Monday, December 29, 2008

劈酒 Hangover 點算?

孫柏文相信,喺《金手指》差唔多3年嘅歷史中,最多人剪落嚟貼牆嘅文章,就係一篇題為「要同客劈酒……點算?」關於如何對付酒後不適嘅文。

文中,我講過解決酒後不適嘅方法,就係好似油公司對付啲舊油井嘅water injection method,要將1公升暖水灌肚,兩分鐘之後扣喉,將殘餘物同從血液中倒流入胃嘅酒精一齊嘔出,之後再飲暖水。

背後嘅科學邏輯非常簡單──中毒就要排毒。

暖水灌肚助排毒


不過,呢個聖誕佳節,我就從兩個唔同嘅來源,聽到一個科學邏輯上同以上背馳嘅解決酒後不適方法。《華爾街日報》就叫「hair of the dog」,而我個auntie就叫「回魂酒」,即係劈酒後第二日感覺唔舒服時,再劈多個shot。

《華爾街日報》就推介一款叫「Ambassador's Morning Lift」嘅雞尾酒,而auntie就話一 shot X.O.得。

大家可能問:「火燭仲淋電油上去?」問得好!不過我就喺度諗,以上講過嘅兩個方法,其實就係世界各國政府,對付金融海嘯嘅大方向。

飲「信貸回魂酒」

面對着因為之前啲人過份借貸,帶嚟今日嘅辛苦,一係用我建議嘅方法,盡快排毒,公司應執即執,工人應轉行就盡快迫自己轉行。一係就飲「信貸回魂酒」。

不過《華爾街日報》警告,飲得「回魂酒」多,好容易會酗酒。

Friday, December 26, 2008

Ghost of Christmas past...



I hope everyone is having a nice Christmas...

This video of me when I was 23 (in the year 2000 during the legco election) and cleanly shaven has been posted by willioningfei.

I thank him for reminding me how I got walloped in that particular election. hahahahhaha

Afterall, Obama got his fanny kicked in an election in 2000 too.

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Angela Merkel's deep question...

Question of the day...

With capitalist Washington forced to buy shares of major banks to stop them going bust after years of loose regulation, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who grew up in Communist East Germany, was quoted in Focus magazine telling her Cabinet the following joke:

"What's the difference between Communism and Capitalism?

Answer: The Communists nationalised all the companies first -- and then ruined them."


Came from the Guardian... With more short facts like the one above here...

At least something is making a record high...

I have always said that out of the many different assets, the first to break through its recent record high would be Gold.

I was wrong...

Cocoa hits 23-year high on supply fears

Published: 00:50 - 24/12/08

Cocoa prices on Tuesday surged to a 23-year high as speculative investors poured into the market amid concerns about dwindling supplies from Ivory Coast, by far the world's largest producer.

Prices for cocoa have risen 70 per cent in the past year, bucking the weakness in overall commodities prices.

The drop in sterling has helped push London-based, sterling-denominated cocoa futures higher, but analysts said the main factor was low supplies.

The International Cocoa Organisation said in its latest monthly report that cocoa bean arrivals until the end of November at ports in Ivory Coast, which provides almost 40 per cent of the world's supplies, were the lowest in years.

"Only 251,000 tonnes of beans are estimated to have reached the local ports during the first two months of the current season, a level around 40 per cent below average for the four preceding seasons," it said.

The problem has continued in December – the traditional peak of the harvesting season – because of the impact of cold weather and heavy rains earlier this year, the so-called black pod disease, reduced use of fertiliser because of high prices and a spate of strikes among farmers and customs personnel, traders said. They added that cocoa supplies from Ivory Coast's west African neighbour Ghana, the second largest producer, were also lower than last season.

As a result, Fortis bank warned that the market faces its third seasonal deficit in a row, further depleting global stocks, which are already at a 20-year low. Inventories are at 39 per cent of global consumption, down from 54 per cent in 2005-06.

In London, Euronext.Liffe cocoa for delivery in May, the market benchmark, on Tuesday jumped to £1,820 a tonne, the highest since October 1985, and 4 per cent higher on the day. New York cocoa futures, denominated in dollars, have risen almost 30 per cent in the past year.

Fortis, nevertheless, said the market was overbought, warning that traders were "fully discounting that, on the production side, everything that can go wrong . . . will indeed go wrong", without paying attention to lower demand because of the impact of the economic crisis.

Although cocoa consumption has been in the past resilient to economic downturns, traders forecast a drop next year, particularly in the US and Europe.


Recession proof comfort food anyone?

