2020年2月23日 星期日
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明報: 離棄港人是海洋公園「死因」？
香港人，要不要再給海洋公園一次機會？
死因1：忘卻初心 忽視港人 票價貴
年報宗旨刪去「香港市民」
2004年中國遊客突破一半
死因2：落錯注在內地廉價團
死因3：機動遊戲欠新鮮感
死因4：橫琴「海洋王國」搶客 四面受敵
致命傷：董事局不濟 應解散重組
短期 以震撼折扣救亡
長遠 改建歷奇區 加建新遊戲
「死過」一次 信多一次？
2020年2月12日 星期三
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2020年2月8日 星期六
2020年2月6日 星期四
陶傑: 大瘟疫凸顯了美台中的三角關係
(轉載: 陶傑Channel, 2020年2月6日)
研製出可以醫治中國武肺新藥雷德西維（Remdesivir）的吉利德公司執行副總裁，原來是來自台灣的醫學精英楊台瑩博士。
但雷德西維卻被武漢病毒研究所搶先登記「中國專利」。
當美國發現此藥對武漢肺炎有功效，雖然第三期臨床實驗尚未完成，中國即爭着要，並搶先登記專利。2016年，吉利德已經希望進駐中國，此藥對治療愛滋有功效，但中國三年都不批准專利註冊。
吉利德的美國總裁宣佈：在這個時候，美方認為救人要緊，專利權帶來的利潤並不重要。
潛台詞就是：對於中國人命關天之際，還念念不忘搶奪他人的知識產權而想着一個錢字，十分佩服。
大瘟疫凸顯了美台中的三角關係，美國和台灣，屬於文明這一邊。
而遠遠落在後面的林鄭月娥，卻又以最低價來競投世界各國的口罩貨品。在重慶向外國訂購三千萬口罩回國、遭到雲南大理攔途截搶之際，林鄭這個「年年考第一」的特府愛國精英，智商之低，一日一出醜，再次成為世界笑話。
有蠢貨至此為香港「把關」，全球排華，難怪漸將港澳列為中國的一邊。
日本對香港，步步封關，因為日本國內公民，在國內旅行，打電話向酒店訂房，先詢問酒店有沒有中國人預訂，日本的經理不會說謊，如實答覆，日本人即刻婉拒不訂。日本政府看在眼裏，自然懂得算帳。
香港的處境， 令人感到羞恥。一百五十多年經營出來的國際商港品牌，今日蕩然無存。世界對香港閉關，而另一方面，如電影「巴比龍」裏無懼困難終於向藍色的海洋奮勇一跳的那個堅持無畏越獄的主角，民主自由的台灣，終於走了出去，擁抱文明世界。
為台灣感到高興。
歐陽靖: 日本新型冠狀病毒現況
生存記轉載: 2020年2月6日「裏東京生存記」
#日本新型冠狀病毒現況
日本確診病患來到45例，世界第二多。其中包含多名無症狀感染患者、及非常多名社區群聚感染。
截至今日（2/6）早上08:30前最新病例是那艘也曾停靠基隆港碼頭、現在停靠橫濱港的『鑽石公主號郵輪』，又新增10名確診個案，總共來到20名，患者全數送至神奈川的醫院。
有症狀的旅客273人，目前針對其中102人做了檢查，因此患者數極有可能持續增加。
昨日在京都新增的病例是一名近期內都沒回過中國的陸籍男性，他的工作是在京都的店鋪內接待陸客，所以極有可能是被帶原陸客感染。
令人擔憂的是，截至目前為止，日本並未禁止湖北以外的陸客團到日本觀光。
日本政府2月8日即將把隔離了10天的180位武漢歸國僑民放回家。本來是必須隔離14天，但政府接受WHO的建議，把隔離天數減少至10天。然後這180位可能還在潛伏期的民眾，本週六開始就要在日本各地趴趴走了。
對於這次新型冠狀病毒疫情，日本政府有別於世界各國的緊張局勢，反而很稱職地擔任『防疫對照組』。安倍政府採取樂觀開放態度，不嚴格防疫，並且完全信任WHO的建議。
1988年發表的日本動畫神作《阿基拉（AKIRA）》在32年前就預言了2020年東京將舉辦奧運，卻也提到了在147天前中止。
照這樣下去⋯日本是真的要實現阿基拉的預言了嗎？
最近有網友問我為什麼要積極分享日本疫情現況？其實是因為我很擔心自己的第二個家⋯在日本有太多太多至親好友。
台灣人對日本總有一股『令人安心』的印象，但這幾年在東京的生活經驗，卻讓我深感現今日本政府的每況愈下。
身邊好友常常往返台日、也有不少網友看了我的著作後決定赴日旅遊，所以我認為自己必須告訴大家日本的現況。
全世界的前線醫護人員都很辛苦，但若一個國家的防疫政策鬆散，只是白白浪費醫療人員的血汗，也把人民的性命暴露在危險之下😡。
