2010-09-06

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。

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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。
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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。

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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

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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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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。

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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).

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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.

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.

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。

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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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2010-08-14

樓花禁「摸貨」 遏炒風

樓花禁「摸貨」 遏炒風
 (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。

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。

「包養網」現身網絡 成功介紹1人可獲8000元

「包養網」現身網絡 成功介紹1人可獲8000元


來源: 鳳凰網  


大河網-河南商報「『保養』無地域限制,可就近推薦富豪!」近來,網上出現了一個「保養網」,該網站號稱「中國最大的富豪包養網站」,網站的信息分為富豪包養、富豪徵婚、富婆包養、美女求包養、帥哥求包養5類,無論哪個字眼都可以令人浮想聯翩。網站還專門為包養雙方擬訂一份所謂的私人助理勞動合同。


包養還得簽合同
在「保養網」首頁公佈的信息中,浙江某鞋業集團女董事長最顯眼。信息顯示,「鞋業集團女董事長」37歲,資產規模高達5億元,年收入4000萬元以上,並在杭州、南京、上海有多處豪宅。類似這樣的「成功人士」會員還有很多,其中還有一名會員自稱上市公司男富豪,還明確表明可對被包養者月付8萬元以上薪酬。


Sugar Daddy Dating


整個網站的會員不是老闆、富二代之流,就是美少女、環球小姐、英俊男模之輩。打開網頁可以看到網站貼出眾多富豪、美女、帥哥的照片,並附有詳盡個人資料。網站稱,出於保險還有很多資料沒有公佈。網站人員甚至提出可以幫人實現明星夢,理由是網站上有的富豪是娛樂圈的社會名流、投資人及製片人,他們可以幫助那些有夢想的人。


該網站甚至為富豪與被包養者擬定了所謂的「私人助理勞動合同」。合同中,甲方為富豪,乙方為美女帥哥,合同的規定與普通勞動合同大致相同,合同中標明,「根據《中華人民共和國勞動法》以及有關法律、法規、規章和政策的規定,經雙方平等協商,乙方為甲方城鎮合同制職工,並訂立本合同」。其中工作內容規定,「乙方同意按甲方工作需要,在私人助理崗位工作,完成該崗位所承擔的各項工作內容。工作內容包括對外聯絡、日程安排、雜務處理、形象打扮、生活起居護理。乙方無義務為甲方提供任何形式與性有關的服務,甲方侵犯乙方的移交司法機關處理」。


成功介紹有中介費


記者瞭解到,該網站是5月初建立的,之後就通過QQ群等方式在網絡上大肆宣傳。網站一再保證,將嚴格保密註冊者相關信息,並稱:「招聘私人助理,為單身或離異富豪提供保養身心服務。」 若註冊需將資料發送到網站指定郵箱,由其進行人工註冊。需要資料如下:性別、所在城市、身高、體重、年齡、照片(要包含面部清晰的和全身的)及聯繫電話。


記者瞭解到,對於富豪的真實性,其有專門的資產評估師、註冊會計師對富豪的資產概況進行評估,但大多數情況下只能知道富豪資產的冰山一角。其還稱,如果透露富豪的聯繫方式,富豪將會受到很多騷擾,到時候會怪網站洩露其聯繫方式,所以網站是收集美女帥哥的資料,供富豪選擇。如果後者有意,網站會安排雙方見面,並提供聯繫方式。而私人助理的工資是依據「個人優秀程度」不同而有所區別,高的如比較有名的模特一個月得幾十萬元,低的普通的女孩一個月1萬元。


對於該網站所做出的承諾,很多網友提出質疑,懷疑這個網站極有可能是個「釣魚」網站。根據網站提供的客服QQ,記者聯繫了網站客服人員,對方表示若介紹他人註冊並被成功包出,介紹人可獲得8000元的中介費。對於記者提出的若被性侵犯怎麼保障的問題,對方回答可以報警,但補充說「私了賠償也很可觀」。