祝醫療券好運

噚日,孫柏文同一個中學同學講電話。我以前讀Island School,呢個同學係個鬼仔,我做學生會主席時係我嘅「局長」。傾傾吓,講到明愛醫院有病人暈咗喺門口,跟住醫院嘅詢問處職員叫同病人一齊嘅仔打999嗰單嘢。

按指引做怕孭鑊


佢話睇西報都有睇到呢單嘢,而佢嘅結論係:「There's no common sense left in Hong Kong.」你話一個中國人用咁嘅說話鬧都算,不過由一個前殖民官員嘅下一代講,真係特別難聽。

我自己都有諗過,究竟要發生過咩事,公司流程要點,先會令嗰位詢問處職員有咁嘅建議。喺我個腦就開始浮現一間會議室。

冇錯,一定係會議室開始。

跟住就見到一個好惡、開口埋口都講「紀律」、「系統」,亦升職升得好快嘅小頭目,指住一個年紀大過佢嘅下屬大大聲鬧:「我唔理為乜,你冇跟住手冊去做就係錯。」

唔理common sense照跟


小頭目跟住就向會上其他職員話:「下次再有人唔跟手冊做,我會跟人事部指引,即炒。公司仲要唔使賠糧。」

如果我有份開嗰個會,真係連我都可能將僅有嘅 common sense拋掉。

系統一定要有,問題係點樣先有常理。只要個系統冇競爭嘅鞭策,就最終會變到冇常理,政府醫院就係咁。一月一日醫療券將會推出,希望啲民辦嘅醫療機構爭氣。

祝醫療券好運!

Monday, December 22, 2008

SCMP letters to the editors...

Ok... This is the first letter 2 weeks ago by Martin Brinkley of Ma Wan...

Neoconservative quick fixes will roll back years of progress

The swift solutions proposed by neoconservatives in our community to counteract the financial crisis could roll back in weeks the progress made on many fronts in recent years.

Out go the minimum wage for local workers and better working conditions for staff in cross-border enterprises. In come the relaxation of anti-smoking legislation, shelving the tax on plastic bags, embarking on mega construction projects regardless of the consequences to public health and quality of life, destroying the historical centre of our city, selling off parts of public beaches and giving public funds to wealthy citizens to buy consumer goods they do not need. These are just some of the ideas that have been put forward.

Unfortunately our government, desperate to create jobs at any cost, will clutch at every straw that floats past and the naked self-interest displayed in these proposals will be conveniently overlooked.

Instead of harnessing public sentiment that is belatedly recognising the virtues of thrift, long-term vision and a productive and sustainable economy, our gullible government will be dazzled by proposals put forward by the neocons to embark on an orgy of quick fixes that will create only short-term opportunities and lead us down the same boom-and-bust route that created the problems we are facing in the first place.

There have been many illuminating and informative articles published recently on the causes of the financial crisis, a marriage of unsustainable greed and easy credit and its consequences in the form of global warming, environmental degradation and ever-increasing income disparity and social divisions.

Hopefully some officers in the administration are reading these rather than listening to the bleating of the neocons.

The world is on the edge of a precipice. The financial crisis is a wake-up call that unabated consumerism will cast us into the abyss. Our community must ignore the demands of the neocons and with a 21st century vision follow a sustainable economic model that turns challenges into opportunities and curses into blessings.

Martin Brinkley, Ma Wan


And after reading it, I sent a letter to SCMP as a reply...

Neocon label harms debate

I read with great disappointment the letter from Martin Brinkley (Neoconservative quick fixes will roll back years of progress, December 12).

While sharing his opposition to many of the supposed anti-financial-tsunami government policies mentioned in his letter, such as Japan-style construction projects, I am dismayed by his casual labelling of all things he opposed as neoconservative.

Admittedly, attaching the George W. Bush label to any policies worldwide is a crude but effective way to spin and garner opposition, but it unfortunately harms the honest debate needed to truly win the hearts and minds of the people. And without honest debate, a healthy and functioning democracy will remain beyond our grasp.

A good example of honest debate winning hearts and minds occurred recently concerning another of Mr Brinkley's plethora of issues.

While he believes it should be made law today, we at the Lion Rock Institute remain steadfast against the minimum wage. We are unwavering in our efforts to protect workers such as new migrants and the young seeking to get on that crucial first step of their career ladders.

In fact, invited by the Civic Party, we recently sent our 26-year-old research associate Nicole Alpert to debate senior counsel Ronny Tong Ka-wah and veteran union leader Lee Cheuk-yan on this issue. After spirited debate, the audience consisting of Civic Party members held a vote.

They voted to oppose the minimum wage.

Perhaps Mr Brinkley has been on this non-fully-democratic barren rock of Hong Kong for too long and has forgotten that institution that holds up democracy - the free market of ideas.

Andrew Shuen, research director, Lion Rock Institute


My letter touched a nerve over at the Civic Party, which then sent another reply to the SCMP.

Civic debate


I refer to the letter from the Lion Rock Institute's research director, Andrew Shuen (Neocon label harms debate, December 17), which mentioned the Civic Party's recent civic debate on the minimum wage. I feel some clarification is needed.

The Civic Party's English Language Group organises civic debates, normally on a monthly basis, on various topics of interest, covering political, economic and social issues.

These debates, which are sometimes discussions rather than formal debates, are open to the public, are publicised in the media and are free.

Invariably, the majority of those attending are not Civic Party members.

This was the case at the civic debate discussion on the minimum wage that Mr Shuen referred to in his letter.

I agree with him that the discussion was spirited, but surely that is what a debate or discussion is all about?

John Shannon, deputy convenor, English Language Group, Civic Party


Contrary to rumours I heard, I applaud this frank admission by the Civic Party that that particular debate was held.

And people were telling me they are acting as if that debate and vote was never held... tsk tsk... vicious rumours...

