中國出手 東海攔日艇 令兩測量船停作業 日方抗議
(明報)2010年9月12日
【明報專訊】中日釣魚島撞船紛爭愈演愈烈，雙方都出動執法船隻前往事發海域附近巡邏，日本 海上保安廳表示，昨日在沖繩主島西北偏西的日本專屬經濟區（EEZ）內，該廳兩艘正在進行海洋調查的測量船隻，被中國官方船隻勒令停止作業。日方已透過外交途徑提出抗議。從日方發布的相片顯示，中國官方船隻是「海監51」號，隸屬國家海洋局東海分局，該船過去曾多次去釣魚島海域巡邏。
日本傳媒報道，昨日清晨7點40分左右，在沖繩主島西北偏西約280公里的日本專屬經濟區內，日本海上保安廳兩艘正在進行海洋調查的測量船「昭洋」號和「拓洋」號，接到中國政府船隻命令其停止作業的要求。
日艇3000噸 中方僅1690噸
海上保安廳表示，排水量1690噸的中國船隻當時透過無線電，用英語向排水量3000噸的「昭洋」號發出命令稱，該處是中國管轄海域，請根據國際條約及中國法律立即停止調查。「昭洋號」回覆稱「正在我國EZZ內實施正常調查活動」，然後繼續調查，直至上午9點30分左右，按原計劃結束作業。
中國執法船隻在發出要求前的7點35分鐘左右，曾一度駛至距離「昭洋」號左舷僅550米處，然後超越「昭洋」號。海上保安廳已就此事聯繫日本外務省，外務省下午透過外交途徑向中方提出了抗議。
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逼近距離日艇550米
根據日方發布的照片顯示，中國此次派出的是「海監51」號海洋監察船，屬於國家海洋局東海分局，曾多次去釣魚島海域。在今年5月3日，「海監51」號亦曾在日本奄美大島西北方海域，接近一艘日本測量船並展開追逐，當時被追趕的正是「昭洋」號，追逐維時3小時45分。日本事後曾向中國政府提出嚴重抗議。
報道指出，在日本海上保安廳船隻與中國漁船在釣魚島附近海域碰撞、中國船長遭逮捕後，中國政府曾宣布，派出隸屬農業部的大型漁政船前往釣魚島附近海域「維護海洋權益」。此事令日方十分緊張，日本海上自衛隊（相等於海軍）派出多架偵察機和巡邏機，前往東海和釣魚島附近海域監視中國漁政船，海上保安廳亦調動多艘巡邏艇在釣島附近戒備。
日偵察機監視漁政船
日本外務省周四（9日）就曾此向中國政府提出強烈抗議，指摘中國政府的這一做法是挑釁，會令事件變得複雜化，要求中國漁政船立即離開釣魚島附近海域。日本防衛大臣北澤俊美在周五（10日）對記者表示，中國的漁政船已經開始離開釣魚島附近海域。他還以一種鬆一口氣的口脗說，「我們還在繼續加強監視，但是現場可以說已經趨向於平靜」。
2010-09-12
2010-09-09
美國首富邀宴 中國富豪紛迴避
美國首富邀宴 中國富豪紛迴避
(法新社)2010年9月8日 星期三
（法新社北京 8日電） 根據報導，僅有2名中國超級富翁已經接受邀請，願意出席美國 慈善家比爾•蓋茲（Bill Gates）和巴菲特（Warren Buffett）的慈善晚會，其他人都擔心會被施壓捐獻而卻步。
蓋茲和巴菲特是美國2大首富，他們一向呼籲其他美國有錢人把至少一半的身家財產捐做慈善，並且打算於本月29日在北京為中國的超級富翁舉辦慈善晚宴。
中國的億萬富翁人數僅次於美國，但是「新華社 」昨天晚間報導，僅有2名企業家已表示打算出席蓋茲和巴菲特的晚宴。
新華社也引述蓋茲基金會中國區發言人張京（Zhang Jing譯音）談話報導，基金會邀請了大約50名富翁，但是「要確認他們是否出席還有困難」。
蓋茲基金會中國分支已經「再三重申」，受邀者不需要捐款，而且受邀者名單絕對保密。
「法新社」（AFP）目前無法聯繫上張京查證，但是基金會另外一名員工被問到是否到目前為止，真得只有2人願意出席晚宴時表示：「這完全不是事實。」
媒體本周也引述該基金會中國區主任葉雷的說法，表示這次慈善晚會不會給中國富豪們壓力。
葉雷接受「中國日報」（China Daily）訪問時說：「（蓋茲和巴菲特）他們來這裡是想看看未來有什麼合作的機會，或者建立一個慈善聯盟。」
巴菲特上月曾說，他和蓋茲到中國是要「分享經驗，如果他們認為我們的想法是個好主意，願意採納運用，我們會很高興」。
目前只有1名受邀者公開表態會出席，也會捐款。他是中國企業家兼慈善家陳光標。
中國驚人的經濟成長已經造就越來越多的超級富豪。根據「富比世」（Forbes）雜誌，中國的億萬富翁就有64人，僅次於美國的403人。
新華社引述一名中國慈善基金會官員說，傳統上中國有錢人富僅傳家，澤庇子孫的觀念還是很重，中國的慈善事業才在起步階段。（譯者：中央社賴秀如）
(法新社)2010年9月8日 星期三
（法新社北京 8日電） 根據報導，僅有2名中國超級富翁已經接受邀請，願意出席美國 慈善家比爾•蓋茲（Bill Gates）和巴菲特（Warren Buffett）的慈善晚會，其他人都擔心會被施壓捐獻而卻步。
蓋茲和巴菲特是美國2大首富，他們一向呼籲其他美國有錢人把至少一半的身家財產捐做慈善，並且打算於本月29日在北京為中國的超級富翁舉辦慈善晚宴。
中國的億萬富翁人數僅次於美國，但是「新華社 」昨天晚間報導，僅有2名企業家已表示打算出席蓋茲和巴菲特的晚宴。
新華社也引述蓋茲基金會中國區發言人張京（Zhang Jing譯音）談話報導，基金會邀請了大約50名富翁，但是「要確認他們是否出席還有困難」。
蓋茲基金會中國分支已經「再三重申」，受邀者不需要捐款，而且受邀者名單絕對保密。
「法新社」（AFP）目前無法聯繫上張京查證，但是基金會另外一名員工被問到是否到目前為止，真得只有2人願意出席晚宴時表示：「這完全不是事實。」
媒體本周也引述該基金會中國區主任葉雷的說法，表示這次慈善晚會不會給中國富豪們壓力。
葉雷接受「中國日報」（China Daily）訪問時說：「（蓋茲和巴菲特）他們來這裡是想看看未來有什麼合作的機會，或者建立一個慈善聯盟。」
巴菲特上月曾說，他和蓋茲到中國是要「分享經驗，如果他們認為我們的想法是個好主意，願意採納運用，我們會很高興」。
目前只有1名受邀者公開表態會出席，也會捐款。他是中國企業家兼慈善家陳光標。
中國驚人的經濟成長已經造就越來越多的超級富豪。根據「富比世」（Forbes）雜誌，中國的億萬富翁就有64人，僅次於美國的403人。
新華社引述一名中國慈善基金會官員說，傳統上中國有錢人富僅傳家，澤庇子孫的觀念還是很重，中國的慈善事業才在起步階段。（譯者：中央社賴秀如）
2010-09-06
和風月餅過中秋
和風月餅過中秋
2010年09月03日,星期五
metrohk
自新派月餅興起後，差不多想得到的，都能成為月餅的材料，今個中秋，city’super除首度推出自家品牌月餅，店內的日式甜點專櫃菓匠茶屋亦加入戰團，推出限量版「和風月餅」系列，為大家帶 來全新味覺。
Cooking & Kitchen
Grocery Stores
2010年09月03日,星期五
metrohk
