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（霹靂 怡保28日訊）霹靂州行政議員羅琳阿斯林說，self storage為了制止皇家柏隆公園的非法打獵活動，政府2年前開始已採取多項執法行動，如巡邏森林與湖泊區、設閉路電視監控、在出入口處檢查遊客，以及在附近公路設置路障。“政府會确保離開該森林的人，不會帶走森林的珍貴物种。”她今日在霹靂州議會口頭詢問環節說，2006年至2013年6月，共有5萬3千866人到訪該公園，包括5千110名外國遊客。她表示，州政府會繼續宣迷你倉該公園作為本州的主要旅遊胜地之一，宣傳廣告遍佈网絡社交媒体、電視台、電台、吉隆坡國際機場、吉隆坡單軌火車站。“州政府也參與國內外的旅遊展，並以皇家柏隆公園之名舉辦大型活動，打響知名度。”她也說，該公園獲得學術界人士青睞，不時到該公園進行科學交流與研究。此外，羅琳針對一項有關怡保火車站廣場工程延遲竣工的提問回答說，這是旅遊部處理的工程，有關承包商交給該部處理，該廣場已完工並會交由怡保市政廳管理。;文件倉

早報記者儲靜偉連年上漲的婚宴價格今年年底前將會止步，迷你倉預計明年3月後將有明顯回落，四星級以上酒店婚宴價格將下調約10%。“中央‘八項規定’對公款消費的禁止，導致部分高檔酒店客房、餐飲等營收連續下滑，不少酒店加入到婚宴市場的競爭中，各種促銷、優惠措施將不斷被推出來。”2013玫瑰婚典昨天正式�動，上海市婚慶行業協會會長曹仲華在發佈會上表示，此前高檔酒店婚宴價格持續上漲的負面效應也漸漸顯露，一些準備結婚的新人改變傳統的婚宴請客模式，導致婚宴需求有所減少。今年的玫瑰婚典將由上海市旅遊局與吉林省旅遊局共同主辦。婚宴價格近三年連漲滬上婚宴價格連續多年持續上漲，據上海市婚慶行業協會的統計數據顯示，目前上海五星級酒店的婚宴價格每桌在7000 9000元，四星級酒店在5000 6000元。國慶節等一些特定的日子，價格比平常還要高出一些。距國慶黃金周還有一個多月時間，記者昨天致電錦江酒店、皇家艾美等10多家高星級酒店詢問婚宴預訂情況。幾乎無一例外，這些酒店國慶節的婚宴早早就預訂完。“國慶節的婚宴早在半年前就被預訂了，現在連整個9月份的宴席都沒了。”陸家嘴一家五星級酒店市場部人士告訴記者，該酒店9至10月婚宴價格根據不同的菜單，從6888元至9888元，另外再加15%的服務費，也就是說，最高價格已經超過11000元一桌。業內人士透露，近三年來，滬上高檔酒店婚宴價格幾乎每年都以接近10%的價格上漲，婚宴持續上漲的負面效應也漸漸顯露出來。“以前新人文件倉舉辦婚禮時，婚宴往往還能從送禮的客人身上賺回來，現在這種盈餘越來越少，有的甚至虧本。”上海市婚慶行業協會會長曹仲華告訴早報記者。在這種情形下，一些新人家庭開始逐漸縮減婚宴規模。據上海市婚慶行業協會統計，2011年，平均每對上海新人的婚宴桌數為16 26.5桌，2012年後已經明顯下降，目前平均為14.5 25.5桌。部分酒店準備下調行情婚宴規模縮水，而受中央反腐敗浪費的“八項規定”影響，部分高星級酒店更積極地加入到婚宴市場競爭中。據上海市婚慶行業協會透露，部分高星級酒店四季度的報價已經停漲，預計明年3月後將有明顯回落。“婚宴預訂通常提前兩三個月甚至更長時間，各酒店9、10月份的婚宴訂單其實早前就被預訂好，後面的行情要看11月以後的預訂情況。”曹仲華介紹，此前市婚慶行業協會在與部分高星級酒店接觸中瞭解到，一些酒店已經為明年的下調行情做準備，預計年底前一些高檔酒店將會紛紛推出各種促銷、優惠措施，來拉攏婚宴顧客。“婚宴價格下調最快將在明年3月，預計將回落10%左右。”曹仲華介紹，屆時四、五星級酒店婚宴價格均將下降1000元左右，五星級酒店平均每桌在6000 8000元，四星級酒店在4000 5000元。婚宴上不再鋪張，不少新人將結婚預算轉向蜜月旅遊。據上海市婚慶行業協會介紹，2012年的統計數據顯示，上海去年結婚新人中，蜜月出境旅遊人數占8%，國內旅遊人數占35%，“這一數據一直在穩步上升，如果算上婚前拍婚紗的旅行，其比例會更高。”存倉

