear Leo,

Thank you so much for your call and inform me that you have arrived UK
safely.

Sorry, I have not got any free weekend before October 21.

I will email you nearer to the time to arrange a time to meet you at
your
place. I have a car, I will drive down to your place and will treat
you to
Dim Sum in a Chinese Rest. near you.

Take care.

All the best.

Auntie Susanna
p.s. you may consume those Moon cakes from your Mum on behalf of me.

Mon, 17 Sep 2001 15:56:12 +0000
(From Susanna Yau)

Dear Leo,

Thank you so much for your call and inform me that you have arrived UK
safely.

Sorry, I have not got any free weekend before October 20 (Satuarday).

I will email you nearer to the time to arrange a time to meet you at
your
place. I have a car, I will drive down to your place and will treat
you to
Dim Sum in a Chinese Rest. near you.

Take care.

All the best.

Auntie Susanna
p.s. you may consume those Moon cakes from your Mum on behalf of me.

Tue, 18 Sep 2001 08:15:58 +0100 (BST)
有趣的名字

以下是我見過或認識的人的名字﹐如果是其中一份子請不要見怪﹐因為你們的名字十分搞笑。

鍾樂海
李科
梁伯呀
廖植彪

by against - 07/04/01 16:32

I know a Doctor in Mongkok as 李仲堅

by Man - 07/04/01 16:42

陸浩昌
Batty Lau 劉比蒂
史塔蓋

by Car - 07/05/01 01:01

提起陸浩昌﹐我就諗起伍浩昌﹐另外仲有楊剛夏。
Car: mud有人叫塔蓋ga?係咪鬼佬黎ga?

by against - 07/05/01 01:14

小理,
Ben Chow

by 人 - 07/05/01 01:19

周蕙娟

by vicky - 07/05/01 01:20

郭德雲
麥生仁
老來旺
吳廣德
畢可宜

..全是真名...

by 斯琴青蛙 - 07/05/01 04:05

以前聽電台，有個聽眾叫　柯蘭詩 (Nancy Or)
好慘...

by 小樹 - 07/05/01 08:41

我以前的補習先生叫"周新恆"

by Celia - 07/05/01 09:40

我以前班主任-魏力
舊同學-李寶茜
舊同事-洪梅貴

真珠都冇咁真架, 好好笑~
by vv - 07/05/01 10:33

我識得兩父子,阿爸叫李杰,個子叫李仲杰

by siu siu - 07/05/01 10:35

以前識得有個叫 "黃嘉藍" ---> 變綠?

by 衰妹 - 07/05/01 10:38

我中學同學叫 "林花"

by 萱 - 07/05/01 10:47

梁笠

by YY - 07/05/01 10:57

我個小學同學叫吳良深, 另外有個人叫莫思科

by 小小 - 07/05/01 11:26
Celia: I know a man, his name is 周偉恆

by against - 07/05/01 11:32
衛仍波
呂應楷
吳昭德
吳美麗


by ian723 - 07/05/01 12:22

三兄妹:

游詠富
游詠依
游詠慈

游世伯,咁大整古呀！

by 傻婆 - 07/05/01 13:17

我朋友叫吳長大

by QK - 07/05/01 13:21

我見過有個人叫：
羅有大...

by bearbobo - 07/05/01 13:28

我識人叫

吳錦耀....唔緊要
吳有仁....沒有人

by pier - 07/05/01 13:30

黃金劍, 聽講佢兄弟叫黃金刀

by bb - 07/05/01 13:42

Tue, 18 Sep 2001 08:38:02 +0100 (BST)

Dear all

I work harder these days as I read the editorial page
of Ming Pao and find them very useful. so I try to
look up some explanations for words/phrases I don't
know. They are hot topics about what happens recently
so they can be useful for your homework or
conversation with others.

Leo - you may need to have Chinese window for chinese
characters of this message.

Esther - please forward this to Wai Wai. Let me have
her email if she has one.

If you don't want to receive these editorial essays,
please let me know.

Do let me know if you have any comments or somethings
that you are not sure about the editorial.

Editorial Ming Pao dated 17.9.2001

Soccer 逋⑩, don＊t pronounce soc-cer. Pronounce as
soc-ker.