三十幾歲真大鑊?

上個禮拜,孫柏文睇《信報》見到兩篇文章。

第一篇就係「三十會」龔耀輝寫嘅「三十幾歲,真『大鑊』」,大家睇題都應估到文章重點。

第二篇就係林行止先生寫嘅回應,題為「漁火偷渡客 江上數峰青」,文中林生分享佢來港嘅經驗,重點係「如果今日啲三十歲嘅人慘,咁當年呢?」

想成功勢要就

林生仲用Malcolm Gladwell本書《Outliers:The Story of Success》,裏面話人如要對某項技能叻,就要用一萬小時鑽研,叫我哋呢啲三十世代勤力啲。林生亦將書名譯成《表表者之勤有功》。

我想加多筆,將書名譯為《表表者之勤有功、勢要就》。

點解我要咁多手?因為書中,作者列出由埃及妖后數起,75個人類歷史裏最有錢嘅人,當中有14個都係19世紀中、出生年份只相隔9年嘅花旗國人。所以作者就話除勤力外,要做表表者,時勢就唔就都非常緊要。

咁特區有冇呢個現象?有。睇《福布斯》特區富豪榜同維基百科,李嘉誠1928年出世、李兆基1928、鄭裕彤1925、霍英東1923、陳廷驊1923、何鴻燊1921,拉闊小小仲可以包括1918年出世嘅包玉剛。佢哋上榜好多年,所以勢都係要就先得。

咪睇小中年窮

咁今日我呢啲三十幾歲,係咪真大鑊?大家試想,如果你上世紀50年代喺街撞到以上、今時今日嘅超級富豪,你當時又會唔會覺得佢哋將會成功到咁誇張?

如何避開馬多夫同迷債

之前,孫柏文曾經同大家分析過,四級投資者中,有邊兩級會買迷債輸錢。而四級嘅分別就係,最低級「唔識」,之後就係「半桶水」,跟住就有「識嘢」,最後亦係最高級嘅有「叻得滯」。

之前話過,「半桶水」同「叻得滯」嘅投資者,就會因買迷債輸錢。

輸錢嘅非富則貴


其實,睇花旗國馬多夫500億美元騙局,輸錢者都係一樣。當然,輸錢嘅全部都係非富則貴。

第一級知道自己「唔識」嘅投資者,一聽到馬多夫啲「期權正股對冲」策略,就會腳軟。跟住就話:「我都唔識。幫我買啲國債收息就OK。」所以冇事。

第二級「半桶水」嘅投資者,聽到馬多夫管嘅錢喺咩時世都有穩定回報。又聽到佢係前交易所主席,好多其他有錢人信佢,信譽良好,要提款時速度非常快,一於畀晒啲錢佢管。所以輸大錢。

第三級「識嘢」嘅投資者,一睇馬多夫之前投資回報紀錄,就會諗:「條友點解可以咁勁,咩市況都係咁穩定同必贏?不過自己用番呢十幾年嘅收市價,去砌番個model,都砌唔到佢嘅紀錄。」深明呢個世界冇免費午餐,所以避之則吉,最後冇事。

叻得滯以為筍嘢

咁第四級「叻得滯」嘅投資者又點?佢哋絕對明白咁穩定同必贏嘅回報,肯定唔正常。但又知道馬多夫除咗幫人管錢之外,旗下公司係好多隻股票嘅流通量供應者(即係做莊)。

佢哋深信馬多夫一定係喺做莊活動中,攞到啲買賣盤嘅獨家資訊,跟住好冇道德咁攞啲獨家資訊嚟搵錢。所以不但會瞓身,仲要問滙豐(005)借。

最後點?大家心照。

Saturday, December 20, 2008

物理學... Physics...

物理學呢家野,可以好仆佳...

Physics can be a real bitch...

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

香港醫生太羞恥

噚日,孫柏文揸揸吓車聽收音機話:「亞視管理層又出現大變動,商務及經濟發展局副局長蘇錦樑……」
我嘅即時反應係:「嘩!曾經向英女皇效忠過嘅蘇錦樑,過檔亞視!」
點知收音機繼續解釋:「蘇錦樑表示,政府關注事態發展。」

聽完我就諗,亞視經過連日嚟嘅發展,真係已經冇乜嘢係完全意料之外。

「張王配」做大戲

我甚至推斷,張永霖同王維基其實已經加入咗,早排霸佔旺角行人專用區嘅「好戲量」劇團。張、王兩人只係做一齣大家作為觀眾都可以參與嘅戲。
我只怕觀眾知道佢哋加入咗「好戲量」,會投擲鏹水彈。到時希望王維基嘅身手有布殊咁敏捷。

可能係一廂情願,不過真係唔想「張王配」呢陣特區密室中罕有嘅清風,只吹得12日就因王維基走人玩完。

可能今次完全係王維基嘅佈局,希望香港人知道亞視幾腐敗,無綫(511)幾獨大,之後政府發新嘅數碼廣播電視牌照時,唔可以送畀亞視、無綫,一定要通過拍賣、投標。城電(1137)就可以買牌,搞免費大氣電波電視。

一場非常豪邁嘅「勾」牌行動!