哥哥張國榮在尖沙咀星光大道的星星牌匾，儲存倉被內地影迷以小蠟燭鋪成心形圖案，作為悼念，但影迷離去，殘留的蠟燭令哥哥的星星變成「花面貓」，引起其他影迷不滿，一名來自四川的十九歲少女在微博承認有關致歉。本報記者尖沙咀星光大道○四年開幕，以表揚電影上有傑出貢獻的華人導演和演員，地面上逾百個牌匾，刻有他們的姓名、手印和簽名，為訪港遊客遊覽熱點。　　管理星光大道的公司發言人表示，星光大道全長四百四十米，二十四小時有保安人員當值，共有八部閉路電視監察。網民起底 少女迷你倉價錢歉　　前晚十時三十分，保安員巡邏時發現張國榮的星星牌匾，被人以四十多個小蠟燭鋪成心形圖案，當時蠟燭已熄，但牌匾被大灘紅色蠟跡弄污，工作人員其後將蠟燭和污跡刮走，及至昨凌晨完成，幸好牌匾沒有損毀。　　事後網民發現一名正在香港的十九歲四川少女，曾在微博發出張國榮牌匾點蠟燭的照片，並寫�：「我在這�，今晚你是最漂亮的那顆星星」，故相信是哥哥內地影迷所為，網民大加撻伐，少女隨即在微博致歉，表示不知蠟燭流出弄污，事後帶酒精前往清理，但抵達時工作人員正在處理污跡。迷你倉

【本報消息】對於八號風球期間的士濫收車資，儲存倉交通事務局長汪雲表示，早前行長政官作出回應，未來將循口岸疏導、安全、交通共同考慮，已作相關研究。在交通安排是否提供一定數量公交服務，當中包括保險問題，倘颱風期間發生其他原因引致意外的責任屬誰，今日將在交諮會上作出介紹並聽取意見。汪雲表示，在八號風球期間，應共同考慮口岸疏導、安全、交通等問題。在安全上，應及時通知對方口岸，澳門進入八風球下海陸空交通已停頓的訊息，雖然現已有通知，但仍需加強發佈。其次，口岸提供安全避風的作用，目前機場及迷你倉價錢頭均提供避風安排，唯獨陸路口岸沒有。第三，是否要提供適量的公交服務，提供模式是否由政府規限，當中包括保險問題，現已收到一些意見，今日將在交諮會上介紹並聽取意見。他指出，保持旅遊城市形象之餘，也要保持市民及旅客安全，如颱風期間，在街道上發生由其他原因引起的意外，由乘客、的士司機、車主，還是政府埋單，需要小心處理並討論。他強調，的士在任何情況下都不能濫收車資，需要處罰。在修訂《的士規章》時亦希望引入更有力的處罰措施，包括增加罰款，及應否尋求紀律部門提供協助等，均會在交諮會介紹。迷你倉

三年有大變化 五年上大台階 十年初步建成生態宜居新城在經過千年西江水沖刷的雞啼門水道西側的沃土之上，儲存倉一座令人矚目的西部生態宜居新城即將崛起。這是珠海人多年來共同的城市夢想。珠海西翼更有力的扇動，將推動這座城市飛得更高。在經過30多年的發展後，珠海城市東部的開發基本飽和，西部則仍有較為充裕的發展空間。提升西部的城市化水平，將大大拓展珠海的城市發展空間，推動珠海經濟更好地參與全球中高端競爭及建設與歐美先進國家相媲美的宜居環境目標的實現，支撐“生態文明新特區、科學發展示範市”建設和“藍色珠海、科學崛起”戰略。這裡將是大橋時代珠海發展的戰略支撐。港珠澳大橋通車後，珠海將成為國內唯一陸路連通港澳兩地的城市，而通過西延線的建設，西部生態新城將成為珠海對接港澳的第二落點，並成為港澳輻射粵西的“接力點”。這裡將為珠海承接港澳的產業轉移提供強勁的支撐，也有望成為引領珠江西岸時代的又一個區域新坐標。這裡將是全國生態城市和新型城市化道路的生動實踐。