- Feb 15 Sat 2014 15:06
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台灣兩大酒店 新搞作
mini storage 近年香港人去台灣,隨時多過去澳門同深圳,而且去台灣的航班多,中價酒店卻供不應求,隨時有機票無房住!因此真係要?實台灣有咩新酒店同新搞作! 台中住 Porter 主題房時尚品牌與酒店可以如何 Crossover?去年有倫敦奢華酒店集團在客房放置 Burberry 乾濕褸供住客試穿,想不到今年台中就有酒店受啟發來個亞洲版!說的是承億文旅台中鳥日子,剛宣布與台灣 Accessories 品牌 Porter International 合作推出「時尚品牌藝術客房」。名為藝術客房,布置以 Porter International 為主題不在話下,最特別的構思,是會有品牌最新袋款擺放於房內,供住客「試用」,恍如將間 Shop 搬入酒店房! 同時,遊客於 3 月 31 日前入住 Porter 藝術客房,並填寫慢遞明信片,酒店會將收入 5% 捐贈給嘉義天主教聖心教養院。Porterl 藝術客房房價為新台幣 2,999 起(約 811 港元)附早餐,有房住有早餐有袋用兼做善事,聽落認真划算,不過記者戥酒店擔心──住客擺鳥龍抽錯行李袋返屋企點算? 承億文旅台中鳥日子•地址:台中市西區忠明南路 98 號•電話:+886 (0) 4 23292266•網址:birds.hotelday.com.tw/ $540 住 Just Sleep 新館不少香港人去台北都喜歡入住 Just Sleep 捷絲旅,貪其設計簡約又夠 functional。而上月底 Just Sleep 更將版圖擴展到愈來愈多人去玩的高雄及花蓮。為慶祝兩大新館開張,Just Sleep 推出「我要試住!」超值優惠,周日至周五入住精緻客房,每晚房價新台幣 1,999(約 540 港元),並送早餐兩客,相等如正價三分一!注意此優惠只適用於高雄中正館及花蓮中正館,客人需透過官方網站預訂,優惠適用至 3 月 31 日。 Just Sleep•花蓮中正館地址:花蓮市中正路 396 號•高雄中正館地址:高雄市苓雅區中正一路 134 號•網址:.justsleep.com.tw text│劉連 photo│承億文旅台中鳥日子、Just Sleep edit│Joyce art│kenji 迷你倉
- Feb 15 Sat 2014 15:05
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去年十二月團客略減
【本報訊】統計暨普查局資料顯示,2013年12月隨團來澳旅客為875,788人次,按年減少1.迷你倉3%,主要是大韓民國團客減少所致。中國大陸 (653,993人次)、香港(44,163人次)及泰國(20,168人次)團客按年增加,但中國台灣(61,055人次)、大韓民國(35,554人次)及馬來西亞(12,832人次)團客按年減少。2013年全年隨團入境旅客共9,775,798人次(佔旅客總數33.3%),增幅為7.2%。 2013年12月使用旅行社服務外出的居民有130,870人次,按年增加1.7%;隨團外遊的共51,335人次,主要目的地為中國大陸、大韓民國及中國台灣。2013年全年外出居民(1,446,214人次)按年迷你倉加12.0%,其中隨團外遊的有549,488人次。 2013年底,全澳98間有營業的酒店及公寓可提供27,764間客房,按年上升6.5%;五星級酒店客房有18,371間,佔總數66.2%。 2013年12月入住酒店及公寓有966,046人次,按年增加7.5%;五星級酒店住客為571,113人次。平均留宿時間為1.4晚,按年持平。平均入住率為89.8%,按年上升3.1個百分點;四星級酒店入住率達92.7%。2013年全年住客總數達10,670,599人次,按年增加11.8%;住客平均留宿1.4晚,平均入住率為83.1%,較2012年下降0.5個百分點。 2013年入住酒店旅客佔留宿旅客70.2%,較2012年的65.4%為高。迷你倉沙田
- Feb 15 Sat 2014 15:04
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總值10.7億國庫擬標印度里拉酒店
(新德里14日訊)國庫控股(Khazanah)、阿布扎比(AbuDhabi)以及卡塔爾(Qatar)的主權基金,有意競奪印度里拉集團(LeelaGroup)兩項價值約3億2200萬美元(約10.迷你倉7億令吉)的酒店資產。《印度時報》報道指出,這三大主權基金都是休閒與旅遊業房地產的大投資戶。阿布扎比投資局最近收購澳洲最大酒店及旅遊資產控股公司,該局也是全球第三大主權基金,資產規模達6270億美元(約2.08兆令吉)。持有豪華購物商場品牌———哈羅斯(Harrods)的卡塔爾投資局self storage計劃將品牌發展延伸至酒店領域。國庫控股則在大馬擁有主題樂園度假村業務。這三大主權基金均有政府作為後盾,他們的目標是印度高級酒店營運者———里拉集團位於新德里以及欽奈(Chennai)連鎖酒店的74%股權。報道指出,相關股權收購案價值約為3億2200萬美元(約10.7億令吉)。該公司早前脫售位於印度喀拉拉邦(Kerala)的Kovalam海邊度假酒店。不過,不同于Kovalam酒店脫售案,里拉集團仍然有意持有里拉酒店的部分股權,這也符合漸成趨勢的酒店擁有權與酒店管理權分開的作法。迷利倉
- Feb 15 Sat 2014 15:01
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暴富而驕