Government needs to deter (郯砦)juvenile (屾爛)
gambling

Yesterday a Polytechnic University research team
published its report on a study of Hong Kong People＊s
participation (Ⅳ) in gambling activities
(commissioned by the government淉葬鼠). Of those
surveyed (掩偰氪), 51%favour legalizing soccer betting
(翋??疏磁楊趙), while 36% are against doing do. As
popular support is not overwhelming
(腕祥善熊塵棳)), the government must be doubly
cautious (樓捷苤陑) when it decides whether to
legalise the form of gambling. It must have especial
regard to the profound effects 旮罫荌?its decision
may have on our young people. The reason is that the
most shocking 涾譑of the team＊s findings is that
minors (under 18) are more interested in sport-related
gambling 鷂綅衶剟P腔亂疵 than adults.

To illustrate 聃?, take soccer betting, which is the
subject of much controversy墿ぶ??. According to the
study, 5.7% of youngsters participate in this
activity, while only 2.9% of adults do so. It seems
clear that, since few young people are aware how
harmful gambling is, if soccer betting is legal and
people can conveniently place their bets芘蛁源晞, more
of them will participate in this activity.

Another shocking finding is that 78% of Hong Kongers
participate in gambling activities. As many as 90,000
Hong Kongers are pathological gamblers 瓷B?芺, and
15,000 of them are minors.

According to a definition given in the government＊s
※Gambling Review§ consultation paper, parthological
gamblers are punters 遼?芺who ※gamble frequently and
often beyond their means 閉堤蕼呾. That could lead to
accumulation 搪濛of debts癵邪葴B, emotional problems
①?祥假and loss of employment. Some of them may even
resort
朼祫郔摽祭砃to criminal activities or commit suicide
as a result§. The figures have set the alarm bells
ringing in Hong Kong about the prevalence of gambling
蕦?褫??疵, which is liable to
眢婈祫竘れ扦?觳cause social problems. Pathological
gambling is a time bomb ?r旍? which will most
probably cause society and individuals serious
problems.

The government should not talk about legalising soccer
betting until it has come up with effective measures
衄虴渠囥to deal with the harmful effects of gambling
and to educate youngsters about them. To talk about
legalising soccer betting when it has yet to do so
would be to encourage gambling, which is already
prevalent. What the government ought to do urgently
is to find ways to tackle 郯鰋uvenile gambling and
juvenile pathological gambling.

The research team has made 14 recommendations 膘荽.
In each of them it calls on the authorities to take
steps to minimise the harm of gambling. Its
recommendations include that the government should
※initiate 抆^ the making and use of teaching kits to
educate students out the nature of impact 漲?of
gambling as well as the nature and harm of
pathological gambling in their social studies or
ethics ①? classes§, and that it should
make it mandatory 楊隅for all printed media providing
legal gambling information to the public to reserve a
position to place warnings against excessive gambling
and information about help-lines剒猁堔翑§. Whether
or not it eventually decides to have soccer betting
legalised, the government should give the
recommendations its careful consideration.

Fifty one per cent of those surveyed favour legalising
soccer betting. However, the figure should not be
taken as a basis 磐? for legislating for soccer
betting. There are mainly two reasons. First, 35% of
those surveyed are against doing so. Second, a
respondent 掩偰氪indicated his own inclination
?A砃when he was surveyed; however, when it decides
whether to have soccer betting legalised, the
government must take into account its obligations
蕉]?奓nd the impact漲? its decision may have on
society 邈?摽垀局o扦腔漲?. One of the
government＊s important obligations is to ensure that
youngsters may grow up in healthy circumstances. It
is important to deter juvenile gambling and juvenile
pathological gambling. The government must therefore
give top priority to doing so.

Editorial Ming Pao dated 17.9.2001

Soccer 足球, don’t pronounce soc-cer. Pronounce as soc-ker.
Government needs to deter (阻止)juvenile (少年) gambling

Yesterday a Polytechnic University research team published its report on a study of Hong Kong People’s participation (參加) in gambling activities (commissioned by the government政府公佈). Of those surveyed (被訪者), 51%favour legalizing soccer betting (主張賭波合法化), while 36% are against doing do. As popular support is not overwhelming (得不到壓倒性勝禾)), the government must be doubly cautious (加倍小心) when it decides whether to legalise the form of gambling. It must have especial regard to the profound effects 深遠影響its decision may have on our young people. The reason is that the most shocking 震驚of the team’s findings is that minors (under 18) are more interested in sport-related gambling 與運動有關的睹搏 than adults.

To illustrate 證實, take soccer betting, which is the subject of much controversy長期爭論. According to the study, 5.7% of youngsters participate in this activity, while only 2.9% of adults do so. It seems clear that, since few young people are aware how harmful gambling is, if soccer betting is legal and people can conveniently place their bets投注方便, more of them will participate in this activity.

