吉隆坡大酒店是一家位于长春市中心最繁华商业区的豪华型饭店，是从事商务活动，休闲度假的绝佳选择。酒店现拥有宽敞舒适的客房220间，其中豪华套房8间，高级客房34间，豪华客房32间，标准客房110间。酒店设有餐饮宴会厅、康乐中心、洗浴中心、地下停车场、商场、票务中心、夜总会等，可满足宾客的各种需求。

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OLYMPUS PEN E-PL1

隨著溫依萍和杜依萍這對同母異父的姊妹問世後，Lumix 的女友一號橫空殺到，讓這對姊妹的母親感到有點措手不及的感覺。

於是，就在大家都還沒回過神來的時候，Olympus 將會在三月給大家帶來一個驚喜：
你今年的紅包錢也因此有了歸屬。

The E-PL1 is $200 cheaper than the E-P1, but packs in the same 12.3-megapixel sensor and 14-42mm f3.5/5.6 zoom lens.

比溫依萍便宜兩百美金，還溫依萍的所有內涵。
還有附機閃光燈！

老實說，溫依萍的身價跌幅比股市還慘。

還是買女友／GH1 好。
當然，如果你習慣不賣你的相機的話，這又另當別論。

EP-1 太貴？買這個咯～

- 12.3-megapixel sensor
- 14-42mm f3.5/5.6 zoom lens
- Inbuilt pop-up flash
- HD video recording (though as what resolution, Olympus hasn’t said).
- 19 Scene-Select Modes
- Face Detection
- In-Camera Panorama
- ISO range of 100 – ISO 3200

還有，這小妹妹有一些在 GH1 和 GF1 早已有了很久的 “新功能”：

New Direct Button for HD Movies
Recording HD movies with the E-PL1 is simple, thanks to an easy-to-reach red “direct button” (red record button) on the back of the camera body. If you’re about to snap a photo and you realize a video would capture the spirit of the scene even better, simply press the record button and instantly you’re capturing videos! Easily toggle back and forth between capturing stills and videos by using your index finger to press the shutter button or your thumb to press the red record button. Having the ability to shoot still images and videos opens up a world of imaging possibilities.

蘋果抄襲？這麼難看的東西有誰要抄？

立足深圳，放眼世界的中國山寨大王說 iPad 長得跟他們生產的 PC Tablet 一樣，所以要告蘋果。

滑天下之大稽～！

他們偷別人的設計也是這樣堂而皇之，有甚麼辦法？
最近常聽他們說，美國欠他們有六十億之多的錢，所以他們可以隨手偷？

“這個是我們比蘋果先出的產品，不是山寨。“這條白癡說。

A Chinese company that sells a tablet PC like Apple’s newly announced iPad may sue the U.S. company over the similar design between the devices, it said Monday.

A company in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen says the Apple iPad appears to take after its own tablet computer, the P88.
Shenzhen Great Loong Brother Industrial started selling its P88 tablet last year and is not ruling out a lawsuit against Apple, a company representative surnamed Wu said by phone.

The company is based in a southern Chinese city known for producing knock-off phones, which are called “shanzhai,” or “bandit” phones, and sometimes take the form of counterfeit iPhones or other popular handsets.

“For this thing we are not shanzhai, because we were first,” said Wu.

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“To live peacefully together, we need good sense and tolerance on all sides, and a willingness to give and take. Otherwise, whatever the rules there will be no end of possible causes of friction.” PM Lee, on how fragile religious and racial harmony is in Singapore and how crucial it is to be tolerant

SO what are these risks? Let me just highlight three of them.

Aggressive preaching – proselytisation. You push your own religion on others, you cause nuisance and offence. You have read in the papers recently about a couple who surreptitiously distributed Christian tracts which were offensive of other faiths, not just of non-Christians but even of Catholics. They were charged and sentenced to jail.

But there are less extreme cases too which can cause problems. We hear, from time to time, complaints about groups trying to convert very ill patients in our hospitals, who don’t want to be converted, and who don’t want to have the private difficult moments in their lives intruded upon.

Intolerance is another problem – not respecting the beliefs of others or not accommodating others who belong to different religions. You think of this one group versus another group, but sometimes it happens within the same family.

Sometimes we have parents from traditional religions whose children have converted. The parents have asked to be buried according to traditional rites and their children stay away from the funeral or the wake. It’s very sad. From a traditional point of view, it’s the ultimate unfilial act but it does happen occasionally.

Exclusiveness is a third problem – segregating into separate exclusive circles, not integrating with other faiths. That means you mix with your own people. You’ll end up as separate communities.

We foresaw these dangers 20 years ago. We passed the Bill, Maintenance of Religious Harmony, in 1989/1990.

Before we did that, then PM Lee Kuan Yew and the key ministers met all the religious leaders. We had a closed-door session at MCYS. We spoke candidly. We explained our concerns, why we wanted to move this Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act. The religious leaders spoke up candidly, they gave us their support. We moved with their support.

We continue to keep in close touch with them, to meet regularly. I do that personally, exchange views, keep the line warm and the confidence on both sides so that I know you, you know me. If there is a problem, we are not dealing with strangers but with somebody we know and trust.

Once or twice, I’ve had to meet them over specific difficult cases. No publicity, relying on mutual trust and the wisdom of our religious leaders to defuse tensions. I’m very grateful for their wisdom and for their support. Because of this active work behind the scenes, we’ve not needed to invoke the Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act for 20 years. But it’s something which is important to us which we must keep for a long time.

Four basic rules

We can never take our racial and religious harmony for granted. We must observe some basic principles to keep it the way it is.
First, all groups have to exercise tolerance and restraint. Christians cannot expect this to be a Christian society, Muslims cannot expect this to be a Muslim society. Ditto the Buddhists, the Hindus and the other groups.

Many faiths share this island. Each has different teachings, different practices. Rules which only apply to one group cannot become laws which are enforced on everyone. So Muslims don’t drink alcohol but alcohol is not banned. Ditto gambling, which many religions disapprove of, but gambling is not banned. All have to adopt ‘live and let live’ as our principle.

Secondly, we have to keep religion separate from politics. Religion in Singapore cannot be the same as religion in America, or religion in an Islamic country.