自存倉中國的農民,像黃河的一條濁水,不可以任由其「暴發」。暴發了的中國農民,有如黃河決堤,必然引起災難。農民缺乏文化修養,中國傳統社會,階級分明。農民應該在田地耕種,辛勤工作,他們可以慢慢累積財富,由貧農開始,先升級為富農;富農而又有機會升級為地主。中國農民如果熬成地主,要經歷至少漫長的三代,財富和土地,積少成多,這樣,中國農民親自經歷了「勤儉致富」的道理,農民漸富、緩富、積富,而不是暴富,才會謙卑。今日的中國人在全世界招致厭惡,從加拿大取消「投資移民」,到西班牙出現的所謂「辱華」標語,連非洲加納的黑人,也拿槍保�家園,驅趕來掠奪資源的中國人。道理在於一條:中國人口以農民為主流,經過「改革開放」三十年,西方國家對Made in China廉價貨品的極度縱容,自己種下禍根,中國人暴發於短短的三十年,此一龐大的農民人口,沒有足夠的人性修養和世界知識,在暴富之後,爭相湧到全世界掃貨「自由行」,他們以「國情不同、文化包容」為藉口,在國際社會踐踏人類行為的各項契約迷你倉新蒲崗用他們的「國情」和「潛規則」來改寫人類行為的國際準則。梁振英說香港人「未富先驕」,倒說對了一半。中國人暴富而必驕,在國際飛機場吵鬧,在郵輪鼓譟,在巴黎名牌店粗聲購物,在倫敦哈勞百貨公司衝線搶閘。梁振英警告香港人不要「未富先驕」,其語言藝術,在留白之處:「香港人今日未富先驕,等到明日,中港『一體化』了,香港人像中國暴發農民一樣的有錢,中國人身份無分彼此之後,其驕暴之氣,令全世界厭惡香港人,跟厭惡中國遊客一樣。」暴富的中國遊客走向世界,其行為連中國政府也覺得丟臉,要頒佈出外旅遊的「法律」予以「規範」。但是,今日的中國農民是毛澤東教出的一代,毛澤東在古田會議上講話:紅軍以「遊民無產階級佔大多數,用流動游擊的方法,只希望跑到城市去大吃大喝。」民國士大夫的階級滅絕,中國政府想改造它的人口質素,難了。所以梁特勸香港人,勿「未富先驕」。未富固然無「驕」之本錢,富了,也不要像巴黎LV店中國人之擲現錢而哄搶,在飛機頭等艙不要向空姐暴喧。梁特講話,也不是句句絕對都沒道理。迷你倉出租
- Feb 15 Sat 2014 14:58
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坦言集:徵入境稅
迷你倉價錢有人建議對內地旅客徵收陸路入境稅,目的在打擊香港與內地的聯繫與融合,背後有�極濃的政治歧視心態。一國之內不可能有各地分設入境稅來形成障礙;若香港對內地設入境稅,深圳是否也應對香港設入境稅呢?澳門也應怎樣回應呢?學香港抑或否定香港做法呢?國際上已經趨向全球化,鼓勵人員往來,增加交流;如歐洲國家的神根協議,各國邊境開放。香港設入境稅是與國際潮流相反,且走上倒退之路,有�農村社會農民的封閉自守心態,與大都會的社會心態大相逕庭,或許這與香港的菜園村例子似乎一脈相承,提此議與當年支持菜園村的人應該都屬同一群組。二是單只陸路設入境稅,海路,特別是空運不迷你倉最平,則是歧視地針對內地旅客及對收入較低的非空運旅客,後者包括更多的非內地旅客。政府政策應該一視同仁,不能有所歧視。故此,若設入境稅則應包括海路航空入境者。但設入境稅目的為何呢?現時航空客運有離境稅,主要是為了支付部分機場等基建費用。由於航空客運機票成本較高,所收的離境稅佔的比例很小,影響極微,而離境稅包括所有使用者。作為一個開放型的自由經濟,收入境稅肯定有損聲譽與形象,香港也不應公開以此來作為限制旅客入境的方法。效果也不會彰顯,反而在國際上製造一個排斥外人、抱殘守缺的印象。少數人反中反共,以此騎劫整個社會,損害社會利益,絕對應對之口誅筆伐!陳文鴻迷你倉
- Feb 15 Sat 2014 14:53
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旅遊法陰霾散 內地團客回升1%
【本報消息】統計局資料顯示,去年十二月隨團來澳旅客為87.迷你倉將軍澳58萬人次,按年減1.3%。去年十月起國家《旅遊法》實施後,訪澳團客連續兩個月錄得按年跌幅,十二月內地團客在新法實施後首次按年升1%。去年全年入境團客977.6萬(佔旅客總數33.3%),增7.2%,其中內地團客升14%。旅遊業者表示,國家《旅遊法》影響比預期中快消化,團客在十一月已迅速恢復,相信會逐漸恢復至新法實施前水平。統計資料顯示,十二月內地團客65.4萬,按年升1%,香港(4.4萬)及泰國(2萬)團客按年有升;台灣(6.1萬)、韓國(3.6萬)及馬來西亞(1.28萬)團客按年減少。去年底,全澳98間有營業的酒店及公寓可提供27,764間客房,按年24小時迷你倉6.5%;五星級酒店客房有18,371間,佔總數66.2%。去年十二月入住酒店及公寓有96.6萬,按年增7.5%;五星級酒店住客為57.1萬。平均留宿時間為1.4晚,按年持平。平均入住率為89.8%,按年升3.1個百分點;四星級酒店入住率達92.7%。去年全年住客總數達1,067萬,按年增11.8%;住客平均留宿1.4晚,平均入住率為83.1%,較一二年降0.5個百分點。去年入住酒店旅客佔留宿旅客70.2%,較一二年的65.4%為高。去年十二月使用旅行社服務外出的居民有13.1萬,按年增1.7%;隨團外遊5.13萬,主要目的地為內地、韓國及台灣。去年全年外遊居民達144.6萬,按年增12%,其中隨團外遊的有55萬。迷你倉旺角
- Feb 15 Sat 2014 14:51
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雨鬧平溪 圓仔天燈撞電桿燒毀
self storage平溪天燈節14日壓軸場遇上大風雨,但適逢元宵及情人節,仍吸引9萬多名遊客前來。主燈「圓仔天燈」則敵不過風雨,受雨打溼後重量增加,在眾目睽睽下,於雨中滑行30公尺後,撞上電桿燒毀。今年最後一場天燈施放,在煙雨濛濛中登場,參與多年天燈節的工作人員都說,這是參與多年來第一次遇到如此大的風雨,施放前都很擔心,沒想到憾事還是發生。製作圓仔天燈的師傅胡民樹也說,因雨導致其重量增加,是墜落主因。15呎的圓仔天燈是目前台北市圓仔最大的授權物,也是雙北合作的象徵,台北市長郝龍斌帶著市府團隊一同出席。新北市長朱立倫表示,大台北生活圈密不可分,只有兩地合作,才能共榮。圓仔天燈抵達會場充氣時,雨勢突然轉迷利倉,題字加上應觀眾要求360度展示,延後升空時間,讓圓仔淋成「落湯貓熊」,起飛約5公尺高,到距離舞台30公尺的電桿,翻過圍牆後掉下。此時圓仔突然站起來「起死回生」,卡在樹叢中載浮載沉,現場民眾還集氣,喊著「圓仔加油!」但圓仔依舊敵不過大雨,無法起飛,從底部燃燒殆盡。今年元宵節新北市另一場盛會是在野柳舉行的神明淨港儀式,24名勇士抬著6頂轎子,冒著13度低溫陪開漳聖王「下海」,最後1頂轎子下水後,有1名勇士高喊:「快啦!快啦!快來拉我!」原來這位勇士抽筋了。幸好消防隊員全程警戒,不到2分鐘就將他拉上橡皮艇。朱立倫也參與這場文化盛會,並在遊艇上丟擲麻糬,希望野柳的漁民在新的一年可豐收滿載。迷你倉
