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| 09-Dec-2010 13:33 |
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???? G20 ???? and its ???? LEGALITY ????
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In the G-20, the tables have turned Now emerging economies call the shots while traditional giants struggle for leverage Jeffrey D Sachs The Seoul G-20 summit was notable for the increasing political weight of the emerging economies. Not only was it located in one, but, in many ways, it was also dominated by them.
LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT ISSUES The emerging economies reacted similarly to a second US initiative, the Federal Reserve’s so-called “quantitative easing”.
Emerging economies once again spoke nearly in unison. They told the US not to boost the money supply artificially, as this would create the risk of yet another financial bubble, this time in the emerging economies and in commodity markets.
Once again, the clear message to the US was to stop using gimmicks like fiscal stimulus or printing money and instead undertake a serious longer-term economic restructuring to boost saving, investment and net exports.
For their part, emerging economies wanted to change the subject from short term macroeconomic stimulus and imbalances to longer-term development issues.
The host government, South Korea, was especially dynamic here. Seoul called on the G-20’s members to focus on challenges such as meeting the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, raising agricultural production and building sustainable infrastructure in developing economies.
This was the first time that long-term development issues had been put so clearly on the G-20 agenda and it is a sign of the growing geopolitical weight of the group’s emerging-market members. The result of the deliberations is a new framework for the G-20’s engagement with the rest of the developing countries, known as the Seoul Development Consensus for Shared Growth.
The G-20 rightly decided to focus on those areas of the global development agenda where the major economies have a comparative advantage: Financing of infrastructure such as roads and power; business development; and support for agricultural upgrading in the poorer countries. Other parts of the development agenda — for example, health and education — will not be the G-20’s focus.
The new G-20 development agenda offers an excellent way to merge concerns about global imbalances with the need to accelerate the pace of development in the poorer countries. The US has been pushing China, Germany, Japan and others to raise consumption in order to boost demand.
But there is a better way to put these surplus countries’ high saving rates to use.
Rather than pushing their households to consume more, the G-20 should work harder to channel these savings to the poorest countries in order to finance urgently needed investments in infrastructure.
India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh put the matter perfectly. He noted that sub-Saharan Africa is now in a position to absorb more capital inflows to build infrastructure.
He recommended that G-20 surpluses be recycled to those countries, and to other poor countries, to finance such investments.
“In other words,” said Mr Singh, “we should leverage imbalances of one kind to redress imbalances of the other kind.”
By channelling the savings of China, Germany, Japan and other surplus countries into infrastructure investments in the poor countries, the world’s economies truly would be working in harmony. The G-20 Seoul Summit may well have initiated that important process. The writer is Professor of Economics and Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. He is also Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General on the Millennium Development Goals. This commentary is exclusive to In two crucial areas, macroeconomics and global economic development, the view of the emerging economies prevailed. And an excellent proposal to link the two agendas — macroeconomics and development — emerged from the summit, and should be implemented next year. A key feature of the world economy today is that it is running at two speeds. The United States and much of Europe remain mired in the aftermath of the financial crisis that erupted in the fall of 2008, with high unemployment, slow economic growth and continuing bank-sector problems. Emerging markets, however, have generally surmounted the crisis. Whereas last year was a tough one for the entire global economy, emerging markets bounced back strongly this year, while rich countries did not. Recent data from the International Monetary Fund’s World Economic Outlook tell the story. This year, high-income countries are expected to achieve modest annual GDP growth of around 2.7 per cent, while the G-20’s emerging economies, together with the rest of the developing world, are expected to grow at a robust 7.1-per-cent rate. Asia’s developing economies are soaring, with 9.4-per-cent growth. Latin America is expected to grow at 5.7 per cent. Even sub-Saharan Africa, the traditional laggard, is expected to grow at 5 per cent this year. This two-speed global economy largely reflects the fact that the 2008 financial crisis began with over-borrowing by the rich countries themselves. Two high-income economies got themselves into trouble. The US, where consumers — assisted by reckless lending to non-creditworthy households — had borrowed heavily to buy houses and cars, was the main culprit. The periphery of the European Union — Ireland, Portugal, Spain and Greece — also began a borrowing binge a decade ago, upon joining the euro, fuelling a real estate boom that likewise went bust. Emerging economies, for the most part, avoided this disastrous over-borrowing. One reason, certainly, was the vivid memory in Asia of the 1997 financial crisis, which underscored the need for limits on bank borrowing and capital inflows. By and large, Asian emerging economies were more prudently managed during the past decade. The same can be said about Brazil, which learned from its own crisis in 1999, as well as Africa and other regions. In the run-up to the Seoul summit, the US government put forward a proposal that the surplus regions of the world should increase their domestic demand — mainly consumption — to boost imports and thereby help the deficit regions (including the US) to recover. The G-20’s emerging economies were not impressed. Their answer was straightforward: The crisis began with US over-borrowing, so it is America’s responsibility, not theirs, to clean up the mess. The US should cut its Budget deficit, increase its saving rate and generally get its own house in order. |
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| 09-Dec-2010 13:14 |
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Cash is so 20th century. I’ve been experimenting with a 21st-century alternative, using money on a mobile phone account to buy goods in shops. It’s a bit like using a credit card but the system can also enable you to use your mobile phone account to transfer money to individuals or companies domestically or internationally.— redeemable at local merchants for rice, corn flour, beans or cooking oil.