Take Iran, an Islamic country. Nearly everybody is Shia Muslim. Recently, they had a presidential election which was fiercely contested between Ahmadinejad and Mousavi, and the outcome was disputed. Both sides invoked Islam. So Mousavi’s supporters had a battle cry – Allahu Akbar (God is Great).

In Singapore, if one group invokes religion this way, other groups are bound to say: ‘I also need powerful support. We’ll also push back invoking our faith.’ One side insists: ‘I’m doing God’s work.’ The other side says: ‘I’m doing my God’s work.’ Both sides say: ‘I cannot compromise. These are absolute imperatives.’ The result will be a clash between different religious groups which will tear us apart.

We take this very seriously. The People’s Action Party reminds our candidates, don’t bring all the friends from your own religious group. Don’t mobilise your church or your temple or your mosque to campaign for you. Bring a multi-racial, multi-religious group of supporters. When you are elected, represent the interest of all your constituents, not just your religious group in Parliament. Speak for all your constituents.

Thirdly, the Government has to remain secular. The Government’s authority comes from the people. The laws are passed by Parliament which is elected by the people. They don’t come from a sacred book. The Government has to be neutral, fair.

We are not against religion. We uphold sound moral values. We hold the ring so that all groups can practise their faiths freely without colliding. That’s the way Singapore has to be.

You may ask: Does this mean that religious groups have no views, cannot have views on national issues? Or that religious individuals cannot participate in politics? Obviously not.

Religious groups are free to propagate their teachings on social and moral issues. They have done so on the IRs, organ transplants, 377A, homosexuality.

And obviously many Christians, Hindus, Muslims, Buddhists participate in politics. In Parliament, we have people of all faiths. In the Cabinet too.

People who have a religion will often have views which are informed by their religious beliefs. It’s natural because it’s part of you, it’s part of your personality. But you must accept that other groups may have different views informed by different beliefs and you have to accept that and respect that.

The public debate cannot be on whose religion is right and whose religion is wrong. It has to be on secular, rational considerations of public interest – what makes sense for Singapore.

The final requirement for us to live peacefully together is to maintain our common space that all Singaporeans share. It has to be neutral and secular because that’s the only way all of us can feel at home in Singapore and at ease.

Common spaces

Let me explain to you with specific examples.

Sharing meals. We have different food requirements. Muslims need halal food. Hindus don’t eat beef. Buddhists sometimes are vegetarian. So if we must serve everybody food which is halal, no beef and vegetarian, I think we will have a problem. We will never eat meals together. So there will be halal food on one side, vegetarian food for those who need it, no beef for those who don’t eat beef.

Let’s share a meal together, acknowledging that we are not the same. Don’t discourage people from interacting. Don’t make it difficult for us to be one people.

Our schools are another example of common space where all races and religions interact. Even in mission schools run by religious groups, the Ministry of Education has set clear rules, so students of all faiths will feel comfortable.

You might ask: Why not allow mission schools to introduce prayers or Bible studies as compulsory parts of the school activity or as part of school assembly?

Why not? Then why not let those who are not Christian, or don’t want a Christian environment, go to a government school or go to a Buddhist school? Well, if they do that, we’ll have Christians in Christian schools, Buddhists in Buddhist schools, Muslims in schools with only Muslim children and so on. I think that is not good for Singapore .

Therefore, we have rules to keep all our schools secular and the religious groups understand and accept this.

For example, St Joseph ’s Institution is a Catholic brother school but it has many non-Catholic students, including quite a number of Malay students. The Josephian of the Year in 2003 was a Malay student – Salman Mohamed Khair.

He told Berita Harian that initially his family was somewhat worried about admitting him to a Catholic school. He himself was afraid because he didn’t know what to expect. But he still went because of SJI’s good record. He said: ‘Now I feel fortunate to be in SJI. Although I was educated in a Catholic environment, religion never became an issue.’

Indeed that’s how it should work. I know it works because I understand that Malay students in SJI often attend Friday prayers at Baalwie Mosque nearby, still wearing their school uniforms. SJI thinks it’s fine, the mosque thinks it’s fine, the students think it’s fine, and I think it’s fine too. That’s the way it should be.

Another example of common space – work. The office environment should be one which all groups feel comfortable with. Staff have to be confident that they will get equal treatment even if they belong to a different faith from their managers – especially in government departments, but in the private sector too.

I think it can be done because even religious community service organisations often have people who don’t belong to that religion working comfortably and happily together. This is one very important aspect of our meritocratic society.

Thus we maintain these principles: exercise tolerance, keep religion separate from politics, keep a secular government, maintain our common space. This is the only way all groups can live in peace and harmony in Singapore .

Aware and responsible church leaders

This is the background to the way the Government looked at one recent issue: Aware.

We were not concerned about who would control Aware because it’s just one of so many NGOs in Singapore. On homosexuality policy or sexuality education in schools, there can be strong differences in view but the Government’s position was quite clear.

But what worried us was that this was an attempt by a religiously motivated group who shared a strong religious fervour to enter civil space, take over an NGO it disapproved of, and impose their agenda. It was bound to provoke a push back from groups that held the opposite view, which indeed happened vociferously and stridently.

The media coverage got caught up and I think the amplifier was turned up a bit high.

This was hardly the way to conduct a mature discussion of a sensitive matter where views are deeply divided. But most critically of all, this risked a broader spillover into relations between different religions.

I know many Singaporeans were worried about this, including many Christians. They may not have spoken aloud but they raised one eyebrow.

Therefore, I’m very grateful for the very responsible stand which was taken by the church leaders. The National Council of Churches of Singapore issued a statement that it didn’t support churches getting involved. There was also the statement by the Catholic Archbishop. Had these statements not been made, we would have had a very serious problem.

The Government stayed out of this but after the dust had settled, I spoke to the religious leaders, first the Christians and then the religious leaders of all faiths, so that everybody understood where we stood and what our concerns were. So we can continue to work together to strengthen our racial and religious harmony.

Unusually serious subject

This is an unusually serious and heavy subject for a National Day Rally. Normally, you talk about babies, hongbaos, bonuses.

No bonuses tonight but a bonus lecture on a serious subject. We discussed this in Cabinet at length and decided that I should talk about this. I crafted the points carefully, circulated them many times. Different presentations in Mandarin, Malay and English, because different groups have different concerns, but a consistent message so that there’s no misunderstanding.