私有領匯有私心

講起特區呢個密室,今日立法會將會辯論促請政府國有化領匯(823)嘅動議。咁硬膠民粹嘅嘢,仲居然係醫學界功能組別嘅梁家騮議員諗出嚟。

點解功能組別都搞民粹嘢?因為以前冇領匯時,屋邨營業醫生嘅舖位係分餅仔。所以佢哋可以從屋邨攞綜援啲公公、婆婆、BB仔手中,冇競爭咁收錢,之後買波子跑車媾姐仔。

有領匯之後,居然要競爭,就當然想時光倒流,搵弱勢政府接管,跟住又可以買波子媾姐仔。

如果梁家騮嘅想法係一般醫生嘅想法,香港啲醫生實在太羞恥。

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There are responses to the piece above that first appeared in my column in today's Apple Daily over at my last entry. Copied to here...

孫先生:

拜讀了閣下在《蘋果日報》經濟版的專欄,小弟想補充一點資料:

其實「領匯」未成立前,房署商場裡的醫生診所,有些不成文的很不公平的規定:位置永遠是最差最偏僻的(因為人們不會行行下見到忽然想入來看個醫生先…);就算是同一個鋪位,用來作診所的比起其他做行業的租金都會忽然地貴了一大截,原因不明(行家很自然便會戲言:可能房署的大官們都以為,醫生們都是搵大錢搵陰質錢的,他們俾得起…)。這些事情存在多年,大家都只是乾忍而沒有發聲。

好了,到了領匯來接管了,美化商場,重新規劃,美其名是說將診所Group埋一齊,其實是全都被逼遷到比原來位置更差(例如何文田區某舊村商場,以往人所共知都是故意避開的,只是開些文具鋪之類;但是領匯本著「最差鋪位必歸診所」的關係,真的將望向「萬國大酒店」的鋪位劃為診所區;我唔相信公公婆婆們會入來看醫生囉,啋,大吉利是咩…)

無得揀,你唔妥協咩?佢咪唔同你續約囉,逼你走,領匯這度板斧大家都耳熟能詳的了;再唔係就加你三四五倍租(無錯,醫生們的是搵陰質錢的)。屋村醫生的是札根地區的,靠的都是街坊生意,老實說除非你很掂又真的仲後生,否則大部份都不敢貿貿然搬走的;重新黎過起碼又要守得三五七年…

除左咁,「市值租金」一事又是萬般詭異。領匯常說房署時代租金太低,現在大翻新了,要交市值租金。領匯便延續房署時代的不公平政策,再來個發揮得淋漓盡致,先來個市租,做診所的?好,市租上再添一點,這才叫做「合理」。大佬,咁點做呀?如果要絕對「公平」,大家一齊交市租,好,咁既然數目一樣,我不如租港景峰啦,駛乜踎響何文田……訧等於宜家叫你交「市租」,用新樓曼克頓山的租金價來租樓齡卅年的荔景山道陳舊居屋屋苑,咁就夠哂公平了!領匯商場就是領匯商場,怎可能說位於市區地王就是要收天價租金的?!一句到尾,佢就係睇死你唔會走唔敢走的(診所嘛,街坊網絡最重要)。

其實經濟轉差,行行怨氣都加深了;私家醫生尤甚,經營環境真的跟經濟週期有著莫大關係,不得不承認現在個市真的淡了很多。但是本人絕對唔以作為醫生為恥。不是說啊醫生很辛苦training很慘行醫生很偉大云云等陳腔濫調,我不會說這些;而是做醫生既是一份工作,也都是服務人的,照顧人的,絕對不是奇貨可居的陰質錢。我自己都有同學,大學時代起我從來都不覺得他偉大,絕對不是甚麼「好人」,食飯唔俾錢借了我的筆記又唔還;但他都會知道公公婆婆沒錢,減收甚至免了診金或藥費;而且這樣做的不止他一個人。

始終,屋村普通科醫生,以我幹了這行這麼多年看,正所謂餓你唔死囉,但你要發達渣波子媾姐仔就「mun」D囉。除非你是「中移動股神」,但話是話,如果屋村咁掂你就唔駛成日要 kup住個市啦。又除非你是大國手在嘉賓大廈有幾間鋪在中環813返工,咁你絕對可以渣波子媾姐仔囉;但又有幾多人可以響返中環813先至得架,個定位都唔同。屋村鋪就係屋村鋪,在商言商我相合孫生你仲明白過我地啦,絕對唔係歧視唔係social class discrimination。

不過,話說回來,如果說醫生是「低能」,這點我倒不會完全否定。為甚麼呢?其實這行業就像國民黨,派系問題嚴重,不同的會
代表著不同的利益集團。你看當年醫學界功能組別選舉你便會知道。所以,梁醫生這個動議,就應該不會是代表著他所代表的集團而提出的(所以「所有醫生都是無恥」這個說法更不成立);至於為何要為「他人」(個人相信又未至於「敵國」既,始終選舉都已經過去了)提出這個動議,是為了平衡利益呀還是為了代表業界利益呀甚麼,我就一點都不知道了;始終議員任期有成四年咁長喎…。