- Feb 15 Sat 2014 14:49
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金沙中國去年利潤逾22億美元增近八成
【特訊】金沙中國有限公司於昨日宣佈創紀錄的二零一三年全年業績。該公司的目標是致力打造亞洲首屈一指的娛樂、休閒及會議旅遊目的地。二零一三年的卓越業績展示了本公司多層次綜合度假村發展策略之成效。 金沙中國有限公司主席蕭登.艾德森表示,公司物業的到訪人數持續領先市場,於二零一三年,旗下物業的訪客接近63,000,000人次,單計十二月已有超過6,000,000人次。十分榮幸可為澳門及路�區內帶來不斷上升的訪客人次。尤其重要的是,公司的綜合度假村業務模式所產生的貢獻,絕不限於本身優秀的財務數字,公司的物業及服務供應提高澳門作為商務及休閒旅遊目的地的吸引力,有助澳門經濟趨向多元化發展,並為澳門居民提供良好的就業機會。 收益淨額 二零一三年度的收益淨額較去年的65億1,140萬美元上升36.存倉8%,至歷來最高的89億790萬美元。所有分部的收益淨額均告上升,主要是由於該公司的最新綜合度假村金沙城中心全面投入營運,以及該公司持續進行推廣和管理層繼續著力於中場博彩環節及貴賓高端客戶,促使入儲存人次暢旺。 經調整EBITDA 二零一三年度的經調整EBITDA為創紀錄的29億50萬美元,較二零一二年的19億7,770萬美元上升了9億2,280萬美元,或46.7%。強勁表現受所有業務分部收益上升帶動,這是因為金沙城中心全面投入營運、澳門威尼斯人的強勁增長、管理層持續著力於中場博彩環節及貴賓高端客戶,以及該公司的綜合度假村業務模式,推動利潤較高的客房、購物中心及其他非博彩業務顯著增長。此外,管理層團隊繼續致力於提高業務中博彩及非博彩兩方面的營運效率,進一步令經調整EBITDA 表現向好。 年度利潤 二零一三年度的利潤較去年的12億3,570萬美元增加79.2%,至創紀錄的22億1,490萬美元。 股息 於二零一四年一月二十四日,董事會議決向本公司的合資格股東派付中期股息每股0.87港元(相等於0.112美元)及特別股息每股0.77港元(相等於0.099美元)。將予分派的股息總額估計約為132億3千萬港元(相等於17億1千萬美元),並將於二零一四年二月二十六日或前後派付。 迷你倉
- Feb 15 Sat 2014 14:48
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鬧元宵 圓仔天燈糗燒毀
【綜合報導】全台昨晚鬧元宵,以平溪天燈、鹽水蜂炮和台東炸寒單三項民俗活動最熱鬧!近2千盞天燈冉冉升空,點亮平溪夜色,讓在場情侶直呼:「好浪漫喔!」而鹽水區和台東則是火光四射、炮聲隆隆,尤其鹽水區如捅翻的馬蜂窩,25萬人在硝煙中和蜂炮共舞,high翻天大喊:「爽!」今年由圓滾滾、高達4.存倉5公尺圓仔天燈壓軸,遊客驚呼:「哇!太萌啦!」不料雨勢太大,圓仔天燈搖晃升空,飛了近30公尺,先撞上電桿,滾動幾圈後,屁股冒出火光,再跌進圍牆,遊客心驚大喊:「圓仔呢?」見到圓仔天燈一度欲起身再起飛,頻頻大聲鼓勵:「加油!圓仔!」但圓仔不敵雨勢倒地不起,嘆息聲四起。 心形炮城求婚成功平溪天燈節昨晚分10波施放1550盞傳統天燈外,配合西洋情人節還有200盞愛心天燈,點點火光冉冉升空,不少情侶受現場氣氛感染,擁吻另一半,浪漫破表。新北市觀光局指出,昨最後一場活動湧入9萬遊客,連同前2場活動,總計吸引近30萬人共襄盛舉。台南市鹽水區武廟神轎昨晚6時分四路出發,鑽入大街小巷、炮聲不絕於耳,人群尖叫聲跟著四起。配合情人節,鹽水農會前有心形炮城,有情人在炮城前求婚,當男主角跪在炮城前送花給女友時,現場遊客響起掌聲;另有商家推出LOVE炮城,女老闆娘剛好生日,夫妻合切三層蛋糕,鶼鰈情深感動不少遊客。犁蜂炮遊客中更有不少情侶,成雙成對手牽手用最刺激方式歡度情人節,使得今年鹽水蜂炮活動增添浪漫氣氛。嘉義中正大學吳姓男同學說:「情人節和女友一起氣喘吁吁享受漫天沖天炮螫身的快感,真的太酷了!」 360度蜂炮「太爽了」當全身綁滿沖天炮的太子爺炮城和360度炮城同時施放時,沖天炮如雨下,整個街道無處可躲,遊客們大呼:「真過癮!」「太爽了!」昨晚鹽水區共施放200座大小炮城,鹽水武廟估計,一整晚共發射超過1200萬發蜂炮,花費超過3000萬元。迄昨晚1儲存時共有17人被煙火輕微灼傷或炮屑傷眼,其中翁姓男子被熾熱的爆竹灰燼跑到褲管裡燙到大腿送醫,幸傷勢不嚴重。 阿逗仔扮寒單嚇壞台東元宵節炮炸寒單爺活動,昨起連續3天起舉辦30場,寒單爺手拿榕樹葉,戴上護目鏡、濕毛巾等防護,站在神轎上接受四面八方密集的鞭炮洗禮,深信被炮火炸得愈多愈痛,更能祈得神明的庇佑、越有福分。還有扮寒單者在身上披掛長串鞭炮加碼,50名外籍學生也體驗當炮手和肉身寒單,但點了鞭炮後嚇得亂丟,讓圍觀民眾中招,不禁自嘲:「炸得比寒單爺還多!」 南 鹽水蜂炮【報你知】鹽水武廟管理人林益仁說,鹽水蜂炮起源於清朝光緒11年,當時鹽水發生霍亂瘟疫,民眾很恐慌,祈求關聖帝君消災救難,獲神明指示鎮民在元宵節晚上,抬關聖帝君神轎遶境大街小巷,居民尾隨一路放鞭炮,直到天明,瘟疫即一掃除之。自此後代子孫每年元宵夜均迎請關聖帝君出巡放鞭炮,演變成放蜂炮的觀光活動。北 平溪天燈【報你知】新北市觀光局指出,相傳早期在平溪、十分一帶,因位處偏僻山區,交通不便,常有居民遭土匪劫殺,村民因此紛前往山中躲避;由於當時通信不便,留守村裡的民眾遂在夜間施放天燈作為信號互報平安,故也稱祈福燈或平安燈,逐漸演變成當地元宵夜習俗,至今施放天燈已有200年歷史。東 炸寒單(邯鄲)【報你知】寒單爺有兩種音同、字不同的說法,有一說是武財神趙光明因天寒地凍受寒故稱「寒單」,信眾在其成神後以點燃鞭炮轟炸神像,象徵為其取暖。另一稱係為古代山東邯鄲城一名流氓「邯鄲」,在改過向善後布施民眾,還坐轎上供曾遭欺壓過的百姓擲石洩憤,現今改為丟爆竹。掛炮上陣信徒頭戴運動型攝影機(箭頭處)上場,為了還願,扮寒單爺時還加碼掛長串鞭炮。劉人瑋攝直擊鏡頭網址:goo.gl/jRuQY0 弄土地公北市內湖木見頭福德祠,在元宵節舉辦夜弄土地公活動,現場烈焰衝天、煙霧瀰漫。侯世駿攝迷你倉