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And it’s more secure because a thief would have to steal not only your phone but also your PIN to get access to your money. What’s really astonishing, though, is the site of my experimentation with “mobile money”. Not in the banking capitals of New York City or London, but in the remote Haitian town of St-Marc. Mercy Corps, through a United States government-financed programme, is providing food for people here in St-Marc who have taken in earthquake survivors. The standard method would be to hand out bags of rice, or vouchers. Mercy Corps will, instead, be pushing a button once a month, and US$40 ($52) will automatically go into each person’s mobile phone savings account I took one of these phones and walked into a humble little grocery shop with no electricity — “Rosie Boutique”, named for the owner’s little daughter — and became the first person to make a mobile phone purchase there. I typed the codes into my phone, and then both my phone and the store’s phone received instantaneous text messages saying that the transfer was complete. The food was now mine. “It doesn’t get any cooler than this,” said Mercy Corps programme manager Kokoevi Sossouvi. She’s right, and the technology isn’t just cool but could be a breakthrough in chipping away at global poverty. You see, the world’s poor face a problem even bigger than being fleeced by bankers. It’s being ignored by bankers. Most poor people around the world don’t have access to banks. In particular, one of the biggest challenges for the poor is how to save money. The poor often have money coming in only a few times a year — after a harvest, or after a temporary job of picking coffee beans — but each time they have no way to save it. Banks typically won’t accept tiny deposits. In West Africa, private money dealers accept deposits but they charge 40 per cent annual interest rates on them. So money is more likely to be kept under a mattress, and stolen or squandered. The poor do establish their own savings accounts in the form of chickens, goats or jewellery that they can buy and later sell. ”But what if your goat gets sick and dies?” notes Ms Sossouvi. That’s why the most powerful idea in microfinance isn’t microloans but microsavings — helping the poor safely store their money. And mobile phones offer a low-cost way to make microsavings feasible and extend financial services to the poor. About three-quarters of Haitians have access to a mobile phone and similar numbers are found in many poor parts of the world. Kenya has been a leader in mobile money but many other developing countries in Africa, Asia and the Americas are jumping on board as well. For the poor, mobile telephones could have as profound an impact on finance — on banking the unbanked — as they have on communications. One terrific poverty-fighting organisation in Haiti, Fonkoze, is also expanding into financial services through mobile phones. It is implementing a system whereby Haitians in America will be able to use mobile phones to send unlimited remittances to the phones of relatives back in Haiti. On the Haitian side, the recipient of the money would be able to go into any Fonkoze branch and cash out — or, better yet, use the remittance as the start of a savings account. Nothing goes as planned in the developing world, and that’s true of mobile banking. Many people in the programme here in St-Marc are illiterate and have trouble mastering the codes, and the first time I tried a transaction I lost the signal. Central banks and regulators are sometimes wary of telephone companies engaging in finance. But Mr Robin Padberg, the chief executive of the Voila mobile phone company that Mercy Corps is working with, says that early in the new year, the mobile money system will be expanded so that anyone will be able to make purchases, put money into a mobile phone account or take cash out. That’ll be a milestone in the inclusion of the poor in the world of financial services. And some day, I’m pretty sure, I’ll engage in as sophisticated a financial transaction as Haitians — say, walking into a deli and buying a pastrami on rye with my BlackBerry — without even leaving Manhattan. |