我覺得台灣這次的防疫做的很棒很棒，謝謝所有防疫人員。
⚠️ 如果大家最近要前往日本，也不必過度緊張，但請務必注意：
日本口罩目前『全國缺貨中』，請記得自行帶口罩過去。（日本至今沒有口罩販售管制政策，囤貨與高價轉售也完全不違法⋯）
當然，如果不是去醫療院所、擁擠的室內場合則不一定要戴口罩⋯但一定要隨時勤洗手、不要碰觸眼口鼻。
2020年2月4日 星期二
陶傑: 真正的顧全大局是甚麼？
轉載: 陶傑Channel，2020年2月3日
林鄭的「三級片脫星式封關」，還是不肯徹底，最大流量的機場，仍然留一個大洞。
這顯示確實有意留一條逃生通道，令大陸紅色權勢人物及其家屬，通過香港轉機前往西方，或逗留十四日，再行使其早已取得的「香港永久居民」身份，轉往加拿大、澳洲或英美。
這幾個國家的政府，當然也不是白癡，正在密切留意此黑洞將會轉移幾多本已持有西方文明國家居留權、綠卡、國籍的大陸中國人經香港轉移前來。
這些人在各國有房地產和銀行戶口，對於西方國家，一刀切拒絕他們「回歸」，以目前而論，當然有點困難。
但當疫症惡化，以美國為首的西方，必以中國香港開刀，對中國香港特區發出封港令。
在這方面，主動權完全在美國手上。說幾時對香港封喉，幾時就封。然後想法由香港撤僑。
林鄭在西方各國領事面前這一幕幕如脫衣舞般令人厭惡的表演，還視乎深圳地區有幾多感染者。在這方面，資訊照樣黑箱。
更嚴重的是，大陸農曆新年假期結束，春運回鄉的一些民工和僱員，紛紛由內地不同省份返回廣東和深圳。未來一兩星期，這片地區在理論上會轉為高危。
而林鄭近六成關口未封，加上中港跨境學童，即將復課，香港整體風險，並無顯著減低。
還有就是逐步由大陸撤回的香港人。毫無疑問，如本台幾天之前指出，這些人必須接受14日隔離觀察。他們若在深圳或珠海工作，必須自行與大陸的僱主達成協議，於隔離期滿在香港家中工作。
要做到這一點，特區政府有督導責任，不可令少數人的便利，置全香港人的生命安危之上。事事都說「顧全大局」，不要將這四個字當做口號來喊叫，請用行動來證明：這就是真正顧全大局的時候。
所謂「封關即岐視」、「封關即港獨」、「封關會傷害內地人民感情」，堅持了幾個星期的謊言，終於在常識和現實面前一一崩潰。
一切如「反送中」的軌跡：暫緩、壽終正寢、撤回。每宣布一次，用詞不一，一張目露凶光不情願的面孔，七個月來都一樣。
香港七百萬人，不分黃藍左中右，有此「特首」，不知前生都造了什麼孽？
Message from Dr Rosinni Wong
Message from Dr Rosinni Wong,
Doctor of Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong
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Dear all,
About “WARS” (2019-nCoV), I am not an infectious disease expert, but please kindly read the following and help spread the words to as many as you can.
What I share in the following are facts and how I interpret them. Then allow me to share some of my opinions and humbly give some advice to you all, using my professional knowledge as a doctor.
First, my KEY MESSAGE:
Do not panic. Read and digest the following yourself.
Battle fought against a viral pandemic is always a race of speed in viral transmission and scientists' and clinicians' work in studying the disease and coming up with an effective treatment.