自新派月餅興起後，差不多想得到的，都能成為月餅的材料，今個中秋，city’super除首度推出自家品牌月餅，店內的日式甜點專櫃菓匠茶屋亦加入戰團，推出限量版「和風月餅」系列，為大家帶 來全新味覺。
Cooking & Kitchen
Grocery Stores
全新南瓜蓉月好禮過中秋
全新南瓜蓉月好禮過中秋
2010年09月03日,星期五
中秋佳節將至，除了一家人齊齊整整團圓外，更要選購合適的月餅禮盒，送贈親友，適逢佳節，富豪酒店特別推出四款尊貴的富豪中秋禮籃，當中包括：美滿好時節禮籃($3,388)、豐收賀昇平禮籃($1,988 )、秋月慶團圓禮籃($1,388)、花間同醉月禮籃($888)，內有螺片翅及月餅禮盒， 8月31日前購買可獲最高52折優惠及送貨服務，是送禮自用皆宜的最佳選擇。
Cooking & Kitchen
Grocery Stores
除了禮籃外，富豪亦有全新健怡清香的迷你半黃南瓜蓉月(每盒$268)，選用低糖白蓮蓉作餡料，健康怡人，口感清香軟滑，祟尚健康飲食的你一定鍾意。
查詢：2286 6618(富豪機場酒店)
2010年09月03日,星期五
中秋佳節將至，除了一家人齊齊整整團圓外，更要選購合適的月餅禮盒，送贈親友，適逢佳節，富豪酒店特別推出四款尊貴的富豪中秋禮籃，當中包括：美滿好時節禮籃($3,388)、豐收賀昇平禮籃($1,988 )、秋月慶團圓禮籃($1,388)、花間同醉月禮籃($888)，內有螺片翅及月餅禮盒， 8月31日前購買可獲最高52折優惠及送貨服務，是送禮自用皆宜的最佳選擇。
Cooking & Kitchen
Grocery Stores
除了禮籃外，富豪亦有全新健怡清香的迷你半黃南瓜蓉月(每盒$268)，選用低糖白蓮蓉作餡料，健康怡人，口感清香軟滑，祟尚健康飲食的你一定鍾意。
查詢：2286 6618(富豪機場酒店)
中秋月餅純金製造
中秋月餅純金製造
2010年09月03日
星期五
隨着中秋佳節臨近，內地商家各出奇謀使出不同招數，希望在龐大的中秋消費市場中分一杯羹。蘇州一金店推出的用千足金製成的「黃金月餅」，迎合節日市場。
Chocolates
Coffee
Cookies
2010年09月03日
星期五
隨着中秋佳節臨近，內地商家各出奇謀使出不同招數，希望在龐大的中秋消費市場中分一杯羹。蘇州一金店推出的用千足金製成的「黃金月餅」，迎合節日市場。
Chocolates
Coffee
Cookies
中秋整餅學堂 親焗溫馨心悠月
中秋整餅學堂 親焗溫馨心悠月
(星島)2010年9月1日
(星島日報 報道)劉心悠 一向給人弱質纖纖的感覺，原來身形甚Fit的她是個「為食」之人，平時在家中也會間中下廚，家常小炒及老火湯都難不到她。即將來到中秋佳節，她更為家人DIY月餅！今日特請來劉心悠教大家「整餅」，各位準備上課。
文：趙庭欣
圖：褚樂琪、何健勇
場地提供：無休館
掃蛋漿 餅皮添光澤
劉心悠最近擔任飲食節目主持，對飲食更多添了研究及心得。「中秋節很想跟家人一起過，但因為工作，不是每年都可以回台灣 過節，所以我會訂月餅送給家人品嘗。」今年，心悠剛剛跟師傅偷師後，急不及待與讀者分享製作月餅的方法。「其實月餅的做法很簡單，最重要是先在模內灑上麵粉，再將粉糰放入模，不然粉糰會黏住很難取出。入爐前掃上蛋漿，焗出來的月餅才更有光澤。」二十分鐘後月餅出爐，香氣撲鼻，小記忍不住想即場品嘗，心悠立即叫停：「月餅焗好後不能即時吃，因為這時月餅皮較硬，需要在室溫放上大半天，餅皮才能變成我們平時吃到又軟又滑的口感。」吃月餅也有一番學問，心悠果然變成飲食達人！
NutsOnline
NutsOnTheNet
製作月餅後心悠見桌上的「剩餘物資」，忽發奇想：「其實剩下的月餅皮也可以用來做餅，搓成不同形狀，再掃上蛋漿，入爐以二百二十度焗二十五分鐘即可。以前的人會將餅皮做成小豬的形狀，焗好後放入小竹籠，起名豬籠餅，同樣是中秋的傳統食品。可見中國人很久以前已經很環保，不會浪費食物。」她愛吃月餅，難得不怕身材走樣：「吃月餅也只是一年一度，其實最重要是飲食均衡。我也是嗜甜的人，最喜歡傳統月餅，平時在家中我會將月餅橫切成一塊塊薄片，這樣既可試出蓮蓉的味道，又不會過於膩滯。另外，最近也愛吃鹹食的金華火腿月餅，有種新產品更在金腿月中加入XO醬，更加惹味。最近我常去銅鑼灣 的無休館，因為他們最新推出中秋限定堂食月餅下午茶，可一次過吃齊XO醬金華火腿月、雙黃蓮蓉月及奶黃月，伴上意大利 Parma Ham哈密瓜卷、意式雜菌酥、青檸啫喱等小食，味道選擇更多，每次吃到這些甜食，都覺得很幸福。」
材料 （17個分量）
麵粉 半磅
花生油 50克
糖漿 130克
食用鹼水 3.75克
鹹蛋黃 34個
蓮蓉 1磅
做法
1. 花生油、
糖漿及食用
鹼水加入麵
粉當中。
2. 將麵粉跟
花生油、糖
漿等搓勻，
直至成為淡
黃色粉糰。
3. 在粉糰上
淋上麵粉，
壓成3mm厚
的薄皮，做
成10cm直徑
的圓形。
4. 將蓮蓉切
小，再搓成
約 2 吋直徑
的圓球。
5. 用蓮蓉將
2 顆鹹蛋黃
包住，可依
口味加減蛋
黃的數量。
6. 以先前準
備好的餅皮
包住蓮蓉，
並搓成圓球
狀。
7. 在月餅模
上灑上少許
麵粉，再將
多餘的麵粉
倒出。
8. 將已搓好
的粉糰放入
模內壓平，
謹記要壓實
月餅才能成
形。
9. 用力將月
餅模打側拍
打到桌上，
並將餅糰倒
出。
10. 掃上蛋
漿後入爐以
220 度焗約
20分鐘，擱
涼後待餅皮
變軟即可。
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地址：銅鑼灣百德新街22至36號翡翠明珠廣場1樓
查詢：2148 3388
Info 奇華餅家
查詢：2785 6066
豬籠餅 $21/奇華
做月餅剩下的餅皮可做成豬籠餅，如果沒時間自己製作，市面也有完成品發售。
珠姐XO醬金華火腿月
$258/奇華
鹹香中又有XO醬的惹味，味道層次甚豐。
二人High Tea慶中秋套餐
$98
（兩位用）/無休館
一次過品嘗多款口味月餅，以及意式雜菌酥、鮮果西柚啫喱等六款小食。
(星島)2010年9月1日
(星島日報 報道)劉心悠 一向給人弱質纖纖的感覺，原來身形甚Fit的她是個「為食」之人，平時在家中也會間中下廚，家常小炒及老火湯都難不到她。即將來到中秋佳節，她更為家人DIY月餅！今日特請來劉心悠教大家「整餅」，各位準備上課。
文：趙庭欣
圖：褚樂琪、何健勇
場地提供：無休館
掃蛋漿 餅皮添光澤
劉心悠最近擔任飲食節目主持，對飲食更多添了研究及心得。「中秋節很想跟家人一起過，但因為工作，不是每年都可以回台灣 過節，所以我會訂月餅送給家人品嘗。」今年，心悠剛剛跟師傅偷師後，急不及待與讀者分享製作月餅的方法。「其實月餅的做法很簡單，最重要是先在模內灑上麵粉，再將粉糰放入模，不然粉糰會黏住很難取出。入爐前掃上蛋漿，焗出來的月餅才更有光澤。」二十分鐘後月餅出爐，香氣撲鼻，小記忍不住想即場品嘗，心悠立即叫停：「月餅焗好後不能即時吃，因為這時月餅皮較硬，需要在室溫放上大半天，餅皮才能變成我們平時吃到又軟又滑的口感。」吃月餅也有一番學問，心悠果然變成飲食達人！
