與 .律師.. 見面徵詢意見

張啟樂怕追究唔敢唱衰亞視 被炒戚黛黛：未收12月薪金

明報 

【明報專訊】亞視「曠課被炒4人組」戚黛黛、張啟樂、陳綺雯與車車自「冬至」（21日）食無情雞被解僱後，昨首度公開交代事件。4人因缺席亞視的「演藝訓練計劃」遭即時終止合約，張啟樂見記者前跟立法會議員梁家傑見面徵詢意見，4人是否進一步行動有待商議。

與梁家傑見面徵詢意見
亞視的「演藝訓練計劃」因4人缺席被炒令事件鬧大，昨日他們接受now《雙梁計》訪問。張啟樂稱連日的沉默惹來揣測，故決定在2012年最後一天交代，讓事情告一段落。他稱於12月17日返亞視開藝員大會，怎料收到「演藝訓練計劃」時間表，並即時由3名高層鄺凱迎、葉家寶與盛品儒上課教亞視歷史。課堂上未說明強制出席否則會受罰，張啟樂因另有工作，故之後沒有上課。直至獲通知21日王征會親自授課，他回覆藝員部因身體不適缺席，同日接通知被解僱了。戚黛黛、陳綺雯與車車同一命運。戚黛黛稱亞視沒有出黃牌、紅牌警告，她獲通知即日要返公司收信，以為是警告信，等了個多小時原來還未決定他們被解僱或警告。最後高層葉家寶接見，指他們因毁約被解僱已成定局。他們不敢評論事件對錯，說由外界定論好了。不過，事發逾一星期亞視未再接觸，他們12月的薪酬還未收到。
張啟樂稱為事件見過律師，有提議向勞工處投訴，但他們並非要搞事，會再研究處理方法。他透露昨日還跟梁家傑議員見面徵詢意見，是否進一步行動還未決定。他稱除非忍無可忍，否則不想法律解決，他只求在娛樂圈有條生路行。王維基曾揚言會接收亞視被炒藝員，但至今未有人跟他們接觸。
言行有損亞視會被追究
張啟樂還爆稱，在解僱協議中有條款是終止合約後，他們的言行對亞視有損會被追究。他苦笑說協議會在他斷氣的一刻才終止。不過，律師認為講事實便沒有問題。
葉家寶﹕已通知被炒藝員取支票
亞視高層葉家寶表示，昨日已通告4名前藝人返亞視收支票，是按勞工法例計算。至於他們指亞視從未就缺席上課提警告？葉家寶否認，他稱藝員部已提醒了藝員。

較易瞞騙...

銀行職員挪用客戶存款罪成押後宣判

香港電台 

一名渣打銀行櫃位員，挪用客戶合共200多萬元存款，在區域法院承認兩項偷竊罪，以及1項使用虛假文書罪，還柙至本月23日宣判，以等候家庭背景報告。案情指任職渣打黃埔分行的32歲被告，去年4至8月，挪用兩名客戶的存款，其中一人為漁販，另一人是安老院院友。被告去年9月企圖在旺角的分行，冒領存款時遭揭發被捕。被告又向上司承認，一直提取客戶的存款再注入自己在馬會的戶口賭波，涉及款項221萬元，並將有關的提存紀錄，印在白紙取代存摺。由於受害客戶不會每月收到月結單，所以較易瞞騙。

情緒激動，又喊又叫...

