2011-06-07

墮買賣倫敦金騙局 婦兩日輸八萬

墮倫敦金騙局 婦兩日輸八萬
 (星島)2011年6月7日 星期二 
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(星島日報    報道)工聯會    在過去兩年多來,接獲二十五名市民求助,懷疑買賣倫敦    金受騙,涉及金額共二百三十萬元。


其中五名受害人,均曾參加同一所「投資學校」的講座及課程,他們被投資經紀游說先付六千八百元學費,並開設投資戶口,其後於兩日內被騙去八萬至十萬元投資本金,有經紀從中做了四十七次交易,盡賺佣金。工聯會指現時在香港買賣黃金不須向證監會    註冊,促請政府加強監管。


  記者:周敏盈


  「他在推介會上跟我講,他有全香港不輸錢的方法,他用對沖的方法是不會輸錢的,一個鐘都賺八千元!」六十歲的王女士是其中一位受害人,她於二○○八年閱報得知可免費參加倫敦金投資講座。到了「香港博弈研究中心」會場,有名自稱是「永豐金融集團」副總裁的經紀,游說他們參加投資課程。


  共25人中招 涉230萬


  王女士不虞有詐,繳交六千八百元學費後,又被經紀游說進行投資,於是她開設戶口並存入八萬元。雖然她沒有授權經紀進行買賣,但對方指王女士不懂使用電腦,全程替她代勞處理戶口。王女士後來才發現,經紀在兩日內,為她做了四十七次交易來賺取佣金,最終只剩二千元。經紀去年終因欺詐罪而被判入獄,但證券公司就指不知情,只願意賠償佣金。


  工聯會立法會    議員潘佩璆及王國興指,金銀業貿易場並非法定機構,涉案公司如非其會員,固然不能跟進;即使是其會員,只能協助受害人與涉案公司調停,最多也只能取消會藉,權力很少。


  潘佩璆批評,即使倫敦金買賣騙案時有發生,政府卻仍然無視危機,「見住有個氹都不去填,只是叫市民小心!」


  他們又指,財經事務及庫務局    回覆他們,指香港黃金買賣不須向證監會註冊或取得牌照,是由議價而作交易;並指其他國際金融中心也沒規管,但二人指出現時美國    、英國    與日本    ,均有機構對貴金屬或黃金買賣作出監管,促請政府設立完善機制規管倫敦金交易,考慮成立發牌制度,避免騙案再次發生。



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燒香案被告﹕指控無法接受 依足規定繼續拜神 上訴未定

燒香案被告﹕指控無法接受 依足規定繼續拜神 上訴未定
 (明報)2011年6月6日 星期一


【明報專訊】因燒香拜神煙霧鬧上法庭的罕見官司,被指燒香對鄰居造成騷擾的被告一方,日前被判敗訴要賠償7.5萬元,他們昨日開腔回應稱,拜神燒香只是依照長輩家訓,因今次官司已花費高達20多萬元,輸掉官司後已經被人「告到驚」,不敢隨便望向原訴一家門口,而且至今還無法接受有關指控,今後仍會繼續上香拜神,不過就會依足法庭的限制。


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本報記者昨日到荔灣花園C座追訪兩個捲入官司的家庭,勝訴原訴人胡偉欣與其夫麥泳泉一家的單位,記者先後於早晚最少3次按門鈴,但始終無人應門,直至今晨零時仍不見夫婦二人現身,唯有在門外張貼聯絡紙條,至截稿前也未收到回覆。


至於被告人,包括馬鴻榮、許嬋美夫婦,以及兒子馬偉業,住在同一樓層,兩家門口距離僅約8呎之遙。馬家昨日向記者回應事件時,非常警覺,見記者曾使用錄音機作為「筆記」,便同樣以錄音機記錄訪問過程,未知是否因過去惹上過官非,於是錄音保障自己。