與其說醫生低能,不如說是太「高能」,太散了,但是管理的都竟然還一樣是醫生。就是他們瞭解這一點,於是就最擅長利用這一點達到目的,分化你,打擊你。你看醫管局跟年青醫生的角力,每一回都是這樣,分化唔同的集團,所以最終都係建制贏哂,年青醫生勢孤力弱,必定輸哂。你看最近的「強制簽九年長約」事件你就知啦,難怪我的師弟跟我說是否要改名叫自己做「Isabella」,只可惜佢沒有認識到一個小超人做後盾……

太長氣了,最後必定要說明一點:本人是私人執業專科醫生,不是屋村普通科醫生,沒有呃公公婆婆BB仔的綜援錢,也沒有渣波子沒有媾姐仔。我只是每天很努力的工作賺錢養家,上有高堂下有妻室。不是渣不起波子的問題,唔係話做醫生賺的就會是陰質錢,而是每個人的價值觀不同,在旺角做Saleslady都會有人拎住LV袋返工,就是這個意思。Again, 絕對唔係歧視唔係social class discrimination。


Let the debate continue...

No excuse

For those who know people who butcher the pronunciation of these names.

And yet, not very sure whether their own pronunciations are correct...

There are no more excuses (hat tip beatster).

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

好戲量的新成員

天方夜譚咁諗... 真係好天方夜譚咁諗...

我真係覺得,如果張永霖同王維基聽日走出來話:「其實我哋兩個只係學好戲量...大家覺得好唔好睇呢?」

I am not surprised one bit.

Talk show on Al Jazeera

Ok...



The thrower of the shoe...

If he wants it... He is so getting a talk show on Al Jazeera.

hahhahahahhha

Monday, December 15, 2008

ATV... Empire Strikes back

Ok.

Lots of points.

1. Why was the resignation announced by Linus Cheung as answer to the last question in a press conference concerning Miss Asia? What if no one asked anymore questions? WTF?

2. Does Ricky Wong want to go? Does he know what is going on?

3. If he wanted to go, is it because there is an
expectation difference in how free he can be in running ATV? He must have expected the worst when it came to operations, culture and money, but what about his freedom to make moves?

3. If he didn't want to go, will Ricky Wong name his assasin?

This saga continues...

我要學倪震

相信大家都知道,上個禮拜有兩名電訊業從業員,入咗弱勢電視台做嘢都冇幾日,該台新聞部已有好幾個高層離開。

大家又可能聽過佢哋走嘅原因,係因為新行政總裁問咗幾條問題,佢哋唔識答所以就走。

答不到的問題

重溫,嗰幾條問題包括:
1.成個新聞部有幾多人?
2.總共人工支出係幾多?
3.咁究竟整個新聞部一年總支出幾多?

大家可能會話:「以上幾條問題充滿銅臭味。唔通淨係一味講錢?」孫柏文覺得,作為高層答唔到嗰幾條問題都已抵炒,不過新行政總裁就明白事理得多。

聽聞,睇到啲新聞部高層唔識答,佢嘅結論就係嗰間電視台嘅人對錢唔關心、小心。咁新行政總裁就話:「大家可能覺得,只係專心追求做得好啲新聞節目同內容就夠,但係用錢時都要得平衡。咁以後用KPI大家有得跟啦。」

高層聽到即問:「KPI?咩嚟o架?」

到呢刻,各人已感到天下無不散之筵席。

用KPI量度效率

KPI即Key Performance Indicators,係管理學大師Peter Drucker非常支持,用嚟量度運作效率嘅客觀數據指標。電視節目KPI,就可能係節目支出同收視率要維持某個比例。

咁點解今日我揚言要學倪震?根據友報報道,倪震媾啲十八、廿二少女,畀電話號碼時,會話:「call我,15分鐘即到。」事實證明,倪震呢個承諾,係其中一個可以令你成功媾女嘅KPI。

15分鐘即到,我都要做得到。

最後,噚日點解曾特首落旺角?佢幾時變咗柯南?

Friday, December 12, 2008

Was this a recruitment video?電子草船?

Although I don't know if these were intended to be recruitment videos.
I don't know if these were filmed and put on line for the sole purpose to be viewed by POTENTIAL RECRUITS. 王維基做傳教士,搵緊信徒...

I strongly suspect this will turn out to be one of Hong Kong's greatest recruitment video series.

Perhaps Linus and Ricky sat down, brainstormed, and asked each other, "How are we going to attract those who wants/can subvert the current order... Yet knowing the high cost of being a rebel in Prefect-worshipping Hong Kong, reduce their worry of betting their career on ATV?"

Watch the following. Esp beginning at the 7:00min mark.
Watch the final 47 sec.



「...將來有興趣加入嘅員工...」 電子草船,你越射佢,佢就越借到人。



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As for why the videos were removed earlier today by ATV, and then re added later...

I am sure our house paper will report tommorrow. As ATV leaks information like a sieve. But from my own viewing... They seem to have re added the bits that was edited out in the original version.

If thats true.

Once again... Change we can believe in.