高起點規劃、高標準建設、高效率推進“，以”生態宜居“為基本理念，城市不再攤大餅,環境容量將成為新城建設的剛性約束,綠色交通、低碳、生態、智慧、TOD、小街區等以人為本理念和生態文明理念將在新城建設中得到全面貫徹，推動西部生態新城成為全國新型城鎮化的示範。思路篇五年兩步走基本構建新城雛形擁有珠海全市2/3的土地、承載了全市2/5的人口、2/5的產業，這3個數據的背後是西部在珠海的分量。過去，由於歷史原因，珠海西部發展一直相對滯後。而在未來的發展中，珠海西部將扮演更重要的歷史角色，擔負更重要的發展使命。省委常委、珠海市委書記李嘉要求，要按照“三年有大變化、五年上大台階、十年初步建成生態宜居新城”的總體目標，堅持高起點規劃，高標準、高效率建設西部生態新城，為全省乃至全國的城鎮化建設、生態文明建設作出示範。目前，珠海西部城區開發建設局已對西部生態新城未來五年的開發建設擬定初步的方案。方案提出，將按照“政府主導、市場運作、統一規劃、市區共建、分片開發、滾動實施”基本原則，重點建設北起三江六岸、南至西湖、西起機場北路、東至坭灣門水道範圍，以道路交通、市政基礎設施建設先行，科學經營城市開發，逐步完善生態景觀、公共服務設施配套，積極培育都市產業，力爭三年內完善首期開發區域基礎設施和城市基本公共配套，五年內基本構建出生態新城雛形。投入超500億完善交通設施根據規劃，西部生態新城將成為西岸崛起的生產性服務中心、粵港澳合作的產業集聚區、西江流域門戶城市功能區、珠中江核心城市功能區、特區轉型的新興服務功能區、區域性生態宜居示範區，到2020年西部中心城區規劃人口為80萬，城市化率為100%。根據五年行動計劃，西部生態新城的建設將分成兩個階段，第一階段（2013—2015年）將“集中資源，構建基礎”，第二階段（2016—2017年）將“集聚人氣，新城初現”。據瞭解，西部生態新城在5年內將實現對外交通基礎設施投入510.7億元，市政基礎設施總投資300億元，公益類公共設施總投資180億元，生態建設投資40.4億元，直接拉動社會投資近400億元，可滿足首期開發區域新增15萬人口的生活配套，為實現“生態優良、交通暢順、設施完善、特色明顯、產城融合”五大目標奠定基礎。據瞭解，2015年前，西部生態新城將以香海路的建設、珠海大道坭灣門水道以西改造工程（含大容量快速公交線）、港珠澳大橋西延線的建設等6個工程為抓手，完善對外交通；同時以白藤七路建設、永泰路建設、金湖路建設等9大工程為切入點，構建相對合理的內部交通。完善公共設施聚集新城人氣在第二階段，西部生態新城將著重建設公共設施、建設生態走廊、建設慢行系統、培育都市產業等方式，以塑造新城人氣。據瞭解，西部生態新城將加快推動商業服務、文化教育、醫療衛生、體育和社會服務等六類民生公共設施建設，重點建設金灣公共服務中心、綜合醫院、中小學等教育設施的商業綜合體。在水道疏浚、生態基底構建的基礎上，西部生態新城在不破壞生態走廊連通性的前提下，加強人工景觀建設，打造具有生態維持效益、景觀旅遊價值和休閒康體功能的大型生態走廊和城市公園精品景觀，實施黃楊河“一河兩岸”生態景觀提升工程、幸福河水岸及沿線帶狀公園的建設、西湖生態休閒公園建設等工程。產業建設方面，西部生態新城將制定優惠政策吸引航空企業總部、生物醫藥總部、加工製造型企業總部及高科技型企業總部的入駐。總部基地吸引基於“雙港”的現代製造業和現代物流業企業總部，面向其提供生產性服務功能，實現與橫琴新區十字門企業總部基地的差異化發展。同時，結合西湖公園的建設，西部生態城將其周邊區域打造成一個融文化休閒、生態旅遊、會議會展、精品商業、商務辦公等多種功能為一體的大型生態低碳綜合區，為西部產業提供高端服務功能。