Monday, May 28, 2012

沉香大王陳觀榮打鼓嶺村屋住所遭爆竊險失150萬「爛木」


沉香大王險失150萬「爛木」
星島日報 
5/28/2012


(綜合報道)(星島日報報道)沉香有價,賊人不識寶!「沉香大王」位於打鼓嶺村屋住所遭爆竊,賊人由天台潛入,翻箱倒篋,偷走三十八萬現金與一隻勞力士手表,總值逾四十萬元,但沒有發現房間擺放一棵價值一百五十萬元沉香,事主慶幸賊人「唔識貨」,否則損失慘重。


  「沉香大王」居所揭發失竊案,一棵百萬身價沉香樹幸保不失!事主陳觀榮,五十三歲,與妻育有兩名十一及十三歲兒子,但妻兒早年移居英國,他獨居坪原路坪洋村一幢兩層高村屋。陳是該村原居民,三代一直經營沉香生意,有「沉香大王」之稱。


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  陳事後憶述,前日因赴友人喜宴,昨凌晨四時始返家,發現家中凌亂不堪,睡房抽屜打開,裏面三十七萬港元與一萬元人民幣貨款,以及一隻價值二萬八千元勞力士手表同時失去,懷疑有賊人入屋爆竊,於是報警。


  忘鎖天台門揖盜
  由於三樓天台鐵門平日會加上鎖頭,但事發時沒有上鎖,陳懷疑前日離家時忘記鎖上,讓賊人有機可乘,利用地下外牆去水渠攀爬上天台,再經樓梯落樓大肆搜掠,得手後循原路逃走


  他經算點證實只損失現金與手表,擺放在其他房間的名貴沉香原封不動,包括一棵價值一百五十萬元的沉香樹。「嗰個賊肯定唔識貨,如果唔係就損失慘重」,陳指賊人可能以為該棵沉香是一棵爛木頭,所以沒有興趣偷走。


  據陳透露,自祖父起三代都是經營沉香生意,並在附近昇平村開設全港首個種植沉香樹的「沉香園」,現時約種有萬棵沉香樹,其家門前亦種有四至五棵沉香,但只有五至六年樹齡。他透露,家傳之寶不是幸保不失值百萬元的沉香樹,而是一塊重七公斤、市價一千二百萬元沉香,目前擺放在深圳與買家磋商。


  經過今次失竊教訓,陳表示會加強居所的防盜措施,包括在屋內外安裝閉路電視監察,天台加裝圍欄與鎖頭,希望可以防止盜賊再次光顧。據坪洋村村民表示,村內治安一向太平,甚少有入屋爆竊事件發生,僅間中門外的物件失去,疑遭人順手牽羊。

四大連鎖超市百佳惠康華潤及吉之島每日棄87噸食物

四超市每日棄87噸食物
明報 – 2012年5月27日星期日


地球之友的調查發現,本港4大連鎖超市每日棄置約87公噸食物,造成大量浪費。


地球之友稱,百佳、惠康、華潤及吉之島,以約650分店計算,每日丟棄約87公噸食物。一年下來,棄置量相當於2,000架雙層巴士的重量。在這些食物垃圾中,約三分之一為麵包、蔬果甚至壽司等尚未過期的寶貴食物,其餘三分之二則為生果殼及過期食物等不可食用的廚餘。


調查過程中,調查員見過丟掉的食物中,有離到期日還有5日的麵包。不過,有超市職員私底下警告調查員,禁止讓拾荒者拾取食物,而部分包裝食物如麵包,更於棄置前刻意被爛淋水,無法食用。


地球之友發言人指:「本港的超市集團財雄勢大,每月肯花兩千多萬元賣廣告宣傳 ,但對於十元八塊的『賣剩』食物,卻怕影響生意而不讓拾荒者取用,予人『超市霸權』的惡霸印象。」


地球之友早前去信四大超市,詢問其減少及處理廚餘的政策。惠康表示,對過期食物有一套處理機制,但會考慮本會回收廚餘的建議;華潤亦會考慮有關食物捐贈的方案,但要確保食物安全及質素;吉之島則需要更詳細資料才會再作考慮;百佳回應指超市內部有守則控制超市內的廚餘量,暫時未會考慮本會減少廚餘的建議。


