2009年10月20日 星期二

賀!香港成就多年夙願

Countries with the Biggest Gaps Between Rich and Poor

by Bruce Einhorn
Friday, October 16, 2009

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The U.N. Development Program recently came out with a report looking, among other things, at income inequality worldwide.

The UNDP ranked countries and regions based on a number of factors, including their Gini coefficient, named for Italian statistician Corrado Gini.

We have listed the world's most advanced economies based on their Gini score, with zero marking absolute equality and 100 absolute inequality. Scandinavian countries, Japan, and the Czech Republic have the least amount of inequality. The U.S. is among the most unequal, but it's not No. 1. To see which economy is, read on.

Top 11 Countries With the Biggest Gaps Between Rich and Poor

No. 1 Hong Kong

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Gini score: 43.4
GDP 2007 (US$ billions): 207.2
Share of income or expenditure (%)
Poorest 10%: 2.0
Richest 10%: 34.9
Ratio of income or expenditure, share of top 10% to lowest 10%: 17.8

Renowned for its high concentration of Rolls-Royces, expensive real estate, and posh shops, the Chinese special administrative region has plenty of rich who enjoy showing off their wealth. However, Hong Kong also has one of the largest public housing sectors in the world, with about half the population living in government-supported or -subsidized housing estates. The city has no minimum wage—except for domestic helpers from the Philippines, Indonesia, and other countries.

No. 2 Singapore

Gini score: 42.5
GDP 2007 (US$ billions): 161.3
Share of income or expenditure (%)
Poorest 10%: 1.9
Richest 10%: 32.8
Ratio of income or expenditure, share of top 10% to lowest 10%: 17.7

Singapore is one of the world's most open economies, and it suffered badly following the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers last year. Recently, though, the city-state's economy has rebounded, with GDP growing an annualized 14.9% rate in the third quarter compared with the previous quarter.

No. 3 U.S.

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Gini score: 40.8
GDP 2007 (US$ billions): 13,751.4
Share of income or expenditure (%)
Poorest 10%: 1.9
Richest 10%: 29.9
Ratio of income or expenditure, share of top 10% to lowest 10%: 15.9

The share of income for the top percentile of Americans was 23.5% in 2007, the highest since 1928, according to Emmanuel Saez, a Berkeley economist who won the prestigious John Bates Clark Medal in April. Income for the top 0.01% hit a record-high 6.04%. And the recession may be exacerbating income inequality.

No. 4 Israel

Gini score: 39.2
GDP 2007 (US$ billions): 164.0
Share of income or expenditure (%)
Poorest 10%: 2.1
Richest 10%: 28.8
Ratio of income or expenditure, share of top 10% to lowest 10%: 13.4

Gone are the days when Israel was one of the world's most egalitarian societies. Early Labor Zionist pioneers built kibbutzim for Jewish immigrants, but those collectives have fallen on hard times. The growing number of haredim, or ultra-Orthodox Jews, with large families and men who study the Torah rather than work has worsened the inequality problem.

No. 5 Portugal

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Gini score: 38.5
GDP 2007 (US$ billions): 222.8
Share of income or expenditure (%)
Poorest 10%: 2.0
Richest 10%: 29.8
Ratio of income or expenditure, share of top 10% to lowest 10%: 15.0

While Portugal emerged from recession in the second quarter, the unemployment rate tops 9%. The ruling Socialists retained power in elections last month but lost seats to parties on the far left.

No. 6 New Zealand

Gini score: 36.2
GDP 2007 (US$ billions): 135.7
Share of income or expenditure (%)
Poorest 10%: 2.2
Richest 10%: 27.8
Ratio of income or expenditure, share of top 10% to lowest 10%: 12.5

According to the OECD, New Zealand had the biggest rise in inequality among member nations in the two decades starting in the mid-1980s. The country's economy emerged from recession in the second quarter, but with growth of just 0.1%, the central bank is likely to keep interest rates low until well into 2010.

No. 7 (tie) Italy

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Gini score: 36.0
GDP 2007 (US$ billions): 2,101.6
Share of income or expenditure (%)
Poorest 10%: 2.3
Richest 10%: 26.8
Ratio of income or expenditure, share of top 10% to lowest 10%: 11.6

Italians are focused now on the melodrama surrounding embattled Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. The political crisis comes at a time when the economy is still mired in recession even as countries like Germany and France are growing again.

No. 7 (tie) Britain

Gini score: 36.0
GDP 2007 (US$ billions): 2,772.0
Share of income or expenditure (%)
Poorest 10%: 2.1
Richest 10%: 28.5
Ratio of income or expenditure, share of top 10% to lowest 10%: 13.8

According to Britain's Institute of Fiscal Studies, a government-funded think tank, the average national income, adjusted for inflation, grew 0.5% between 2004 and 2008. In contrast, the same figure for the top 90% income bracket jumped 1.2% over the same period. That was predominantly driven by large salaries and bonuses from the financial services sector in the pre-credit crunch era.

No. 9 Australia

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Gini score: 35.2
GDP 2007 (US$ billions): 821.0
Share of income or expenditure (%)
Poorest 10%: 2.0
Richest 10%: 25.4
Ratio of income or expenditure, share of top 10% to lowest 10%: 12.5

While developed economies elsewhere fell into recession, the Lucky Country's good fortune held out, with Australia continuing to grow thanks in part to strong demand from China for its resources. This month the central bank raised interest rates, making Australia a leader among countries moving away from monetary easing.