I also invited the religious leaders to come and spend the evening with us tonight. They can help us to help their flocks understand our limitations, to guide them to practise their faiths, taking into account the context of our society. Please teach them accommodation, which is what all faiths teach. I look forward to all the religious groups continuing to do a lot of good work for Singapore for many years to come.

Finally, let me share with you one true story which was published recently in an Indian newspaper, The Asian Age, and picked up by The Straits Times. It was about a young man from Gujarat , a Muslim, who migrated to Singapore after the Hindu-Muslim riots in Gujarat in 2002.

A train carrying Hindu pilgrims was stopped in Ahmadebad and set on fire. The circumstances were unclear but 50-odd men, women and children burnt to death, trapped in the train. The Hindus rioted. They had no doubt what the cause was. One thousand people died, mostly Muslims because Ahmadebad has a large Muslim community.

So this young Muslim decided to come to Singapore after the riots. We call him Mohammed Sheikh. It’s not his real name because he still has family there. The article said: ‘During the bloody riots, he watched three of his family members, including his father, getting butchered. His family had to pay for being Muslim.

‘Besides losing his family and home, Mohammed lost confidence and faith in the civil society. He didn’t want to spend the rest of his life cursing his destiny. He wanted to move on.’

So seven years ago, Mohammed came to Singapore and got a diploma in hospitality management. Now he is working in an eatery and he hopes to open his own business one day. He told the interviewer, had he stayed in Gujarat , ‘I would have been hating all Hindus and baying for their blood, perhaps.’

Now ‘he loves it when his children bring home Hindu friends and share snacks’. He told the interviewer proudly, ‘My children have Christian, Buddhist, Hindu friends.’

He even hopes to bring his mother to Singapore so she can see for herself that people of different races, different faiths can be friends. The interviewer asked him what Muslim sect he belonged to and which mosque he went to in India. He said: ‘I don’t want to get into all that. Now I am just a Singaporean. And I am proud of it.’

This story reminds us that while we must not neglect to strengthen our harmonious society, we are in a good position.
So let us rejoice in our harmony but let us never forget what being a Singaporean means. It’s not just tolerating other groups but opening our hearts to all our fellow citizens.

Our future

If we stay cohesive, then we can overcome our economic challenges and continue to grow.

This is how we’ve transformed Singapore over the last half century – solving problems together, growing together, improving our lives.

From the Singapore River to Marina Bay, we’ve totally transformed Singapore over the last half century. 1959 was a moment of great change but nobody at the Padang in June 1959 imagined the change in today’s Singapore.

We will continue to improve our lives, provided we work together and remain a harmonious and a cohesive society so that in another 50 years, we would have built another Singapore, which is equally unimaginable today.

The key is to stay united through rain or shine.

原來傳聞中非常靈驗的明治神宮是真的靈驗的。

一年過去後，這道符發揮了作用，是時候把符帶回廟裡還願了，到時還得帶兩道符回來給不再寂寞的他們。

記得哪天待在電影院裡看着那眾多名字飛快地在螢幕上閃過的時候，胡某看到了一個很 “東南亞” 人的名字：Hillary Yeo，出於好奇之下回家作了一點搜索，發現了這個人竟然是我的校友。

Hillary Yeo Tze Ann is an ex-graduate of Singapore Polytechnic and Bournemouth University, UK. He has 7 years experience as a Senior Texture Artist, working for WETA studios on Lord of The Rings II & III and King Kong. …

我想，只要肯努力，沒有甚麼事情是不可能的。

註：這傢伙參與過的電影有：
Avatar, Lovely Bones, Lord of The Rings II & III, King Kong, The Day The Earth Stood Still, Killzone: Liberation 等等…

如果這傢伙跟 MacBook Air 一樣薄的話...

過去幾個月，胡某買了一台迅雷下載播放器，一台高仿 MacBook Air 外型的 Netbook，一台中國製造的 ＊ainol 高清多媒體移動播放器來看電影，主要原因是 iPhone 沒有播放 RMVB 的功能。

雖然 iPad 長得很好看，但是… 沒有 RMVB 播放可以嗎？

And Yes! it WILL kill the Kindle DX!

分享是好的...

為了教育我家鄰居不跟大家分享他們的無線寬頻網絡，胡某唯有出此良方。

蘋果一月二十七的邀請函。

老婆大人的蠟燭。

一向不慶祝自己的生日，主要是因為沒有慶祝的理由。
我一向不是哪種人氣很旺兼之極受人歡迎的哪種傢伙。
如此這般也過了好多年。
雖不蕭條、但也顯得淒清。

2005年4月，亂語胡言開博，網上沒有記載胡某三十八的記錄。

2006年：三十九。愛芳仍然在世，胡某開了車到她家附近的檔口吃夜宵。

2007年：四十。在 Asia247 埋頭苦幹，愛芳帶了蛋糕到辦公室和胡某跟三姆哥哥一起慶祝。

2008年：四十一。到了汕大工作，小白也來了汕頭，在寒冷的這一天搞了一個火鍋派對。

2009年：四十二。沒有慶祝，卻從遠方收到她的溫暖牌禮物。

2010年：四十三。胡某獨自待在家裡，寫著這些文字。嗯，燒杯清酒淺酌，再等老婆大人的電話？

小芳, HVD爛在製作廣東連續劇，抄襲港劇，還找一些2，3線香港演員參與演出，沒有大馬色彩，有的是大馬港劇。看看新加坡劇的成功，走到今天做得更好就知道為甚麼了！~ 向希 在 facebook 的留言。

把馬來西亞的問題歸咎於抄襲的話，是過於簡化我們的困境了。

這跟我們看很多大馬製作的廣告設計也感到抄襲味很濃，沒有創意的原因一樣。
老闆們拿了外國設計跟設計師說：我要這個，設計人創意再好也是無奈的。

其實，HVD 並沒有抄襲港劇。
因為 HVD 聘請了一堆香港導演和編劇製作片子，是大馬出產的港劇。

但是，這正是由市場主導的主流製作的成果；當時，大部份的馬來西亞人喜歡看的就是這種公式化的電視劇。
當時所謂的大馬色彩就是在對白中摻雜馬來語和在馬來西亞取景，我認識其中一些本地編劇，也知道他們的努力。
但是對老闆來說，爛不爛，看收視率而定。