地球之友稱,相較於外國超市履行企業責任的經驗,香港的超市集團相當落後。以英國的食物銀行Fareshare為例,它每獲贈一噸食物,捐助的食物公司會同時捐出16英鎊作為行政費用。有此一著,是因為對比於運往堆填區的50英鎊廢物處理成本 ,付出16英鎊予食物銀行更為划算。


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地球之友促請超市將未過期的賣剩食物,贈予食物回收銀行,協助基層市民。超市應回收過期及腐爛的廚餘,用於堆肥或動物飼料。


地球之友促請政府盡早落實「垃圾按量收費」及「堆填區廚餘禁令」,推動超市等工商業著力減廢,並支援食物銀行及廚餘回收業。


(即時新聞)


四大超市年丟3.1萬噸廚餘
星島日報 
5/29/2012


(綜合報道)(星島日報報道)地球之友調查發現,本港超級巿場平均每日丟棄百多斤廚餘,以全港四大連鎖超巿共六百多間分店推算,年丟廚餘量有逾三萬公噸,相等於二千架雙層巴士的重量;當中有三分一更是未過期、尚可食用的食物,包括生果、蔬菜、壽司和肉類。但團體發現,部分超市故意破壞丟棄的食物包裝,加水甚至加入漂白水,令拾荒者無法食用;環團促請超市將廚餘捐贈給食物銀行,助基層紓困。
  
  地球之友在今年一月至五月期間,抽查分別位於港島、九龍東和九龍西共五個丟棄超市廚餘的垃圾站。結果發現,包括兩間惠康、兩間百佳和一間華潤在內共五間超市,每日平均丟棄廚餘量有近一百三十五公斤。團體以全港四大連鎖超巿六百五十間分店推算,年棄廚餘量高達三萬一千公噸,相等於二千架雙層巴士的重量。


  在抽查的超市棄置廚餘中,有三分一是未過期、尚可食用的食物,大部分是生果和蔬菜,有少量肉類和壽司,而離到期日尚有五天的袋裝麵包,也在丟棄之列;其餘則是「不可避免的廚餘」,包括果殼和果皮等。


  過期食品可作堆肥
  地球之友環境事務主任馮詩麗相信,超市為確保貨架「常滿」,到晚上仍大量製作壽司;又為保證貨品外觀「靚仔」,若一棵菜只有一部分略為變黃,也會全棵丟棄,她批評超市行為浪費和「折墮」。


馮詩麗又指有垃圾站工人透露,部分超市的職員故意切爛蔬果,又將包裝完整且未到期的麵包淋水,甚至淋漂白水後才丟棄,避免拾荒者免費獲得食物。


  地球之友建議超市將廚餘捐贈予食物銀行,由食物銀行上門回收可食用食品,既能減低處理廚餘而衍生的費用,又可幫助基層市民;至於過期和腐爛的廚餘則可用於堆肥或動物飼料。


  期梁振英「消滅廚餘」
  另外,馮詩麗批評,現屆政府無誠意推行「減廢」措施,期望候任特首梁振英上任後實踐「消滅廚餘」的承諾,推行健全的回收系統,如實行垃圾按量收費和禁止廚餘進入堆填區等措施。


  環保署表示,會就諮詢期所得意見,於今年內向立法會提交未來「減廢」路向的建議,並會繼續推動減廢回收,密切監察香港的廢物問題及所需的措施。

Sunday, May 27, 2012

Volkswagen’s Levitating or Floating Car, Hover Car - No wheels required

Review: Volkswagen’s floating car — No wheels required
digitaljournal
By Kyle Busch
May 15, 2012 in Auto


This article reports on Volkswagen’s levitating or floating car. It has no wheels and uses an electromagnetic grid in the road and it will indeed change driving from the way we know it.


Some are more so and some less, however, most people are fans of technology. And one automotive innovation that has been talked about for some time is the ‘car’ that levitates or floats off of the ground.


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Volkswagen gathers ideas from the people of China to help innovate future cars. We took one girl's idea for a hover car and made it into reality.