經過今次事件,被告之一馬偉業指家人已生活在陰影之下,兩老亦受官司驚嚇。


現時,他們已經遵守判令,無論在屋內外拜神,都改用了微煙香(環保香),以免再被人投訴。至於是否上訴問題,家人會在端午節    後與律師商討後再作打算。


對於會否因今次官司索性搬家避開煩惱,他說﹕「現時都唔知道。」


遵家訓拜神 未料被控罪成


馬家又指出,燒香拜神只是依照長輩家傳訓言,每天早晚要為門外「天宮」及「土地」等神位上香。


較早時被鄰居入稟控告,事件拉扯數個月,雙方對簿公堂,馬家終於敗訴,馬偉業昨向記者嘆稱﹕「發夢也沒想到裝香會畀人告上法庭罪成。」


他又說﹕「我畀佢口地告到驚,一家出入時都急步跑入升降機,不敢隨便望向原告一家門口,避免被攝入(對方裝在大門的閉路電視)鏡頭,惹起對方不滿。」


戶主女兒馬小姐稱,女麻女麻訓言指門口旁上設「天宮」下設「土地」,每天早晚要各上3支香,可保家宅平安,家人一直遵從至今,對於今次官司,她說﹕「我們會繼續拜神傳統,不過同樣會遵守法庭判令,採用只有11厘米長的微煙香。」


「相信因宗教衝突而起」


馬偉業又說﹕「至今還無法接受有關指控,無法接受兩炷香造成的煙霧,會經門隙大量滲入對方寓所這個說法。由於對方是基督教徒,我相信今次事件是因宗教衝突而起。」


他又稱,去年曾有警員接獲投訴,上門就拜神燒香滋擾鄰居一事查問,並表示對面單位會接受用微煙香拜神的做法,「當時我們以為,只要改用微煙香便可以,萬料不到之後會接獲律師信……」


指對方風扇吹散灰塵


回想爭拗期間,曾經發現對方在家門裝設閉路電視鏡頭,及小型電風扇。馬偉業相信對方用意是想拍攝證據,及用電風扇吹走煙霧,但風扇啟動後,卻將地上灰塵吹散;其母許嬋美用掃帚在走廊清理灰塵,又被指摘為有心將灰塵掃到他人家門前,爭執沒完沒了。


明報記者﹕ 鍾炳然、林錫禮、何朝財、衛永康


因燒香拜神惹官非的被告家庭,其中一個香爐設在大門左方(從閘外看)位置,被告許嬋美的兒子馬偉業昨日向記者講述事件時亦「夠鐘上香」,並已改用較短身、長11厘米的環保香。

2011-06-06

Disney legends Betty Taylor, Wally Boag die within a day of each other

Disney legends die within a day of each other


By CHRISTOPHER WEBER, Associated Press
Sun Jun 5


ANAHEIM, Calif. – They shared a stage at Disneyland five days a week for nearly three decades and died within a day of each other.


Betty Taylor, who played Slue Foot Sue in Disney's long-running Golden Horseshoe Revue, passed away Saturday — one day after the death of Wally Boag, who played her character's sweetheart, Pecos Bill.


The 91-year-old Taylor died at her home in Washington state, Disneyland announced on its web site. Boag, who was 90, died Friday. He was a resident of Santa Monica, Calif.


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The causes of death were not announced and attempts to contact relatives for comment were not immediately successful.


"Betty's role as leading lady in Disneyland's Golden Horseshoe Revue helped turn it into the longest-running stage show in entertainment history," George Kalogridis, the president of Disneyland Resort, said in a statement. `'It is a tragic coincidence that her passing comes just one day after the death of longtime co-star Wally Boag."
Boag, a former vaudeville performer, signed a two-week contract with Walt Disney in 1955. He originated the role of Pecos Bill in the revue, taking the stage three times a day and logging nearly 40,000 performances before retiring in 1982.


Most of those shows were alongside Taylor, who joined the revue a year after Hoag. Her run on the show — which closed in 1986 — lasted nearly 45,000 performances.


The Golden Horseshoe Revue is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest running stage production in show business history.


"Wally was instrumental in the development of live entertainment during the early years of both Disneyland Park and Walt Disney World Resort," Kalogridis said. "His characters will continue to live in the hearts of our guests, while his larger-than-life personality will forever make him the true Clown Prince of Disneyland."


Boag's comedic timing influenced generations of performers, including actor Steve Martin, who called Boag his "hero." Martin tweeted Saturday that Boag was "the first comedian I ever saw live, my influence, a man to whom I aspired."