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| 09-Dec-2010 13:07 |
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A cure for global poverty could be a phone call away Nicholas D Kristof The most powerful idea in microfinance is microsavings — helping the poor safely store their money. Mobile phones offer a low-cost way to make microsavings feasible and extend financial services to the poor. About three-quarters of Haitians have access to a mobile phone and similar numbers are found in many poor parts of the world. |
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| 09-Dec-2010 13:03 |
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| 09-Dec-2010 13:00 |
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**** STATUTORY FINANCIAL & COMPLIANCE AUDITS *
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Were Lehman-linked cases really resolved? There are complainants unhappy with FIDREC rulings Letter from Thomas Lee Zhi Zhi I REFER to recent reports on the role of the Financial Industry Disputes Resolution Centre (FIDREC) in the handling of various Lehman-linked complaints. The use of the word “resolved” is rather misleading, as if all the cases reported were amicably “resolved” by the banks, with the complainants accepting the recommendations of the adjudicators. Perhaps it would be more meaningful if, instead, the report goes into greater detail the number of cases closed with and without payout and the quantum of each payout. Although there was a top-level assurance that complaints would not be dealt with solely from a legal angle, the complainants I have spoken to say the adjudicators did exactly that, on the grounds that the complainants had ample time and opportunity to read the brochure on the risks. The fact remains that some town councils and Government bodies too fell into the trap of investing in these products although they have teams of financial experts to advise them. So, how could an individual investor have been expected to make a better decision? The Monetary Authority of Singapore’s finding on the lapses of the issuing banks also seem to have been brushed aside. In retrospect, it is ironic that banks in Hong Kong, despite being part of a communist country, have been more magnanimous by voluntarily offering to compensate all investors up to 60 per cent of funds invested — with retirees getting 70 per cent — without the investors having to lift a finger. One imagines the participating banks here can do better. |
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| 09-Dec-2010 12:53 |
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~~~~ WHAT TRULY MATTERS ~~~~ In 6 WORDS ~~~~
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No shelter for those in need Letter from Cathy Loke I REFER to the report “Fitting into the mainstream, bit by bit” (Dec 4-5), which discusses how disabled-friendly Singapore is. It is important that, when the authorities plan the wheelchair-friendly aspects to any walkway or building, they do it not as an afterthought or merely to meet disability requirements, but with real heart to help the disabled. For example, along Tampines Avenue 9, the passage leading up to two bus stops (in front of Blocks 493B and 496F) is only sheltered where there are steps. On rainy days, wheelchair users and people with prams have no way to get to or from the bus stop without getting drenched. A simple solution would be to convert half the width of the staircase into a ramp, allowing sheltered passage for those who most need it. An even better solution would be to anticipate these problems and address them early on, rather than fix them retrospectively at an added cost. A little bit of thought could go a long way. |