- Feb 14 Fri 2014 13:22
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數字報
迷你倉 dz.jjckb.cn//pages/webpage2009/html/2014-02/14/content_86315.htm?div=-1...記者 侯雲龍 北京報道 微信“紅包”在春節期間迅速走紅,微信利用社交屬性優勢“逆襲”支付寶的強大攻勢引來各界的高度關注。雖然微...self storage
- Feb 14 Fri 2014 13:21
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炒股不炒市 華南城發力
港股昨稍為調整,報跌0.文件倉54%至22165;國指報跌1.24%至9872;大市成交額625億元。大市又處好淡爭持,支持21200左右;向上,22600至23000,推斷又是炒股不炒市良機。 昨日內房股有所回,中國海外(00688)及世茂房地產(00813)分別跌2.7%及1.4%,由周二、周三升,但到周四斷,升勢不過三日,中期積弱股的反彈勢就是如此,正如前所強調,參與買賣只宜小注,也不宜貪心。抖足氣的環保股發力,如筆者看好的中滔環保(01363)果然順勢闖高,昨高見5.33元,收報5.2元,升7%。其他環保股亦有睇頭,光大國際(00257)、東江環保(00895)及北控水務(00371)漲1.9%至4.8%不等。華南城始終較穩健 阿里巴巴及騰訊(00700)的持股,昨午後回勇,華南城(01668)及中信21世紀(00241)分別抽升7.6%及24%,「兩馬」系認真不講得笑,股價之前雖有跌,但回勇勢亦顯強,顯示今年還是移動網絡的炒賣世界。華南城與中信21世紀相比,前者始終有較多資產數多計算,後者還是賣緊憧憬概念,捕捉還是華南城較穩健。 不知讀者坐東鐵往羅湖列車時可曾留意其廣告牌,其實早就發現其品牌,只是在未有加入騰訊,股價未有飛升前,股民也不可能放在心。華南城是由幾位實業家所創辦,有一定的知名度,在發展商貿物流中心的經驗豐厚,其營運經驗以及大量中、小企業客戶的網絡,是無價寶。未來將結合騰訊,利用其強大的在�平台資源,發展O2O(�上�下)業,建立全國性批發貿易網絡,希望帶來突破。 華南城本周公布向私人投資者黃文杰收購西安華南城的35%股權,代價為2.6億元人民幣。收購後,西安華南城將成為華南城的間接全資附屬。西安華南城現時在中國陜西省西安市西安國際港務區內發展及營運大型綜合物流及商品交易中心,相信收購的目的是為增強管理及營運效率。興業僑豐證券發表報告指出,現時估計西安華南城為2015年3月底止及2016年3月底止年度貢獻盈利2.9億元及3.93億元,一旦收購於今年3月完成,變為全資附屬入帳,盈利之貢獻將分別為4.46億元及6.06億元。由此,對2015年財年及2016年財年的盈利增值4.2%及4.5%,2014年財年的每股資產估值亦提升2.6%至7.01元。 據海通證券最新報告發表指出,集團在全國建有七個中心,以極低的土地成本取得約2,230萬平方米的建築面積,涉及的規劃總建築面積高達6,530萬平方米。集團2014財年度(截至3月份)的合同銷售目標已經大幅增加70.7%至超過140億港元,海通預計其2013年至2015財年確認營業收入的年均複合增長率達55.5%以上,毛利率和核心淨利潤率將分別維存倉在50%以及和20%以上的高位。短中期目標4.5/6元 以往定股質,華南城只是商貿中心發展商,估值還要較住宅發展商具更大的折讓。惟風水輪流轉,受電商業務的拓展,價值未來更趨有所重估。且看BNP1月時的睇法,一有騰訊入股,即將目標價由3.5元調升至6.03元,果然是一躍龍門,升價十倍。技術上,1月中股價抽升浪急,之後回落整固,配合RSI回吐守50;而股價未見大幅失守保歷加通道中軸啟示,惜貨如金的持股者不少,昨在增加成交額(昨日成交額6.2億元,較周三增加逾一倍)下回升,似乎想告知市場人士其調整浪又接近完成,再踏升浪,首看反覆回試4.5元,支持裂口位近3.15元,昨收3.84元。綜合1月以來券商目標顯示,國信、BNP、海通及興業僑豐證券分別估其目標為4.92元、6.03元及5.94元及6.15元,6元或以上可視為年內的中期目標價。大市回吐21800支持 看回大市,�指在周三抵近22300後回吐,仍受制於由去年12月高位24111回落到今年2月低位21197累計下跌2,914點的0.382倍反彈目標(約至22310),昨回120點,乃即市的正常調整。技術上,假設仍以21200暫已完成中期調整浪,月來不回穿,反覆的反彈進一步回試0.5倍的反彈目標約至22600,也是接近250天平均�的技術大位。即市回吐方面,按30分鐘圖顯示,�指近21800的上升軌上若守,不破壞此反彈浪。聯想250天�暫告穩 迎新潮,比亞迪(01211)將入國指成分股,又有國策推動,連日升,昨升6%至42.15元。而蒙牛(02319)入�指成分股,又漲3.8%。成為國指及�指成分股,對不少上市公司高管來講是奮鬥的目標,對公司是光榮,但納入又是又驚又喜,聚焦點下,一有差池,基金鬥快沽,股價從高急墮地,又是痛苦的事。曾經進出的聯想(00992),可算是當中表表者。之前公布收購摩托羅拉移動業務,被外界睇死,由近11元質落近8.15元,昨報8.63元,中期進入盤整之勢,穩守250天�近8元。集團新收購IBM的x86服務器業務,可即時擴大在服務器市場的規模及聲譽,把握企業硬件系統市場增長機會。集團公布截至12月底止的2014年度第三財季,收入按年增加15%至107.88億美元;純利增加30%至2.65億美元,勝於市場預期(2.31億至2.59億美元);季內個人電腦、智能手機及平板電腦產品銷量均創新高,只是毛利率按年輕微下跌0.1個百分點至12.6%。業績雖勝預期,但股價昨也回。新收購摩托羅拉移動業務表現還是有待釋疑,關鍵主要觀察未來幾季可否有改善,聯想預期這業務是可令智能手機業務在北美及拉美市場表現更強勁,並於西歐奠定基礎。只有交出成績,才能釋市場疑慮。儲存
- Feb 14 Fri 2014 13:20
