都簽了字，還要做啥？兩個自私的大人。可有想過小孩？
星期五, 5月 26, 2006
Proton成就了扶泰國的汽車工業
Malaysia seeks bigger role in auto world
(Bangkok Post Friday May 26, 2006)
Motor show aims to raise profile
ALFRED THA HLA
Kuala Lumpur _ Malaysia has stepped up its efforts to compete against
Thailand to become a regional hub for the automotive industry, using a
major motor show to raise its profile.
The Kuala Lumpur International Motorshow 2006 (KLIMS), which runs from
today to June 4, is expected to draw 350,000 visitors and showcases
242 companies with 176 brands from 16 countries.
Malaysia needs a jumpstart for its auto industry, which has fallen
behind the ''Detroit of Asia'' as Thailand is known.
Thailand has become a global production hub for one-ton pickup trucks,
with nearly every major international player represented with
manufacturing and assembly plants.
Malaysia, on the other hand, has resisted competition by placing the
emphasis on its national-car programmes, Proton and Perodua, which are
based on Mitsubishi and Daihatsu technologies respectively.
Thailand, despite the absence of a national car programme, has a
market dominated by three Japanese brands: Toyota, Isuzu and Honda.
While Malaysia may have regional ambitions, it has a way to go, if
figures from the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (Jama) are
a guide. Local assembly of Japanese makes totalled 460,000 units last
year in Malaysia, versus more than one million in Thailand, which also
has a thriving automobile export sector.
Domestic vehicle sales in Thailand last year totalled 703,000, against
551,000 units in Malaysia, which has less than half the population of
its northern neighbour.
However, soaring oil prices and the continuing political stalemate
have applied the brakes to Thailand's drive to become the outright
regional leader of the automotive industry.
Malaysia is not lacking in potential, and the fact that it is on the
Formula One calendar with annual races on the Sepang Circuit is good
from an image standpoint. It certainly has the resources, capability
and market potential to build its automotive industry to new heights
but is still behind Thailand in sheer volume, production capability
and export-hub status.
星期四, 5月 25, 2006
星期三, 5月 24, 2006
对穷人的赠款是害了穷人，有偿才是真正帮助穷人。
看孟加拉国教授如何拯救乞丐
中国）大华网 (2006-05-24)
1976年，在孟加拉国，一个名叫穆罕默德·尤努斯的教授首创了旨在向最贫困者提供无抵押小额贷款的农村银行。30年来，他以独特的方式累计放贷53亿美元，帮助400万穷人脱贫自立。如今，农村银行早已成为各国效仿的范例，以至于2005年被称为"世界小额贷款年"。
前不久，美国公共电视台PBS"晚间商业报道"栏目与宾夕法尼亚大学沃顿商学院联合评选出1979年以来全球最具影响力的25位公司领导，尤努斯光荣入选。
而最近，尤努斯也受到一些理论家的抨击："你做成功了，但只是聚焦在穷人中上层。那些食不果腹、衣不蔽体的人你不管了？"面对质疑，一个伟大的想法在尤努斯心中升起：农村银行要拯救处在生存最底线的乞丐，并马上付诸行动。
尤努斯很快为乞丐们制定出一套商业计划。每个参与者都可以无条件得到9美元作为在大街上出售玩具或甜食的本钱，乞丐如果讨不到钱，就可以靠做小买卖维持生计。这笔贷款是无息的，分期还贷额很低。消息传出后，尤努斯估计最多也就有4000—5000名乞丐来贷款，结果一下子召来2.6万人。迄今有超过6.3万人参加了这个项目。
庆幸的是，尤努斯成功了。尽管项目开展时间还不长，但是近60%的贷款已被偿清。乞丐们挺争气，他们大部分都成功转变为小贩，并感受到生活的快乐与社会的尊重。用乞丐们的话说："过去总是关着的门打开了，人们见了我们不躲了，好多人还主动搬来板凳，请我们坐一会儿，人活着又有了尊严。"
从无地自容、极度自卑到重树自信、自立精神，在乞丐们的心目中，尤努斯无疑是使他们"重新做人"的英雄。乞丐一直是道社会难题，做乞丐本无奈亦无错，他们需要社会用更多的爱心去救助，真正伸出手去拉他们一把，而不仅仅只是保持距离地给予他们宽容和施舍。社会进步呼唤拯救乞丐，尤努斯的创举为人类社会拯救乞丐树立了榜样。
尤努斯有句名言："对穷人的赠款是害了穷人，有偿才是真正帮助穷人。"他拯救乞丐的成功实践不仅赋予这句名言更深刻的含义，更给那些立志拯救乞丐的人以深刻的启示：对乞丐的施舍是害了乞丐，有偿才能真正拯救乞丐。
摘自《国际在线》
因為人口的減少？
德乡间170年来首见熊出没
(2006-05-23)
（联合早报网讯）一头野熊在德国的乡间闲逛，这是一百七十年来德国头一次有熊出没。
英国广播公司说，德国小镇加米帕丁基肯廿一日发现了七只羊的屍体，证实熊从奥地利越过边境进入德国。这头熊最後一次被看到是在十八日，当时牠在奥地利的边境，刚破坏了一个蜂窝。当地环保官员说，巴伐利亚「欢迎熊」，大家没什麽好怕的。
追踪这头熊行动的奥地利野生动物专家说，这头熊不太可能接近人。猎人团体也欢迎熊，但担心熊破坏农村里的东西。
巴伐利亚地方官员计划麻醉熊检验，然後放生。德国世界野生动物基金会官员说，巴伐利亚最後一次有熊出现野地的报告，是在一八三五年。
星期五, 5月 12, 2006
星期二, 5月 09, 2006
星期四, 5月 04, 2006
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