閒談雜說

2024年11月7日星期四

長者大灣區養老

下午茶時間, 某餐廳內幾乎全都是長者

今時今日在香港，銀髮族比重日多，可說是不可或缺的。他們是支持小區經濟的支柱，包括餐飲、康樂、健身、旅遊、醫療、住房等等。我支持香港政府推出長者大灣區養老計劃，因為是多了一個選擇。但我不支持香港政府鼓勵香港長者往國內退休養老。他們生於斯，長於斯，親朋都在香港，曾為香港作出貢獻，無論如何郷土情還在。如果大多數的他們都離港，不見得是件好事。

2024年11月6日星期三

Not much changes since my last visit 6 years ago. The same shops: seafood, dry herbal goods, vegie and meats stalls, are all there. Seems to me "She Kou" is less affected by covid-19 and economic downturn.

Pictures below:

The spectacular views of a long due unfinished building (爛尾樓).

Food market video

The spectacular views of a long due unfinished building (爛尾樓) - Front

Side view of a long due unfinished building

Back view of a long due unfinished building

back street behind the food market (right to left) Winery dry herbal store poultry

seafood stalls inside the food market(video)

殷紅欲滴

Guava is a fresh fruit which has a lovely smell comparing to durian. Carmine guava is especially welcome. Not all Guava has the colourful skin. Some will always in greenish yellow colour.

The bag in carmine is bought from She Kou (蛇口) at ￥15/lb.

The bag in greenish yellow is from Yuen Long market at HK$10/lb, I have finished up all the colourful ones, leaving the last two yellow colour behind.

If you like just the smell and taste, no need to buy the colourful ones as they are dearer, but taste the same as the ordinary.

2024年11月4日星期一

Palace Museum Qianlong Buddhist sculptures

Exhibition items in HK Palace Museum from China Beijing Palace Museum.

Made in emperor Qianlong reign, 1758-1778, by Imperial Workshops for imperial worship.

Click below for the descriptions of the Buddhist sculptures:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9ZDk-SLOK3w

皇帝的新衣 The Emperor's New Clothes

說實話，我總覺得它像個「凶」字，不然像「兕」字。

To be honest, I always think it looks like the character "凶" (very bad fortune), or the character "兕" (ancient script of a fierce animal, Rhino).

2024年11月2日星期六

西方民主

大英帝國新的保守黨黨魁竟然是非裔, 更加不要說是女人！英國不愧為民主國家的前衛. 你可以說美國不是更進步嗎？奧巴馬不是非裔美國人嗎？對, 但是美國自始已是多民族國家, 英國是歐洲傳統的保守國度, 但是在民主方面, 英國一直努力不懈. 早前已有印裔辛偉成當英國首相, 那也未必是偶然, 因為印裔在英國是第二大族群.

如果在某國, 不要說領袖, 如果重要官員是日裔(外邦人）, 那已經是絕不可能. 因為那就成不了偉大民族復興, 而是給東洋鬼子佔領.

紐西蘭前總理David Lange 是德裔. 所以西方在民主里程往往是跨越界限.

2024年10月25日星期五

Hong Kong is a China city

The Hong Kong University main building. It was erected in 1912 for the people of HK. Nowadays the University is opened for people all over the world. However, as seen today, there are probably more students from mainland China than the locals. Not surprising, this agrees with China policy that Hong Kong is a China city. You can see most of the faculty members are also from China.

我不去迪士尼

朋友問我有沒有去過香港迪士尼樂園，我說沒有。他問為何？無它，就是不想支持賣港和勾結外國勢力的勾當。

因為當年金融海嘯後，科網股爆破，經濟低迷，董建華政府，為幫助振興經濟和旅遊，向迪士尼招手，給予豐厚條件。無論是什麼交易，你向人招手和人家向你央求，是兩碼子不同的事。特別是迪士尼是以特許經營權 (franchise) 形式營運。那就是說無論什麼情況迪士尼都會是贏家，一旦虧損，蝕錢的只會是香港政府，禍及的只會是香港經濟。振興經濟和社會是需要，但是不是任何喪權辱港的條款也要接受，如是就是賣港！此舉是否挾洋自重，勾結外國勢力，那就見仁見智吧。