部门晚宴

大吃大喝

Belated

Happy first day to 女姐...

(5:38pm)

Shark fin

The mainland's biggest internet trading platform will ban sales of shark fin products on its website from 1 January. Taobao said that to follow the rules of wild animal protection, none of its members would be allowed to sell shark fin and violations would be strictly punished (SCMP).

[Correction] Happy Last Day

Mixed up the date.
Today is the last working of JRPY in 2008.
Good for him.

避風塘炒蟹

2007.12.29
@ 越華會
w/ 虎和第一夫人



P.S. 答 pom 問：什麽是 autolevel? 以上是用了 PS 的 autolevel 來修改過的照片，以下是原照，autolevel 是一個比較快和簡單的方法去修改 brightless, contrast，etc...

其後

阿虎出血後我們到了銅鑼灣越華會食晚飯，第一夫人點了避風堂炒蟹，我挑了芝士斑塊，阿虎選了生炒骨，然後再加炒豆苗，十分美味。十時後打道回府。

Finally...

It's bleeding time for Tiger...

He got Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, hood & Hoya filter from Wing Shing.

And then a Canon 40D body, battery, lcd protector from one store in 298 and 8GB CF from another.

Good for him... :)


Full review from dpreview => http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canoneos40d/

Airplane battery ban

Woo & Mo:

http://tech.yahoo.com/news//ap/20071228/ap_on_hi_te/lithium_batteries_travel

Baggage ban on batteries begins (AP)
Posted on Fri Dec 28, 2007 1:25PM EST

WASHINGTON - To help reduce the risk of fires, air travelers will no
longer be able to pack loose lithium batteries in checked luggage
beginning Jan. 1, the Transportation Department said Friday.

Passengers can still check baggage with lithium batteries if they are
installed in electronic devices, such as cameras, cell phones and laptop
computers. If packed in plastic bags, batteries may be in carryon
baggage. The limit is two batteries per passenger.

The ban affects shipments of non-rechargeable lithium batteries, such as
those made by Energizer Holdings Inc. and Procter & Gamble Co.'s
Duracell brand.

"Doing something as simple as keeping a spare battery in its original
retail packaging or a plastic zip-lock bag will prevent unintentional
short-circuiting and fires," Krista Edwards, deputy administrator of the
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, said in a release.

The Federal Aviation Administration has found that fire-protection
systems in the cargo hold of passenger planes can't put out fires
sparked in lithium batteries.

The National Transportation Safety Board earlier this month said it
could not rule out lithium batteries as the source of a cargo plane fire
at Philadelphia International Airport last year.

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

To Tiger:

http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/ming.n1234/article?mid=597

_______________________________

Recent price from http://www.ygdragon.net/index.php?page=photo/cameraprice.htm

Canon	EF 50mm f/1.2 L USM	Prime 定焦		10,800	27/8/2007	Mongkok Wing Shxng
Canon	EF 50mm f/1.4 USM	Prime 定焦		2,500	15/10/2007	Mongkok Wing Shxng
Canon	EF 50mm f/1.8 II	Prime 定焦		600	24/9/2007	Mongkok Wing Shxng
Canon	EF 85mm f/1.2 L II USM	Prime 定焦		15,600	26/11/2006	Mongkok Wing Shxng

魔鬼在細節裏？

Source: Yahoo!HK

http://hk.news.yahoo.com/071229/12/2m3m1.html
普選特首仍經提名委員會
 (明報) 12月 29日 星期六 11:00AM
人大會議認為，普選行政長官亦應經提名委員會提名，但沒有提及提名委員會的組成和產生辦法。

人大指出，根據香港基本法第四十五條的規定，在香港特別行政區行政長官實行普選產生的辦法時，須組成一個有廣泛代表性的提名委員會。提名委員會可參照香港 基本法附件一有關選舉委員會的現行規定組成。提名委員會須按照民主程序提名產生若干名行政長官候選人，由香港特別行政區全體合資格選民普選產生行政長官人 選，報中央人民政府任命。

http://hk.news.yahoo.com/071229/12/2m3lz.html
行政長官普選方法未有列明
 (明報) 12月 29日 星期六 10:45AM
人大的決議沒有提及2017普選行政長官的方法，只是表示，方法需由行政長官提出，經立法會通過才提請人大。

人大的決議提到，實行普選前的適當時候，行政長官須按照香港基本法的有關規定和《全國人民代表大會常務委員會關於〈中華人民共和國香港特別行政區基本法〉 附件一第七條和附件二第三條的解釋》，就行政長官產生辦法的修改問題向全國人民代表大會常務委員會提出報告，由全國人民代表大會常務委員會確定。修改行政 長官產生辦法的法案及其修正案，應由香港特別行政區政府向立法會提出，經立法會全體議員三分之二多數通過，行政長官同意，報全國人民代表大會常務委員會批 准。