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Infrastructure or diversification
The Hong Kong government will spend lavishly on infrastructure projects to boost the city’s economic growth in the years to come.self storage As Oswald Chan reports, though infrastructure spending can provide immediate economic stimulus, the city needs to ponder more on upgrading and diversifying its economy. Government capital spending from 2013 to 2018 is estimated to reach over HK$70 billion ($9.0 billion) every year, far exceeding the average annual capital expenditure of about HK$40 billion during 2008 to 2013. The government spending spree exceeds in scale and breadth the “Rose Garden” project that centered on the building of the Chek Lap Kok International Airport in the 1980s, which helped to fuel an economic bonanza that lasted more than a decade. As the Hong Kong economy is losing steam with a projected average growth rate of less than 4 percent a year in coming years, many economists and politicians have been calling for bold action by the government, sitting on a pile of fiscal reserves amounting to HK$729 billion as at end-march 2014. More important is that economic growth has become too narrowly based on finance and property. As such, the economic imbalance is widely seen to have shut out the vast majority of the population from a fair share of prosperity. The resulting widening of the wealth gap between the minority rich and the rest of the population has been a major source of escalating social discontent. To be sure, the government has proposed to vastly increase the supply of housing to ease the burden of the middle-class. In addition, it has said it will introduce a slew of measures to bring relief to the poor. But what it can do to reshape the economic structure is limited to boosting government spending on infrastructure, with the hope that the spill-over effect can lift all sectors of the economy and help create many more well-paid jobs. That is obviously the focus of the government economic policy. Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, in his Policy Address in January, outlined the blueprint of infrastructure investments in the next decades. Lantau Island particularly captures the spotlight as the administration strives to undertake fundamental changes to the island’s role and its development potential after the completion of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge in 2016 and Tuen Mun-Chek Lap Kok Link in 2018. The government plans to build an artificial island of about 130 hectares, near to the Hong Kong International Airport, to accommodate boundary crossing facilities at the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge. The