王維基如何打爆陳志雲

以前孫柏文做分析員時,因寫嘅報告不時被老闆批評為「flowery language」,又因經常被老闆問:「咁樣寫嘢,你應該去做編劇呀?」

所以我去演藝學院讀咗個初級編劇課程,睇吓老闆有冇睇錯。

直播開會有收視

上第一堂,導師就話:「張力就係drama。」而入咗傳媒做之後,更明白有戲劇性就自然多人睇呢個道理。現在邊間傳媒機構最有張力?肯定係亞視。

禮拜二新行政總裁王維基同新聞部職員開會,禮拜三啲職員放料畀報紙spin佢係衰人,到禮拜四又見到王維基喺專欄還拖counter spin。

淨係咁睇已經覺得王維基唔掂,咁正嘅嘢居然益晒我哋啲報紙,應該留番畀亞視。

橫掂王維基都喺佢嘅專欄話:「第一步開始,我就會誠實、坦白、開放。我的底線是,沒有東西是不能公開的,你以為我會不知道今天說的話,明天會刊登於報紙嗎?」所以就不如將佢同職員開會做現場直播,佢哋雖然已將開會片段放上Youtube,不過冇理由唔搵埋錢。

叮走高層真人騷


到直播時王維基為提高張力,就可學Donald Trump喺《飛黃騰達》咁問:「主播A,點解留你唔留主播B?」

跟住就睇主播A、B互插。

之後,王維基就會指住其中一個佢覺得唔掂嘅主播話:「You're fired!」

最後仲有部的士畀送走被炒員工,做埋訪問攞感想。

咁嘅真人show嘅收視率,一定贏無綫。

到時候,陳志雲再上幾多次雪山、食幾多個飯局(hat tip moneycafe),都會被王維基打爆。唔通我舊老闆啱咗?我應該去做編劇?

熱烈祝賀劉錫明成功去除毒瘤!

我諗好多三十打後嘅港男,對劉錫明有某程度出於內疚嘅支持。

當年被倪震係咁用「傳媒暴力」手法,標籤佢做「毒瘤明」,我哋呢班人都冇反對過。今日,劉錫明成功去除毒瘤,值得熱烈祝賀!

不過唔知大家有冇咁諗過呢單野。周慧敏單身囉!

周慧敏 is single!
周慧敏 is available!



AVAILABLE!



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不過最勁肯定係佢...



周慧敏 slayer

Thursday, December 11, 2008

亞視 is for real...

While those who don't, thinks Ricky Wong's answers are ramblings... Those who do know, I can bet will think that his thinking is crystal concerning ATV.

The videos below are their Employee briefing by management held on 9th Dec 2008.

Its a must Watch.

Both the CEO and the Chairman, are selling the employees a vision. I don't know what kind of people, or at least the people with what kind of characteristics would be attracted to work at ATV in the past... Hence what kind of talent/attitude profile exists in ATV right now... But would the employees buy it?

Part 1 of 7...



Part 2 of 7...



Part 3 of 7...



Part 4 of 7...



Part 5 of 7...



Part 6 of 7...



Part 7 of 7...



I ask again... Who in ATV right now, still has a beating heart that wants to fight the good fight?

When Steve Jobs returned to Apple Inc in the 90s... There were those who would burn the midnight oil at the company to stay with him round the clock to make and push new products...

Do these people exists in ATV?

It could be indicative, that at the 2m45s of part 7, an employee stood up and asked, "Ricky, I buy this crap you are selling. I ask not what the company can do for me, I ask what I can do for my company."

Good Luck.

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

熊貓咬人點解唔使坐監?





孫柏文呢排睇到花旗國3大汽車公司問國會攞錢嘅情況。不過國會對汽車工業嘅要求,肯定同之前對銀行業非常唔同。

例如,有議員話通用汽車要攞錢,就要換話事人。雖然聽落合情合理,但之前啲銀行攞錢呢?直至今日,花旗銀行嘅魯賓都仲喺董事局也文也武。

有好多唔明金融業對保持社會日常運作有貢獻嘅特區人,成日都話:「金融業唔係實業,只得炒炒賣賣。製造工業先至最重要。」

對於呢類人,見到花旗國國會今日嘅所作所為,結論就係擺到明歧視汽車業。對於呢啲睇落非常肉酸,唔係一視同仁嘅舉動,特區都有。

作為一個前唐狗狗主,人類養活咁多動物中,狗對人嘅貢獻最實在。如果類比工業種類,狗就肯定係汽車業。而不能自然咁適者生存,就要政府出手相救嘅銀行,對於嗰啲覺得金融業只係炒炒賣賣嘅人,銀行就係熊貓。

一視同仁才可服人

早排海洋公園發生熊貓咬人事件。海洋公園快速判斷非熊貓之錯,仲要話係人為行政錯誤。如果係隻狗咬人,已經要去漁農處坐一個禮拜監。

所以要人服,就要一視同仁,就算係國寶或銀行,做錯事都要受罰。

Tuesday, December 09, 2008

王維基 即搞 港版 The Apprentice


First show idea for ATV...

王維基 is holding meetings with employees.

I suggest they should put the whole thing in front of a camera.

And then 王維基 would ask the employees (just like The Apprentice) who should be fired.

And then after a discussion, 王維基 will lay off those workers with "You're Fired."

They can then interview the fired employees when they leave on the Taxi.