Another shocking finding is that 78% of Hong Kongers participate in gambling activities. As many as 90,000 Hong Kongers are pathological gamblers 病態賭徒, and 15,000 of them are minors.

According to a definition given in the government’s “Gambling Review” consultation paper, parthological gamblers are punters 狂賭徒who “gamble frequently and often beyond their means 超出預算. That could lead to accumulation 積累of debts債台高築, emotional problems 情緩不安and loss of employment. Some of them may even resort
甚至最後步向to criminal activities or commit suicide as a result”. The figures have set the alarm bells ringing in Hong Kong about the prevalence of gambling 隨處可見賭搏, which is liable to 易遭至引起社會問題cause social problems. Pathological gambling is a time bomb 計時炸彈 which will most probably cause society and individuals serious problems.

The government should not talk about legalising soccer betting until it has come up with effective measures 有效措施to deal with the harmful effects of gambling and to educate youngsters about them. To talk about legalising soccer betting when it has yet to do so would be to encourage gambling, which is already prevalent. What the government ought to do urgently is to find ways to tackle 阻擋juvenile gambling and juvenile pathological gambling.

The research team has made 14 recommendations 建議. In each of them it calls on the authorities to take steps to minimise the harm of gambling. Its recommendations include that the government should “initiate 帶頭 the making and use of teaching kits to educate students out the nature of impact 害處of gambling as well as the nature and harm of pathological gambling in their social studies or ethics 情緩 classes”, and that it should
make it mandatory 法定for all printed media providing legal gambling information to the public to reserve a position to place warnings against excessive gambling and information about help-lines需要援助”. Whether or not it eventually decides to have soccer betting legalised, the government should give the recommendations its careful consideration.

Fifty one per cent of those surveyed favour legalising soccer betting. However, the figure should not be taken as a basis 結論 for legislating for soccer betting. There are mainly two reasons. First, 35% of those surveyed are against doing so. Second, a respondent 被訪者indicated his own inclination 個人傾向when he was surveyed; however, when it decides whether to have soccer betting legalised, the government must take into account its obligations 考慮責任and the impact害處 its decision may have on society 落實後所帶給社會的害處. One of the government’s important obligations is to ensure that youngsters may grow up in healthy circumstances. It is important to deter juvenile gambling and juvenile pathological gambling. The government must therefore give top priority to doing so.

Wed, 19 Sep 2001 07:32:26 +0100 (BST)

Editorial – Ming Pao dated 18.9.2001

Lessons from US’ way of dealing with crises

THE AMERICANS have united as one in the wake of the
“September 11 disaster”. The US government is doing
what may make their grief ( 悲傷) to give way to
(讓路) their determination to rebuild New York. The
US government’s crisis management ability is quite
evident. President George W Bush has not only done
real things (applied to Congress for funds needed to
fight terrorism and provide relief 救濟及緩和緊張) but
also made visits to disaster areas, which are of
symbolic significance 重要的象徵. What is more
commendable 值得讚揚 is that the opposition 反對派has
offered the administration its full support. Common
people have waited in long queues to give blood. The
attacks on New York have allowed the world to witness
the American people’s solidarity團給. The whole
nation is now working together with one mind against
its foes* 敵人. We would do well to draw lessons from
the way in which the US has dealt with the crisis.

In 1982, after the US had come into 承繼being
(解怍立國初期), Washington fell to British forces
首都華盛頓陷入英軍之手. President James Madison fled
逃籬the capital. The nation was without a leader. On
7 September 1940, more than 200 German fighters
blitzed 空襲 London. As soon as the air raids were
over, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill went
out to view the blitzed city. The next day he said in
a speech broadcast nationwide that the people would
not flinch 畏驚or weary 筋皮力盡of the struggle 搏鬥,
hard 困難 and protracted 耽撊though it would be. The
British people fought bravely and endured 堅忍the
miseries of war 戰爭的傷痛. What Churchill, their
leader, had said and done was no doubt a great
encouragement to them.後來邱吉爾成為領袖
毫無疑問是基於他在國難時所講所做是對人民的無限鼓勵

Bush did not return to Washington immediately after
the attacks for security reasons. However, he was
soon in good shape. One hour after he had returned to
the White House, he made a televised speech. In it he
declared the administration’s determination to go all
out to hunt down the perpetrators暴行者 His speech
was of vital importance, for, as the American people
had been shocked by the tragedy, whose horrors were
beyond their imagination, a firm voice was needed to
call on them to remain calm and show solidarity.