人大決議全文

http://hk.news.yahoo.com/071229/12/2m3lx.html

人大決議全文 (明報) 12月 29日 星期六 10:45AM

電全國人民代表大會常務委員會關於香港特別行政區2012年行政長官和立法會產生 辦法及有關普選問題的決定

（2007年12月29日第十屆全國人民代表大會常務委員會第三十一次會議通過）

第十屆全國人民代表大會常務委員會第三十一次會議審議了香港特別行政區行政長官曾蔭權2007年12月12日提交的《關於香港特別行政區政制發展咨 詢情況及2012年行政長官和立法會產生辦法是否需要修改的報告》。會議認為，2012年香港特別行政區第四任行政長官的具體產生辦法和第五屆立法會的具 體產生辦法可以作出適當修改﹔2017年香港特別行政區第五任行政長官的選舉可以實行由普選產生的辦法﹔在行政長官由普選產生以後，香港特別行政區立法會 的選舉可以實行全部議員由普選產生的辦法。

全國人民代表大會常務委員會根據《中華人民共和國    香港特別行政區基本法    》的有關規定和《全國人民代表大會常務委員會關於〈中華人民共和國香港 特別行政區基本法〉附件一第七條和附件二第三條的解釋》決定如下：

一、2012年香港特別行政區第四任行政長官的選舉，不實行由普選產生的辦法。2012年香港特別行政區第五屆立法會的選舉，不實行全部議員由普選 產生的辦法，功能團體和分區直選產生的議員各佔半數的比例維持不變，立法會對法案、議案的表決程序維持不變。在此前提下，2012年香港特別行政區第四任 行政長官的具體產生辦法和2012年香港特別行政區第五屆立法會的具體產生辦法，可按照《中華人民共和國香港特別行政區基本法》第四十五條、第六十八條的 規定和附件一第七條、附件二第三條的規定作出符合循序漸進原則的適當修改。

二、在香港特別行政區行政長官實行普選前的適當時候，行政長官須按照香港基本法的有關規定和《全國人民代表大會常務委員會關於〈中華人民共和國香港 特別行政區基本法〉附件一第七條和附件二第三條的解釋》，就行政長官產生辦法的修改問題向全國人民代表大會常務委員會提出報告，由全國人民代表大會常務委 員會確定。修改行政長官產生辦法的法案及其修正案，應由香港特別行政區政府向立法會提出，經立法會全體議員三分之二多數通過，行政長官同意，報全國人民代 表大會常務委員會批准。

三、在香港特別行政區立法會全部議員實行普選前的適當時候，行政長官須按照香港基本法的有關規定和《全國人民代表大會常務委員會關於〈中華人民共和 國香港特別行政區基本法〉附件一第七條和附件二第三條的解釋》，就立法會產生辦法的修改問題以及立法會表決程序是否相應作出修改的問題向全國人民代表大會 常務委員會提出報告，由全國人民代表大會常務委員會確定。修改立法會產生辦法和立法會法案、議案表決程序的法案及其修正案，應由香港特別行政區政府向立法 會提出，經立法會全體議員三分之二多數通過，行政長官同意，報全國人民代表大會常務委員會備案。

四、香港特別行政區行政長官的產生辦法、立法會的產生辦法和法案、議案表決程序如果未能依照法定程序作出修改，行政長官的產生辦法繼續適用上一任行 政長官的產生辦法，立法會的產生辦法和法案、議案表決程序繼續適用上一屆立法會的產生辦法和法案、議案表決程序。

會議認為，根據香港基本法第四十五條的規定，在香港特別行政區行政長官實行普選產生的辦法時，須組成一個有廣泛代表性的提名委員會。提名委員會可參 照香港基本法附件一有關選舉委員會的現行規定組成。提名委員會須按照民主程序提名產生若干名行政長官候選人，由香港特別行政區全體合資格選民普選產生行政 長官人選，報中央人民政府任命。

會議認為，經過香港特別行政區政府和香港市民的共同努力，香港特別行政區的民主制度一定能夠不斷向前發展，並按照香港基本法和本決定的規定，實現行 政長官和立法會全部議員由普選產生的目標。

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無雙普

2012...

馮總榮休

恭喜恭喜！

今晚宴開 7 席，節目十分豐富和大家情緒高漲。

The 30 Most Important IT Trends for 2007

You may find this article interesting:

http://www.cioinsight.com/article2/0,1540,2060865,00.asp

Update On Asia's Telecom Lines After Quake

Received Dec 29, 4am

Update On Asia's Telecom Lines After Quake

 

Telecommunications across Asia were slowly being restored on Thursday after earthquakes off Taiwan damaged cables and knocked thousands offline, but access in parts of South Korea and Taiwan was still patchy. Most of Asia's telephone traffic was restored while Internet access in many countries had also improved, a day after businesses and home users from Seoul to Sydney were hit by one of the most widespread technology disruptions in Asia.

Repair boats headed to the waters between Hong Kong and Taiwan so that engineers could assess how to fix underwater fibre-optic cables damaged in an earthquake off Taiwan on Tuesday.