Boag and Taylor both appeared on television in "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color."
And before joining Disney, Boag appeared in a number of films during the 1940s, including "Without Love," starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, and "The Thrill of Romance," with Esther Williams.
He later appeared in Disney films such as "The Absent-Minded Professor," "Son of Flubber" and "The Love Bug."
Born in Seattle, Taylor began taking dance lessons at age 3. At 14, she sang and danced in nightclubs across the country, and by 18, led her own band called Betty and Her Beaus, which included 16 male musicians and appeared regularly at the Trianon Ballroom in Seattle.


In 1956, while living in Los Angeles and performing as a drum player with a musical group, Taylor heard about auditions for a song-and-dance job at Disneyland. She got the gig, which she held for 30 years, leading to appearances on a USO tour of Greenland and Newfoundland and a show for President Richard Nixon and his family in The White House.


She performed at the park until 1987, but continued to appear in special events, such as Walt Disney's Wild West, a 1995 retrospective at the Gene Autry Museum of Western Heritage in Los Angeles.

Officials: US missiles kill 16 in Pakistan

Officials: US missiles kill 16 in Pakistan


By ISHTIAQ MAHSUD, Associated Press
6/06/2011


DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan – The United States fired missiles at three suspected militant targets near the Afghan border Monday, killing 16 people and keeping the pressure on insurgents days after a strike was believed to have killed an al-Qaida commander, Pakistani intelligence officials said.


The identities of the dead in the unusually intense volley of drone-fired strikes in the South Waziristan tribal region were not known. Several Arabs were said to be among the victims of one of them, according to the officials, who did not give their names in line with agency policy.


Al-Qaida and Taliban fighters remain in South Waziristan, despite a Pakistani army offensive launched there in 2009.


Since the U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden on May 2 in northwest Pakistan, missile strikes have picked up pace from a relative lull in the year's first half. But anger at the bin Laden operation, seen here as a violation of Pakistani sovereignty, has led to fresh calls on Washington to stop the attacks.


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Pakistani authorities said Sunday that they were increasingly sure that a Friday missile strike in South Waziristan killed Ilyas Kashmiri, a top al-Qaida commander rumored to be a longshot contender to replace bin Laden as the terror network's chief.


Getting definitive confirmation about who died in the missile strikes is difficult, especially if no body is retrieved. U.S. officials have not confirmed the death of Kashmiri, who was wrongly said by Pakistani and American officials to have been killed in a missile strike in 2009. Pakistani officials declined to comment on whether they had assisted the U.S. in the strike.


Before dawn, one set of missiles hit a compound in Wucha Dana village, killing seven people. The second set landed at about the same time at a Muslim seminary there, killing five people, two Pakistani intelligence officials said.


The intelligence officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak on the record.
They said several Arab men were believed to be among the dead.


Later Monday, missiles hit a vehicle traveling in Dra Nishter village elsewhere in the region, killing four, officials said.


Washington says the missiles have killed hundreds of militants, including several top al-Qaida commanders since they began in earnest in 2008. More than 30 have struck this year, compared to last year's tally of about 130. Some experts question their legality and the secrecy under which they operate. Transparent investigations of alleged civilian casualties are not carried out.


Pakistani intelligence is believed to provide the U.S. with targeting information for at least some of the strikes. But its civilian and military leaders publicly protest the strikes and say they create more enemies than they kill. It would be politically toxic to acknowledge collaborating with the U.S. in attacks unpopular among many Pakistanis.
Also Monday, the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for a bomb that killed 18 people at a bakery in an army neighborhood in the northwest town of Nowshera the previous night. The militant group said the attack was vengeance for Pakistani army actions against them in the nearby Swat Valley.
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Associated Press Writer Rasool Dawar in Peshawar contributed to this report.