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| 09-Dec-2010 12:41 |
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Clubs’ jackpot coffers take a hit Athletes and community programmes could be bigger losers if the clubs can no longer support them Teo Xuanwei SINGAPORE All this because of plummeting revenue from these clubs’ jackpot rooms, with many of their regulars flocking to the casinos in Resorts World Sentosa and Marina Bay Sands. Jackpot takings, which constitute some 20 to 80 per cent of clubs’ revenues, have plunged by as much as 60 per cent since the integrated resorts opened, managers told MediaCorp. Clubs are now pleading for a lifeline from the Ministry of Finance, in the form of lower duties. Currently, they pay 30 per cent tax on the deemed turnover from their fruit machines. Clubs had appealed against the 12-per-cent tax on actual turnover — a “significantly higher burden”, according to the clubs — which was to have been introduced in 2006. A review of the new private lottery duty is ongoing. In one manager’s words, if taxes are not lowered, many clubs will be “in jeopardy”. They hope to pay 15 per cent of deemed turnover, similar to what the IRs pay. Singapore Recreation Club general manager Abdul Rashid said: “All we’re asking is for an equal footing. If the proposed 12-per-cent tax kicks in, we’ll be hit very hard. Some things like funding for certain sports may have to go.” The SRC supports 15 sports, including snooker and bowling. Its funding for sports activities next year has already been cut 30 per cent, said Mr Abdul Rashid. The Chinese Swimming Club also uses part of the revenue from its 35 jackpot machines to fund some national swimmers, such as Mylene Ong, who train there. So far, takings have slumped by over 40 per cent. General manager Rosalind Tan said: “Should the tax be fixed at 12 per cent, our preliminary calculations show that our revenue will be very significantly reduced, on top of the fact that the base is now much reduced. “The club will have to take a long-term view and review its current operations, including its business model in entirety, should its jackpot results continue to suffer or if it becomes untenable to operate.” — Some clubs will have to sponsor fewer training sessions for national athletes they support. Others may cut back on community welfare programmes or give out fewer scholarships and bursaries. And up to four S-League teams may even have to drop out.S-League clubs could be hardest hit At the National University of Singapore Society, the approximately $2.8 million it makes annually from 50 jackpot machines helps to fund community care initiatives, scholarships and bursaries, among other causes. Revenues have fallen more than 30 per cent and chief executive Tong Hsien Hui expects a further 10- to 15-per-cent slide next year. S-League clubs may end up the hardest hit. Some of their operating budgets are 80 per cent from jackpot revenue. Said one official, who declined to be named: “If this new tax law is passed, we won’t be able to afford to take part in the league — and this is the case for most of the other local clubs as well.” When contacted, Football Association of Singapore president Zainudin Nordin said it would be a “double whammy” if the new tax is implemented on football clubs. “It will have a direct negative impact on the operation of these clubs,” he said. The clubs, which each need between $1 million and $2 million annually, have done a study on the anticipated impact of a 12-per-cent duty on actual