I will say the only problem is if he starts tomorrow, the advertising dept might not get business quick enough.

Which means the meeting on the day after tomorrow would be the ad dept.

But my bet is... If he does this, his ratings will kill TVB's...

More blood on the streets in Tai Po industrial Estate

More firings rumoured over at ATV.

News dept again.

Won't happen before Chinese New Year... But it is expected to be a bloody 14th of Feb...

Valentine's Day Massacre?

Newspapers cut cut cut

Tribune company has filed for bankruptcy. Owner of the Chicago Tribune and the LA Times.

NY Times has no money and has to mortgage its HQ building.

Well... Maybe PCCW should scrap its privatization deal and go for one of these companies hahahahhaha

I mean compared to those aforementioned companies, NowTV and HK Economic Journal seems so mundane. Come on Richard! We are still yearning for your next great move. You can't tell us getting the Cyberport deal was your last home run...

PCCW will use US$1.9b cash to buyout its small shareholders. Maybe can buy something else?

I mean if you had US$1.9b cash, will you use it to buy PCCW?... Exactly.

Monday, December 08, 2008

Where's my bailout?



Now... This is the kinda content I would love to create.

Conclusion... 2000 Tech companies, unlike 2008 auto/finance companies, didn't screw up enough.

黃金12月大茶飯

上個禮拜,孫柏文識得嘅貴金屬投資者,相當興奮。佢哋咁興奮嘅原因,係因為黃金市場出現期貨平過現貨嘅情況,即係backwardation。

書本中對於backwardation嘅解釋,就係當一樣貨品嘅供應突然出問題,未來交收嘅期貨價會低過即時交收嘅現貨價。

期貨價低過現貨價

而最重要係根據佢哋嘅研究,黃金市場喺歷史裏面,backwardation從未發生過

其實,對上幾個月都已經有好多黃金投資者,話今年12月黃金市場嘅運作會出大鑊嘢。佢哋話睇12月需要做交收嘅黃金買賣合約,賣方根本冇足夠嘅黃金畀人。

佢哋又咬牙切齒咁話啲買家一定要攞黃金實貨走,所以就會出現比起上次大眾汽車股價一日升幾倍更厲害嘅挾沽倉行動。

講真,聯儲局為首嘅紙幣狂魔集團,已經走到差不多最後一步。當聯儲局會印新鈔票去賠畀啲銀行,直接購買佢哋嘅有問題資產,代表借咗錢嘅人去還錢,呢個就係佛利民話齋嘅high powered money。如無意外,奧巴馬下台前,就會有一場失控大通脹。

引發挾倉隨時大升


12月已經過咗一個禮拜,好快就會知黃金係咪真係會有咁厲害嘅挾沽倉行動。最後,呢幾日好多人都問我知唔知加藤鷹嚟咗香港。我只可以話《金手指》係佢老哥隻「金手指」嘅fan屎。超勁!

唔使買台都可搞電視?

噚日睇電視直播記者招待會,真係一股清新嘅凉風。

不過同大家講凉風之前要鬧吓啲政府官員。禮拜三嘅《金手指》,已經話到明泰國曼谷機場事件冇咗嘅話,下一個政治爆發點一定係啲因「短加長減」收費改動,而非常勞氣嘅的士司機。最後搞到的士圍堵機場,交通癱瘓。

最可悲係引爆點居然係一張解釋新收費嘅小冊子,喺曼谷機場,政府錯在對旅客要嘅資訊唔夠流通;喺特區機場,唔通錯在資訊太過流通?一張解釋新政策嘅小冊子,引發咁大反應,都係對新政策嘅一個判刑。

講番嗰股清新嘅凉風。噚日睇亞洲電視新任執行主席張永霖,同CEO王維基嘅記者招待會,真係好耐未睇過咁真心實意嘅對答。兩個人赤裸裸喺鏡頭同記者前,講佢哋嘅憂慮同期望。

張永霖一開波就話冇商業機構可以頂得順長期不斷蝕錢。記者們聽到「蝕錢」,就會反射式得一個結論:「裁員呀!裁員呀!」王維基嘅答案就係嗰股清新嘅凉風,冇公關化妝嘅惡臭。

縱蝕錢 唔一定裁員

如果總結王維基嘅說話,就係隊球隊不斷輸波,都要畀佢睇吓係咪唔夠球員,或者太多,係咪要減少後衞球員加前鋒人數。不過點都好,始終都係一隊香港球隊,冇理由一世注定咁水皮。

呢一刻真係好想知TVB管理層有咩感覺。

我諗張永霖、王維基想搞電視好耐,而喺特區想搞電視嘅人都好多。不過佢兩個只係打工,唔係自己生意,誘因會否不夠?從誘因角度嚟睇,自己搞或買電視台會好啲。呵呵!

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ATV has announced today that 4 high ranking management has "resigned".

The plane's cockpit is being reshuffled.

Thursday, December 04, 2008

非劇集類的中產及高檔路線節目

Exactly what does the following mean?

王 維 基 說 日 後 主 打 中 產 及 高 檔 路 線 , 發 展 非 劇 集 類 的 節 目 , 裁 員 並 非 首 要 考 慮 。


I mean what exactly is 「非劇集類的中產及高檔路線節目」?

ummm...

