saikang

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Updated at 11.18am:
Hong Kong Disneyland will open in phases starting in early
August, the government said.


The theme park, a joint venture between The Walt Disney Co
and the Hong Kong government, had been originally slated
to open on September 12, but the park will now launch its
operations in stages, the government said in a statement
late on Tuesday.


Details were expected at a news conference later on
Wednesday.


Hong Kong taxpayers are footing the bulk of the US$3.5
billion (HK$27.3 billion) construction bill for Hong Kong
Disneyland, and critics question whether the government
got a good deal. Officials have said the park will boost
unemployment and tourism.


The park is expected to draw droves of tourists from
neighbouring mainland China.


Disneyland 迪士尼樂園
phases 分期段
government 政府
theme park 主題公園
joint venture 合資經營
originally 原本
slate 規劃(時間上)
launch 啟動
operation 經營
stage 期段
statement 公開聲明
news conference 新聞發報會
taxpayer 納稅人
bulk 一大筆
construction 建築
bill 開支(單據)
critics 評論
question 質疑
good deal 好交易
official 負責人員
boost 幫助
unemployment 失業
drove 人潮
tourist 遊客
neighbouring 鄰居

saikang

Fighting the cause of Chinas Uighurs
By Kate McGeown
BBC News

Rebiya Kadeer
Ms Kadeer is on a tour of Europe to campaign for Uighur rights
Rebiya Kadeer was once a successful businesswoman in Chinas Xinjiang province.

But she was imprisoned in 2000 for leaking state secrets, and since her release in March she has been concentrating on a very different goal.

"Since I came out of jail, I have never stopped fighting for the freedom of my people," she told the BBC News website.

Ms Kadeer is a Uighur - a member of an eight million-strong ethnic group which she claims suffers severe repression from the authorities in Beijing.

Now based in the US, she devotes all her time to publicising the plight of the Uighurs - and she is currently touring Europe to bring attention to their cause.

"I believe the Uighur people are the most persecuted people on the planet," Ms Kadeer said.

"In prison, I personally witnessed the torture and persecution of many Uighurs who were totally innocent of the crimes they were said to have committed."
Uighurs 維吾爾族人 (正名 Eastern Turkistani)
campaign 運動
successful 成功r
businesswoman 女性商人
Xinjiang 新彊
province 省
imprison 入獄
leaking state secret 洩漏國家機密
release 釋放
concentrate 集中
goal 目標
jail 監獄
freedom 自由
website 網
member 成員
ethnic group 民族
repression 精神上打壓
authorities 官方
devote 投入
publicise 公開
plight 不幸
currently 現正
tour 周遊
attention 注意
persecute 欺凌
planet 星球(地球)
personally 親自
witness 目睹
torture 折磨
crime 罪行
said to have committed 被指觸犯

saikang

Sacked radio host vows to speak out
South China Morning Post

JIMMY CHEUNG

Talk-show host Wong Yuk-man spoke out last night about his
sacking from Commercial Radio, vowing to strike back and
give his version of events on RTHK today.


News of his dismissal on Saturday sparked a media frenzy
and prompted former Democratic Party chairman Martin Lee
Chu-ming to warn it was a blow to freedom of speech.


Wong said: "My heart is very peaceful right now. What
needs to happen will eventually happen. But I wont let
them [Commercial Radio] walk away like this," he told the
South China Morning Post.


He said he would give an account in an RTHK current
affairs radio programme tonight.

talk show 暢談節目
host 節目主持
Wong Yuk-man  黃毓民
sack 炒魷
Commercial Radio 商台
vow 宣稱
strike back 反擊
version 版本
event 事件
dismissal 解僱
spark 激發
frenzy 混亂
prompt 引起
fomer Democratic Party chairman 前民主黨主席
blow 打擊
freedom of speech 言論自由
peaceful 和平
eventually 終於
South China Morning Post 南華早報
account 描述
current affairs 時事
programme 節目
explosive 爆發

saikang

SHANGHAI, July 7 (Reuters) - Chinas quotas for most categories of restricted textile exports to the United States are nearly full and exporters should refrain from further shipments, a Chinese trade body said in a statement to its members.

Chinese exports of cotton pants, cotton knit shirts, and underwear will reach their upper limits within a few days, the China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Textiles said in the statement on its Web site (www.ccct.org.cn) posted late on Wednesday.

Exports of synthetic pants, synthetic knit shirts and mens woven shirts are likely to reach their limits by July or early August, the association said.

Only one category - cotton yarn - is likely to stay open through year-end, it said.

Chinese textile exports surged early this year, triggering trade disputes with the United States and European Union, after a decade-long system of global quotas was abolished.

Washington unilaterally imposed quotas on certain categories of Chinese textiles in May. Under the terms of Chinas entry to the World Trade Organization, member countries can limit imports from China if they are disrupting domestic industries.

Growth in textile imports from China in those categories is limited to 7.5 percent above their level for the twelve months ending in February.

quota 配額
category 類別
restrict 限制
textile 紡織
refrain from 避免
shipment 運輸
knit 針織
underwear 內衣褲
Chamber of Commerce 商會
synthetic 人造合成
association 商會, 組織
yarn 人造纖維
trigger 引發
dispute 爭議
abolish 取消
unilateral 單方面
organization 組織
disrupt 干擾
domestic 本地

saikang

Saturday, July 9, 2005
Spiralling towards silence
- by Albert Cheng King-hon is a directly elected legislator and
former radio talk-show host.


Despite what Commercial Radio says, Wongs case is much
more than just a labour dispute. Lecturer Ivan Choi
Chi-keung has claimed that outspokenness no longer has a
market in Hong Kong. The days of red-hot talk-back shows,
he said, are gone. But he has missed the point.


What is really at stake is freedom of speech. Unlike other
[color] enterprises, commercial broadcasters are given a
government licence to ride the public airwaves, and are
thus expected to fulfil their social obligations and
safeguard freedom of speech.


Commercial Radios move makes no commercial sense, either.
According to news reports, the tally of listeners for
breakfast current-affairs talk shows dropped by 200,000
after several popular hosts were silenced. Both the
ratings and advertising income for Commercial Radio have
plummeted.


The Hong Kong Economic Journal is now the only remaining
independent news organisation in the Chinese media
landscape. The other print and electronic media have
revised their editorial policies to a greater or lesser
degree, to fend off opposing views and appease the
authorities. Some media owners have even exploited their
positions to cultivate business relationships in mainland
China and pursue their own hidden agendas.

lecturer 講師
labour dispute 勞工糾紛
outspokenness 公開敢言
at stake 存在風險
freedom of speech 言論自由
commercial broadcaster 商業播放人員
social obligation 社會責任
safeguard 保護
make no commercial sense 商業上完全不智
rating 評價
plummet 下跌
Hong Kong Economic Journal 信報
remain 餘下的
independent 獨立
landscape 整體情況
revise 更改
editorial policy 編輯原則
fend off opposing view 阻止相反意見
appease 穩定
authority 政權
exploit 利用
cultivate 培養
hidden agenda 隱藏目的

winnie613

so good~

wywpower

sorry for the late reply, saikang

thx for yr nice post here to provide a space for us to learn more English through reading English News~

saikang

wywpower  在 2005-7-19 07:05 PM 發表:

sorry for the late reply, saikang

thx for yr nice post here to provide a space for us to learn more English through reading English News~

i think reading english news is very useful.........

乂king乂

oh.......
thx for your sharing~