政情：傻強死撐非金融獨大 - 東方日報

政情：傻強死撐非金融獨大 - 東方日報

煲呔曾不只一次洋洋得意話，香港單靠金融業可以養活千萬人，其他行業畀佢講到好似不值一提咁。不過，財經事務及庫務局局長陳家強（傻強）尋日喺電台節目，疑似同煲呔曾唱反調，表明自己唔認同「金融獨大」嘅評論，反指此講法以偏概全，忽略咗金融業推動其他行業嘅發展喎。其實本港經濟「金融獨大」，甚至出現「金融霸權」，已經係不爭嘅事實，傻強點死撐都改變唔到。

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2011年12月19日聲討唐英年造勢大會

2011年12月19日聲討唐英年造勢大會

追擊示威 登門抗議 將墮法網

追擊示威　登門抗議　將墮法網
纏擾法打壓社運尚方寶劍
2011年12月21日


【本報訊】政府建議訂立纏擾法，不但會影響新聞自由，社運人士亦指出，現時示威方式已有別於以前，不少都採取追擊或長期抗爭的做法，擔心纏擾惡法一旦生效，將成為政府打壓遊行示威的新工具，長遠會影響表達自由。政制及內地事務局副局長黃靜文昨仍「耍太極」，表示新聞採訪活動能否豁免，仍要諮詢公眾意見。　記者：譚靜雯
雷曼苦主過去幾年持續長期抗爭，不時到中環的銀行門口抗議、拉起橫額，或在銀行外播放錄音帶等，爭取賠償。雷曼苦主大聯盟前主席陳光譽表示，若政府訂立纏擾法，無疑是打壓言論及示威自由，「苦主受銀行銷售手法誤導，佢自己去銀行追討，表達不滿嘅機會、自由都唔得，真係好有問題。」

Savantas Policy Institute

Savantas Policy Institute

a vote for Tang will undoubtedly be a vote for the status quo - whether in public sector management or distribution of interests within business, professional and welfare circles.

Yet, he is likely to rely on pork-barreling and the handout of favours to his core supporters (including those from the civil service and most important, the evil bankers and land developers that stole money from middle class to put into their pockets) to sustain his rule. It is unlikely that there would be any real effort to tackle Hong Kong’s “deep-rooted problems”, highlighted more than once by Premier Wen Jiabao.

The gap between the rich and poor is unlikely to ameliorate. Not will there be much hope for the young and restless.

How Corporations Destroyed American Democracy - Chris Hedges.

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唐氏綜合政語錄 - 唐英年政壇精采演說 Tang's speech

Speech of evil behind Minibonds that allowed Bankers to sell derivative products as bonds thru Hong Kong banks.

Occupy Wall Street comes to Capitol Hill | Capitol Hill Blue

Occupy Wall Street comes to Capitol Hill | Capitol Hill Blue

Occupy Wall Street activists brought their cause to Capitol Hill Tuesday, invading Senate and House offices and prompting the arrest of at least one protestor.

Capitol Police arrested a protestor in the office of Tea Party Republican Vicky Martzler (R-MO) on a charge of illegal entry but police reported office sit-ins at other offices, saying “we’ve been monitoring activity all over the Hill.

Other targets included Senator Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH).

“We respect their right to voice their opinions,” a spokesman for Boehner told Capitol Hill Blue. “The Speaker understand the American people want a government that listens to their concerns and works together to help create a better environment for job growth.”

Boehner’s attitude wasn’t shared by Hartzler’s office where aides called Capitol police with anguished claims that a “mob” had invaded the Congresswoman’s office.

“Rep. Hartzler overreacted,” a Boehner aide confided to Capitol Hill Blue. “That was unfortunate.

The sit-ins were part of a planned “Take Back the Capitol” campaign that grew out of the “Occupy” movement that began on Wall Street in New York. The protestors planned to carry their campaign Wednesday to Washington’s K Street, home to the town’s lobbying industry.

AFP: Judge paves way for Lehman Brothers liquidation

AFP: Judge paves way for Lehman Brothers liquidation

NEW YORK — A US judge on Tuesday approved plans to end Lehman Brothers' bankruptcy and move it toward liquidation, three years after the firm became a poster child for the global financial crisis.
Liquidators running what remains of the company said a US bankruptcy court in New York had approved a plan for the now infamous firm to exit Chapter 11 protection.
"This case has required compromise and common sense, diligence and determination, and the reconciliation of complex positions that at times seemed irreconcilable," said Bryan Marsal.
Although the firm collapsed with ignominy in 2008, its full dissolution depends on settling creditors' claims worth around $450 billion.
The judge's approval of a bankruptcy plan moves that process toward conclusion.
"Confirmation of this plan is a testament to the enormous efforts of the many stakeholders who recognized the value of an economic compromise plan and did yeoman's work to achieve it."
According to Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. the bankruptcy was "the largest and most complex in history," involving 7,000 legal entities in 40 countries, and 75 distinct court proceedings.

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