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製作月餅後心悠見桌上的「剩餘物資」，忽發奇想：「其實剩下的月餅皮也可以用來做餅，搓成不同形狀，再掃上蛋漿，入爐以二百二十度焗二十五分鐘即可。以前的人會將餅皮做成小豬的形狀，焗好後放入小竹籠，起名豬籠餅，同樣是中秋的傳統食品。可見中國人很久以前已經很環保，不會浪費食物。」她愛吃月餅，難得不怕身材走樣：「吃月餅也只是一年一度，其實最重要是飲食均衡。我也是嗜甜的人，最喜歡傳統月餅，平時在家中我會將月餅橫切成一塊塊薄片，這樣既可試出蓮蓉的味道，又不會過於膩滯。另外，最近也愛吃鹹食的金華火腿月餅，有種新產品更在金腿月中加入XO醬，更加惹味。最近我常去銅鑼灣 的無休館，因為他們最新推出中秋限定堂食月餅下午茶，可一次過吃齊XO醬金華火腿月、雙黃蓮蓉月及奶黃月，伴上意大利 Parma Ham哈密瓜卷、意式雜菌酥、青檸啫喱等小食，味道選擇更多，每次吃到這些甜食，都覺得很幸福。」
材料 （17個分量）
麵粉 半磅
花生油 50克
糖漿 130克
食用鹼水 3.75克
鹹蛋黃 34個
蓮蓉 1磅
做法
1. 花生油、
糖漿及食用
鹼水加入麵
粉當中。
2. 將麵粉跟
花生油、糖
漿等搓勻，
直至成為淡
黃色粉糰。
3. 在粉糰上
淋上麵粉，
壓成3mm厚
的薄皮，做
成10cm直徑
的圓形。
4. 將蓮蓉切
小，再搓成
約 2 吋直徑
的圓球。
5. 用蓮蓉將
2 顆鹹蛋黃
包住，可依
口味加減蛋
黃的數量。
6. 以先前準
備好的餅皮
包住蓮蓉，
並搓成圓球
狀。
7. 在月餅模
上灑上少許
麵粉，再將
多餘的麵粉
倒出。
8. 將已搓好
的粉糰放入
模內壓平，
謹記要壓實
月餅才能成
形。
9. 用力將月
餅模打側拍
打到桌上，
並將餅糰倒
出。
10. 掃上蛋
漿後入爐以
220 度焗約
20分鐘，擱
涼後待餅皮
變軟即可。
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2010-08-25
Microbes ate BP oil deep-water plume: study
Microbes ate BP oil deep-water plume: study
By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent
Tue Aug 24
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Manhattan-sized plume of oil spewed deep into the Gulf of Mexico by BP's broken Macondo well has been consumed by a newly discovered fast-eating species of microbes, scientists reported on Tuesday.
The micro-organisms were apparently stimulated by the massive oil spill that began in April, and they degraded the hydrocarbons so efficiently that the plume is now undetectable, said Terry Hazen of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
These so-called proteobacteria -- Hazen calls them "bugs" -- have adapted to the cold deep water where the big BP plume was observed and are able to biodegrade hydrocarbons much more quickly than expected, without significantly depleting oxygen as most known oil-depleting bacteria do.
Oxygen is essential to the survival of commercially important fish and shellfish; a seasonal low-oxygen "dead zone" forms most summers in the Gulf of Mexico, caused by farm chemical run-off that flows down the Mississippi River.
Hydrocarbons in the crude oil from the BP spill actually stimulated the new microbes' ability to degrade them in cold water, Hazen and his colleagues wrote in research published on Tuesday in the journal Science.
In part, Hazen said, this is because these new "bugs" have adjusted over millions of years to seek out any petroleum they can find at the depths where they live, which coincides with the depth of the previously observed plume, roughly 3000 feet. At that depth, water temperature is approximately 41 degrees F (5 degrees C).
FEASTING ON HYDROCARBONS
Long before humans drilled for oil, natural oil seeps in the Gulf of Mexico have put out the equivalent of an Exxon Valdez spill each year, Hazen said.