New York Mayor Rudolph Guiliani has also played an
important role. No sooner had the tragedy happened
than he was two streets away from the scene directing
relief operations. Wherever he went, he yelled,
“Rebuild New York! Make it stronger and better!” He
soberly認真審愎 foresaw 預見problems. He warned New
Yorkers that any person who should drive prices up
would be liable to a fine 罰款 of US$500. He also
called on them to be friendly ethnic
Arabs小數阿拉伯人. He has won much praise.

As the terrorist attackers caught the US unawares, US
intelligence services were very much to blame.
However, common Americans and politicians have shown
solidarity instead of trying to ascribe 歸咎the blame.
Some citizens have volunteered to help find people
buried in the rubble; others have braved冒著風雨 rain
to wait in queues to give blood.

The opposition has pledged 誓言保證its full support
for the administration’s efforts. Some congressmen
have declared all House and Senate members saw the
same incident and would look at it in the same way.
Though they said they would again cross swords with
one another about domestic issues when the crisis was
over, they instantly approved the appropriation of
funds totalling US$40 billion so that the
administration could provide relief and fight
terrorism. Former US President Bill Clinton is among
those who have called on the people to stand by George
W Bush.

The US failed totally in the first two stages of
crisis management – warning and prevention. However,
it has done quite well in containing damage and
providing relief.

The Hong Kong economy has turned down. As yet we have
no idea when or how we can extricate 擺脫ourselves
from difficulty. If the government and the public
learn a lesson from the way in which the US has dealt
with the crisis and realise what Hong Kong must do
first is to win “the war to reinvigorate 重整the
economy,” the government probably can come up with
找到effective measures and have regard to citizens’
hardships, and legislators probably can offer
constructive views rather than just criticisms. It
would benefit the Hong Kong people for us to reduce
internal strife 爭E拗and devote 投人 our energies to
reinvigorating the economy.

*foe (singular number) foes (plural number)

My Comments:

事情發生後,不要歸咎責任,善後的工作才是最重要

成為頜領導人物,這時一句憵問,一個輕抱對遇難的人是最有較的支持(e.g.
克林頓),不要亂罵誰人該負責任以為大聲便好威風.緊記

國難或家難當前,將私人恩放開一旁,更要團結合力抵擋了外敵、將來大把日子算賬呢,例子如八國聯軍入侵中國,共產黨和國民黨暫停內戰共同擊退外敵,一旦中國被攻陷大家都變成亡國奴,要團結也遲了,另一例子是我們的twin祖父及他們的兒子也同樣上一幕團結的事:

我們的祖父是孖仔各有一兒子,即家惠的爺及美蓉姨[的父親,有一天他們四人因小事而不和而兩對父子各有各行,其他人見到乘机搶二伯公及二叔的生意還出手打他倆,因為相信我祖父及父親不會幫手,誰知他們一看見親人被打立即飛出幫手合四人之力打退外人,之後四人更摟頭摟髻去飲茶,好似從未罵交似的,以為從冇人敢欺負四人中之任何人
(故你們可見到我家人是如何團結互相幫助的了)

歷史是教我們如何處理困局,故大人多經驗,他們的說話,有時是不好聽,但不停地說,目的是及早指出錯誤,年青人永不相信直刻預料的結杲出了才後悔不早聽他們的囉梳,其實對或不好聽之言仔細思量一下,便發覺並非全無道理

多受教育之人對事物有獨特的分析

Fri, 21 Sep 2001 11:53:03 +0100 (BST)
Dear colleagues

This is not a normal chain letter but an expression of your support
for world peace, and use of peaceful means rather than arms to
eradicate terrorists from the world.

Anne Tsui

Please sign The Petition at

http://home.uchicago.edu/~dhpicker/petition

which appeals to world leaders to be level-headed and,
wherever possible, peaceful in their response to the recent
attack against the United States.
PLEASE FORWARD THIS MESSAGE TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE, AS
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
The signatures logged by the website above will be forwarded to
leaders around the world.
If we act quickly perhaps the 'leaders' will take into
Consideration the views of those they are supposed
top represent and lead. Perhaps we can decrease the death rate.
Thank you.