government has carried out a preliminary review of the supporting infrastructure to explore the feasibility of developing major shopping, dining, entertainment and hotel facilities at the artificial island. Government sources say that the land reclamation work of the artificial island may be finished in 2015 and the relevant departments will start the planning work as soon as possible. It is expected the shopping, dining, entertainment and hotel facilities at the artificial island may commence operation after 2025. The government also plans to reclaim land to develop the eastern waters off Lantau Island near Sunny Bay and Tung Chung Bay, aiming to develop the East Lantau Metropolis into a residential area and business hub, beside Central and East Kowloon. “The artificial island project will take on great value as a bridgehead economy for Hong Kong,” Leung reckoned in the Policy Address. The new infrastructure projects announced in the latest Policy Address are important to continue pump-priming the economy, especially the 10 mega infrastructure projects announced in 2007. Those will be completed gradually in the next year or two. “Increasing government expenditures on infrastructure projects can give an immediate push to employment and domestic demand that can support local economic growth,” Tse Kwong Leung, head of economic & policy research at Bank of China (Hong Kong), tells China Daily. “The discretionary nature of infrastructure spending can enable the Hong Kong government to utilize infrastructure spending as a cushion to stabilize economic growth when the local economy is battered by any global volatility.”There are other long-term benefits as well. “Infrastructure investments can render positive impact on the domestic economy through upgrading infrastructure facilities, paving the way for economic diversification and upgrading, especially since Hong Kong can leverage its own infrastructure networks to promote trades in services in the future,” Tsang notes. Mixed reactions However, some other economists are rather more cautious, saying the impact of infrastructure spending may not be as positive as anticipated. This relates to whether future infrastructure spending can be sustainable, whether long term economic benefits brought by infrastructure investments can be realized, whether resources for economic development will be diverted away from the private sector and whether sources of economic growth in Hong Kong can be adequately diversified. First, infrastructure spending that can propel the city’s economic growth in the long run, may not be sustainable.