Here, I must emphasize the reliance on us in limiting viral spread (HENCE THE PRACTICE OF PROPER PUBLIC HYGIENE AND PUBLIC COOPERATION), while our scientists work hard for our humanity.
Now, let’s look at some facts:
Fact 1:
83-87% of people entering the border from China on 1/2/2020 and 2/2/2020 are HK residents, equivalent to around 110,000-125,000 head counts.
What is more alarming is that, there were still 57000 and 65871 HK residents entering China on 1/2/2020 and 2/2/2020 respectively. (According to my knowledge, a number of HK residents do travel back and forth the border daily from home to work, not merely for vacation reason)
https://www.immd.gov.hk/hkt/message_from_us/stat.html
Fact 2:
Since WARS, some countries have banned travellers from China or people with Chinese passport, but no countries deny entry for their own residents, at most they need to undergo quarantine. This likely applies to HK border and HK residents as well (Think about it, they are HK taxpayers.)
https://www.reuters.com/…/singapore-suspends-entry-transit-…
https://www.aljazeera.com/…/bans-travellers-china-coronavir…
https://english.kyodonews.net/…/15025cbcccfc-breaking-news-…
Fact 3:
Housing has always been limited in Hong Kong, and it would be difficult to find enough facilities to quarantine the massive amount of people entering the border, regardless of residency of these passengers, not to mention the resistance that the government has been receiving in finding a location for potential quarantine use.
Today, the government announced the use of tracking wrist bands to monitor home quarantine for the first time, but only for passengers who have been to Hubei in the recent 14 days at the moment.
https://news.mingpao.com/…/a…/20200203/s00001/1580715099735/【武漢肺炎】接受家居檢疫者須戴手環防「離家出走」
Fact 4:
7 out of the 15 confirmed 2019-nCoV cases were HK residents.
(See link shared below at comments)
Fact 5:
In the past few days, we started to see suspected cases from community transmission.
https://news.rthk.hk/rt…/…/component/k2/1506210-20200202.htm
Now, this is what I think:
1. Even if Carrie Lam immediately agrees to close border to mainlander, it still takes time to handle the incoming HK residents - who are still potential source of importing disease every day.
2. There is lots of difficulty in quarantining all HK residents coming in from China given the massive amount of headcounts every day.
3. It may not be as easy as we think to stop these people from travelling across the border if it is for business reasons rather than leisure reason. It is not impossible, but there would be resistance and definitely takes time.
4. Even if we assume the border is closed with immediate effect, AND unrealistically assuming we even bar HK residents from entering, seeing the rising evidence of community transmission, disease will likely spread from local transmission anyway.
5. Conclusion: AN OUTBREAK IS ALMOST INEVITABLE. THIS IS JUST THE MATTER OF TIME.
This is not to make everyone panic. We all should stay calm and face this with a sensible mind.
Now, my humble advice:
Regardless of whether Carrie Lam bans all Mainlanders from the border or not, FOR HONG KONG RESIDENTS, please:
1. Help minimize movement between Hong Kong and China!
a. Please, please, please everyone, do not go to China anymore in the next few months if not for essential reasons. If you do, please do not expect to come back until the disease situation is under control.
b. Please, please, please urge people around you to do the same.
2. PLEASE, help raise awareness in the importance of PRACTICING PERSONAL AND PUBLIC HYGIENE and PUBLIC COOPERATION:
- Avoid going out if possible.
- Avoid going to crowded areas, wear surgical masks if you have to.
- Even if you have insufficient surgical masks, please wash your hands ALL THE TIME.
- Don’t touch your face, eyes, mouth without washing hands.
- Keep the “U-shape system” next to the toilet damp at all times as advised by Dr PL Ho. (Please refer to https://www.facebook.com/1648246202123798/videos/776702206175128/?vh=e&d=n)
- ISOLATE yourself if you have symptoms.
- If anyone of you have excess of surgical masks, please consider sharing with people who don’t. It is by sharing these resources that we can slow down viral spread together.