其實當時長堤的另一邊新加坡也聘請了一堆香港導演和編劇製作片子，分別的是，新加坡廣播局的錢比較多，所以能夠請到更好的香港導演和編劇。
所以大家都是一樣地在那裡製作港劇。

新加坡電視劇的成功，在於政府沒有過度干預內容自主創作，電檢局的條規分明，也同時在培養新一代創作人的教育方面下了很大的功夫的同時，還大量引進先進的創作人材而促成的。

這不是一個 HVD 所能達到的。

希山对于外界认为政府反应被动、缓慢颇感不满。希山慕丁在记者会上回答记者问题时说：“我想这实在不公平，看看有些国家在过去四天宣布紧急状态，有些大国甚至宣布宵禁，可与此同时，我们也在过去四天面对如此重大的事件，但今天唯一发生的不过就是烧了一个门。拜托你们了解一下事情脉络，我不喜欢这样说，但过去四天以来，我们的确在尝试稳定情况，我们不想让事态蔓延，所以，我认为你的问题有恶意。”

作为警察部队的顶头上司，希山慕丁认为警察表现依然称职，“我一直与警方同步监察状况，如果我不满意警察表现，那表示说我也不满意自己身为部长的表现。”

今日召开记者会之前，希山慕丁已经和61名外交使节会面，进行简报，强调此举乃是避免任人不负责任的有心人士散播谣言。

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大変綺麗な奥様。

記得好多年前在大年除夕在日本過了一個特別的 “華人新年” 今年趁着元旦有幾天假日，胡某到了日本體驗了一個日本人的新年。

日本的新年假期，是從 12月27日 到 1月3日。
… 照片處理中，待續…

五公分有多遠？
可以很遠很遠，也可以很近很近。
雖然本來很近，也變得很遠了。

“香港有多遠？”
這令胡某想起不久前的一段話。

這是少數英雄片中大部份主角都死光的重頭劇。

最近一口氣把一套20集的韓劇 IRIS 看完，不是因為劇中美女演員，而是這部電視劇所投入的心思和大膽假設的政治動作片是很多我國（我是指馬來西亞）的電影望塵莫及的。

韓國數碼媒體製作的起飛源自 1989年經濟不景時政府從製造工業轉型為智識產權工業的用心投入的成果。

剛開始時的代工操作到後來的自主創作都再再的顯示按步就班，由工業主導、政策支持的穩定方案推動是能夠從無到有地創造出一個春天。

想當年，馬來西亞曾經有過一家產量頗大，水準還算可以的 HVD 在短短數年內製作出不少在海外得奬的作品，卻因為諸多的問題（有誰可以告訴我到底出了甚麼問題）造成後來的沒落真的有點令人心疼。

雖然我不盡認同 HVD 高層的一些管理手段，但是大家試想想，如果不是因為各種原因整死了這家公司的話，我們的創作工業可能還有一線生機。

我國的官老爺們從以前的 eVillage 到後來的 CAD-C 到後來的 MAC3 總共花了多少錢搞了一個 Cicakman？
真的，在一匹黑馬 (1 black horse) 的大力推動下，200 million 的投資開拓馬來西亞創作媒體的泡沫真的有點讓人失望。

今天看韓劇，真的有點心痛。

（full disclosure: 胡某曾經在 HVD 任職，老闆胡瓊瓏是我老豆的堂兄弟。）

註：由於篇幅過長，沒有在留言裡回覆 Moo_T，以下是新加坡 MDA (Media Development Authority) 在 2008年 12月 10日的新聞稿：

MDA further cements strong media partnership between Korea and Singapore

Singapore, 10 December 2008 – The Korea IT International Cooperation Agency (KIICA) and the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that underscores a joint commitment to facilitate and catalyse media co-productions between both countries. The Korea IT International Cooperation Agency (KIICA) has been appointed by the Korean Government to coordinate international cooperation and promotion activities relating to broadcasting and communications.

Inked at the Asia Media Festival 2008 Country Showcase this afternoon, the memorandum follows five previous agreements between the MDA and various Korean agencies representing the broadcast and film sectors. The MOU between MDA and KIICA will give rise to further opportunities for the co-production of digital broadcasting factual programmes, and serves to drive the exchange of information and best practices relating to the broadcasting industry. It also sets the foundation to encourage collaboration between Singaporean and Korean media companies through networking opportunities vis-à-vis delegation visits and industry meetings at major media trade events in Korea and Singapore.

“KIICA is focused on raising the quality of the broadcasting and new media industry, and on promoting digital media in Korea through international collaborations and projects. With MDA as our strategic partner, we are confident that the Korean-Singapore co-production of factual broadcasting programmes will ignite further collaborations between Korea and Singapore media companies, and encourage more media content co-production, new Internet Multimedia Broadcasting (IPTV) services, and the marketing of Asian content between both countries and internationally. As such, we believe the KIICA-MDA MOU signed today will be very productive and meaningful,” said Mr. Lee Yun-Soo, Vice President of KIICA.

As a first step following the MOU-signing, KIICA and MDA will be funding an official High Definition (HD) TV documentary to be co-produced by Singapore production company Infocus Asia and Korean production company Digital Chosun. Based on the theme of “Communications Convergence”, the two-episode Documentary/Infoeducational programme will focus on the broad topics of technological advances in the broadcasting and communications industry, the switch from analogue to digital transmission and the role of interactive digital media in the future.

“The extension of our media partnership today underscores the significance of Singapore’s long-standing relationship with Korea, and will further cement the strong ties between our governments and media industries. Through this initiative, Singapore will bring to the table our expertise and resources in factual programming.
With our English-speaking population, libraries, researchers, robust intellectual property and legal framework and business-friendly environment, Korean media companies will be able to tap on the growing pool of talent, film funds, ideas and natural locales here,” said Dr. Christopher Chia, Chief Executive Officer, MDA.