Another factor was the consistency of the oil that came from the Macondo wellhead: light sweet Louisiana crude, an easily digestible substance for bacteria, and it was dispersed into tiny droplets, which also makes it more biodegradable.
These latest findings may initially seem to be at odds with a study published last Thursday in Science by researchers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, which confirmed the existence of the oil plume and said micro-organisms did not seem to be biodegrading it very quickly.
However, Hazen and Rich Camilli of Woods Hole both said on Tuesday that the studies complement each other.
The Woods Hole team used an autonomous robot submarine and a mass spectrometer to detect the plume, but were forced to leave the area in late June, when Hurricane Alex threatened. At that time, they figured the plume was likely to remain for some time.
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But that was before the well was capped in mid-July. Hazen said that within two weeks of the capping, the plume could not be detected, but there was a phenomenon called marine snow that indicated microbes had been feasting on hydrocarbons.
As of Tuesday, there was no sign of the plume, Hazen said.
That doesn't mean there is no oil left from the 4.9 million barrels of crude that spilled into the Gulf after the April 20 blowout at BP's Deepwater Horizon rig. The U.S. government estimated on August 4 that 50 percent of the BP oil is gone from the Gulf and the rest is rapidly degrading.
By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent
Tue Aug 24
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Manhattan-sized plume of oil spewed deep into the Gulf of Mexico by BP's broken Macondo well has been consumed by a newly discovered fast-eating species of microbes, scientists reported on Tuesday.
The micro-organisms were apparently stimulated by the massive oil spill that began in April, and they degraded the hydrocarbons so efficiently that the plume is now undetectable, said Terry Hazen of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
These so-called proteobacteria -- Hazen calls them "bugs" -- have adapted to the cold deep water where the big BP plume was observed and are able to biodegrade hydrocarbons much more quickly than expected, without significantly depleting oxygen as most known oil-depleting bacteria do.
Oxygen is essential to the survival of commercially important fish and shellfish; a seasonal low-oxygen "dead zone" forms most summers in the Gulf of Mexico, caused by farm chemical run-off that flows down the Mississippi River.
Hydrocarbons in the crude oil from the BP spill actually stimulated the new microbes' ability to degrade them in cold water, Hazen and his colleagues wrote in research published on Tuesday in the journal Science.
In part, Hazen said, this is because these new "bugs" have adjusted over millions of years to seek out any petroleum they can find at the depths where they live, which coincides with the depth of the previously observed plume, roughly 3000 feet. At that depth, water temperature is approximately 41 degrees F (5 degrees C).
FEASTING ON HYDROCARBONS
Long before humans drilled for oil, natural oil seeps in the Gulf of Mexico have put out the equivalent of an Exxon Valdez spill each year, Hazen said.
Another factor was the consistency of the oil that came from the Macondo wellhead: light sweet Louisiana crude, an easily digestible substance for bacteria, and it was dispersed into tiny droplets, which also makes it more biodegradable.
These latest findings may initially seem to be at odds with a study published last Thursday in Science by researchers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, which confirmed the existence of the oil plume and said micro-organisms did not seem to be biodegrading it very quickly.
However, Hazen and Rich Camilli of Woods Hole both said on Tuesday that the studies complement each other.
The Woods Hole team used an autonomous robot submarine and a mass spectrometer to detect the plume, but were forced to leave the area in late June, when Hurricane Alex threatened. At that time, they figured the plume was likely to remain for some time.
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But that was before the well was capped in mid-July. Hazen said that within two weeks of the capping, the plume could not be detected, but there was a phenomenon called marine snow that indicated microbes had been feasting on hydrocarbons.
As of Tuesday, there was no sign of the plume, Hazen said.
That doesn't mean there is no oil left from the 4.9 million barrels of crude that spilled into the Gulf after the April 20 blowout at BP's Deepwater Horizon rig. The U.S. government estimated on August 4 that 50 percent of the BP oil is gone from the Gulf and the rest is rapidly degrading.
Newly discovered microbe helped disperse oil, study finds
Newly discovered microbe helped disperse oil, study finds
By Vivian Kuo, CNN
August 25, 2010
(CNN) -- A new study finds oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico from a ruptured BP well degraded at a rate that was "much faster than anticipated," thanks to the interaction of a newly-found and unclassified species of microbes with the oil particles.
Berkeley Lab's Earth Sciences Division and the Energy Biosciences Institute examined a dispersed oil plume that was formed at a depth of between 3,600 and 4,000 feet and extended some 10 miles out from the wellhead.
"Our findings show that the influx of oil profoundly altered the microbial community by significantly stimulating deep-sea psychrophilic (cold-temperature) gamma-proteobacteria that are closely related to known petroleum-degrading microbes," said Terry Hazen, a microbial ecologist and principal investigator on the study.
The cold-temperature bacteria "appears to be one of the major mechanisms behind the rapid decline of the deepwater dispersed oil plume that has been observed," Hazen said.
Researchers believe the light, sweet, nature of this particular crude, plus the Gulf's hardy adaptation to "frequent episodic leaks from natural seeps" may have contributed to its improved microbial ability to break the oil down.
The use of Corexit, a controversial commercial oil dispersant widely used during operations in response to the BP oil spill, "may have also accelerated biodegradation because of the small size of the oil particles and the low overall concentrations of oil in the plume," according to the study.
Additionally, the report noted the microbial degradation of the oil appeared to "take place without a significant level of oxygen depletion." Scientists had been concerned the microbes would consume large portions of oxygen in plumes, creating "dead zones" where it would be difficult to sustain sea life. The study found that oxygen saturation outside the plume was 67 percent while within the plume it was 59 percent, only a slight drop.
Hazen said the report is "the first data ever on microbial activity from a deepwater dispersed oil plume," and the microbes' speedy rate of degradation showed that the bacteria plays "a significant role in controlling the ultimate fates and consequences of deep-sea oil plumes in the Gulf of Mexico."
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Scientists began the study on May 25, just a little more than a month after the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded, killing 11 workers and precipitating the world's largest accidental oil spill.
According to Berkeley Lab, the Gulf of Mexico's deep waters are a relatively unexplored microbial habitat, where temperatures hover around 5 degrees Celsius, the pressure is enormous, and there little carbon is normally present.
The findings of the report will appear in the journal Science on Thursday.
By Vivian Kuo, CNN
August 25, 2010
(CNN) -- A new study finds oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico from a ruptured BP well degraded at a rate that was "much faster than anticipated," thanks to the interaction of a newly-found and unclassified species of microbes with the oil particles.
Berkeley Lab's Earth Sciences Division and the Energy Biosciences Institute examined a dispersed oil plume that was formed at a depth of between 3,600 and 4,000 feet and extended some 10 miles out from the wellhead.
