灣仔睇Notebook / 買書 Looking for a Notebook/ Books in Wan Chai

因打算買notebook，前兩天和同事去了灣仔電腦城格價、看款式。我一向不打電腦遊戲，只用電腦上網和處理文書，間中看看電影而已，故要求並不高。當天跟同事戲言，指：就如在香港買車，實在沒必要買法拉利。

我並不熟悉電腦行情，故事前先問了朋友意見，得知有幾隻牌子"必不可買"，粗看後，暫時對下面HP 520 和 Fujitsu LifeBook A3130 兩款機頗有興趣(尤其是後者)：

I went to Wan Chai to look for a notebook a few days ago. I don't require a latest model, as I told my colleague: it's like buying a car, we really don't need a Farrari in HK.

I'm interested in the following two models, esp. the last one:

1. HP 520  (http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/tw/zh/sm/WF06b/1090709-1124051-1124051-1124051-12434656-80330282-80330286.html)

  其中一間店開價 $5,800，另一間則指可低至$5,200!

   The price is between $5,200 to $5,800.

2.Fujitsu LifeBook A3130   (http://store.shopfujitsu.com/fpc/Ecommerce/buildseriesbean.do?series=A3130)

   只有一間店有這個牌子，不二價$6,998. 可免費將RAM upgrate 到 1G.

   The price for this one is $6,998, and the RAM can be upgrated to 1G for free.

3. 可惜當晚找不到Sony的機。

  買機尚未成功，還需努力尋找．．．． 

   I'm still looking for a Sony Model....

 

睇完notebook，因灣仔三聯書店就在旁邊，我當然沒理由不去看。剛好碰上大減價，我買入下面四本書：

I bought four books after I'd checked the notebook, there is a book sale:

1. 中央與地方關係，這是我一直關心的課題：中央和香港的關係。當年我讀政政系(GPA)時，修讀王紹光教授的一門中央與地方關係的課，獲益良多！我記得當年寫的論文個案是印度，可惜論文沒存底。

我對以色列沒什麼認識，這本書只５元！

I'm interested in the interl-governmental relations. $5 only!

2. 這本黑格爾哲學的英文入門書，厚達300多頁，只卻只賣30元；我一直想多了解一點黑格爾的政治哲學，希望這本書能領引我入門。

And, I'm inerested in political philosphy too. Hope this intorductory book worth reading. $30only.

3. 因受董橋影響，近年我好讀筆記。以下是雅堂先生連橫的筆記，定有助我了解台灣歷史人文。書只5元！

This is an collection of essaies by Lian Heng, a historian in Taiwan, and the grand-father of Lian Zhan, the former chairman of KMT. Again, $5 only.

4.這本書稍僻，10元，我買下來準備送給一位朋友：他的碩士論文題目寫民國軍閥和土匪的關係，希望這本書對他有參考作用。

The topic of this book is rather rare, it's about the relation of bandit and civilian in 12th-18th Centry South-east China. I bought it for a good friend. I hope this book could be useful for him to edit his M.Phil. thesis. $10 only.

春江水暖鴨先知：香港仔(黃竹坑)勢將巨變 The Re-development of Wong Chuk Hang

12月4日蘋果日報的"曾淵滄專欄：細撼大中小地產商靠聯盟"事涉本區發展，現摘引如下：
  
曾先生分析各地產商合縱連橫，紛紛以聯盟方式競投珍貴的地皮，以備日後發展。如早前信和、嘉華與南豐除了在大埔合作買地外，也在香港仔合作買地。曾先生接著分析：

"香港仔將現巨變

不過，如果我們深入了解香港仔這個地區的發展計劃，我們也許會知道，將來的香港仔會出現巨變。根據政府的規劃，香港仔黃竹坑的公屋將會拆卸，土地賣給私人發展商，香港仔的舊工廠也會拆掉，改建辦公樓，數年後的香港仔可能變成一個高尚的度假勝地，有漁人碼頭、有遊艇會、有度假屋、酒店、豪宅……"

雖然有不少分析員認為香港仔這幅土地是買貴了(我早前的相關blog，見：http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/kevin-wch/article?mid=1026)，但嘉華國際主席呂志和"爆內幕"，指並沒有買貴，作為地產商，春江水暖鴨先知，他比曾先生更看著香港仔、黃竹坑的重新發展，他在11月26日的"投資理財周刊"裡直言：

"政府新規劃 香港仔變天

　　他解釋：「當日競投惠福道地皮，個個（發展商）都好想要，每一間（公司）都搶，點解呀？因為塊地向南又向海，將來有地鐵直通港島南區，加上政府決定對香港仔區作重新規劃，未來海洋公園一帶，政府計劃將之變成新旅遊區，而舊有輕工業及公屋區，將變成住宅商場，總之成個香港仔變天。」