“We are comparatively more upbeat on the prosp迷利倉cts of capital spending, as the strength of global demand will continue to support future corporate demand expectations and thus increasing investment,” Hang Seng Bank Economist Ryan Lam said in its 2014 Hong Kong economic outlook report. “However, we project a slower capital spending growth rate of only 6 percent in 2014 in Hong Kong due to tighter credit conditions and the reduced need for stockpiling,” Lam cautioned. Benny Lam, co-head of research and chief economist at the Agricultural Bank of China (ABC) International, says infrastructure spending may not provide a long term solution to fuel local economic growth. “Infrastructure spending in Hong Kong may peak starting in 2016, and after that, the government needs to diversify its economic base to preserve economic growth,” Lam tells China Daily. Second, the long term economic benefits generated by these infrastructure projects are also being called into question. “The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge can help Hong Kong better integrate with Zhuhai, Macao and other nearby areas in the western Pearl River Delta (PRD), but the bridge will generate more economic benefits to Zhuhai and Macao than to Hong Kong. Hong Kong’s more developed economy means that it will not draw as much benefit from the bridge,” Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Economics Department Professor Chong Tai Leung tells China Daily. “Compared to the Hong Kong International Airport, the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge should generate less in the way of economic benefit to Hong Kong because the bridge provides Hong Kong only regional links with neighboring areas while the airport infrastructure can enhance Hong Kong’s international business connections,” Chong says. Third, public infrastructure spending may snatch economic resources that private enterprise need. The Heritage Foundation, the US economic think-tank which has published the Index of Economic Freedom since 1995, ranked Hong Kong as the world’s freest economy for the 20th consecutive year in 2014. The foundation cautions however, that the city’s overall standing in the last few years has eroded. One of the relevant factors is the large increase in government spending. “In recent years, populist policies that increase spending and empower the administrative bureaucracy have held back Hong Kong’s overall rating in economic freedom, The Heritage Foundation’s 2014 Index of Economic Freedom report said earlier in January. “When governments increase public expenditure, the increased expenditure has to be funded by increases in taxes and that reduces the