Today’s signing comes on the back of strong ties between Korea and Singapore built upon five past collaborations with various agencies representing the broadcast and film sectors to create a mutually beneficial and synergetic media relationships:
1. An MOU between MDA and Korea Culture & Content Agency (KOCCA) and MDA on 5 July 2007
2. A Co-Production Arrangement of broadcasting programmes between MDA and the Korean Broadcasting Commission (KBC) on 21 June 2007 which established a framework for approved co-productions to be endorsed as national productions and hence qualify for benefits where applicable. This gave rise to the first official co-production – Raiders of the Sulu Sea, a HDTV documentary co-production between Korea’s JoongAng Broadcasting Corporation and Singapore production house Oak3, which has been picked up by Q Channel for Korea and The History Channel for Asia
3. A Media Co-operation MOU between MDA and KBC signed on 19 January 2005
4. A Media Co-operation Agreement with the Korean Film Council (KOFIC) in December 2005
5. An MOU on Media Cooperation with the Korean Broadcasting Institute (KBI) in June 2006.

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Asia Media Festival 2008
The Asia Media Festival (AMF) 2008 is a media fiesta, held from 4 to 12 December 2008, comprising events for both trade professionals and consumers. Hosted by the Media Development Authority (MDA), the Festival offers opportunities for the media industry to share best practices, forge strong business networks and foster international collaborations under its line-up of premier trade events, namely: Media Financing Forum, Asia Television Forum, Digital Future Symposium and New Media Conference. More information on AMF 2008 can be found at www.asiamediafestival.com.

Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA)
Formed in 2003, the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) plays a vital role in transforming Singapore into a Global Media City and positioning it at the forefront of the digital media age. MDA spearheads initiatives that promote developments in film, video, television, radio, publishing, music, games, animation, media services and Interactive Digital Media. At the same time, in ensuring clear and consistent regulatory policies and guidelines, MDA helps to foster a pro-business environment for industry players and increase media choices for consumers. For more information, visit www.mda.gov.sg and www.smf.sg.

Singapore Media Fusion (SMF)
The Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) has developed the “Singapore Media Fusion” (SMF) strategic positioning which encapsulates the attributes of the media industry in showcasing Singapore as a global media city. SMF is a mark of the quality of our products and services and the collective richness and diversity of the media industry. The positioning not only lends consistency in the manner to which the Singapore media industry is represented and promoted, it is also intended to enhance the image of Singapore media at an international level, in a compelling and coherent manner. For more information, visit the website.

About KIICA
Korea IT International Cooperation Agency (KIICA) was established in January 2007 to actively support international cooperation and overseas market expansion of Korea’s IT sector. KIICA’s role as a facilitator in promoting Korea’s core growth engine in the global market ranges from fostering international cooperation between countries in service such as the Wireless Broadband Internet, DMB and other IT related services to providing One-stop services by designing plans and marketing strategies. KIICA is charged with raising the quality of broadcasting industry and promoting digital media in Korea by conducting various projects with international cooperation to support the broadcasting community as well.

It only takes a spark to get a fire going, And soon all those around can warm up in its glowing…

It’s Sunday, and I am at home, thinking about my friends in the church who may face the kind of terror found only in those barbaric countries.

Who would have thought such terror will reign upon us? Beating up the pastor in the House of GOD is an act of violence not seen in the local church history.

Though we will be tempted to take arms and retaliate, but my friends, this is what they want you to do.

Eye for an Eye blinds the world, so said the wise Ghandi, however, take heed, be vigilant, and be strong, now is the time to be even more united, as the Chosen Ones have done as they crossed the Red Sea with Moses.

I am sorry I cannot be there to bear witness, but make no mistake about it: I am one of the millions of people who will stand next to you, in Spirit to look into Evil’s eyes and Stare back.

Our sisters in Christ please also be aware that there will be people who will use this as an excuse to lay harm upon you, for the cowards in them will pick the weak in their eyes to victimise them.

I pray we will all stand strong united, regardless of race, language and religion.

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name,
thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory,
for ever and ever.

Amen.

As a Christian, we learn that we shalt not use the Name of the Father in vain.

It doesn’t really matter how you cloak yourself, the sugarcoated lies of a terrorist’s reason behind any terrorist act is a sin beyond redemption.

I am sure my brothers and sisters in Christ will take this as trial and tribulations we face for holding our faith up high. No need to sink below those who persecute us for the sins they committed.

I pray as we light up the candlelight of truth that will shine through the darkness of arson fire, GOD shalt one day give justice to those who endured.

And I pray in the name of the Father, and of the son, and of the Holy Ghost.
Amen.

PUTRAJAYA: Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has condemned the attacks made on three churches in the Klang Valley but has asked the public not to start pointing fingers at who may have been responsible for the attacks.

The Prime Minister said he viewed the matter seriously as these actions could jeopardise harmony, adding that the Government would take all possible action to prevent such incident from recurring.

note: for our PM, these are just “incidents”.

雪隆地区的基督教堂自昨晚起接二连三遭致汽油弹袭击，朝野政党纷纷发表声明谴责这一连串的暴力事件。林吉祥指出，人民担忧会发生的事件终于爆发，首相纳吉的“一个马来西亚”口号面对了最严峻的考验。

民主行动党国会领袖兼怡保东区国会议员林吉祥发表文告指，纳吉和内政部长希山慕丁就阿拉案采取的立场距离“负责任”尚远，人民担心极端份子或不负责任者借“阿拉”字眼风波行凶的问题，不幸终於爆发。

除了宗教团体积极讨论此事之外，舆论战也在互联网上延烧，支持和反对非回教徒使用阿拉字眼的人士，特别在“面子书”（Facebook）上开始“反对非回教徒使用阿拉字眼”（Menentang Penggunaan Nama Allah oleh Golongan Bukan Islam）社群，截止下午今天一时，支持人数已有11万6011人。

看來大人們太低估我們的智慧了…
抑或… 我們太高估大人們的智慧？

Makes me wonder what kind of super-top-secret-highend-digital-production-white-elephant will be installed this time.

Can anyone shed a clue?

I really want to know (but don’t kill me after that).