turnover, he said. “We want to engage (the authorities) and give feedback because they may not be aware of the quite serious impact the new tax will have,” he said. “The fruit machines are not a profitmaking exercise for football clubs. The funds that come out of these operations are put back into funding the club’s football needs.” A Ministry of Finance spokesperson said: “MOF regularly reviews its tax policies and as part of the process, seeks views and inputs from various parties.” Additional reporting By Shamir Osman The fruit machines are not a profit-making exercise for football clubs. The funds that come out of these operations are put back into funding the club’s football needs. FAS president Zainudin Nordin |
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| 09-Dec-2010 12:26 |
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???? SAFETY ???? and ???? The AUTHORIEIES ????
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Man slashed at Yishun, 3 teens arrested SINGAPORE The victim suffered injuries to his head and arms, and was taken to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital. Police said that they received a call about the incident at 5.50pm. Three teenagers have been arrested in connection with the incident, which happened at the void deck of Block 362, Yishun Ring Road. The suspects are 13, 15 and 18 years old. According to witnesses, the victim staggered past several blocks — leaving a trail of blood — before seeking help from a resident living on the second floor of Block 343. The resident told Media–Corp: “He came up here all the way ... I asked: What happened? He said, ‘Somebody chopped my hand’.” Other residents said the victim was not alone when he was attacked. The police said that they are investigating. The case has been classified under Section 324 of the Penal Code, that is voluntarily causing hurt by a dangerous weapon or means. The latest incident comes after two high-profile cases of gang attacks, including the slashing at Downtown East of 19-yearold Darren Ng on Oct 30. Mr Ng died from his injuries after being admitted to hospital. The other incident happened at Bukit Panjang housing estate. — A 23-year-old man was slashed at Yishun Ring Road yesterday, with witnesses claiming that the victim was attacked by some youth.Patwant Singh |
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| 09-Dec-2010 12:03 |
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Koon Holdings - Profit warning
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http://nextinsight.net/index.php/component/content/article/906-2010-/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3251&Itemid=1 PLANT VISIT |
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| 09-Dec-2010 12:02 |
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SHARES OF Koon Holdings have shot up by about 77% since July, from 35 cents to 62 cents recently on the Singapore Exchange. Dual-listed in Australia, the shares are still trading at a low PE, of about 4.2X the company's last 12 months’ earnings. Whether you are a shareholder who is sitting on good gains or you are hearing of Koon for the first time, you are invited to visit Koon’s pre-cast facility at 26 Kranji Way. Date: 10 am, Saturday, Dec 11. This is part of a series of company visits that NextInsight is organizing. In recent months, we have organized visits to Trek 2000 (twice in fact), Mencast and MTQ – companies we view to have a strong future. As for Koon, it is one of the largest domestic civil engineering players, and has played a part in various large-scale infrastructure and reclamation projects, including Punggol Serangoon reservoir and the expansion of Jurong Island. Kim Eng Research said in a report in October that Koon had net cash of S$42 million (just below recent market cap of S$51 million), and may pay a special dividend. To boost liquidity, Koon (www.koon.com.sg) is proposing a 1-for-1 bonus share issue. |