包養合同違法無效


廣東大同律師事務所朱永平律師認為,包養網所提供的包養信息,是一種間接的賣淫嫖娼行為,是我國法律法規所明令禁止的性交易行為,其在雙方所簽訂的合同中註明:乙方無義務為甲方提供任何形式與性有關的服務,甲方侵犯乙方的移交司法機關處理。只是耍了一個滑頭,規避其見不得人的行為,無論其試圖如何「洗白」自己,也終究不具合法性。包養行為不僅有違社會公德,同時也是不受法律保護的,由此產生的合同也是違法且無效的。


朱永平還指出,根據我國的計算機網絡管理條例,允許此類「包養網」成立這是管理和社會機制的失責,主管單位在審核這類網站的註冊請求時,不能因為其打了「擦邊球」而放過他們並為其提供生存平台,建議監管部門應對此負責,並對該類網站進行取締。

網上惡搞「女大學生包養價格」

網上惡搞「女大學生包養價格」
2010-7-22

【大公報訊】中廣網北京21日消息:女大學生被包養,一直是抓人眼球的話題,坊間對此的討論或流言更是一直沒停止過。最近,網上流傳出一份「上海女大學生包養價格表」,在這份價格表上,上海高校女生的包養每年生活費價格從2萬元到50萬元不等,一般學校排名越靠前,價格也越高。有網友笑稱,看來這年頭文憑還是有點用的啊。

網友「pork23」20日在網上發表了一篇名為《上海女大學生包養價格表曝光,憑你實力能包哪種?》的帖子,其中有一個詳細的包養價格表,上面是上海各大高校女生被包養的費用。

Dating Personals

價格表的上半部分被一張名片遮住,有幾所學校的名字壓在下面,只能看到後面的價格。其中包年生活費中,價格最高的是50萬元一年。具體列表如下(銀碼為包年生活費):上海外國語大學:8萬至13萬;上海大學7萬至10萬;上海理工大學:6萬至9萬;上海師範大學:5萬至8萬;上海商學院:4萬至7萬;上海旅遊高等專科學校:3萬至5萬;上海中體職業技術學院:2萬至3萬;上海音樂學院:10萬至15萬;上海戲劇學院:12萬至17萬。

女生:從沒聽說過

上海外國語學院日語專業的研究生陳冬聽到這個說法後笑著說:「又是網上惡搞吧,網上出這麼多八卦的東西。」陳冬說,「什麼女大學生被包養的事情,聽說得太多了。說實話,所有人內心裡都有一種獵奇的心態,特別是什麼東西一跟女大學生沾邊就更抓人眼球了。但我在學校讀書的這段時間裡,我還真沒聽到這樣的說法,也沒遇到過這樣的事情。」

同濟大學傳播與藝術學院的學生姚獻華的第一反應是:「從沒聽說過這樣的事!為啥非妖魔化女大學生呢?」她認為:「現在社會上,包括學校裡都有很多關於女大學生被包養的傳言,但我覺得即使有,那也是少數,甚至可能是大家的誤解。反正我認識的身邊的同學和朋友沒有這樣的。我的好多朋友長得也都很漂亮,但人家也都很有能力,自己賺得都很多了,幹嗎還要找別人包養啊!」

2010-08-12

劉嘉時稱人民幣計價基金暫不適合強積金

劉嘉時稱人民幣計價基金暫不適合強積金

 (商台)2010年8月10日

香港退休計劃協會主席劉嘉時,在一個電台節目表示,本港推出人民幣計價基金,暫時不適合以強積金    投資,因為貨幣有流通因素,而且需要時間進行諮詢。 她又認為現時積金局    限制基金的數目及種類,令供款者的選擇減少,建議當局應該要求提供強積金服務的金融機構,披露產品的風險,並在銷售守則上清楚說明,讓消費者了解。

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