“Seeing this potential, the government, through MDeC, has increased funding for the industry and have initiated a special program called the MAC3 or the Multimedia Creative Content Centre which provides funding for co-production opportunities for animation, games and visual effects development. I hope Malaysian companies take full advantage of this to increase their production capabilities and to find partners at the global level. In doing so, I also hope that they would put special focus on identifying and nurturing local animation and content development talent from among Malaysians, especially the younger set who can potentially bring Malaysian animation to much greater heights.” – 1Malaysia’s Najib

打腫臉皮充胖子是很辛苦的。
就算你本來就很胖也是一樣。

今天跟大姐閒聊有感而發。

俗語說「富不過三代」，胡文虎家財萬貫、富可敵國，但卻富不過三代，敵不過宿命論。


胡萬鐸表示：「縱觀國內和我同鄉的老一輩，如胡子春、胡重益等都是盛名一時的大事業家、礦家，可是他們去世后，其事業、家族也煙消雲散，后代更是寂寂無聞。」


為甚么第一代的事業傳至第二代或第三代便不能繼承下去呢？


根據古玉樑對胡文虎家族的事業沒落的分析，一是忽略政治因素及客觀環境，二是經營的智慧與方式不當，三是好高鶩遠，忙于非核心業務，忘了堅守報業的傳統，忽視了文化與氏族事業。


可是身為富豪的胡萬鐸，卻認為是與教育文化背景有關。他說：「失去了傳統，大多數的富豪人家，其子弟多驕縱、奢侈，不知先輩創業艱辛。」


「其次是思想的差異。富家子弟為配合當地的發展多受英文教育，缺乏東方的倫理思想。因此有的兄弟鬩牆、各為私利，最終因內部矛盾而致祖業四分五裂。」胡萬鐸更透露，以胡文虎家族的沒落，不時警惕自己要好好教育兒女。

泰益阿占慕丁｜马夫兹｜ 依布拉欣阿里｜二世祖林冠英｜拉玛沙米｜再林｜卡巴星｜所謂著名博客 Jeff Ooi 黄泉安｜曹观友｜慕辛法兹利｜慕加希｜依力马贞文｜蔡顺梅｜阿兹敏阿里｜茦罗斯利｜马尼卡瓦沙甘｜另一個二世祖哥宾星｜再纳阿比丁｜Eli 的老闆 卡立依布拉欣｜安華的女兒 努鲁依莎｜有點令我失望的 Teresa 郭素沁。

西西留說：

日落洞行动党国会议员黄泉安：网络高手（人家是这样尊称的，至于他会那种电脑语言，又或者是写过什麽程序那就不得而知了），他又不是槟城行政议员，照理不需要回槟城开会，可是干嘛不出席投票？

敦拉萨镇公正党国会议员卡立依布拉欣：一州之长竟然没来表决，两个民联首长都有共同点，就是不把国会放在眼里。

班底谷公正党国会议员努鲁依莎：老爸来，女儿没来，你们一家人到底想怎样？即使你说你家小孩一个1岁一个3岁没人看管我也不能原谅。

士布爹行动党国会议员郭素沁：大概出席今晚的雪州苏丹的晚宴，没空鸟国会什麽预算不预算。

媽的，選你們進國會，你們竟然缺席？
遲到好過沒到這個道理你們不懂？

冠英公开宣称明福遭谋杀惹祸
警方自行报案以煽动罪名调查

雪兰莪州总警长卡立（Khalid Abu Bakar）强调，任何人都不应该发表这类没有事实根据的言论。

“我劝告相关人士，不要随意发表没有事实基础的言论，尤其赵明福案仍受验尸庭审理。任何人对该案有不满，应该通过法庭寻求解决，不当言论将煽动民众的情绪。”

“林冠英这种言论可以被视为一种煽动，造成民众相信，赵明福是遭谋杀的。”

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其中數公元1847的文字最深得吾心。同學們去看看，必定也能得到一些甚麼：

… 除了这点，《新宿事件》的故事也很有问题。男主角误打误撞救下贵人然后一人得道鸡犬升天这种狗血剧情再一次无聊的上演了，让我回到了几十年前跌下山洞捡到绝世武功的年代。《新宿事件》的这种剧情根本在现实站不住脚，而且实在是被滥用了太多次，不应该是一个沉稳踏实的剧本所能采信的剧情。我们看的是华人黑帮奋斗史，而不是华人黑帮买六合彩史。

其他那些什么辱华之类都是无稽之谈，一个有自信的人，有自信的中国人，不应该像个小媳妇一样敏感，不要电影里出现什么“杀光支那猪”就觉得被侮辱了。自信、自立、自强，做到这三点，没人能真正侮辱到你。觉得这就叫辱华的人，真应该把《鬼子来了》连续看十遍。

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焦賴幫領頭、加影幫推波助瀾的 PJ 革命即將引爆...

12月25日。反 PJ聯盟革命党领袖韓士决定冒险赴PJ Hilton，名为吃寿司晚餐，实则与加影区革命代表见面会谈。这是 PJ區 “刺杀革命党”的大好时机…

話說 PJ區 人傑地靈，是中文博客集聚之地，大姐阿愷，汕頭第一鑽石帥哥王老五水母哥哥，博客攝影圈無人不知的雷老大、鍾姊姊、司徒叔叔、生化武器專家幽子妹子、世紀最後一個貼心男彥彥、迷死人不償命的Yenny，口愛教主愛美麗，冒牌許文強歐神父，住得老遠卻心在老地方牛肉丸的搖腳長老胡某（USJ 不算遠罷？）都是 PJ區代表。

這裡人強馬壯，齊心協力推動宵夜文化，經常在某個 “老地方” 高談闊論。

擴展中文博客圈的版圖計劃也經常在這裡發生。

可喜可賀呀~

恭喜小白、效率哥加入可樂標俱樂部！
恭喜堂主黑八入手！
可喜可賀！

咱們的徠卡外拍攝影團是不是很快就可以成軍呢？

我可以準備放廣告了。
嘿嘿…

孔子不要打我

至圣先师　唯有孔子
传道授业解惑　你要说什么五四红卫兵文化大革命　破四旧立四新
不相信你也不相信自己　不相信我也不相信你
为了思想大跃进　文批现行思想反革命
我　思想的奴隶终于忍不住想要告诉你
不相信你也不相信自己
思想君主的专制没有随封建社会而去
不相信你也不相信自己
思想的国度里还分皇帝与奴隶
多元化的社会里每个人都有说话的权力
得到真理唯有澈底开放心灵

孔子不要打我　我要言论自由
不再有思想的对错
孔子不要打我　孔子不要骂我
打骂要有理由　不然我会反动
孔子不要打我　孔子不要骂我
打骂要有理由　不然我会反动
孔子不要打我　打我　孔子不要骂我　骂我
思想哪分左右倾思无邪思无邪　用实验证明真理
古今思想妨害修身妨害齐家妨害治国访害平天下
非黑即白非白即黑　孔子
二必其一没有道理　孔子
言论自由言论自由言论自由言论自由