city’s economic freedom because it takes resources away that can be enjoyed by private individuals,” says Terry Miller, an economic researcher at the Heritage Foundation. According to HSBC Asia Economics research, Hong Kong’s investment-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ratio, representing the share of investments in the city’s GDP, will rise to 26 percent in 2014 and 2015, from 25.3 percent last year, albeit it is still 7.4 percentage points lower than the anticipated Asian average ratio of 33.4 percent in 2014 and 2015. A higher ratio means investment spending occupies more a greater proportion of the city’s economic growth.Finally, there is concern that the sources of economic growth in Hong Kong are not adequately diversified, meaning the city’s economy may have higher exposure to global cyclical volatility. Economic diversification Hong Kong’s economic structure is heavily dominated by the Four Key Industries (financial services, tourism, trading and logistics, and professional services) which contributed 58.5 percent of the total value added in the gross domestic products (GDP) in 2011, according to the government statistics released in April 2013. The same tally was 57.8 percent in 2006, meaning the four pillar industries contributed more to the city’s economic growth during 2006 to 2011. Pursuing economic diversification can help Hong Kong economy to reduce risk exposure, but economists says that the city should not strive to diversify into every kind of industries because of the high operating costs, in terms of high rentals and high salary, in the city. “Hong Kong should maintain its competitive edge in providing high-valued services, but it can be diversified beyond the realms of financial services and property development. The government is correct, in this Policy Address, to advocate developing high value-added maritime services, dispute resolution services, intellectual property trading platform and creative industries,” CUHK’s Chong tells China Daily. “Hong Kong’s expertise still lies in the sectors of financial services and information technology, whereas the city can benefit from the financial reforms launched on the mainland and fully utilize its niches as an offshore financial market,” ABC International’s Lam tells China Daily. Contact the writer at oswald@chinadailyhk.com The discretionary nature of infrastructure spending can enable the Hong Kong government to utilize infrastructure spending as a cushion to stabilize economic growth when the local economy is battered by any global volatility.”Tse Kwong LeungHead of Economic & Policy Research at Bank of China (Hong Kong) 迷你倉