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| 07-Dec-2010 10:00 |
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Oriental Century said it has appointed joint liquidators to wind up the company, after shareholders passed the resolution at the EGM held last Thursday. |
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| 05-Dec-2010 16:31 |
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Laws Of The SECRET
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iPhone4“越狱”（破解）易中毒泄私隐 （香港） (2010-12-05) （联合早报网讯）香港星岛日报报道，港不少iPhone 4迷为手机越狱破解（Jailbreak），即时危机四伏。有手机网络安全专家指出，iPhone4破解后手机中毒风险大增，用家等如将手机中门大开，近期Zeus木马多次变种转向智能手机攻击，手机用户只要以上网处理银行帐户、购物及登入facebook便即中招，个人资料及朋友名单统统被偷取，被黑客开信用卡及将银行存款转走，随时赔上巨额损失。 国际网络安全设备供应商FORTINET技术方案经理李永健指出，iPhone 4在香港相当受欢迎，用家下载的苹果Apps全部预先经审查检测，核实无恶意程式后便发证书，准许放到苹果官网出售或任人下载，让手机主人安全使用。 但当iPhone4被Jailbreak，用家可绕过官网便随意免费下载，中门大开。 他指，一旦下载了暗藏木马程式或黑客软件到iPhone 4后，只要用手机网上理财，银行帐户内资料、户口名称密码，甚至用iPhone 4上facebook，连手机内朋友电话簿等资料，统统易被木马骑劫偷去，黑客可将偷到的用户资料展开连串行动，如开信用卡“碌卡”、偷走户口存款及发短讯给朋友再令人中计，而源头用家的iPhone 4最终也不获苹果保养致双重损失。 他指出，香港虽没正式公布有否iPhone 4中毒，苹果亦从不公开预设的防毒软件，不过已有保安专家实验过，成功研发中毒软件攻击进入已Jailbreak手机。 iPhone 4被破解后危机大增，其他智能手机风险更远高于苹果，FORTINET是全球首家供应商发现Zeus木马程式入侵智能手机，李永健指，该木马已流传三年不断变种，由原先攻击电脑至近月转向智能手机埋手。今年十月初英美两国已联手捣破一宗东欧银行黑客集团，用Zeus木马盗取网民银行帐户密码后将存款转帐到东欧，损失共九千七百万港元。 Zeus木马盗取手法相当精密，先发电邮给网民，内附一条连结，只要登入即为电脑安装Zeus，网页会诱导受害人提供手机号码。 木马藏电脑内一段时间追寻全部朋友资料名单，黑客再扮成受害人发手机短讯给朋友传送一些优惠券，朋友没戒心后按下，手机即中招。 李永健指，Zeus可偷取到手机登入网上理财、社交网站facebook、MSN、网上购物等户口密码，另追踪手机上短讯是否含有名称密码之类，一并偷取，黑客利用偷取的公司假扮当事人开新信用卡“碌卡”，受害人懵然不知。他奉劝各智能手机及iPhone 4用家，应减少以手机网上理财及登入不同密码，并为手机安装防毒软件。 |
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| 05-Dec-2010 16:11 |
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中国粮食连续第七年增产 （2010-12-05） 在粮食价格和国内通货膨胀居高不下的背景下，中国国家统计局周五公布，2010年全国粮食连续第七年增产，粮食总产量为5亿4641万吨，较上年增产2.9%。 这个根据全国31个省区市进行抽样调查和全面统计的数据反映，粮食播种面积和单位面积产量双双增加的情况下，今年的粮食总产量尽管经历部分地区因气候因素而减产的挑战，仍然得以实现全年丰收。 《新京报》引述国家粮食局科学研究院研究员丁声俊说，“今年可以说是大灾之年的丰收年。” 统计局指出，全国粮食总产量为夏粮、早稻和秋粮产量的总和。夏粮总产量为1万2310万吨，比上年减少39万吨；早稻总产量为3132万吨，比上年减少204万吨，但是秋粮总产量初步统计为3亿9199万吨，比上年增加1801万吨 ，从而扩大了今年粮食的总产量。 数据显示，从播种面积来看，2010年全年粮食播种面积达到1亿987万2000公顷，比2009年增加88万6000公顷，特别是高产作物玉米播种面积扩大了超过130万公顷，因面积扩大增产粮食441万吨。 此外，2010年粮食的单位面积产量达到每公顷4973公斤，比上年提高了每公顷103公斤，因单产提高，粮食产量增产1118万吨。 统计局新闻稿说：“今年全国大部分秋粮主产区降水量比较丰沛，特别是素有中国粮仓之称的东北及内蒙古地区，水、光、热配合是历史上最好的，非常有利于农作物产量的形成。” 从地区来看，东北及内蒙古地区增产较多，其他主产区生产保持稳定。据统计局分析，由于去年东北及内蒙古地区遭遇伏旱，造成吉林、辽宁和内蒙古减产约800万吨，因此今年东北及内蒙古地区大幅度增产带有较大的恢复性增产因素。此外，江西、湖南因灾有一定幅度减产。 政府打出控价“组合拳” 受食品价格高涨推动，中国10月份CPI（消费物价指数）达4.4%，创下两年多来的新高。进入11月，国内粮食价格仍处于上涨过程。尽管从11月中旬开始，政府持续出台物价调控措施，但不少经济机构仍然预测，11月CPI 或将再创年内新高。 粮食丰收但物价持续走高，凸显这个现象背后市场炒作和通胀预期因素不容忽视。继上个月20日，国务院发布《关于稳定消费价格总水平保障群众基本生活的通知》，即“稳定物价16条”后，国家发改委也从上个月22日至26日五天内连发九个通知，打出调控物价“组合拳”。 这九个通知中，其中有五篇评论，分别指向稳定通胀预期、实施价格监管、打击价格违法行为、完善补贴降低影响、建立救助与物价联动等长效机制；两份价格查处通知，均指向成品油流通环节；一份通知对各地物价管控部门进行工作部署，宣布实施包括蔬菜农产品价格通报等六项制度；此外，还有一份大宗商品期价下跌的通报，意在进一步稳定市场预期。 经济分析师认为，目前食品价格是推动CPI上涨的重要原因，粮食尤其是秋粮的增收在一定程度上有助于缓解食品价格的日益增长，但CPI上涨的根本原因可能在于过剩的流动性。 中共中央政治局前日召开会议，宣布将实施“稳健的货币政策”，暗示宽松的流动性环境将会改变，被市场视为应对国内高通胀环境的最新举措。 金融力量推动商品价格上涨 （北京讯）金融力量推动商品价格上涨，有中国学者建议重新构建价格管理和价格机制。 新华网报道，在昨天举行的“第十一届中国宏观经济运行与政策论坛”上，中国社会科学院副院长李扬表示，一段时间以来，实体经济中进入了一定的金融因素，“类金融化”现象造成部分商品价格的快速上涨，物价问题目前已经成为影响中国宏观经济的重要因素。 他说，中国没有现成的经验来处理这个“类金融化”的问题。“从这个意义上来讲，中国经济进入了一个新的特殊时期”。 李扬列举了最近一些大宗商品中的“类金融化”现象，以及农产品中绿豆、大蒜等商品价格暴涨的现象，他认为，这些都是金融因素力量推动和助涨的结果。 学者： 应重建价格管理和价格机制 他指出，经济运行中需要中介机构的存在，但中介机构或代表生产者的利益，或代表消费者的利益，而不能只代表中介机构本身的利益，否则只顾自己挣钱，势必造成对物价的推波助澜。 中国社会科学院财政与贸易经济研究所所长高培勇认为，当前的经济形势已到了重新构建价格管理和价格机制的时候。他说：“人们曾认为，只有计划经济体制下才会特别关注价格问题，而在市场经济条件下价格的波动更多地依赖于市场机制的调节。现在看来不仅仅是计划经济，市场经济同样需要价格管理和价格机制，但这种价格管理和价格机制，一定要和市场经济体制相适应。” |