"Our findings show that the influx of oil profoundly altered the microbial community by significantly stimulating deep-sea psychrophilic (cold-temperature) gamma-proteobacteria that are closely related to known petroleum-degrading microbes," said Terry Hazen, a microbial ecologist and principal investigator on the study.
The cold-temperature bacteria "appears to be one of the major mechanisms behind the rapid decline of the deepwater dispersed oil plume that has been observed," Hazen said.
Researchers believe the light, sweet, nature of this particular crude, plus the Gulf's hardy adaptation to "frequent episodic leaks from natural seeps" may have contributed to its improved microbial ability to break the oil down.
The use of Corexit, a controversial commercial oil dispersant widely used during operations in response to the BP oil spill, "may have also accelerated biodegradation because of the small size of the oil particles and the low overall concentrations of oil in the plume," according to the study.
Additionally, the report noted the microbial degradation of the oil appeared to "take place without a significant level of oxygen depletion." Scientists had been concerned the microbes would consume large portions of oxygen in plumes, creating "dead zones" where it would be difficult to sustain sea life. The study found that oxygen saturation outside the plume was 67 percent while within the plume it was 59 percent, only a slight drop.
Hazen said the report is "the first data ever on microbial activity from a deepwater dispersed oil plume," and the microbes' speedy rate of degradation showed that the bacteria plays "a significant role in controlling the ultimate fates and consequences of deep-sea oil plumes in the Gulf of Mexico."
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Scientists began the study on May 25, just a little more than a month after the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded, killing 11 workers and precipitating the world's largest accidental oil spill.
According to Berkeley Lab, the Gulf of Mexico's deep waters are a relatively unexplored microbial habitat, where temperatures hover around 5 degrees Celsius, the pressure is enormous, and there little carbon is normally present.
The findings of the report will appear in the journal Science on Thursday.
Home sales plunge 27 pct. to lowest in 15 years
Home sales plunge 27 pct. to lowest in 15 years
By ALAN ZIBEL and J.W. ELPHINSTONE, AP Real Estate Writers
52 mins ago
WASHINGTON – Sales of previously occupied homes plunged last month to the lowest level in 15 years, despite the lowest mortgage rates in decades and bargain prices in many areas.
July's sales fell by more than 27 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 3.83 million, the National Association of Realtors said Tuesday. It was the largest monthly drop on records dating back to 1968, and sharp declines were recorded in all regions of the country.
The plunge in home sales also magnified fears about the broader economy.
"The housing market is undermining the already faltering wider economic recovery," said Paul Dales, U.S. economist with Capital Economics. "With the increasingly inevitable double-dip in prices yet to come, things could yet get a lot worse."
Sales were particularly weak among homes in the lower- to mid-priced ranges. For example, in the Midwest, homes priced between $100,000 and $250,000 tumbled nearly 47 percent.
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The weakness follows a strong spring, when now-expired government tax credits sparked sales, especially among first-time buyers of lower-priced homes.
The tax credits caused many of those buyers to speed up their home purchases. Sales have weakened since the credits expired on April 30.
As sales have slowed, the inventory of unsold homes on the market grew to nearly 4 million in July. That's a 12.5 month supply at the current sales pace, the highest level in more than a decade. It compares with a healthy level of about six months.
One reason the market is hurting is that buyers and sellers are in a standoff over prices. Many sellers are reluctant to lower their prices. And buyers are hesitating because they think home prices haven't bottomed out.
Laurie Salaman has been trying to sell her home in New York City for a year so she can move to the suburbs. She's had no offers, even after cutting her listing price on the three-bedroom Bronx home from $475,000 to $449,900.
She notes that she has upgraded the kitchen and bathrooms, refinished the basement and put in new decks and patios. Her goal is to take about $100,000 from the sale and put it toward the purchase of the new house. She said she won't lower her price any further.
"That's my bottom price," said Salaman, 55. "If I don't get that price, then I will hold off until the market gets a little better," she said.
The housing market is also being hampered by the weakening economic recovery. Unemployment remains stuck at 9.5 percent and many potential buyers worry they might not have a job to pay the mortgage.
Prices have fallen in part because foreclosures are running about 10 times higher than before the housing bust. Though the average rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage has sunk to 4.42 percent, many people can't qualify because banks have tightened their lending standards.
Home sales picked up in the spring when the government was offering tax credits. But sales have sputtered since the tax credits expired.
The drop in July's sales was led by 35 percent plunge in the Midwest. Sales were down 30 percent in the Northeast, 25 percent in the West and 23 percent in the South.
The median sale price was $182,600, up 0.7 percent from a year ago, but down 0.2 percent from June.
By ALAN ZIBEL and J.W. ELPHINSTONE, AP Real Estate Writers
52 mins ago
WASHINGTON – Sales of previously occupied homes plunged last month to the lowest level in 15 years, despite the lowest mortgage rates in decades and bargain prices in many areas.
July's sales fell by more than 27 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 3.83 million, the National Association of Realtors said Tuesday. It was the largest monthly drop on records dating back to 1968, and sharp declines were recorded in all regions of the country.
The plunge in home sales also magnified fears about the broader economy.
"The housing market is undermining the already faltering wider economic recovery," said Paul Dales, U.S. economist with Capital Economics. "With the increasingly inevitable double-dip in prices yet to come, things could yet get a lot worse."
Sales were particularly weak among homes in the lower- to mid-priced ranges. For example, in the Midwest, homes priced between $100,000 and $250,000 tumbled nearly 47 percent.
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The weakness follows a strong spring, when now-expired government tax credits sparked sales, especially among first-time buyers of lower-priced homes.
The tax credits caused many of those buyers to speed up their home purchases. Sales have weakened since the credits expired on April 30.
As sales have slowed, the inventory of unsold homes on the market grew to nearly 4 million in July. That's a 12.5 month supply at the current sales pace, the highest level in more than a decade. It compares with a healthy level of about six months.
One reason the market is hurting is that buyers and sellers are in a standoff over prices. Many sellers are reluctant to lower their prices. And buyers are hesitating because they think home prices haven't bottomed out.
Laurie Salaman has been trying to sell her home in New York City for a year so she can move to the suburbs. She's had no offers, even after cutting her listing price on the three-bedroom Bronx home from $475,000 to $449,900.
She notes that she has upgraded the kitchen and bathrooms, refinished the basement and put in new decks and patios. Her goal is to take about $100,000 from the sale and put it toward the purchase of the new house. She said she won't lower her price any further.
"That's my bottom price," said Salaman, 55. "If I don't get that price, then I will hold off until the market gets a little better," she said.
The housing market is also being hampered by the weakening economic recovery. Unemployment remains stuck at 9.5 percent and many potential buyers worry they might not have a job to pay the mortgage.
Prices have fallen in part because foreclosures are running about 10 times higher than before the housing bust. Though the average rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage has sunk to 4.42 percent, many people can't qualify because banks have tightened their lending standards.