The People's Car Project
http://www.zaoche.cn


 



Volkswagen's Levitating Car
While we sit patiently and wait for this automotive fantasy to come true, watch a brave duo hover around the city in the first (computer animated) test drive of the Volkswagen concept.


The Volkswagen Hover Concept Car is a pod-like zero-emissions vehicle that uses electromagnetic road networks to float above the road.



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Mercedes-Benz recently showed off its F-Cell Hydrogen Roadster Concept. The F-Cell is a modern two-seat roadster with large buggy like wheels. Volkswagen is also venturing into the future too but the automaker has gone one step further and eliminated the wheels altogether. And how did the Volkswagen floating car come about?


Getting to know what Chinese drivers want is a top priority for automakers as such a huge market of future drivers equates to major vehicle sales and profits. Consequently, Volkswagen came up with the People’s Car Project to inquire of China’s citizens about what they want in their future cars.


And out of 119,000 car concept responses, who submitted the idea for the Hover Car? It was a young girl from Chengdu city who was studying animation and gaming design. Volkswagen used the girl’s idea to develop the floating car.


The two seat Hover Car levitates by way of an electromagnetic grid in the road. The car has clear round doors. Furthermore, its smart key combines aspects of a ‘regular key’ with a small LED screen that provides information on the vehicle’s fuel use as well as the driver’s driving habits.


Regarding the car, Simon Loasby, head of design at Volkswagen Group China said, “The trend is towards safe cars that can easily navigate overcrowded roads and have a personal, emotional and exciting design.”


The automaker believes that the People’s Car Project has been successful enough that it will extend the project and consider bringing it to other countries.


Volkswagen released a video of the Hover Car in action and the viewing reportedly went viral. It is said that after watching the video, one cannot help thinking how similar the car looks to the ‘cars’ seen in the 60s Jetsons cartoon shows.


Soon we might be saying: Let’s not take that old hydrogen buggy but take the Hover Car. Yes Jane (Jane was George Jetson’s wife)!

Friday, May 25, 2012

加拿大灰狗巴士食人魔 華裔移民李偉光 認死者是外星人

加巴士食人魔 認死者是外星人
法新社 – 2012年5月23日星期三


(法新社渥太華22日電) 加拿大華裔移民李偉光4 年前搭乘灰狗巴士時,當著1群驚恐乘客的面將鄰座乘 客斬首並啖其血肉,今天他首度公開發表談話,表示他 當時認為受害者是外星人。 


43歲的李偉光在2008年7月30日謀殺22歲加拿大籍 公民麥克林(Tim McLean),因為被診斷罹患精神分裂 症獲判無罪。


http://digcan.com


他之後進入曼尼托巴湖區(Manitoba)溫尼伯( Winnipeg)1間精神療養院接受治療,現在已獲准在監 護下進入社區活動。 在接受加拿大精神分裂協會負責人薩默維爾( Chris Summerville)訪問時,李偉光說自2004年開始 聽到他所謂「神的聲音」。 


根據加拿大媒體刊登的逐字稿,李偉光說:「那個 聲音說我是聖經的第3個故事,是耶穌第2次降臨,我是 為了保護大家免受外星人攻擊。」李偉光聲稱,他不知 道自己當時患有精神分裂症。 


李偉光當時多次揮刀猛刺鄰座正在睡覺的麥克林, 將他斬首,開腸剖肚,還把他的鼻子、舌頭和1隻耳朵 塞入自己口袋,並拿割下的頭顱嘲弄警方和圍觀民眾。 


當局後來發現屍塊散布巴士上,有些裝在白色塑膠 袋裡。根據法庭文件的病理學家說法,麥克林的雙眼和 1/3心臟從未尋獲,據信被李偉光吃下,但他否認。 車上另外35名乘客和司機聽到「令人血液凝結的尖 叫」,隨後逃下車並將車門堵住,警方在3小時僵持後 將李偉光制服。