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维基泄密创办人有难 很可能下周被捕 （2010-12-05） 瑞典检控官对目前相信在英国的阿桑奇，发出了新的国际通缉令。瑞典指称阿桑奇犯下了强奸罪，此前已经对他发出通缉令，但由于资料不够齐全，所以英国警方无法执行通缉令。 《泰晤士报》引述警方消息来源说，阿桑奇可能会在下周被捕。英国的其他媒体则报道说，阿桑奇有望在10天内遭到逮捕。 不过，阿桑奇在伦敦的律师史蒂文斯说，不论是苏格兰场伦敦警察厅或是他本人，都没有接到由瑞典发出的新逮捕令。他告诉路透社，瑞典当局又做了一次功课，重新发出通缉令，现在就要看他们这一次是否做得正确。 阿桑奇的另一名律师胡蒂格表示，将尽力阻止阿桑奇被引渡去接受有关强奸指称的调查。他认为在这个问题上，瑞典受到了其他国家的影响。 除了面对国际通缉，阿桑奇也声称自己和同事接到了死亡威胁，并表示他们已经加强了对自身的保护。 在接受《卫报》的网上答问时，阿桑奇誓言对抗“针对我们的来自美国的攻击”。他说：“对我们性命的威胁是公开的事。我们正采取在对付超级强国时，我们能力范围内做得到的适当防范。” 阿桑奇生于澳大利亚，并持有当地护照。澳大利亚政府正在考虑是否要取消他的护照，并且暗示，如果阿桑奇被判有罪，澳洲将不欢迎他回返祖国。 由阿桑奇创办的“维基泄密”网站wikileaks.org，在美国服务器供应商停止为其提供服务之后，被迫到瑞士申请新的域名。 不过，在瑞士注册的网址wikileaks.ch却在周五晚间，因为美国的系统供应商封锁其域名而中断服务，但“维基泄密”却在20多个别的网站上出现。 |
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Dec 4, 2010Top 5 destinations in South-east Asia1. Malaysia Clocked 23.6 million visitors last year, making it the highest-ranked South-east Asian country in the World Tourism Organisation's list of top travel destinations. Malacca, which became a World Heritage Site under Unesco in 2008, accounted for almost nine million tourists. 2. Thailand Drew 14.1 million visitors to its shores last year, although this year's figures would be severely hit by the widespread protests and violence in the capital earlier in the year. At least 43 countries, including the United States, Britain and Australia, issued travel advisories against travelling to parts of the country. 3. Singapore Attracted 9.7 million tourists last year despite the recession and has set an ambitious target of between 11.5 million and 12.5 million for this year. It looks set to meet its target with big events like the inaugural Youth Olympic Games and the Formula One night race. In 2008, arrivals hit an all-time high of 10.1 million. 4. Indonesia For the biggest economy in South-east Asia, Indonesia had a relatively low visitorship of just 6.5 million last year. It has been rocked by several terrorist attacks in the last decade, although its beach resorts in Bali, Batam and Bintan are very popular with tourists. 5. Vietnam The country's tourism figures had been rising steadily for the last decade until last year's recession coupled with a 30 per cent inflation jolted them back down to 3.7 million. Prices have since dropped and tourism figures are back on the upward trend. |
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Dec 4, 2010Top 5 destinations in South-east Asia1. Malaysia Clocked 23.6 million visitors last year, making it the highest-ranked South-east Asian country in the World Tourism Organisation's list of top travel destinations. Malacca, which became a World Heritage Site under Unesco in 2008, accounted for almost nine million tourists. 2. Thailand Drew 14.1 million visitors to its shores last year, although this year's figures would be severely hit by the widespread protests and violence in the capital earlier in the year. At least 43 countries, including the United States, Britain and Australia, issued travel advisories against travelling to parts of the country. 3. Singapore Attracted 9.7 million tourists last year despite the recession and has set an ambitious target of between 11.5 million and 12.5 million for this year. It looks set to meet its target with big events like the inaugural Youth Olympic Games and the Formula One night race. In 2008, arrivals hit an all-time high of 10.1 million. 4. Indonesia For the biggest economy in South-east Asia, Indonesia had a relatively low visitorship of just 6.5 million last year. It has been rocked by several terrorist attacks in the last decade, although its beach resorts in Bali, Batam and Bintan are very popular with tourists. 5. Vietnam The country's tourism figures had been rising steadily for the last decade until last year's recession coupled with a 30 per cent inflation jolted them back down to 3.7 million. Prices have since dropped and tourism figures are back on the upward trend. |