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教育城網上中學文憑試題庫 用戶增兩倍

教育城網上試題庫 用戶增兩倍
 (星島)2011年6月6日 星期一 
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(星島日報    報道)首屆中學文憑試將於明年三月舉行,為配合學生應試,教育城自○九學年起開拓「網上試題學習平台」,與香港考試及評核局    合作篩選適合文憑試程度的歷年會考試題,存入網上試題庫。平台推出兩年,中學用戶增加近兩倍,由二十五所增至七十所。另外,教育城計畫與考評局    商討,新學年加入文憑試的模擬試題,供師生使用。


  網上試題學習平台現有超過五千條試題,主要來自三間機構,包括考評局、牛津    出版社和教育圖書出版社;當中主要收錄考評局過去十五年的會考試題,由於教育城已向考評局購買試題版權,老師和學生亦可自行免費影印試題。平台試題現僅限於數學、生物、化學、物理及經濟科,題目類型亦只有多項選擇題。


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  負責統籌及拓展該平台的教育城高級計畫經理李穎思表示,「文憑試未有過往試題供學生參考,故通過考評局的專家評定歷屆會考試題,標記與文憑試題相似的試題,存入網上平台,所以具有參考價值。」她續指,使用該平台的學生在網上作答題目,除了可即時知道答案外,更可選擇作答試題的年份、課題、難度及數量等,度身訂造個人化的試卷;平台更會自動分析學生的成績,製成圖表供教師參考。


  平台在○九年推出,由首年只有二十五所學校參加,到本學年增至七十所,參與的學生逾七千人。李穎思稱,參加的學校須繳交五百元行政費,另按使用學生的總數收取額外費用,每名學生每年每科為二十至四十元不等,視乎科目而定。若學生以個人身分申請,則毋須交行政費,但每年每科須交四十至八十元,費用主要支付成本和行政費。


  已購買平台服務的筲箕灣    東官立中學生物科教師高家浩表示,以前教師要根據教學進度,剪裁及影印歷屆試題供學生做練習,使用平台後毋須再煩惱,「用平台省時省紙,又可照顧學習差異」。


  有見平台取得初步成功,李穎思透露,教育城除擬於本學年在平台增加電腦與資訊科技、地理科的試題外,新學年更擬擴展題目類型至短答題,亦與考評局商討能否加入文憑試的模擬試題。該平台由現時起至本月底推出每日五題的試題體驗服務,供師生試用,教育城期望新學年使用平台的中學突破一百所。

2011-06-05

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中國女將李娜法國網球公開賽冠軍稱后:我做到了!

李娜法網稱后:我做到了!
 (星島)2011年6月5日 星期日 05:30
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(星島日報    報道)零的突破!綽號「娜姐」的中國女將李娜    延續本屆法國網球公開賽    的神奇之旅,昨於女單決賽利用強勁正手抽擊,成功壓制衞冕的意大利    名將舒捷雅禾妮,成為歷來首位贏得大滿貫錦標的亞洲球手,成就媲美劉翔    等中國體壇英雄。


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  中國「一姐」李娜昨於法網主動得分以三十一比十二大幅佔優下,以六比四、七比六(七比○)歷史性捧走女單冠軍獎盃,成為首奪大滿貫錦標的亞洲人。這位二十九歲好手今仗打法明顯較四強對舒拉寶娃    積極,首盤第一局即搶得「破發分」,雖未能成功打破對手發球局,但在氣勢上已稍佔上風。


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  戰至第五局,李娜終於成功打破舒捷雅禾妮的發球局,局數領先三比二。之後雙方各自保住發球局,她只花了三十九分鐘便以六比四先取一盤,主動得分更成十五比三之比。


  第二盤,李娜馬上打破舒捷雅禾妮發球局領先一比○。不過,她遇到的反抗亦不少,隨後的一局要在關鍵時刻救回舒捷雅禾妮的「破發分」,才能領先至二比○,鬥至第八局更出現失誤,讓舒捷雅禾妮成功破發球局追平四比四。


  兩人之後未有再打破對方發球局,戰至六比六要打決勝局。舒捷雅禾妮於決勝局接連失誤,結果兵敗如山倒輸○比七,以盤數○比二宣告衞冕失敗。李娜繼澳洲    公開賽屈居亞軍之後,第二次衝擊大滿貫錦標終於成功。她賽後直言:「對手不斷施加壓力,我亦感到很緊張。我相信自己能夠奪冠,所有中國人會更興奮,所以一直撐下去,我終於做到了。」