(譯者:中央社徐嘉偉)1


加國食人案 華裔兇手剖白行兇動機
2012年05月24日(四)
東方


【本報綜合報道】加拿大華裔移民李偉光(Vince Li)○八年在一輛灰狗巴士上斬殺鄰座乘客及食其肉,震驚全球。他近日受訪時首次剖白行兇動機,聲稱當時聽到「上帝的聲音」,要他殺掉旁邊的「外星人」,以拯救人類。


稱聽見上帝聲音要殺外星人
馬尼托巴精神分裂症學會會長薩默維爾上周訪問了李偉光四十五分鐘,李憶述當時相信坐在身旁的青年麥克萊恩是外星人:「我很害怕,我記得我切掉他的頭。上帝的聲音要我殺他,否則他會殺死我與其他人,但我現在不相信了。」李自言○四年起聽見上帝之音,告訴他是「聖經第三個故事」,就像耶穌第二次降臨,要拯救人類免受外星人襲擊。


現年四十三歲的李偉光稱其後才了解這是精神分裂症引起幻覺:「我明白自己在灰狗巴士上的行為嚇人,但我不是任何人的威脅,我不相信外星人。我現在每天都吃藥,不再聽到怪聲。


李偉光上周獲准有條件離開醫院,重返社區,令死者家人震怒。雖然李請求死者家人原諒,但麥克萊恩的繼母希望李永久被關在精神病院:「李偉光即使有服藥,還是信不過。如他不為自己的行為負責,政府就要站出來。」

糧食短缺 殺人賣肉 食人充饑 北韓朝鮮槍決食人犯人肉販子

糧荒餓極 殺人食肉 朝鮮槍決食人饑民
2012年 5月21日 
光華日報


  (平壤21日綜合電)朝鮮糧食短缺問題一直嚴重,不但一般老百姓捱餓,甚至連軍人也吃不飽,有傳要以鹽水當湯。最新資料顯示,朝鮮近年更發生多宗民衆餓極喪失人性殺人賣肉、食人充饑事件,至少3名食人魔,被當衆處決,最近一宗發生在去年。


  據韓國智囊組織“統一研究院”報告指,他們訪問230名變節朝鮮人,多人表示曾經目擊食人犯或人肉販子被處決的情形。


  朝鮮於1990年代曾爆發大饑荒,全國2200萬人中,據報多達200萬至350萬人餓死,當時已傳出有人食人事件。之後朝鮮一直處於糧食不足狀況,食人慘劇持續發生。報告指,直到去年,茂山市仍有人食人,但是否有人被捕則不明。另外於2009年與2006年也發生過人吃人,有人更在吃人之際,被人“肉”並獲。


  這些人食人慘案,絶非個別事件。去年韓國“Caleb Mission”援助組織,就取得朝鮮警方一些檔案,當中也包含人食人案件,是首次有官方檔案證實食人慘劇。據報犯人是住在一座廢棄工廠宿舍的警衛,他餓極起殺意,等住在同一宿舍的一名男子入睡後,用斧頭將他殺死,吃掉他部分肉後,把吃不完的,當作羊肉,在市場售賣,終被揭發,遭到逮捕。


  平壤一直被指責利用糧食作武器,以控制民衆,在糧食相對缺乏的時期,會半睜眼半閉眼容許國民透過黑市做交易,但一到糧食供應較充裕,就立即收緊發放配給。


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  收糧援不分發給災民


  國際也屢屢指控平壤接收外國糧食援助後,未有分發給極待援助的饑民。去年3月,朝鮮民主及人權網絡,向500名朝鮮難民進行調查,發現當中391人,即接近80%,從未得到過國際送上的糧援,余下109人雖曾取得援糧,但29人報稱援助組織代表離開,官員就逼他們交回援糧。


  朝鮮乞丐撕死囚肉吃


  1994至1998年間,朝鮮爆發大饑荒,多達200萬至350萬人餓食,未死或死不了的,就吃草根、樹皮充饑,當時曾盛傳饑民餓到失常,人食人事件常見,在某些地區,死者家屬更會等到屍體腐爛才埋葬,為的是避免家人被人挖出來吃掉。