No. 10 (tie) Ireland

Gini score: 34.3
GDP 2007 (US$ billions): 259.0
Share of income or expenditure (%)
Poorest 10%: 2.9
Richest 10%: 27.2
Ratio of income or expenditure, share of top 10% to lowest 10%: 9.4

Put aside the old comparisons to Asia's tiger economies. Ireland's workers are suffering badly from the recession; the unemployment rate soared in August to 12.5%. That's the second-worst in the EU, behind only Spain.

No. 10 (tie) Greece

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Gini score: 34.3
GDP 2007 (US$ billions): 313.4
Share of income or expenditure (%)
Poorest 10%: 2.5
Richest 10%: 26.0
Ratio of income or expenditure, share of top 10% to lowest 10%: 10.2

Newly elected Prime Minister George Papandreou's government faces potential disciplinary action from the European Union, which has reprimanded Greece for a budget deficit of 6% of GDP, twice the EU limit. The IMF projects the economy will shrink 0.8% this year.

2009年10月17日 星期六

Wrong Hole 好糟糕 好爆笑 也好好聽~



中文字幕版

Lyrics

I took her on a date, things seemed so bright
I knew i would not need my you porn tonight

We go to her place and we fool around
We throw all our clothes...to the ground

We begin as she turns out the lights
I start but feel something so very extra tight

I hear your cry, and I see her frown
I look at the condom, it is all brown

Chorus:
Last Night. oooo
I stuck it in the wrong hole

I'm so sorry, oooo
From the bottom of my soul
....cause I stuck it in the wrong hole


Try some preparation H 'll make you feel better
In my defense those holes are so close together

Oh baby baby don't feel defiled
It's a common accident during doggy style

It was so dark I couldn't see so good
I had no idea where i put my wood

I want to make things better want to make things alright
If you want you can put on a strap on and give it back to me all night ( I'd rather if she didn't)

Chorus:

Bridge:

I never ever want to make you feel hurting
I guess thats why God made that hole not for inserting

Tell me how you feel, baby please don't pause
Now I know how they feel in that HBO show OZ

Maybe take some advit, your pain it will fix
From the way you are walking, you can compete in the special olympics

If this was Alabama we would be on trial,
Thats how my mom took my temperature when I was a child

Verse:

I've got a confession, and I think you won't mind
I kinda liked when you put it in my behind

I don't know baby, I'm no Sodomite

Can't we just try it again tonight....?

Alright!

Chorus:
Every night oooo
I stick it in the wrong hole

It's so much fun,oooo
and we don't need no birth control

When we stick it in the wrong hole.

I stuck in your ass.

2009年10月16日 星期五

迴轉壽司罕見意外 轉速太高飛碟傷客

一家日本迴轉壽司店上午發生罕見意外,一名食客在上水新都廣場一間壽司店用餐時,傳送帶上其中一碟壽司連菜帶碟飛出,擲傷一名男食客眼角,幸事主送院敷治後無礙。

碎片濺傷眼角

消息指出,肇事店鋪懷疑為增加效率,擅自將傳送帶速度調快以招徠更多生意,導致今次意外。該店是日會關閉,讓機電工程署作進一步檢查,以確定意外有否涉及機件問題。

事發今上午11時許,44歲姓王食客光顧上水元╳壽司,因傳送帶轉速過快而未能取得食物,正欲放棄離去之際,其中一碟壽司懷疑因離心力飛出擲中王眼角,碎片如雪花四散地上,部分更飛出商場門外,幸當時未有途人行經。王送院檢驗後證實眼內並無碎片,敷治後出院。

事發後食店負責人立即關上傳送帶,表示事件純屬意外,唯現場消息指該店店長曾私下調高轉速至每分鐘120米(相當於時速7.2公里) ,以增加效率,食店負責人對此未有回應。

能迴避嘛 我故意sell那電燈膽



政府請客市民埋單 錢就佢外父同電力公司賺

我全屋都係用慳電膽,你塞張我用唔著既現金券我,然後下年加我電費
你係唔係窮到要搶呀

就算我無用慳電膽,我屋企用咩燈膽關你卵....fuck
下年不如派Diamond 濾水器然後加水費?

2009年10月14日 星期三

Peter, does your homework!



行政長官 曾蔭權 在宣讀施政報告時,突然指出,泛民議員手持的標語(Bow tie keep your election promise ),有文法上的錯誤。

曾蔭權在宣讀施政報告時,泛民議員一直有在座位上展示爭取2012年雙普選 的中英文標語。

曾蔭權在宣讀報告時,停下飲水,他飲水時望向標語牌,突然喃喃自語,指向標語牌說「文法錯了」,之後進一步解釋,「英文單數動詞應該有s」,指標語有錯。

由此可見,上文標題應該沒有錯。(咦?)

當一個人無法面對指責,就會挑小毛病(例如錯別字)去掩飾,可惜這次自暴其短。
如果說溫家寶只是在小枝節上道歉爭取人民好感,那當奴就是在小處找碴去爭取中央好感,雖然結果是挑錯了....

啊不對,他不先錯一下,又怎能學溫爺爺一般的再改正呢?

P.S. 對於曾蔭權的質疑,吳藹儀就反駁指令式的用詞毋須加「s」,呼籲曾蔭權仿傚總理溫家寶,去信傳媒承認自己錯誤。