- Please try not to oppose using proposed areas for quarantine purposes unless with a strong reason. If the disease spread faster than the cure is found, we all are the ultimate victims. (Also advised by Prof KY Yuen)
https://news.now.com/home/local/player?newsId=378977
(For medical co-workers, you know well enough already how to prevent transmission at workplace, so let’s do it properly together)
You do not have to agree with my interpretation and advice. But you certainly can read the facts and make some analysis yourself and do the things you consider correct.
Please share this and spread out, post on your fb if you agree. I was told by a few that the fb share didn’t work. You are welcome to copy and paste it if so!
#This is not a debate on closing border or not
#This is not a debate on medical workers should go on strike or not
#This is not a debate on whether our government is brilliant or not
#Please Politics aside, just for one moment.
#Save yourselves, HK people.
Dr Rosinni Wong
Doctor of Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care
Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong
2020年2月2日 星期日
2020年2月1日 星期六
曾志豪: 由政治傀儡領導抗疫 才是最大災難
(2020/1/31 轉載《明報》)
「反送中」時，民間要求「撤回」，政府偏偏拖拉，搞出大禍，才最終答應。
抗疫，全民要求「封關」，政府又是拖拉猶豫，直至袁國勇都說「現在封關已經沒有意思」，才出來封了幾個不痛不癢的關口敷衍了事。
一個政府沒有管治能力，的確禍港殃民。
香港抗疫，有太多政治，凌駕了公共衛生。
明知武漢是疫症重災區，但特區政府遲遲不肯對武漢發出旅遊警示，一直也未有禁止兩地的交通出入往來，就連簡單至派員在武漢到港的航機上直接量測體溫也未能做到。
香港官員甚至早期都不敢公開呼籲民眾戴口罩，自己也未能以身作則。
林鄭政府，是否要顧忌中央的感受，擔心過激政策會影響中港關係或者破壞中央和諧穩定？
所以不敢率先行動，只能滯後配合，湖北武漢都封城鎖境，才推出「限制湖北省居民來港」的措施。
反送中這半年，林鄭已經完全失去政治能量，甚至香港已經成為北京眼中不聽話的壞孩子，「紀錄不良」。
林鄭在任何重大議題上，不敢自行決定，害怕又闖出政治大禍，寧可緊跟中央，寧遲勿早，任何事觸及中港議題，都絕不做出頭鳥，「一家人傷感情」，林鄭再也擔不起任何政治責任。
爭分奪秒疫情工作 容不得揣摩上意
這種情形，像極了武漢市長周先旺接受中央台訪問時的心態。周先旺大膽指出，他「獲得信息、授權之後才能披露」，當時很多不解，後來國務院要求屬地負責，「我們的工作就主動多了」。言下之意，中央未授權地方可以「負責」之前，地方的信息公布都要得到中央「授權」，也就是說地方任何行動都「身不由己」。
習近平治下「強幹弱枝」一把抓政策，林鄭是否也有這種「不獲授權不敢負責」的心態？
爭分奪秒的疫情工作，可容不得這些庸官揣摩上意。
今天香港居然全城搶口罩，超市甚至出現搶購清倉場面，泛民建制齊心合力罵林鄭，真正做到「不分藍黃黑白」的大團結。始作俑者，又考第一。
李翰林教授駁斥武漢肺炎陰謀論
Some people were floating the theory that the coronavirus was planted by US agents to thwart China’s ascension.
I found this theory speculative, at best, and ludicrous, at worst, unless someone could come forward to give direct evidence detailing how this was carried out.
This theory is not very credible, unless the virus does not attack Americans.
But this is not the case.
Also, USA can clamp down China with its present trade and other superiorities.
Some claim that so far the virus does not attack Caucasians.
Even if this were so, the virus could mutate and affect everyone.
The present virus is supposed to be quite similar to SARS in 2002-3. Should we say the 2003 SARS was also caused by USA? Of course, not (if only because China was much less powerful than it is now).
Also, if the US could control hinder China’s development, by trade agreement etc., why should it do such thing?
According to CCTV, the coronavirus outbreak was caused by an old person who had been the the 華南 seafood market in Wuhan. (This virus is prevalent among bats.)
There is another possibility: a leak from the micro-organisms lab in Wuhan.
Lacking concrete evidence, it is no more credible than the theory that the million-people marches in June in HK were engineered by foreign forces.
(Written by Prof. Li, Hon Lam, Department of Philosophy, CUHK)