  小販賣人肉面


  經歷過該次大饑荒的朝鮮流亡詩人張進成,就曾寫詩描述乞丐搶吃人肉、徒手撕出死囚胸口的肉的可怕情景。


  前年得獎暢銷書《我們最幸福─朝鮮人民的真實生活》,也引述投奔韓國的朝鮮人稱,在鄉村地方,會有小販販賣人肉煮的湯和麵,浮在湯上的灰色肉塊,就是人肉;另有父親餓到精神錯亂,把親生未滿周歲的嬰兒吃掉。


  ■ 長年糧食短缺,不少朝鮮兒童餓得皮包骨,營養不良。
  ■ 朝鮮士兵近年處決了至少3名食人犯。



食人魔現北韓 上演中共文革人吃人慘劇
【大紀元2012年05月21日訊】


據最新資料顯示,北韓各地近年發生多宗民眾因餓極喪失人性殺人賣肉、食人充飢事件,多名食人魔被當眾處決,最近一宗發生在去年。而北韓的「老大哥」中共,早在毛澤東發動的文化大革命期間,在多地就發生過割肉挖肝煮吃的慘絕人寰事件。


「脫北者」親眼目擊吃人者被人「肉」並獲
來自英國《星期日電訊報》消息,據南韓智囊組織「統一研究院」報告顯示,在該組織訪問的眾多「脫北者」中,多人表示曾經目擊食人犯或人肉販子被處決的情形。


資料稱,1990年代北韓曾爆發大饑荒,全國2,200萬人中,超過200萬至350萬人被餓死。直到去年,茂山市(Musan)仍有人食人。另外2009年與2006年也發生過人吃人,有人更在吃人之際,被人「肉」並獲。


北韓警方官方檔案證實食人慘劇
報導稱,去年,南韓「Caleb Mission」援助組織曾獲得北韓警方一些官方檔案,當中包含人吃人事件。據報犯人是住在一座廢棄工廠宿舍的警衛,他餓極起殺意,在宿舍將一名正在熟睡的男子用斧頭砍死,吃掉部份肉後,把吃不完的,當作羊肉,在市場售賣,終被揭發,遭到逮捕。


據一名變節北韓人則稱,在 2006年曾親眼目擊德城(Doksong)一對父子因為吃人肉,而被行刑隊當眾槍斃。而在2009年的一宗,惠山(Hyesan)一名男子因殺死和吃掉一名少女,判處死刑。


據報導,平壤一直被指利用糧食作武器,以控制民眾。國際也屢屢指控平壤在接收外國糧食援助後,未有分發給極待援助的饑民。


中共文革內鬥 食人魔挖心煮肝陰森恐怖
據廣西各地《文革大事》記載,武宣縣是發生吃人最嚴重地區,除此之外還有南寧地區的隆安縣、大興縣、上林縣、武鳴縣,欽州地區的浦北縣、靈山縣以及玉林地區的貴縣。


吃人事件在中共廣西整黨辦公室內部機密文件《廣西文革大事記1968 年》中有詳細記載。資料顯示,1967年,廣西各群眾組織大聯合後成為兩大派,即造反派和保皇派(其中包括聯指),兩派一直打得不可開交,相互殘殺。


據官方統計數據,從1968 年6 月15 日至8月底止,該縣造反大軍及其觀點的幹部群眾,有75 人的心肝和肌肉先後被野蠻者吃掉,被打死打傷523人。但據民間的統計,武宣縣有超過200 多人被野蠻吃掉。吃人的有男,有女,有老,有少,有工人農民,有國家幹部和所謂的中共黨員。


大批被屠殺者和被吃者都是造反派,以及同情造反派的群眾和無辜的「五類分子」(地富反壞右)及其子女,而屠殺者和吃人者都是保皇派的。


資料稱,被打成「叛徒」的蒼吾縣副縣長黃家憑,因同情「造反大軍」,於7 月1 日晚被學校革籌副主任謝東主持批鬥殺死,翌晨凶手黃佩農、張繼鋒等挖他的肝,剝他的肉,只剩下一副骨骼,接著一批人在學校宿舍區簷下用瓦片烘烤人肉人肝,火煙繚繞,腥風焦味飄蕩,一片陰森狀令人不寒而慄。
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南韓報告稱北韓發生食人事件判三人死刑
商業電台 – 2012年5月18日星期五