Home sales picked up in the spring when the government was offering tax credits. But sales have sputtered since the tax credits expired.
The drop in July's sales was led by 35 percent plunge in the Midwest. Sales were down 30 percent in the Northeast, 25 percent in the West and 23 percent in the South.
The median sale price was $182,600, up 0.7 percent from a year ago, but down 0.2 percent from June.
2010-08-17
富邦認轉客資料予保險公司 永亨亦涉轉移客戶私隱
富邦認轉客資料予保險公司 永亨亦涉轉移客戶私隱
(明報)2010年8月17日
【明報專訊】金融管理局 上周在沒有公布名字的情况下，透露了有6間零售銀行涉及轉移或售賣客戶資料。到了昨晚，富邦銀行 率先公開承認，曾為推廣保險產品而轉移客戶資料，但已即時停止轉移，並全面審查處理客戶資料方式。不過，聲明無交代有多少客戶受影響及接收資料的保險公司名稱。此外，本報記者獲悉，永亨正是另一家涉及轉移客戶資料的銀行，但本報未能與該行取得聯絡。
富邦無交代受影響人數
經過八達通事件後，本地銀行被揭發轉移客戶個人資料圖利。據本報記者獲悉，這6家銀行已全數停止了有關的安排，但他們向金管局 強調，事前均有徵詢律師意見，並認為在客戶同意下將其資料轉移並無法律問題，惟八達通事件反映公眾的要求更高，故涉事銀行已全面停止轉移客戶資料。
稱為擴客戶保險產品選擇
富邦銀行表示，轉移資料是銀行與保險公司為擴闊客戶保險產品選擇而達成的協議，現已停止所有為推廣目的而向有關保險公司轉移客戶資料，並全面停止過往與保險公司之間的推廣服務協定，但外判的失卡服務熱線仍有繼續轉移客戶資料，現與私隱專員合作以協助調查。
為解答市民疑問，富邦銀行設立熱線電話回應查詢，號碼是2806 5038。不過，有關保險公司名稱及受影響客戶人數的查詢，富邦銀行於截稿前未有回覆。
私隱署另兩投訴不涉金管局
另外，個人資料私隱專員公署 上周表示，涉及資料轉移的銀行有8間，與金管局公布的6間有出入。據了解，兩家機構核對後，發現公署有誤，因一宗涉及的機構不是金管局監管的機構或銀行，另一宗則是投訴銀行聘請街外的市場調查員做客戶問卷調查，與轉售客戶私隱情况無關。因此，金管局認定，涉及轉移客戶資料的銀行至今仍然只有6間。
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(明報)2010年8月17日
【明報專訊】金融管理局 上周在沒有公布名字的情况下，透露了有6間零售銀行涉及轉移或售賣客戶資料。到了昨晚，富邦銀行 率先公開承認，曾為推廣保險產品而轉移客戶資料，但已即時停止轉移，並全面審查處理客戶資料方式。不過，聲明無交代有多少客戶受影響及接收資料的保險公司名稱。此外，本報記者獲悉，永亨正是另一家涉及轉移客戶資料的銀行，但本報未能與該行取得聯絡。
富邦無交代受影響人數
經過八達通事件後，本地銀行被揭發轉移客戶個人資料圖利。據本報記者獲悉，這6家銀行已全數停止了有關的安排，但他們向金管局 強調，事前均有徵詢律師意見，並認為在客戶同意下將其資料轉移並無法律問題，惟八達通事件反映公眾的要求更高，故涉事銀行已全面停止轉移客戶資料。
稱為擴客戶保險產品選擇
富邦銀行表示，轉移資料是銀行與保險公司為擴闊客戶保險產品選擇而達成的協議，現已停止所有為推廣目的而向有關保險公司轉移客戶資料，並全面停止過往與保險公司之間的推廣服務協定，但外判的失卡服務熱線仍有繼續轉移客戶資料，現與私隱專員合作以協助調查。
為解答市民疑問，富邦銀行設立熱線電話回應查詢，號碼是2806 5038。不過，有關保險公司名稱及受影響客戶人數的查詢，富邦銀行於截稿前未有回覆。
私隱署另兩投訴不涉金管局
另外，個人資料私隱專員公署 上周表示，涉及資料轉移的銀行有8間，與金管局公布的6間有出入。據了解，兩家機構核對後，發現公署有誤，因一宗涉及的機構不是金管局監管的機構或銀行，另一宗則是投訴銀行聘請街外的市場調查員做客戶問卷調查，與轉售客戶私隱情况無關。因此，金管局認定，涉及轉移客戶資料的銀行至今仍然只有6間。
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炒家千八萬 狂掃50車位 轉移陣地 避開新9招
炒家千八萬 狂掃50車位 轉移陣地 避開新9招
(明報)2010年8月17日
【明報專訊】上周五政府突然出招為樓市降溫，措施明顯針對近月交投熾烈的住宅市場。出招後首個周末日，住宅樓市交投果然明顯大跌，但另一邊廂，部分投資者面對低息環境，在資金缺乏出路下，索性將資金轉戰未受措施影響的車位市場。市場消息指，數名本地投資者自組炒家財團，在政府出招之後，斥約1800萬元大手向會德豐地產（0049），掃入逾50個九龍塘又一居車位，以每個約30多萬元，月租約1800元計算，扣除投資成本，淨租金回報約5厘半。
會德豐地產近年一直放售數百個又一居車位，每個車位介乎約32萬至36萬元不等。業內人士指，有實力車位投資者一般毋須貸款，或按揭成數較低，主要由於車位按揭市場較住宅小，按息高於住宅，一般為最優惠利率減1.75厘，按揭成數亦低至僅約5成，還款年期亦僅介乎約10至15年不等。若以32萬元車位、按息3.25厘、5成按揭及分15年攤還，每月供款約1124元，扣除管理費、差餉及律師費等投資成本，以每月1800元租金計算，淨租金回報約5厘半。
淨租金回報約5厘半
不過，據區內代理表示，由於又一居車位供應較多，租金一直未有明顯上升，亦缺乏二手市場。區內其他大型屋苑，包括九龍塘畢架山一號及何文田君頤峰等，由於車位供應有限，無論車位市值及租金均較高，前者現時每個市值約120萬元，月租約4300至4500元；後者現時每個市值約110萬元，月租亦約4000元。
事實上，由於市區市位的新增供應不多，投資回報穩定，吸引投資者，今年以來車位成交持續上升（見圖）。另一方面，在環保大潮流之下，未來車位供應有下降趨勢，近年政府開始在地契上入手，若果住宅項目興建細單位為主，如實用面積約500方呎，或要5至7伙才可以興建一個車位，視乎區域而定，早年並沒有這類規定，只要屬合理數量便可獲批，反映政府有意限制車位數量。