　　其實早於01年時候，已有政府中人提出在香港仔大搞旅遊，興建特色漁人碼頭。而各大發展商當日競投香港仔惠福道地皮時「打崩頭」，主要聚焦兩大重頭戲，一是多年來只聞樓梯響的地鐵南港島終於拍板，其中南港島東段，擬由金鐘經海洋公園再伸延至鴨洲。二是政府計劃收回房委會旗下市值超過400億元的黃竹坑公屋地皮發展興建鐵路上蓋物業，香港仔將出現全新面貌。

　　此外，惠福道地皮之可發展地積比率「彈性高」，一名資深地產業人士對本刊透露：「該地皮之地積比率可以用到盡的空間很大。」正因為此，惹來環保團體向城規會申請降低惠福道地皮發展密度。呂志和帶點無奈說：「有好多社會自由聲音，我們聽不得太多，總之會跟隨政府政策及方針去做。」 "

黃竹坑區可謂百業待興，正如我在競選報上所指(見：http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/kevin-wch/article?mid=1237　競選報第7、第8頁)：長遠而言(約10年以後)，本區很可能取代香港仔中心，將成為新的南區中心地帶。

我日後的工作將很多，很繁重：我會努力以赴。

The Re-development of Wong Chuk Hang

There are several factors that will help to develop Wong Chuk Hang district, hopefully, become a new centre of Southern District, the main factors are:

a. the South Island Line of MTR (SIL) is going to be completed in 2014(Ref.: http://www.mtr.com.hk/eng/projects/future_wil_sil_sil_east.html);

b. the re-development of WCH Estate, the Estate may be developed as private residential building by the MTR corporate;

c. the industrial area in WCH will had rezoned as hotel and commercial area, there will be over 13 hotels in WCH;

d. the re-development of the Ocean Park .

These are the factors that the land developers invest big money to buy the land in Welfare road, they certainly know there are huge opportunities in WCH and Aberdeen as whole.

As the district councilor of WCH constituency for the next four years, I’m responsible for the re-development in our community. And I’ll work hard to make our home a better place for us and the next generation.

 

黃竹坑區選及立法會補選得票比較 Results of the Two Elections in WCH

我們黃竹坑兩個票站的立法會補選得票數字如下：

The counting result of the two polling stations in Wong Chuk Hang as follow:

投票站編號 Polling Station Code	投票站名稱	Name of Polling Station	名單候選人 所得票數 Number of votes received
			4	7
D1501	香港仔網球及壁球中心	Aberdeen Tennis and Squash Centre	533	844
D1502	東華三院賽馬會復康中心E座	Block E, TWGHs Jockey Club Rehabilitation Complex	1,162	1,892

參考我在11月18日的選舉，整體而言，黃竹坑在區選的投票總數為3,651票，而在立會補選的投票總數則為4,431票，比前者多780票。

具體來講，民主派在區選的得票為2,073票，佔57%，左派加自由黨(泛建制派)的得票為1,578票；在立會補選民主派則得到2,736票，比區選多663票，佔62%。左派在立會補選則得到1,695票，比區選多117票。泛民和左派六四得票的分布並未改變。

可見多出來的選票中，民主派取得大部份得票(85%)。投票率越高，對民主派越有利，起碼在黃竹坑，這是正確的評估。

而這些多出來的支持票，在區議會時並沒有出來投票，這從側面反映我的支持度還不夠，所做的競選工程也不細緻：如果我做得再好些，這些民主派的支持者完全可以出來投我一票。

我必須更加努力才行。

D15	黃竹坑	1	許雲薇	301
		2	徐遠華	2,073*
		3	黃才立	1,277

Comparing the results of WCH district council election on 18 Nov, the total votes received are 3,651; and the total votes received in the LegCo by-election is 4,431, 780  votes more than the former.

Specifically, the pan-democratic camp got 2,073 votes (57%)in the district council election, the pro-Beijing camp got 1,578 votes(43%).

Anson Chan, as a representative of the pan-democratic camp in The By-election, got 2,736 votes(62%), 663 votes more than I got in 18 Nov.

Regina Ip, as a representative of the pro-Beijing camp, got 1,695 votes(38%), 117 more than the votes received the Camp received on 18 Nov.

Once again, the finding proves it is correct, at least in WCH constituency, that the higher voting rate favors democrat.(Anson Chan got 85% in 663 votes.)

It is also an indication that my community work and election campaign was not good enough to get these potential supports out to vote for me on 18 Nov.

I really need to work hard to gain these support.  