  「為中國人撐下去」


  能夠像劉翔、丁俊暉    等運動員打破歐美壟斷,李娜於四月毅然決定更換教練是一大關鍵。她聘請前丹麥台維斯盃隊長摩頓遜當教練,丈夫姜山則改當陪練員。摩頓遜專注加強李娜自信心,後者表示:「今屆法網之前人們都指出我於紅土場表現不好,甚至連我亦質疑自己的能力,但他告訴我要相信自己,認同自己有能力在紅土場有好表現。」


  超越伊達公子成就


  過去亞洲球手在法網的成績只屬一般,只有日本    一代名將伊達公子曾經闖進女單四強,故李娜今次打破亞洲球員的法網宿命成功奪冠,比在其餘三項大滿貫爭標更具意義。李娜透露:「亞洲人在紅土場比賽很難有好成績,因為必需要有滑步,還要打出具備很多上旋的球,偏偏亞洲球員普遍擅長打平擊,相對較有利於草地或硬地賽事。」


  今年李娜於首兩項大滿貫賽事,澳洲和法國連續躋身決賽,令網球運動在中國的地位大幅提升。中央電視台早前於法網女單四強賽事,已破先例放棄轉播「國粹」乒乓球賽事,改播李娜對舒拉寶娃之戰。女單決賽央視再一次為李娜調動節目,放棄另一國內熱門項目女子排球精英賽,直播李娜對舒捷雅禾妮的終極決戰,證明李娜的影響力。


李娜:勝利來自各方面因素
 (明報)2011年6月5日 星期日 


奪得法網女單冠軍的李娜    說,勝利來自各方面的因素,任何一個因素都不能獨立成為獲勝的原因。


4日下午剛剛獲得法網女單冠軍的李娜,晚上換上了一身休閒的裝束來到中國駐法國    大使官邸。在場上叱吒風雲的亞洲「一姐」露出了女性柔情的一面。


由於比賽結束後又參加了兩場記者會和在艾菲爾鐵塔處照相等活動,身穿頗具中國特色白色外衣的李娜略顯疲憊,但好心情都寫在臉上。接過使館的鮮花和眾人的祝賀,李娜話不多,站在那裏只是微笑。


李娜說,很興奮可以拿到第一個大滿貫冠軍,能在這裏與大使以及來自中國的朋友相聚感到更加高興。她感謝那麼多人對他的支持。


她說,勝利來自各方面的因素,任何一個因素都不能獨立成為獲勝的原因。


李娜說,這場比賽上場之前有一點緊張,但比賽開始後就進入了狀態。


李娜說,「我和她(舒雅雲妮)已經多次交手,是比較熟悉的對手,相互之間都比較了解。針對對手的技戰術,賽前教練和姜山也為我制定了特別的計劃。」


李娜表示,在這次法網比賽中第一場比賽最為困難。李娜首輪對陣捷克    選手姬維杜娃。在相繼錯失3個賽點後,李娜終以6比3、6比7和6比3艱難取勝。


今天比賽結束時,李娜縱情躺倒在羅蘭    加洛斯的紅土場上。記者問她當時的感受,李娜說,其實也沒有想太多,那只是順勢的一個動作。


中國駐法國大使孔泉向李娜轉達了來自全國各方面的祝賀,還為李娜專門開了香檳,準備了湖北特色的辣味菜和法式三文魚。


國家體育總局網球運動管理中心主任孫晉芳與李娜擊掌相慶。李娜、姜山以及教練和整個團隊沉浸在勝利後的喜悅之中。


(新華社    )


李娜創歷史奪法網冠軍
 (明報)2011年6月4日 星期六 


法網女單決賽,李娜    以直落2盤,擊敗意大利    選手舒雅雲妮,成為史上第一個贏得大滿貫女單冠軍的中國人。


李娜首局以6:4成績,先勝首局,1:0領先意大利選手、上屆盟主舒雅雲妮。李娜第二局再勝7:6再勝,成為首名中國人,奪得法網女單冠軍。


(綜合)

2011-06-04

聘請屋宇署批准的認可工程師測量師作專業評估僭建最低消費3萬

評估僭建最低消費3萬
 (明報)2011年6月4日 星期六


【明報專訊】普羅大眾究竟如何判斷自己的單位是否僭建?答案是要花數萬元,聘請認可人士作專業評估,但有測量師認為,一旦被評不合格,便要花上昂貴費用加上漫長審批,甚少人會主動委託認可人士處理。