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Dec 4, 2010Top 5 destinations in South-east Asia1. Malaysia Clocked 23.6 million visitors last year, making it the highest-ranked South-east Asian country in the World Tourism Organisation's list of top travel destinations. Malacca, which became a World Heritage Site under Unesco in 2008, accounted for almost nine million tourists. 2. Thailand Drew 14.1 million visitors to its shores last year, although this year's figures would be severely hit by the widespread protests and violence in the capital earlier in the year. At least 43 countries, including the United States, Britain and Australia, issued travel advisories against travelling to parts of the country. 3. Singapore Attracted 9.7 million tourists last year despite the recession and has set an ambitious target of between 11.5 million and 12.5 million for this year. It looks set to meet its target with big events like the inaugural Youth Olympic Games and the Formula One night race. In 2008, arrivals hit an all-time high of 10.1 million. 4. Indonesia For the biggest economy in South-east Asia, Indonesia had a relatively low visitorship of just 6.5 million last year. It has been rocked by several terrorist attacks in the last decade, although its beach resorts in Bali, Batam and Bintan are very popular with tourists. 5. Vietnam The country's tourism figures had been rising steadily for the last decade until last year's recession coupled with a 30 per cent inflation jolted them back down to 3.7 million. Prices have since dropped and tourism figures are back on the upward trend. |
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Dec 4, 2010Top 5 destinations in South-east Asia1. Malaysia Clocked 23.6 million visitors last year, making it the highest-ranked South-east Asian country in the World Tourism Organisation's list of top travel destinations. Malacca, which became a World Heritage Site under Unesco in 2008, accounted for almost nine million tourists. 2. Thailand Drew 14.1 million visitors to its shores last year, although this year's figures would be severely hit by the widespread protests and violence in the capital earlier in the year. At least 43 countries, including the United States, Britain and Australia, issued travel advisories against travelling to parts of the country. 3. Singapore Attracted 9.7 million tourists last year despite the recession and has set an ambitious target of between 11.5 million and 12.5 million for this year. It looks set to meet its target with big events like the inaugural Youth Olympic Games and the Formula One night race. In 2008, arrivals hit an all-time high of 10.1 million. 4. Indonesia For the biggest economy in South-east Asia, Indonesia had a relatively low visitorship of just 6.5 million last year. It has been rocked by several terrorist attacks in the last decade, although its beach resorts in Bali, Batam and Bintan are very popular with tourists. 5. Vietnam The country's tourism figures had been rising steadily for the last decade until last year's recession coupled with a 30 per cent inflation jolted them back down to 3.7 million. Prices have since dropped and tourism figures are back on the upward trend. |
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房地产投资信托 不能只看高回报 （2010-12-05） 文@龚慧婷 图@李利群 最近有好几个房地产投资信托（REITs）先后上市。丰树工业信托（简称MIT）集资近12亿元；胜宝（Sabana）回教法工业房地产投资信托则筹集超过6亿元。 但让投资者眼前一亮的，往往是REITs所提供的5％或以上的高回报率，尤其当银行定期存款利息还在1％以下的低水平徘徊，投资者更对REITs跃跃欲试。 然而，REITs的回报率固定吗？为何有些REITs的价格可在1元左右徘徊，有些又只有0.10元？投资REITs又有哪些风险？ …… UBS TOP PICKS: * Cambridge Commercial Trust [CCT] * K-REIT Asia |
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为什么别人比你有成就？ （2010-12-05） 大学生毕业时，大家起步差不多，为什么后来别人比你有成就？专家的答案是：房产和投资。 摩根资产管理（J.P.Morgan Asset Management）行政总裁许立庆受访时说，世界名列前茅的富翁，多数都有房产并参与资本市场，开始的时间越早，财富的差距就越大。 …… |
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