D15	Wong Chuk Hang	1	HUI Wan-mai	301
		2	TSUI Yuen-wa	2,073*
		3	WONG Choi-lap	1,277

 

立法會香港島地方選區補選結果
RESULT - Legislative Council HK Island Geographical Constituency By-election

1	柳玉成 Lau Yuk Shing	344
2	李永健 Lee Wing Kin	401
3	蕭思江 Siu See Kong	613
4	葉劉淑儀 Ip Lau Suk Yee Regina	137550
5	蔣志偉 Tandon Lal Chaing (Stanley)	3518
6	凌尉雲 Ling Wai Wan (Cecilia)	822
7	陳方安生 Chan Fang Anson	175874
8	何來 Ho Loy	1593

兩岸猿聲啼不住，輕舟已過萬重山。 We Are the Champion!

昨天為陳太助選，我負責黃竹坑區。從早上6點30分set場到晚上近12點才收拾好各分區物資。中間除了約一小時的午飯及晚飯時間，在街上站了超過十六個小時，比我自己的選舉還要長，小腿幾乎抽筋！

因為11月18日當天我還可以稍事休息，間中坐車到逸港居看另外的票站情況，而且10點30分後就可在票站安坐，監察點票。

但，兩岸猿聲啼不住，輕舟已過萬重山，我們嬴了！

多謝大家的支持，以及昨天遠道從九龍及新界過來的多位義工朋友。

立法會香港島地方選區補選結果
RESULT - Legislative Council HK Island Geographical Constituency By-election

1	柳玉成 Lau Yuk Shing	344
2	李永健 Lee Wing Kin	401
3	蕭思江 Siu See Kong	613
4	葉劉淑儀 Ip Lau Suk Yee Regina	137550
5	蔣志偉 Tandon Lal Chaing (Stanley)	3518
6	凌尉雲 Ling Wai Wan (Cecilia)	822
7	陳方安生 Chan Fang Anson	175874
8	何來 Ho Loy	1593

PS:  我稍後會補上我們黃竹坑兩個票站的得票數字。

補注：得票分析詳見http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/our_wch/article?mid=1524&new=1

 

We Are the Champion! We Won the By-election!  

立法會香港島地方選區補選結果
RESULT - Legislative Council HK Island Geographical Constituency By-election

1	柳玉成 Lau Yuk Shing	344
2	李永健 Lee Wing Kin	401
3	蕭思江 Siu See Kong	613
4	葉劉淑儀 Ip Lau Suk Yee Regina	137550
5	蔣志偉 Tandon Lal Chaing (Stanley)	3518
6	凌尉雲 Ling Wai Wan (Cecilia)	822
7	陳方安生 Chan Fang Anson	175874
8	何來 Ho Loy	1593

(I'll post the result of two polling stations in Wong Chuk Hang alter)...

Notes: pls see http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/our_wch/article?mid=1524&new=1

I was a volunteer to help Anson Chan to run for The By-election yesterday, and I was in charge of all the works in Wong Chuk Hang district. Though lacking of resources, our spirit was high enough to gain support for Anson. I'd been working for over 16 hours, longer than my own election on 18 Nov.! I stood at the corner of Welfare Road to call for support for Anson, my legs were almost seized with cramps.

But all the hard work is worth: Anson Chan won The By-election! We are the champion!

Thanks for your support! And thanks all the volunteers who came to help, especially for those who live in Kowloon and the New Territories.

蔡子強﹕政客廢話寶鑑 Political Cliche

因為前天獲蔡子強先生邀請，回去了中大母系(見：http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/kevin-wch/article?mid=1481)，回來後翻看了蔡生的一些文章。找到了這篇，轉載部份在這裡，輕鬆之餘，我也引以為戒。

我參與了選舉，現在是候任區議員，已可被歸入"政客"一類，雖然每次看到兩個字眼，都有頗不舒服的感覺，但我認為嚴格審視、批評從政者、官員乃至所有參與公共利益有關的人士，這符合公眾利益；畢竟，香港的自由和廉潔有賴於公眾輿論的嚴密及嚴厲的監督。　

而我還記得我讀中學時，陳方安生就引用了一句好像是甘迺迪(林肯?)的名言：每天清早，打開報紙就讀到批評自己的文章，這是在高位者的特權。

我們需要維護擁有這樣的批評意見的傳媒和社會，在高位者享有這樣的特權，我看，也算是自由社會的一項特徵吧。

我雖遠非在高位者，但同樣服膺上面的道理：如果你認為我做得不好，請直接批評。

蔡生部分文章內容如下，全文詳見下面網址，也可以參考BBC電台的http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_4480000/newsid_4482600/4482615.stm：

“Expert”——那些knows more and more about less and less的人。還有，當官員說「我們要先聽聽專家的意見」，又或者「more research needs to be done」，就是當政府感到一籌莫展，唔知點應付的時候，搬出來令人覺得政府做緊的擋箭牌。