全港1431人獲專業認可


Car Rental 


目前全港共有1431名屋宇署    批准的認可人士,其中建築師1125人,工程師139人,另有167名測量師。測量師學會建築測量組主席何鉅業指出,雖然三者同樣有審批資格,但實際上多由工程師或測量師承接相關工作,評估費用一般約為三數萬元。


根據《建築物條例》,任何涉及私人樓宇及土地上進行的建築工程,除非符合豁免工程規定,否則須認可人士向屋宇署擬備圖則審批,意味一旦單位被評不合規格或不屬豁免範圍,業主便要大解慳囊「執正」。


審批最少4個月 直接拆更便宜


測量師學會前會長陳旭明以改動特首的露台為例,評估連劃圖則的一條龍服務較繁複,顧問費約10萬元,屋宇署另會就每份圖則收取約2萬元費用,連同工程費約7、8萬元,認同並非人人可負擔。他續指出,即使工程只需個多星期,但事前審批過程漫長,署方審批圖則需時2個月,批出開工紙另加一個月,連同中間的文件往來,最快也要4個月才能正式動工修正問題。昂貴費用加上漫長審批,令不少人卻步,絕少主動委託專業人士處理,「通常等殺到埋身」,如收到署方發出清拆令,一般會索性選擇費用較低的拆除工程,而非重新入則。故即使隨僭建風波擴散而查詢的數字增多,但真正委託認可人士的業主較少。

炒意大利著名時裝品牌PRADA股 要向意大利政府交重稅

炒PRADA 要交重稅
 (星島)2011年6月4日 星期六
(綜合報道)


(星島日報    報道)意大利    著名時裝品牌PRADA昨天在港交所    網站上載初步招股書,揭開來港上市的序幕。雖然市場預期PRADA招股將掀起熱潮,但投資者要留意持有PRADA股份要向意大利政府繳稅,包括在派息前要先扣除兩成七股息稅,將影響投資者的股息收入。假如是大手買賣的基金或大戶,更有可能要繳付資本收益稅,稅額大約相當於交易利潤的一成四。


Forzieri.com 


  財經組記者:劉雲青


  預計來港集資二十億美元    (一百五十六億港元)的PRADA,將會是首家來港上市的意大利公司,對於習慣簡單稅制的香港投資者來說,亦是首次面對如此高的稅率。據了解,本港監管機構亦有留意到意大利稅制對香港投資者的影響,但認為只要在招股書披露詳情,不會有大問題。以資本收益稅來說,相信甚少投資者會主動向意大利政府報稅    ,在香港收稅執行上有很大困難。至於股息稅方面,由於是預先扣除,投資者恐怕要「打定輸數」。


  少量買賣 毋須繳稅


  PRADA初步招股書提及的資本收益稅,在香港是全新事物。香港投資者買賣少量PRADA股份,即使賺了錢,也毋須向意大利政府繳付這種稅項,但進行大手交易的基金,卻可能因此要繳稅。繳稅過程亦相當複雜,包括要在意大利領事館取得稅務證明號碼,並且要以意大利文填寫資料,以及透過意大利銀行轉帳稅款。


  繳稅退稅手續複雜


  PRADA表示會印製一本英文小冊子介紹繳稅程序。沒有按意大利法例繳稅,「理論上」會被罰相當於稅款一點四倍的罰款。


  至於股息稅方面,派息前先扣起兩成七稅款,但股東可以申請「抵免退稅」,最多可以退回預扣股息稅的九分之四。PRADA股東可以在派息日的四十八個月之內,向意大利稅務局    呈交退稅申請。PRADA將會研究一些方便股東申請退稅的機制,但並沒有披露詳情。現時香港股民透過證券行持有國企,已經遭內地抽去一成的預扣股息稅,但意大利的稅率卻比內地高得多。


  證券界:投資看增長潛力


  AMTD證券業務部總經理鄧聲興認為,投資PRADA主要是看中其增長潛力,並不是為了收息,因此股息稅雖然高,PRADA也一樣可以在香港掀起認購熱潮。本身是PRADA產品「粉絲」的鄧聲興表示,他本人會否認購,還要看定價以及估值而定。


  另一方面,早前PRADA在日本    涉及性騷擾以及不公平解僱的糾紛,中國勞動透視聯絡人鍾明麗表示,有關的受害人以及日本婦女工會的代表,將會在本月中來港,向Prada管理層抗議。

2011-06-02

Mark Zuckerberg Only Eats Those He Kills

Mark Zuckerberg Only Eats Those He Kills
Facebook bazillionaire Mark Zuckerberg's new "personal challenge" for this year is to eat meat only from animals he has killed himself.