Although stock markets in the region functioned normally, access to overseas websites remained patchy, as did dialling telephone numbers across southeast Asia and in the United States. "Our system is gradually recovering," leading Japanese provider NTT Communications said on Thursday, explaining that it had re-routed much of its data transmission away from the troubled Taiwan route. "However, for certain customers it will take a longer time for full restoration, as it may require a complete reinstallation of cables."

The 7.1-magnitude earthquake that hit late Tuesday sparked widespread communications disruption Wednesday in Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, South Korea and elsewhere. Knock-on problems occurred as far away as Australia. Millions of people dependent on the Internet for news, stock prices and e-mail were reminded of life before the World Wide Web.

Telecommunications operators in Taiwan and Hong Kong warned that completely solving the problem could take three weeks.

Taiwan's largest phone company, Chunghwa Telecom, has contracted three boats from Britain, Japan and Singapore to take workers to the zone early next week, said deputy general manager Lin Jen-hon. Lin said seven or eight troublespots needed attention, adding that efforts would be made to divert Internet links with the support of foreign service providers until the ruptured cables could be repaired. Chunghwa put losses since Tuesday's quake, which killed two people on the island, at 150 million Taiwan dollars (US$4.6 million).

Hong Kong's telecommunications authority said five maintenance ships had been sent out to repair the cables, which handle about 90 percent of capacity in the area. International landline calling and roaming mobile services in the southern Chinese territory were returning to normal Thursday, but the authority said full repairs could take up to a week.

China Telecom, the country's largest fixed-line carrier, said six undersea cables were cut off 15 kilometers from the south of Taiwan, causing severe Internet congestion on the mainland. China's Ministry of Information Industry, its Internet regulator, and major telecom operators have started emergency action to overcome the difficulties, Xinhua news agency said.

Global banking giant HSBC said Thursday its internet service had been affected and it was working to restore service to customers via alternative connections.

Indonesia called on people to limit their Internet use to give priority to aid workers after floods killed more than 100 and forced 400,000 to flee their homes. "There are many NGOs in disaster areas such as in Aceh who are depending so much on the Internet for their communications. They are the ones feeling the most impact," telecommunications director general Gatot Dewobroto said.

In Vietnam, operators urged Internet users to ease congestion by refraining from downloading music or large data files from local websites unaffected by the quake-related damage.

In Thailand, Jirachai Srichon, from CAT Telecom, Thailand's communications authority, said 50 percent of Internet connections in the kingdom had been recovered. "Connection, however, has remained slow, especially when traffic is huge," the senior executive vice president told reporters.

South Korea's information and communications ministry said 98 exclusive business lines, 80 run by Korean Telecom and 18 by LG Dacom, remained out of action Thursday, but other Internet and telephone services were normal. "Just the services have got back to normal. The cables still remain damaged," Hong Seong-Yong, a ministry official handling the problem, told AFP.

Service across most of Australia had been restored on Thursday.

Macau

2006.12.28

晚上罗四海建议到官也街附近的阿曼诺食葡餐，我们七时到，要等到八时前才可入席，期间到官也街一游，他买了些杏仁饼孝敬夫人。

我们点了：
- 酒 （HK$200）
- 栗子汤
- 腊肠
- 乳猪
- 菜
- 甜品（我选择弃权）

埋单 HK$580。

饭后到码头回港（~2130），因要久候至0045，我们去了渔人码头喝酒，游人颇稀疏。

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Public Ethernet Services 2007 - 2012

Public Ethernet Services 2007 - 2012
Public Ethernet Services 2007 - 2012

12/27/2006, 22:55     [MarketResearch.com]    


Published By: Insight Research Corporation  

Ethernet, the protocol that is ubiquitous in enterprise local area networks, is now being offered by service providers as a metro or wide area service. These publicly available Ethernet services have been among the communications market's fastest growing segments, with carriers enjoying revenue growth in the range of 30 percent annually as enterprises large and small opt for these new services that are being offered in an array of speeds and reach.  

Public Ethernet offers the chance to tie customer locations together in what appear to be virtual LANs that can stretch across a metropolitan area, a region, the nation, or the world. Public Ethernet offers significant advantages in cost and simplicity and in facilitating convergenceand is often touted as a replacement for legacy data solutions like private line and frame relay. This Insight study projects market size, growth, and revenue, including segmented breakdowns of point-to-point and any-to-any services as well as by interface levels ranging from 10Mbit/s to the emerging 10Gigabit standard. This report provides insight into this emerging arena that will fundamentally shape the communications market of the future.  

Perpetual waiting

Arrived at shun tak at 1pm.
Earliest departure at 2:15pm...
("yellow cow" ticket sold at $250)

Arrived at macau ferry terminal at 9:30pm.
Earliest departure at 12:45am...

Arrived at 12am.
Was lucky enough to catch the 12:15am...

Do not stand at my grave and weep

We all die, sooner or later.

Do not stand at my grave and weep:
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow;
I am the diamond glints on snow;
I am the sunlight on ripened grain;
I am the gentle autumn rain,
When you wake in the morning hush,
I am the swift, uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight;
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry:
I am not there. I did not die.

This poem was read at George Best's Funeral by his son Calum Best.