荃灣工廈轉手賺1200萬
另外，工廈亦成為資金投資對象，消息指荃灣沙咀道榮亞工業大廈地下A、B及C室、合共約14027呎的地廠，早前已成交；土地註冊處資料顯示，上述物業於2007年12月，由康景亞太有限公司以3100萬元購入，該公司董事為梁紹鴻（大鴻輝主席），上月中以4330萬元售予天國恩業有限公司，成交呎價3087元，帳面賺價1230萬元。該地廠估計現時月租亦介乎18萬至20萬元，即平均呎租介乎12.8至14.2元，租金回報率介乎5至6厘。
（明報記者陳天賜、鄧雅各報道）
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(明報)2010年8月17日
【明報專訊】上周五政府突然出招為樓市降溫，措施明顯針對近月交投熾烈的住宅市場。出招後首個周末日，住宅樓市交投果然明顯大跌，但另一邊廂，部分投資者面對低息環境，在資金缺乏出路下，索性將資金轉戰未受措施影響的車位市場。市場消息指，數名本地投資者自組炒家財團，在政府出招之後，斥約1800萬元大手向會德豐地產（0049），掃入逾50個九龍塘又一居車位，以每個約30多萬元，月租約1800元計算，扣除投資成本，淨租金回報約5厘半。
會德豐地產近年一直放售數百個又一居車位，每個車位介乎約32萬至36萬元不等。業內人士指，有實力車位投資者一般毋須貸款，或按揭成數較低，主要由於車位按揭市場較住宅小，按息高於住宅，一般為最優惠利率減1.75厘，按揭成數亦低至僅約5成，還款年期亦僅介乎約10至15年不等。若以32萬元車位、按息3.25厘、5成按揭及分15年攤還，每月供款約1124元，扣除管理費、差餉及律師費等投資成本，以每月1800元租金計算，淨租金回報約5厘半。
淨租金回報約5厘半
不過，據區內代理表示，由於又一居車位供應較多，租金一直未有明顯上升，亦缺乏二手市場。區內其他大型屋苑，包括九龍塘畢架山一號及何文田君頤峰等，由於車位供應有限，無論車位市值及租金均較高，前者現時每個市值約120萬元，月租約4300至4500元；後者現時每個市值約110萬元，月租亦約4000元。
事實上，由於市區市位的新增供應不多，投資回報穩定，吸引投資者，今年以來車位成交持續上升（見圖）。另一方面，在環保大潮流之下，未來車位供應有下降趨勢，近年政府開始在地契上入手，若果住宅項目興建細單位為主，如實用面積約500方呎，或要5至7伙才可以興建一個車位，視乎區域而定，早年並沒有這類規定，只要屬合理數量便可獲批，反映政府有意限制車位數量。
荃灣工廈轉手賺1200萬
另外，工廈亦成為資金投資對象，消息指荃灣沙咀道榮亞工業大廈地下A、B及C室、合共約14027呎的地廠，早前已成交；土地註冊處資料顯示，上述物業於2007年12月，由康景亞太有限公司以3100萬元購入，該公司董事為梁紹鴻（大鴻輝主席），上月中以4330萬元售予天國恩業有限公司，成交呎價3087元，帳面賺價1230萬元。該地廠估計現時月租亦介乎18萬至20萬元，即平均呎租介乎12.8至14.2元，租金回報率介乎5至6厘。
（明報記者陳天賜、鄧雅各報道）
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樓花禁「摸貨」 遏炒風
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(星島)2010年8月14日 星期六
(星島日報 報道)政府過去半年先後兩次出招為樓市降溫，但樓價卻是「愈壓愈高」。財政司 司長曾俊華 昨日形容本港樓市「異常」，須採取措施令市場平穩發展，當局分別從增加樓宇供應、收緊按揭信貸和壓抑物業投機「三管齊下」；針對樓宇炒賣，當局即日起禁止一手樓花「摸貨」，買家若取消交易，沒收的訂金將上調一倍至樓價百分之十。本報記者
昨日可算是樓市炒家的「黑色星期五」，政府昨突然宣布出招打擊炒樓活動，藉著增加樓宇供應、收緊按揭信貸和壓抑物業投機三方面，推出十三項措施以穩定樓市。
取消交易 沒收一成訂金
其中兩項壓抑物業投機措施被認為影響較大，財政司司長曾俊華表示，由於現時樓市有可能出現泡沫，即日起批出預售樓花同意書的一手樓花單位，不容許「摸貨」轉售，也不容許通過提名下手買家方式取消有關交易；若買家取消交易，將會被沒收相當於交易金額百分之十的訂金，較之前百分之五的規定上調一倍。
曾俊華強調，新措施旨在增加炒家成本，炒家除非選擇取消交易，否則必須一直持貨，直至以真金白銀完成契約轉讓為止，真正買家不會受影響。他認為，現時摸貨情況不是過分「離譜」，但趨勢值得關注，「政府不會對過分炒賣活動坐視不理。」
財爺：「非銀子彈」拒評成效
他不評論新措施對樓價有多少影響，「我們並不是有一個所謂 silver bullet（銀子彈），不是一槍打下去便可解決所有問題，一系列的措施希望全部一起，整體來說可以解決這問題。」他表示，會密切留意樓市發展，有需要會再推出新措施。
面對政府出手打擊炒風，有「摸王」之稱的炒家黎汝遠說：「將來不容許『摸售』，便買來長線收租！」他認為，禁止一手樓摸售會減低炒家的購買意欲，令大市購買力減弱，發展商定價也不敢太進取，對整體樓市都有影響。
摸王：不准「摸售」便長租
近年活躍新盤市場的「洋參大王」楊永仁亦稱會減少購入新盤，即使入市亦會以長線投資為主，並會將投資重心更多投放在二手市場。
學者和業界認為新措施能收阻嚇之效。恒生管理學院商學院院長蘇偉文表示，新措施的確能回應市場訴求，但政府「落藥不算太重」，「政府擔心出手太重，市場會有恐慌性拋售，這樣對經濟影響太大。」利嘉閣 地產董事總經理廖偉強則指新措施能「立竿見影」，炒賣市場會即時冷靜下來，樓價於短期內會凍結於現時水平，未來一季可能出現百分之五跌幅；但長遠而言，炒家會轉移目標至二手樓市場。立法會 議員李求達表示歡迎政府出手壓抑炒風，認為炒賣活動短期內會收斂。
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(星島)2010年8月14日 星期六
(星島日報 報道)政府過去半年先後兩次出招為樓市降溫，但樓價卻是「愈壓愈高」。財政司 司長曾俊華 昨日形容本港樓市「異常」，須採取措施令市場平穩發展，當局分別從增加樓宇供應、收緊按揭信貸和壓抑物業投機「三管齊下」；針對樓宇炒賣，當局即日起禁止一手樓花「摸貨」，買家若取消交易，沒收的訂金將上調一倍至樓價百分之十。本報記者