南韓統一研究院的報告指,北韓近年發生食人事件,北韓政府更對最少三名,涉嫌食人的民眾判處死刑。報告說,證據是來自逃離北韓的民眾,其中在零九年,一名男子在與中國接壤的兩江道惠山地區,涉嫌食人判處死刑,指因為當時北韓貨幣改革,令物價飆升,引發嚴重糧食問題,最終導致食人事件,但報告又說,北韓食人事件只屬個別例子。


Thursday, May 24, 2012

Canada cannibal says he believed victim was an alien


Canada cannibal says he believed victim was an alien
A Chinese immigrant who beheaded and cannibalised a Canadian bus passenger in front of horrified travelers four years ago spoke out for the first time Tuesday, saying he believed his victim was an alien.
23 May 2012


Vince Weiguang Li, 43, repeatedly stabbed Tim McLean on a Canadian Greyhound bus as the 22-year-old slept in the seat next to him, before cutting off his head, removing his internal organs, pocketing his nose, tongue and an ear, and taunting police and bystanders with the severed head.


AliExpress


The paranoid schizophrenic was not to be criminally responsible for the 2008 murder and is now eligible for day trips out of the mental health facility where he has been treated.


In an interview with Chris Summerville, head of the Schizophrenia Society of Canada, Li spoke for the first time saying that he began hearing "the voice of God" in 2004.


"The voice told me that I was the third story of the Bible, that I was like the second coming of Jesus (and that) I was to save people from a space alien attack," he said, according to a transcript published by Canadian media.


Li said he had purchased the knife used in the attack for protection "from the aliens" and claimed that he was unaware at that time that he suffered from schizophrenia.


"I was really scared. I remember cutting off his head. I believed he was an alien. The voices told me to kill him, that he would kill me or others. I do not believe this now," Li said.
Police said in court documents Li "appeared to smell, and then eat parts of Tim McLean's flesh" and "lick blood from his hands" as they surrounded the bus on a desolate highway 55 miles west of Winnipeg, in western Canada, soon after the attack.


Authorities found body parts littered throughout the bus, some in white plastic bags. McLean's eyes and a third of his heart were also missing, and it is presumed Li ate them, said a pathologist in court files, though Li denied this.


The other 35 passengers and the driver were jolted by "blood-curdling screams" and fled, said witnesses, bracing the door after their escape to trap Li inside the bus. He was subdued by police after a three-hour standoff.


McLean, according to his family, was on his way home to Winnipeg from a job as a carnival worker in western Canada, when he was attacked.


Li, a devout Christian and a computer engineer, immigrated to Canada with his wife from China's province of Liaoning in 2001. 

Cannibal horror Yunnan province China

Cannibal horror
Eddie Luk 
Friday, May 25, 2012
HKStandard

Cops fear a cannibal killer has eaten or sold as meat at least 20 missing people, mostly boys, in a gruesome bloodbath in Yunnan province.


A 56-year-old man, Zhang Yongming, has been arrested over the disappearance of at least seven teenagers and the murder of one of them.


Police found dozens of human eyeballs preserved in alcohol inside wine bottles - like snake wine - in Zhang's home at Nanmen village in Jincheng township, Kunming.


AliExpress


They also found pieces of flesh, believed to be human, hanging in the house to dry.


Over the past few days, police have unearthed many bones, believed to be human remains, from a vegetable farm nearby.


It's also feared Zhang fed his three dogs with human flesh.


A special task force sent by the public security ministry in Beijing is supervising the investigation after a local police chief was sacked.


Mainland media reported that at least 20 young people living within a two-kilometer radius of the home are missing.


Police said Zhang was arrested on May 9 in connection with the disappearance of at least seven teenagers since 2007 and the murder of one of them.


Six disappeared in the past 15 months. The latest was 19-year-old worker Han Yao, who vanished on April 25.


Han, who lived in a village near Nanmen, was found murdered and his telephone card, bank card and other documents were discovered at Zhang's home.