李超人拜山被「女」追     白帽女高呼：老竇接我走
呢個頭戴白冷帽女子，噚日不斷向李嘉誠狂呼「老竇」，得不到回應就喊了起來。（劉永銳攝）
香港首富李嘉誠一如以往，元旦日同大仔澤鉅齊齊去柴灣佛教墳場，拜祭超人外母同愛妻。呢兩父子糖黐豆，細佬澤楷就遲少少一支公到場會合。其間出現一名女子，向李嘉誠大叫「老竇」，仲叫「老竇」接佢返屋企。超人等人無理會佢，呢位戴白冷帽嘅女子情緒一度激動，又喊又叫，一時又坐喺馬路，超人嘅保安就全程戒備。
李澤楷一支公會合父兄
噚日雖然無除夕咁凍，但朝早都幾大風，同樣有戴冷帽嘅李超人心情唔錯，見到成班記者在場，佢笑笑口講「早晨」，仲逐一同記者握手，明顯係冷待遠處狂呼佢做「老竇」嘅中年女子。超人同澤鉅以及兩名相信係新抱、孫女等人，肅然掃墓、上香及跪拜。其後，細仔李澤楷一支公，著條牛仔褲到場，澤楷拜祭期間，超人同澤鉅等在旁閒話家常。唔好以為澤楷唔識禮數，佢拜外婆時，行足三跪九拜㗎！約一個鐘頭後，李家要走人，一直守候嘅白帽女再度激動，多次擠向阻擋佢嘅保安，一見超人又大叫「老竇接我走」、「點解唔認我呀」，最終佢都無法如願。Emily睇番資料，2007年元旦，有個名叫李玉蓮嘅內地女子，趁超人掃墓時想認「老竇」，唔知噚日嘅白帽女子係咪同佢係同一人？

拘捕前無警告

 不要視警告為必然，最好自我了解個人能夠承受程度。

陳偉業：警方拘捕前無警告

明報 

人民力量立法會議員陳偉業深夜以涉嫌協助非法集結被捕，陳偉業指警方拘捕前無警告。陳偉業指這是政治拘捕，炮轟警方淪為政治打手。陳偉業被扣留在海傍警署，凌晨准以500元保釋外出，下月4日返警署報到。

陳偉業對今次被捕感到驚訝及「無厘頭」，指警方事前並無發出警告，且一直沒有清楚交代和解釋，到底示威者哪一個行為犯法、在什麼位置涉嫌犯法，所以他認為這是政治拘捕，警方已成為特首梁振英的政治打手。
在昨天反梁大遊行中，警方共拘捕8男1女，現時已全部保釋外出。

Rape victim was due to wed

(The Standard P14  31 Dec 2012) The victim of a gang-rape(輪姦) and murder that triggered(引起) an outpouring of grief(流露悲痛) and anger across India was cremated(火葬) at a private ceremony yesterday, as it emerged(暴露) she had planned to marry in February.

The unidentified (身分不明的) 23-year-old, the focus of nationwide(全國性的) protests since she was brutally(殘忍地) attacked on a bus in New Delhi two weeks ago, was cremated away from the public glare - hours after her body was repatriated (遣返回國) from Singapore.

The funeral pyre (火葬用的柴堆) was lit after traumatized relatives and friends said their final prayers (祈禱) at a ceremony (儀式) in southwestern Delhi, according to mourners (送葬者) who revealed (揭露) she was to wed a boyfriend who was injured in the same attack.

"They had made all the wedding preparations and had planned a wedding party in Delhi," said Meena Rai, a close friend and neighbor. "I really loved this girl. She was the brightest (最開朗的) of all."

Prime Minister (首相) Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi, the leader of the main ruling Congress party, were at Delhi airport to console (慰問) her parents as they arrived home on a chartered jet with their daughter's body. After initial (最初的) treatment in a Delhi hospital following the attack, she was flown to Singapore on Wednesday night. But doctors were unable to prevent a multiple organ failure (多器官功能衰竭) and she was pronounced dead in the early hours of Saturday.

Her death has prompted (促使) government promises of better protection for women, and deep soul-searching (深思) in a nation where gang-rapes are a daily occurrence (常有的事) and sexual harassment (性騷擾) is routinely dismissed (慣常地不受理) as "Eve- teasing「夏娃的挑逗」."

Waves of protests (抗議狂潮) have erupted across India (在印度各地爆發) since the attack on the night of December 16 when the woman was not only repeatedly raped but also sexually assaulted with an iron bar, leaving her with terrible intestinal injuries(她的腸受到嚴重的傷害).

Thousands took part in late-night candlelit vigils (晚間的祈禱會) on Saturday after Singh led appeals for calm (懇求平靜下來) to prevent a repeat of the sometimes violent protests (暴力的抗議).

As police said the six accused of attacking the victim could face the death penalty, there was a widespread determination (很多人確定) that the killing would serve (服刑) as a tipping point (臨界點) for how the nation deals with (國家對付) violence against women.