Mon, 24 Sep 2001 03:44:02 +0100 (BST)

Editorial 每 Ming Pao dated 22.9.2001

Co-operation between two systems

When China is a member of the World Trade Organisation
(WTO), many more foreign companies will do business on
the mainland. They would need legal services (
楊薺督), especially those related to litigation
(偍酏/湖夥侗 )and arbitration (笯笛/鼠). Yesterday,
Secretary for Justice Elsie Leung (褽?) said that
the SAR government, seeing that, had proposed that the
central government allow foreign companies to
stipulate (?隅) in their contracts that contractual
(磁廣奻眳) disputes 幟? be settled in Hong Kong. In
our view, the proposal is a perfect example of organic
(衄膘秶腔,), complementary (誑眈饜磁腔) co-operation
磁釬 between the two systems (Hong Kong＊s and the
mainland＊s) in one country (China). We believe it
would go a long way towards consolidating ( 樓?/?嘐
) Hong Kong＊s status (華弇) as an international
financial centre. Furthermore (森俋/奧й ), it is a
※win-win-win§(湜) proposal 膘荽 as it would not
only advance Hong Kong＊s interests but also benefit
foreign companies and the mainland. If it is
adopted蝐遢蚍{, Ms Leung should be given recognition.

In recent years the Hong Kong economy has been in poor
shape. Some have expressed the view that the central
government should consider funnelling funnel
穢須森賤蘆M晜腔諾嶲參踢嫶霜輴蓁) mainland money to
Hong Kong to help salvage 寰 its weak economy. We
have argued against their view in this column. Hong
Kong did achieve successes without relying on any
government＊s assistance. We should exert
專(赻撩眳)薯ourselves and rely on ourselves to
reinvigorate (笭淕 ) the Hong Kong economy. However,
Hong Kongers should seize ( 蚰蛂/袙蛂 ) business
opportunities consequent upon蕦眳(逌?杻鵁)追汜
the rapid growth of the mainland economy and China＊s
accession (樓 ) to the WTO.

Foreign companies are interested to do business on the
mainland because production costs are low there and
the China market is vast ?湮. What worries foreign
business people is that the mainland＊s legal system
is less than perfect. They fear disputes may not be
independently and impartially (鼠淏) adjudicated
(笛瓚) because mainlanders have different ideas of the
rule of law. The mainland is aware that this factor
does not help bring in investment. However, it is not
easy to change local government leaders＊ perceptions
, nor is it possible(蕻楊) in a little while 傻ぶ
quickly to train up large numbers of lawyers and
judges well versed 抇舑 in international trade
regulations and practices. That is why there is much
Hong Kong can do. Its legal system dovetailed (恉磁 )
with other countries＊ a long time ago, it boasts
(敼塔B竭嗣??薺?奧竘眕s ) large numbers of
experienced lawyers, and it is praised (掩想? ) in
the world for its independent judiciary (侗楊?蕾 )
and sound (謎疑) legal system. Therefore, foreign
business people have much confidence in Hong Kong＊s
legal services.

If you want to illustrate ※win-win§ co-operation
under ※one country, two systems§, complementary
co-operation between Hong Kong and the mainland in the
provision of legal services may come in handy
(y忒磁釬). Hong Kong lawyers once requested that the
central government lift restrictions on their practice
on the mainland. However, it would not lead to a
※win-win§ situation for the central government to do
so because it might harm mainland lawyers＊ interests.
However, Elsie Leung＊s proposal would boost
樓?foreign business people＊s confidence and directly
improve the investment environment on the mainland.
If it is adopted, the ※pie§ will become larger, and
Hong Kong, the mainland and foreign businesses will
all be ※winners§.

If it is implemented (芢俴 ), the proposal will be a
perfect example of the SAR government and the central
government joining forces to ※build nests to attract
phoenixes (磐鋒眸礩眳砩 ※). However, Hong Kong
lawyers have to be able to grasp (蚰駟) opportunities
when they arise. No business is right at the door.
Even if more foreign businesses need their services,
Hong Kong lawyers must complete with one another.
Therefore, to grasp new opportunities and meet new
challenges, Hong Kong lawyers relying too heavily on
conveyancing (創煇家頏D?岈 ) must promptly equip
(?辦挕娊 ) themselves 每 acquire ( z/腕善 )
expertise ㄡ齦n commercial arbitration (妀I夥侗),
international trade and the law of contract.

Liza＊s comments:

We have to learn to speak fluent Putonghua now.

Hong Kong is very small, we have to move our goal to
China where there is a vast market and provides lots
of new opportunities.

It is anticipated that next generation like you people
will one day station in China rather than in Hong
Kong.

So equip yourselves first of all speak good Putonghau
and learn better English.

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