孔子不要打我孔子不要打我孔子不要打我孔子不要打我
孔子不要骂我孔子不要骂我孔子不要骂我孔子不要骂我
我要思想无罪　我要言论自由　啊
思想无罪言论自由言论自由自由有自由自由自由自由
‘口白：我们的古老朋友，孔子，生于西元前571年，享年73岁，伟大
　　　 的实践教育家，保守封建期的前卫思想家，生前反对奴隶制，
　　　 反对君主专制，死后却被历代统治者，为了强化封建政权奉
　　　 为至圣，断章取义他的言论，奴隶人民的自由思想’
不相信你也不相信自己　思想的国度里没有皇帝
不相信你也不相信自己　只相信真理越作越明
思想无罪言论自由思想无罪言论自由思想无罪言论自由思想无罪言论自由
我相信你也相信我自己
总有一天会一起回到春秋时代的百家争鸣
思想无罪言论自由　归还给广大的人民

傳說中那家古老的攝影工作室。

最近事情太多，連停下腳步思考的時間都沒有。
期待這次脫逃的機會，希望真的能夠好好地停下來。

感受靜態的美麗。

狗都不咬餵牠吃飯的主人。
這裡有一個廢材人會。

我沒日沒夜為他的糧食操心，看來是把良心餵狗了。

備註：“屬下”是員工，不是學生。對號入座者請搞清楚拿人錢財替人消災的硬道理。

一男一女，向前還是後退要靠自己。

話說某人搞曖昧的事請成了城中最熱門的新聞，雖然搞不搞曖昧是某人自家的事，但是有的守則還是需要留心的…

1。不要太招搖。部落格是個很公開的地方，傳情達意其實用 SMS 或 MSN 也是可以的。

2。不要太犯賤。你想追 B小姐是你自家的玩意，但是如果想 “聲東擊西” 把 C小姐也牽扯進來的話就有點賤了。當然，如果你是汕頭第一鑽石帥哥王老五水母哥哥的話，這又另當別論。

3。別犯下事先張揚的罪。博客圈比娛樂圈更八卦，博客間訊息的交流比雜誌更快。你想成名的話，這絕對是你的最佳管道。

4。不要留下證據。東門、水庫、789 這些熱門地方能免就免。

5。不靚仔不是壞事。周大俠不同，他錢多、靚仔好辦事。事實是殘酷的。

6。別低估大家的智慧，我們真的不是笨的。

7。別到處留精。

8。蛇咬都不認不是最佳否認方式。一般上謊言都是會被識穿的，尤其是你到處被人斷正的時候。

9。別這裡說煩，那裡就趕回家煲湯請喝奶茶。

10。別搞女博客。

所以，深思熟慮後，胡某勸你認真的話，就別搞曖昧，認真地告白，認真地去愛。

… 我是在說你嗎？歡迎你對著字母入座。嘿嘿…
related post: 胡某十法

Paul Ooi December 12 at 3:27pm
胡某，忘了和你说，我已经把jeremiahfoo.com延长寿命了，不知不觉已经五岁了叻

謝謝阿濼教會我博客的事。
謝謝阿保羅叫我搞個域名。
謝謝《大馬部落》讓我的生命過得更精彩。

聖誕樹的飾物。

今天在看了兩場電影後去吃晚飯的途中遇到一棵聖誕樹。
順手拍了幾張照片。

教我如何不敗她？

不是 0.95 的夜眼。一方面是 M9 還沒到手，另一方面，則是 Noctilux 的身形實在是太龐大了，裝在 M8 身上試了一下，取景框被擋住了，拿在手裡稍微有點過重的感覺，在外拍攝一般被攝者都可能會被鏡頭嚇倒。

Leica Summarit-M 50 mm f/2,5。

今天開會後經過敗家店，想犒賞自己一下（已經有好久沒有人送禮物給胡某了），便順手買了這枝鏡頭。

徠卡傳說中的奶油般柔滑的畫面，這裡不言而喻。

回到酒店便迫不及待地帶了她出門試鏡。
習慣了大光圈的我除了在某些低光情況不能加快快門速度拍攝而稍感遺憾以外，對這枝鏡頭的表現卻是十分滿意的。

Photoshop CS4 轉黑白。同樣漂亮...

隨手捉拍了半天後，發現這枝鏡頭成像銳利但不刺眼，柔滑但不模糊。
怎麼說呢？ …

徠卡，就是徠卡。
還有甚麼好說的？

安寶和老奔因貼心禮物而感動？

徠卡 M8 的低光表現如何？有的人說很差，有的人卻說不錯。
我想這是見仁見智的事。

那天幫安寶在十大歌手比賽後在有點暗的禮堂內拍了這張照片，效果還可以，也沒有甚麼紅外線的問題。

徠卡 M8 的用後感… 隨後再續。

note: Leica M8 (firmware version 2.004), Voigtlander Ultron 28mm f/1.9

嘿嘿... 我是不是可以在這條路上打橫行？ -- 攝／胡祿銘

“My Grandfather’s Road!” 這句話原來胡某在中國也可以用了。

嘿嘿…

看來這個自拍傳統是種很貴的行為。

不知甚麼時候開始，每每買了一台攝影機後都會對着鏡子自拍一張照片…

Owners have their privileges.

Okay, money is money, it’s getting more and more difficult to earn in the current economic climate. So before you plonk your hard-earned money on any toys/devices/equipment, you ask around for “expert advise” or see if any of your trusted friends or foes owned one.

Chances are, you will try to google for a review. Yes, I am talking about camera equipment reviews here. On the Internet, there are a few people who seem to be the real deal; they take pictures and write about their equipment for a living, but there are also those where their main job is to write good things about equipment and at the same time pretend to be critical about others.

Some good examples are Ken Rockwell and Thomas Hogan. There are also those who are real photographers, and they are photographers first, and writers later, these include people like Joe McNally, Chase Jarvis.

They normally make it clear from the very beginning the brand/make/model of their equipment so you can read their reviews with a pinch of salt and decide to believe what you read or otherwise.