A father told the mainland media yesterday his 17-year-old son was almost killed by Zhang in December last year.


>He said his son, Zhang Jianyuan, was walking past Zhang's home on his way from school when Zhang threw a leather belt around his neck and tried to strangle him. He released the boy when his shouts for help alerted villagers.


They reported to the police but the suspect was released when he said he was merely playing with the boy.


Earlier, parents of the missing youths appealed to local authorities to investigate Zhang but were told he was a lunatic.


One of the parents, Xie Shunsheng, said he saw Zhang selling meat in the market but did not know where he got it from.


"He has not been selling meat in recent years but I did see him once selling in the village what he claimed to be ostrich meat," said Xie, whose 16-year- old son, Haijun, disappeared on January 1 last year.


The number of victims could increase as police continue to dig over the suspect's home. One of the victims is said to be just 12.


In 1978 Zhang was sentenced to life imprisonment after being found guilty in a murder case involving dismemberment. He was released after serving 18 years.


According to a China Daily report, Jinning county authorities have removed police chief Da Qiming.


The head of the Jincheng township police station, Zhao Huiyun, will also be dismissed.

廉價航空爭客戰升溫 小心魔鬼細節


廉航戰升溫 小心魔鬼細節
經濟日報 
5/24/2012




廉價航空6大魔鬼節


各大航空公司價格表


【經濟日報專訊】暑期將至,廉價航空爭客戰也升溫,日本新廉航「桃子航空」昨起加入戰團,網上推出888元飛大阪的單程機票。


消委會提醒光顧廉航必須細閱條款,本報綜合發現廉航機票存在6大魔鬼細節,包括部分震撼價機票原來不包寄艙行李與餐飲費,樣樣要另計,而取消或延誤航班的損失,顧客須自負。


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寄艙行李餐飲費 機票不包
有消費者以1.5萬元,於旅行社購買雙人峇里島廉航機票連酒店套票,原定乘坐中午航班由香港出發,下午5時抵達當地,惟出發前接獲旅行社通知,因航班調動致原定航班取消,但酒店無法取消。


事主被迫乘搭該航空公司晚上7時起飛航班,事主認為非因安全或天氣問題取消航班,並在機管局網站查閱後,發現該航空公司已數次取消其他日子的同一時段航班,懷疑航空公司先收客,當人數不足時就取消,最後向消委會投訴。


另一名旅客花費2,200元購買新加坡來回的廉航機票,航班最終取消,惟航空公司未能安排時間相若的航班,事主雖獲退款,但不滿需時6至8周,故向消委會投訴。


有旅行社業內人士指,廉航因收客不足而取消航班的做法並不罕見,重點是取消或延誤航班的乘客,都不會獲得賠償,曾有一對情侶從泰國返港時,航班延誤了一天,結果需自費1,200元租住機場附近的酒店,其中一人更趕不及返港上班,要臨時向公司請假。


廉航廣告推銷的機票,面值表面便宜及「震撼」,實質隱藏不少額外收費及「魔鬼細節」。最常見的是不包寄艙行李費、飛機餐等,有航空公司更以馬幣列出寄艙行李收費,消費者難以自行換算港元,本報亦須向公關查問,才得知港元實際收費。而有關條款細節在部分廉航網頁不易找,要花上不少時間才找到,並要耗時細閱冗長的條款。


航班取消延誤 部分不賠償
廉航航班延誤或取消常見,但原來即使是因天氣或航空公司因素,部分航空公司都不會賠償及提供住宿,且不會安排轉乘其他公司航班,部分公司還需顧客支付各項手續費。


一名旅遊業內人士說:「(廉航誤點)一係等,一係退錢,張票咁平,寧願退錢,都不會安排你轉乘其他航空公司,而且其他大航空公司不會安排機位予廉航。」


消委會總幹事劉燕卿指,廉航雖然為消費者提供多一個選擇,但提醒消費者購買機票前,要詳細閱讀條款,例如航班取消或延誤不會作出賠償,「餐飲要收費事小,但搞到不能返工,隨時可能冇咗份工。」


Air Asia及香港航空發言人均表示,不曾因收客不足而取消航班。