昨日可算是樓市炒家的「黑色星期五」，政府昨突然宣布出招打擊炒樓活動，藉著增加樓宇供應、收緊按揭信貸和壓抑物業投機三方面，推出十三項措施以穩定樓市。
取消交易 沒收一成訂金
其中兩項壓抑物業投機措施被認為影響較大，財政司司長曾俊華表示，由於現時樓市有可能出現泡沫，即日起批出預售樓花同意書的一手樓花單位，不容許「摸貨」轉售，也不容許通過提名下手買家方式取消有關交易；若買家取消交易，將會被沒收相當於交易金額百分之十的訂金，較之前百分之五的規定上調一倍。
曾俊華強調，新措施旨在增加炒家成本，炒家除非選擇取消交易，否則必須一直持貨，直至以真金白銀完成契約轉讓為止，真正買家不會受影響。他認為，現時摸貨情況不是過分「離譜」，但趨勢值得關注，「政府不會對過分炒賣活動坐視不理。」
財爺：「非銀子彈」拒評成效
他不評論新措施對樓價有多少影響，「我們並不是有一個所謂 silver bullet（銀子彈），不是一槍打下去便可解決所有問題，一系列的措施希望全部一起，整體來說可以解決這問題。」他表示，會密切留意樓市發展，有需要會再推出新措施。
面對政府出手打擊炒風，有「摸王」之稱的炒家黎汝遠說：「將來不容許『摸售』，便買來長線收租！」他認為，禁止一手樓摸售會減低炒家的購買意欲，令大市購買力減弱，發展商定價也不敢太進取，對整體樓市都有影響。
摸王：不准「摸售」便長租
近年活躍新盤市場的「洋參大王」楊永仁亦稱會減少購入新盤，即使入市亦會以長線投資為主，並會將投資重心更多投放在二手市場。
學者和業界認為新措施能收阻嚇之效。恒生管理學院商學院院長蘇偉文表示，新措施的確能回應市場訴求，但政府「落藥不算太重」，「政府擔心出手太重，市場會有恐慌性拋售，這樣對經濟影響太大。」利嘉閣 地產董事總經理廖偉強則指新措施能「立竿見影」，炒賣市場會即時冷靜下來，樓價於短期內會凍結於現時水平，未來一季可能出現百分之五跌幅；但長遠而言，炒家會轉移目標至二手樓市場。立法會 議員李求達表示歡迎政府出手壓抑炒風，認為炒賣活動短期內會收斂。
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「包養網」為美女富豪搭路
「包養網」為美女富豪搭路
2010-05-07
強調不涉色情 網友質疑詐騙
【明報專訊】一個自稱是「中國最大的富豪包養網站」的「包養網」引發內地爭議，該網號稱可提供被包養者和富豪的信息，成功介紹一個收費8000元人民幣。網站上還有一份「私人助理勞動合同」樣本，指被包養方無義務為包養者提供任何形式與性有關的服務，如受侵犯可送司法處理。
登入「包養網」（http://www.baoyangw.com），醒目位置有一行「出於隱私保密需要，大量富豪信息請聯繫本站」，並留有QQ和電郵聯絡方式，又稱「本網站嚴格保密當事人信息，為單身或離異富豪與美女搭建一個相識的平台，本站不提供色情服務，請無聊人士勿擾」。
「氣質美女」點擊率逾萬
「包養網」上的信息分為男富豪、女被包養者、女富豪以及男被包養者4類，之下再細分富二代、女模特兒、女學生、富孀等類別，多數包含人像或名車的圖片，並提供會員註冊、留言服務。其中一名「絕頂氣質的高挑（䠷）美女」點擊率高達1.3萬次，另一「某大學經濟學院院花」亦達到8000多次。
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但網站上亦有早前因網上流傳其性愛短片而大熱的車模翟凌（即獸獸），點擊率達到1.5萬次。有網友認為，獸獸應不會在這種網站上發布個人信息，懷疑網站是藉此詐騙。網站稱，一旦雙方成功簽訂包養協議，則收取8000元人民幣的介紹費，並提供一份《私人助理勞動合同》樣本，稱被包養方要為包養方負責「對外聯絡、日程安排、雜務處理、形象打扮、生活起居護理」。合同還有工作時限、假期、工傷和福利方面的規定，更強調被包養方無義務為包養者提供任何形式與性有關的服務，如受侵犯可「送司法處理」。
在該網站下方，註明備案號是「京ICP備09039624」，但內頁又換成「京ICP備200832820」，在官方備案查詢網站上卻找不到這兩個號碼。
網站稱為富豪聘助理噱頭
「包養網」昨晚刊出聲明稱，「包養」是作為富豪招聘私人助理的噱頭，法律並無禁止，惟禁止公務員包養情人。
2010-05-07
強調不涉色情 網友質疑詐騙
【明報專訊】一個自稱是「中國最大的富豪包養網站」的「包養網」引發內地爭議，該網號稱可提供被包養者和富豪的信息，成功介紹一個收費8000元人民幣。網站上還有一份「私人助理勞動合同」樣本，指被包養方無義務為包養者提供任何形式與性有關的服務，如受侵犯可送司法處理。
登入「包養網」（http://www.baoyangw.com），醒目位置有一行「出於隱私保密需要，大量富豪信息請聯繫本站」，並留有QQ和電郵聯絡方式，又稱「本網站嚴格保密當事人信息，為單身或離異富豪與美女搭建一個相識的平台，本站不提供色情服務，請無聊人士勿擾」。
「氣質美女」點擊率逾萬
「包養網」上的信息分為男富豪、女被包養者、女富豪以及男被包養者4類，之下再細分富二代、女模特兒、女學生、富孀等類別，多數包含人像或名車的圖片，並提供會員註冊、留言服務。其中一名「絕頂氣質的高挑（䠷）美女」點擊率高達1.3萬次，另一「某大學經濟學院院花」亦達到8000多次。
Sugar Daddy Dating
但網站上亦有早前因網上流傳其性愛短片而大熱的車模翟凌（即獸獸），點擊率達到1.5萬次。有網友認為，獸獸應不會在這種網站上發布個人信息，懷疑網站是藉此詐騙。網站稱，一旦雙方成功簽訂包養協議，則收取8000元人民幣的介紹費，並提供一份《私人助理勞動合同》樣本，稱被包養方要為包養方負責「對外聯絡、日程安排、雜務處理、形象打扮、生活起居護理」。合同還有工作時限、假期、工傷和福利方面的規定，更強調被包養方無義務為包養者提供任何形式與性有關的服務，如受侵犯可「送司法處理」。
在該網站下方，註明備案號是「京ICP備09039624」，但內頁又換成「京ICP備200832820」，在官方備案查詢網站上卻找不到這兩個號碼。
網站稱為富豪聘助理噱頭
「包養網」昨晚刊出聲明稱，「包養」是作為富豪招聘私人助理的噱頭，法律並無禁止，惟禁止公務員包養情人。
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