So often you’ll read camera reviews where a reviewer has played with a camera for a week and then thrown up three or four images as examples. Usually these examples are printed less than half a page on a magazine paper stock that’s barely better than notebook paper. The interpretation of the results is less than scientific. Less than objective. If you want a real test shoot with the camera for a month and then find a picky art director who spends his days working with images and toss a bunch of big prints in front of him. Now you’ve got a real test.

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So, would you entrust thousands of your hard-earned money on the opinions of some people you don’t know?

Well… if the reviewer’s track record is iffy. NO.

But if by any chance, the reviewer writes for National Geographic and produced numerous awesome pictures, I’d say yes, but if he/she mainly do consumer electronics and hardly takes any pictures of their own, then… you get the picture.

Meanwhile, before you spend that money, get out and take pictures with whatever equipment you have now.

That is healthier than staying at home dreaming about your next gear (this is a gentle reminder for my big fat ass).

要愛，就得敢敢愛，偷偷地躲在椰樹後是沒出息的。就醬。

給彥彥的一封信：

得知你牛一，也知道你一生中甚麼都不缺，就缺愛情的滋潤，過去幾年裡也知道你天女散花般地買了不少手信，寄了好多明信片，煲了更多異味湯。

當然，最重要的是，在你躲在整潔的床上，不要去面對房外凌亂的客廳聽着網絡傳來的家鄉 MyFM 的聲音的時候，你一定要記住，世上不一定所有的事情都是顯到完的。

因為當你以為撒網捕魚可以一次過捉到更多的小魚兒的時候，你卻忘了大網疏漏，浪費了多少的青春。

所以，在你牛一的這一天，我祝你生日快樂，也希望你能在送煲回家，準備水果拼盤和燒菜泡涼茶的同時，能夠鼓起告白的勇氣，這樣，生命才不留白。

你的生日，因此精彩。

Happy Birthday!

胡某謹上。

徠卡 M8 的造型古樸，在街上一般不會讓人認出手中的攝影機。

粗粗數了一下，這是胡某買給自己的第二十部攝影機。
今天早上從家裡走向課室時遇到一些同學，順手為他們拍照的同時發現他們都沒認出這是徠卡的一代銘機。
這跟我平常拿出 D700 或 GH1 時的反應很不一樣，至少他們不會覺得這 M8 是甚麼貴重的東西。

握在手裡，德國工藝的質感流露，難怪好多攝影人都對她愛不釋手。
然而，旁軸攝影的思維過程跟單眼攝影的思維有異，這是體驗過兩種攝影方式的第一個感覺。

家樓下的草坪上有一個退色的消防栓。

隨手拍了一些照片後發現徠卡的色澤很漂亮，但是在操作上胡某還是非常笨拙，這跟我熟練的尼康系統拍攝時的乾淨俐落分別很大。
不起眼的造型設計和不一樣的攝影思維能為我帶來怎樣的攝影經歷？

我也在期待着明年夏天到日本拍照的際遇。

忍不住還是愛上妳。

輾轉回到校園，等著胡某的，是下一個攝影旅程。
旁軸數碼攝影一路上的風景將是如何的呢？

尼康 D70。

While only a limited number of D70 cameras are affected by this advisory, if (1) when a memory card is inserted, your D70’s memory card access lamp blinks, locking camera operations and preventing operation, or (2) with no memory card inserted, the camera will not turn on despite the battery indicator showing a fully charged battery, Nikon Inc. will service it free of charge.

To obtain complimentary service for cameras affected by this advisory, please click the link below to download and print the Service Return Form. The Service Return Form provides instructions.
For additional information about this advisory, please call Nikon Service Relations toll-free at 800-645-6678. To email inquires about this advisory follow these steps:

Use this link to navigate to the Nikon Service Information web page.

Click the link on the left side of the page labeled for information on service for photographic products.

Click the link labeled SEND AN EMAIL TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT located at the bottom of the page.

Click the tab labeled Ask Nikon a Question.

In the Subject field please be sure to type D70 Service Advisory.
We apologize for any inconvenience you may experience.

星期六、敗家店，人潮洶湧不着邊。

今天跟老闆吃過飯後身懷重要任務的我，來到谷中城的敗家店進行這重大的任務。
是滴，校長小哥問我能不能幫他找相機。

到了這裡後發現這裡的人實在多到~~~

不賣？

結果在店裡找到髮型很像貞子的 Vivian，並指着櫥中的萊卡 D-LUX 問她賣不賣。
“老闆說不賣，他要擺在這裡~” 她說。
“為何不賣呢？” 我又問。
“他喜歡 gua~~” 她答道。

幾番遊說後，胡某終於還是成功敗下這台徠卡。

嘿嘿…

於是胡某便決定把老闆找來問個清楚…
他一見到我，輕聲跟我講了價格後，便決定賣給我，還若無其事地說：“邊個講我唔賣？梗系要賣啦~”

驗明真身，肯定完好後，便開始裝箱。

這台機子的原價，是馬幣叁仟伍佰大元。
八年後今天的 徠卡 D-LUX 4 也是這個價錢，但是老實說，我還是比較喜歡老一代的設計。

碩大的盒子裡少了原裝皮套和手帶。

雖然是新機，裡面的組件卻不齊全，問明來歷後才知道這是老闆從別的敗家店清倉的時候掃回來的，所以原裝皮套可能被以前的店員分開賣掉了。
是有點可惜，但是這種價格還是別嫌七嫌八啦…

打包完畢，給錢，打道回府。

任務完成。
後天帶回汕頭再秋後算賬罷~

另注：成校，大盒子太大了，這次就不拿回去了。

哪天在豆原遇到向希的室友。

妳好啊~
就醬。

首相纳吉到新加坡出席亚太经合组织峰会与旅居新加坡的马来西亚人共进晚餐时说，政府将把我国打造成为一个更理想的居住和工作的地方，吸引全球专才以及海外人才回国。

他说：“我们将在马来西亚创造更多机会、更多刺激和具吸引力的事物，吸引散居海外的马来西亚人回国，也吸引外国专才前来这个国家。

咱們首相的冷笑話。

這位造型奇特的女士繞著鼓手毫不言倦地走了數個小時。

陳康｜紅。

在上海一口氣買了三枝廉價閃光燈、蜂巢燈罩，柔光傘和淘寶了一堆遙控閃燈器後，今天終於開始試拍活動。

這位小妹妹是文學院的同學，陳康。