How to Open a Tupperware Container When You Only Have Paws



佳寶雪藏蟶子鎘超標 長期食可損腎
佳寶超市繼早前被指懷疑將豬肉混入牛肉出售後,食物安全中心    亦驗出其沙田    店出售的冷藏蟶子肉,重金屬「鎘」超標

醫療過失?林美珠眼睛開刀手術前 輸血害死她

世界衛生組織(WHO)指長期用手機可能增腦癌風險

List of Type-approved Hand-held Mobile Phones in Compliance with Radiation Safety Standard

iHerb $5 Discount Off First Order


Chinese key target in Vancouver condo push

Chinese key target in Vancouver condo push
Wed Jun 1, 2011


(Reuters) - In Vancouver, Canada's hottest real estate market, one marketer is targeting Chinese buyers with a new get-a-deal spin on condos.


Sales and marketing firm The Key launches an online real estate venture later this month, offering week-by-week discounts. The first one promises savings of C$200,000 ($206,000) if a buyer snaps up two condos rather than one.


Strawberrynet 


Its target market is Chinese investors, who have already driven up prices for multimillion dollar homes in a few Vancouver neighborhoods. [ID:nN01250393]


"They'll do whatever they have to do to get a deal. They're going to be a huge group ... and getting a better deal than they could ever get on their own," said The Key President Cam Good, who says his special offer web site is modeled on daily deal service Groupon.


Good tried a version of bulk selling in the soft Vancouver real estate market of early 2009, pre-negotiating a deal with a developer and selling 400 condos in 90 days, a move that helped spark a turnaround in the Vancouver market.


"There's a huge appetite for getting a deal, no matter whether the market is strong or not," he said.


The first venture will offer savings on two waterfront condo developments near Vancouver. In one, buyers can save C$200,000 or more by purchasing twin units that they can combine and customize into "a dream home in the sky."


Good hopes to be able to offer a new one-day deal every Saturday in a sales concept that could spread to other Canadian condo markets like Toronto and Calgary.


($1= $0.97 Canadian) (Reporting by Ka Yan Ng; editing by Janet Guttsman and Jeffrey Hodgson)

深圳樓降價25%遭質疑

深圳樓降價25%遭質疑


明報
6/2/2011


最新公布的數據顯示,深圳5月房價較前一個月下跌近25%,重回兩年前水平,但有業界人士質疑非「真正降價」。
深圳市規劃國土委公布的最新數據顯示,深圳市5月份一手商品住房成交均價15262元人民幣,與4月份相比,降幅高達24.8%,重回兩年前的水平。但有專家認為目前數據顯示的均價下跌,並不是真正的降價。


PrintRunner 


《南方都市報》2日報道稱,據最新數據顯示,5月份深圳市新房成交量呈大幅上升之勢,成交套數和成交面積均上漲逾50%。與4月份相比,5月新房成交套數增加1054套,增加幅度高達56%,日均增加34套。


深圳福田市民張先生最近一直在看房。他聽到5月房價均價1.5萬元的消息,表示不認同,「房價根本沒降。我在西麗看一處房子,兩月前135萬,現在145萬,漲了10萬元。」
深圳房地產研究中心副主任王鋒表示:「這個數據不準確,那樣簡單統計,早就被認為不科學,不能反映實際樓市的情況。」


世聯地產市場研究部總監、首席分析師王海斌表示,目前數據顯示的均價下跌,主要由於高價項目入不了市、成交結構變化造成的,並不是真正的降價。
也有深圳地產研究人士認為,儘管5月由於龍崗、寶安兩區銷售量大增,從而拉低了全市均價,與市場存在一定差距;但目前深圳樓市確實在向「降價」的方向發展,降價的樓盤愈來愈多。


(中新社)