Is it this?

黎智英... TVB CEO?

兩個人入亞視搞搞震,肯定effective過一個人。

張 永 霖 : 亞 視 已 蝕 50 億   王 維 基 : 裁 員 非 首 要 考 慮
2008-12-04 HKT 18:27

亞 洲 電 視 管 理 層 大 換 班 , 委 任 前 電 訊 盈 科 副 主 席 張 永 霖 出 任 執 行 主 席 , 城 市 電 訊 王 維 基 , 擔 任 行 政 總 裁 。

張 永 霖 表 示 , 亞 視 長 期 嚴 重 虧 損 , 已 經 超 過 50 億 元 , 有 需 要 改 革 , 首 要 目 標 是 達 致 收 支 平 衡 。

王 維 基 說 日 後 主 打 中 產 及 高 檔 路 線 , 發 展 非 劇 集 類 的 節 目 , 裁 員 並 非 首 要 考 慮 。


兩個人都有野要prove...

張永霖:Richard Li 李澤楷當年話佢唔得兼好廢。依家有機會去証明 Richard 當年睇錯。

如果 NowTV 嘅新台 Now 100 唔掂,不過亞視搞起咗,都夠刺激。

王維基:有如佢老哥嘅 HK Broadband 記者問,寬頻TV都只不過係咁,憑乜搞得好ATV?所以係有戰意去prove人睇錯。不過有老闆唔做,走去打工?

Wednesday, December 03, 2008

一夜拉晒折扣的士

孫柏文真係估唔到,一場泰國政治示威,最終威脅嘅政權係我哋特區政府。一場非暴力抗爭,居然流咗香港人嘅血。

其實,如果唔係咁多特區人滯留泰國,最後仲遇上車禍,政府今日面對嘅最大政治問題就會唔同。

冇「滯留泰國 + 車禍」問題,又會係咩問題?肯定就係因為折扣的士出現,所以政府推出「市區的士有、新界的士冇」嘅「短加長減」的士收費改動。

多都唔講,淨係因為由機場出發去偏遠新界地方時,搭市區的士平新界的士好多,搞到新界的士忽然冇晒生意衍生出嚟嘅民怨,已經係好大嘅政治問題。

「短加長減」係對付長途折扣的士嘅政策,而因為長途乘客目的地或起點大多數都會包括市區,基本上折扣的士係市區的士嘅「家事」。不過政府應對嘅政策,居然害到無辜嘅新界的士,死未?

其實,「短加長減」係想抄襲折扣的士搭長途比較平嘅效果,亦因為出發點係咁,所以一定失敗。對於坐私家車嘅高級官員,折扣的士嘅神髓就係「平」,其實對乘客嚟講,真正嘅神髓係「時間換折扣」。

Call同等折扣的士係要時間,現在一刀切「短加長減」,只令嗰啲想有即時上車快感嘅乘客,無端端着數咗。

短加長減累新界的


行政機關搞咁多嘢,係因為冇能力正面回答「究竟折扣的士係咪唔搭得?」呢個問題。

所以我建議,不如一夜拉好多折扣的士司機同乘客,揀有代表性嘅例子告上法庭,不過同時資助佢哋打官司。特區有個三權分立、互相制衡嘅美麗機制,折扣的士最終係咪唔搭得?等官判。

Tuesday, December 02, 2008

零件走私客的迷思

幾日前,孫柏文睇電視新聞話有人想用水路走私電子零件,不過喺特區碼頭上貨時,被執法人員撞破。

呢啲走私新聞久不久就有,點解要特別講呢單?係因為各大電視傳媒報道話走私客「採取新上貨措施」,用木板自製運輸帶,借地心吸力將幾十箱貨由輕型貨車推落船。

其中一個電視台嘅記者,仲示範將一盒電子零件從高位跣落地,令觀眾感受到地心吸力嘅威力、木板運輸帶嘅偉大。

睇到呢刻我就開始諗,本港走私客對於營運效率嘅要求,應該係特區中數一數二。咁點解得一部輕型貨車量嘅貨,都要分幾十箱上貨?

散裝運貨三大理由

由有船運開始,人類都不斷搵方法將上貨時間盡量縮短。本港走私客更甚,因特區法制令上貨時間成為被拘捕嘅高危點。

而以前教育電視都解釋過,搬運一粒粒瑞士糖,比起一盒盒慢得多,咁點解走私客唔用集裝箱原理去整理咗貨品,先至上船?

同利世民討論呢個問題,得出幾個解釋可能。

第一個理由就係要再將幾十箱貨入大箱要用一定成本,因為被捕機會唔高到值回成本,所以唔做。
第二個理由就係細細盒上船,反而減低被識破嘅機會,因為有人睇到一大箱上船,會即刻報警。
第三個理由就係從成本角度嚟睇,被捕高危點根本不在特區。目的地嘅執法人員先至係走私客嘅顧慮,所以細細盒散貨比較安全。

點都好,歡迎呢個行業嘅fan屎指點迷津。

最後,香港唔係自由貿易港咩?
出口都有罪?
唔通要幫其他地方執行反走私法?
不如執行埋佢哋例如言論封鎖嘅法例。