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE

Green sales urged to help give wind power a push

 (The Standard P.9  31 Dec 2012) An environmental group is calling for (需要) the introduction of green electricity certificates(可再生能源驗證) to encourage the community to share the cost of developing wind power.

Greenpeace said electricity users have to shoulder(承擔) the cost of developing wind energy and certificates will help do this.

The organization hopes the scheme will stabilize electricity tariffs(穩定電價).

It believes the matter should be included in the interim review (年期檢討) of the Scheme of Control Agreement (利潤管制協議) next year.

Last month, Greenpeace commissioned (委託) the University of Hong Kong's Public Opinion Programme (香港大學民意研究計劃) to conduct a survey of 1,031 respondents and compare the results with those of a similar survey carried out by the Census and Statistics Department (政府統計處) in 2003.

It found that 73.9percent welcomed the introduction of


renewable energy as against 63percent nine years ago.
 

In addition, 71.9percent said they will use renewable energy, a significant (顯著的) increase from 31.9percent in 2003.

The two electricity companies are developing windmills and will study the feasibility (可行性) of such power next year.

Campaigner Argo Yeung Man-yau suggested the 

 certificates be introduced before review of the
agreement.
 

"The certificates are issued by the government based on the electricity generated from wind power, and which corporations (有限公司) and individuals(個體戶) can purchase voluntarily(自動地) from the two companies to reduce carbon emissions (碳排放)," Yeung said.

The government should regulate (控制) companies over the sale of 50percent of the certificates in order to obtain (獲得) the permitted (允許) return of 11percent for renewable energy (再生能源), he added.

Senior campaigner Prentice Koo Wai- muk said: "HSBC has been purchasing certificates every year from the United States to fulfill (履行) its goal of reducing carbon emissions. The concept (概念) is like buying securities(保障).

Beatrice Siu "

Design on life sees boyhood wish realized

There is a reason to read : to gather some vocabulary for future use.

marches toward (邁向)
renowned (有名的)
interior (室內)
assure revelers (確保尋歡作樂的人)
wishes (願望)
come true (實現)
rags-to- riches story (從赤貧到巨富的故事)
call on (請求)
equivalent (相等)
respected (受敬重的)
hold her head up high (昂起頭做人)
 a factotum (做雜工)
fame and popularity (出名及走紅)
coincidence (巧合)


(The Standard P.8  31 Dec 2012) As the world marches toward (邁向) the new year, renowned (有名的) local interior (室內) designer Setmund Leung Kam-biu took time off (抽出一部份時間) to assure revelers (確保尋歡作樂的人) in Kwun Tong that wishes (願望) can indeed come true (實現).

A pre-New Year event at the APM mall saw Leung relate his rags-to- riches story (從赤貧到巨富的故事) and call on (請求) others not to give up on their dreams.

"I was only an office boy and never thought I would be what I am today," said the first Hongkonger to win the international "Red Dot Design Concept" award (德國紅點設計概念奬) in 2006, the equivalent (相等) of an Oscar (奧斯卡金像獎) for the design industry.

His family was poor and his father was a gambler, Leung recalled.

"My father would come home and ask my mother for money. Every relative knew my father was addicted to gambling and would avoid us for fear we would ask to borrow money," the 40-year-old said. "If my mother refused to give him money, he would take out a knife or scissors threatening (威脅) to end his life. My brothers, sisters and I always hid the knives and scissors before he came back."

Leung had just one wish, hoping the day would come when he was respected (受敬重的) and his mother able to hold her head up high (昂起頭做人).

He became an office boy in a design house and was initially a factotum (最初是做雜工) ordered to buy dinner and clean the office.

But he knew he would only be accepted (接受) if he maintained (維持) a good relationship with colleagues and their clients. His efforts paid off (取得成功) and he was promoted (晉升) as a real designer after many of his colleagues left the company.

Then came international design awards, fame and popularity (出名及走紅) for his unconventional focus on fittings like faucets (龍頭).

"It was a coincidence (巧合) that I won the [Red Dot] award," he said.

"One night, I finished a design at about 11pm and found that a design competition was closing at midnight."

He immediately submitted his design. And the rest is history (接下來的故事你都知道了).

Kelly Ip