“This is a hypothetical question”——即係話我唔想答，因為這是答會對我不利的問題。

“I am glad you asked me that”——傻仔，呢條問題其實我一早預，答案亦早已準備好，而家正好畀個機會我借題發揮。（順帶一提，如果你問唔問題，他就會說：「Yes, but the important thing to understand is....然後照把上述準備好的，照講一次。」）

“I hear what you are saying, but....”——除了「but」以後的說話之外，前面幾隻字全屬廢話。

 

Mr Choy Chi Keong of GPA Dept' of CUHK (http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/kevin-wch/article?mid=1481)wrote a article on political cliche. You also see a related article on BBC at  http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_4480000/newsid_4482600/4482615.stm

Though being a district councillor-elect and a so-called politician now, I still feel uncomfortable to be named as a politician. It's quite a harsh word to me. But I do agree that anyone who take part in politics and those whose work concerns public interest, they should face harsh criticism. The public opinion should be an important role to monitor these people, including me now, and take a harsh approach to us, in order to make the society free, open and clean.

I still remember a saying from Anson Chan; she borrowed it from Kennedy ( Lincoln ?): It's a privilege of a person in high office to read reports and criticism in the morning post.

I'm not in the high office, but I totally agree that such privilege should be maintained, becuase it's one of the special characteristic of a free and open society.

So, if you find anything wrong in my work and conduct, please point them out directly. I welcome criticism, no matter in a gentle or harsh way. 

 

拒絕葉劉 - 投７號陳方安生 Vote for Anson Chan, Say NO to Regina Ip

本來想在今天再寫一篇blog(再前的那篇，詳見：http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/kevin-wch/article?mid=1464&prev=1466&next=1443)，呼籲市民投票給陳方陳方安生，但同事羅健熙已快我一步。我也樂得可以偷懶一下，希望大家到他的blog裡看看(http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/dp_lokinhei/article?mid=609)，支持陳太，向葉劉淑儀say NO.

I planned to wrtie another blog article on the LegCo by-election, and ask people to support Anson Chan again.(My last related article, pls see:http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/kevin-wch/article?mid=1464&prev=1466&next=1443).

But I found my colleague Lo Kin Hei wrote it already, so I just need to ask you go browse his blog at http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/dp_lokinhei/article?mid=609 to support Anson Chan, and say NO to Regina Ip.

重回中大母校 分享從政經驗 Sharing at GPA Dept, CUHK

今晚我有幸獲中大政治及公共行政高級導師蔡子強的邀請，回了中大與自己的師弟師妹分享做議員助理和從政的經驗(年中時我也曾回中大政政系，參加一個GPA課程focus group 的討論，見：http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/kevin-wch/article?mid=140)

一眾師弟師妹都對我的工作、選舉乃至民主黨都頗感興趣，提問了好些問題，我自然樂意分享：雖說是"政治及公共行政系"，但我那一屆的畢業生裡,只有我一個人從政。不知道幾年以後，這些學弟學妹們之中，會否有幾個也和我一樣，走這條路？

離開中大時，和蔡生談起閱讀，我說回中大途中，重讀了韋伯的"以政治為志業"(Politics as Vocation)，平時則仍愛讀甘陽、劉小楓、Leo Strauss、Carl Schmitt(http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/kevin-wch/article?mid=1443)等人的作品，而這也是我打算進修讀政治哲學或歷史學的原因。蔡生聽後頗驚訝，說現在讀韋伯的議員助理和議員很罕有。但他建議我讀法律學位，認為更有助我的從政事業。我很贊同他的看法。

一位師妹說：我又重回大學畢業時的價值判斷了。

的確如此。興趣還是事業，這又是一個to be or not to be 的問題，我要在一月前決定報讀哪個課程。

歡迎各位給我意見和建議。

 

Thanks to Mr Choy Chi Keong, I went back to CUHK to share my experience with students studying at GPA Dep't, which I'd been studying for 3 years.  Actaully I went back to CUHK to take part in a focus group to review the course structure of the dep't in June 2007. Pls see: http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/kevin-wch/article?mid=140 

Students were interested in my work as a assistant to councillors, a member of DPHK, and of course, a district councillor-elect too. I were glad to share experience with them, I'm the only one in 2004 GPA graduates, who take part in politics; I wonder are there one or two among these students will work in the same field like mine.

We talked about reading while Mr Choy and I leaving CUHK. He was quite surprised when I told him that I re-read Max Weber's "Politics as Vocation" while I was taking bus back to CUHK. Actually I read works by Gan Yan, Liu Xiaofeng, Leo Strauss, Carl Schmitt and Weber a lot, because political philosophy is what I’m interested in, and this is why I'm considering furthering my education in this field. And, I'm interested in intellectual history in ancient China as well. 

But I agree with Mr Choy: a law degree may be more helpful to my career (vocation).

One of student reminded me that I am again back to a situation of value judgment.

I'll be glad to have your advice on my further education.