解讀篇“大橋時代”呼喚西部崛起當前，珠海正圍繞“生態文明新特區、科學發展示範市”發展定位，實施“藍色珠海、科學崛起”發展戰略，著力構建“三高一特”現代產業體系參與全球經濟中高端競爭，建設與歐美先進國家相媲美的宜居環境。但是，經過多年的發展後，珠海東部的城市發展空間已日趨緊張，西部城鎮化又較為滯後，這影響到城市的整體發展格局。尤其是在港珠澳大橋通車後，珠海將成為內地唯一陸路連接港澳的城市，大量的人流、物流、資金流將在此聚集，珠海的城市空間急需拓寬。沒有西部的城市化，珠海的環境宜居建設就難有支撐；沒有城市的配套，西部也難以吸引高素質的人才，進而影響到產業競爭力的提高。因此，西部生態新城的建設，將為珠海城市格局的優化、環境宜居建設、產業競爭力提升以及核心城市輻射作用的發揮提供更充足的動力，不僅對珠海的發展來說是一舉多得，對珠三角西岸地區崛起和升級也非常重要。城鎮化杠杆提升區域競爭力與東部主城區相比，擁有全市2/3的土地、承載了2/5的人口的西部地區在公共服務、基礎設施方面卻相對滯後，不僅進一步影響了西部地區的城市核心競爭力，“有業無城”也成為制約珠海經濟進一步加快發展的一個短板。目前，西部地區已有高欄港經濟區、富山工業園、航空產業園、新青工業園、三灶工業園和平沙遊艇與休閒旅遊區等多個工業園區，經濟發展潛力較大。但由於多年來西部城市化進程緩慢，城市公共服務設施配套滯後，客觀上造成了廣大西部地區職住發展、城市化與工業化之間的不平衡，形成“有業無城”的困局。另一方面，經過30多年的發展，東部城區空間日益逼仄，產業轉型升級壓力劇增，向土地較為充裕、產業基礎較好的西部地區要空間，成為珠海加快發展、推動經濟提速提質的重要選擇。李嘉指出，西部生態新城是珠海建設“生態文明新特區、科學發展示範市”的必然要求，是統籌城鄉一體發展的內在需要，是支撐“藍色珠海、科學崛起”戰略實施的重大舉措。實際上，西部生態新城的建設可以為珠海的科學崛起帶來�多支點：珠海的城市空間將得到拓展、新城的建設將進一步縮小珠海城鄉之間的發展差距，從而推動環境宜居的建設，通過城市服務水平的提升可以為西部“三高一特”產業發展吸引更多高素質人才、各種生活設施為西部各工業園區提供更多城市配套支撐從而提高珠海產業園區的競爭力……通過城鎮化的杠杆，西部生態新城將顯著提升珠海的城市競爭力，可謂一舉多得。對接港澳凝聚珠江西岸向心力隨著港珠澳大橋的建設，珠海將成為唯一一個在陸地上與港澳同時連通的城市，珠港澳將深度整合。在珠海城市戰略地位提升的情況下，西部生態新城的建設對整個珠中江乃至粵西地區的發展都有重要的意義。戰略地位的提升，使珠海以更高、更遠的視野去謀劃城市的發展。一直以來，珠海缺乏一個能帶動區域、具有強大輻射作用的戰略節點，生產組織作用尚未顯現。此外，長期以來，珠海的城市發展重心在面積較小的東部城區，西部經濟的發展空間尚未完全打開，經濟規模較小的珠海也難以發揮輻射帶動作用。西部開發建設局有關研究認為，隨著港珠澳大橋的建設和橫琴新區、“雙港”經濟區的開發，高端要素往南拓展並形成集聚將是大勢所趨，在這一交通軸線上，環澳門地區和西部生態新城將凸顯成為未來區域發展的兩大產業高地，這也是珠海謀求區域地位的戰略制高點，從而推動實現整個珠江口西岸地區崛起和升級的關鍵所在。據瞭解，目前香港的發展重點也在西移，在港珠澳大橋通車後，會有越來越多的生產要素通過港珠澳大橋向粵西流動，而西部生態新城正好處於香港輻射粵西的“二傳手”和“接力點”的位置，其建設有利於珠海發揮核心城市對珠中江乃至粵西的輻射作用。以交通為例，隨著區域性的交通設施的網絡化覆蓋，珠江東岸與西岸交通一體化的趨勢愈加明顯，西岸的區域交通發展迎來了大幅度提升的時機，西部生態新城作為珠海的重要支撐，在區域交通一體化發展的有利條件下，可以與中山、江門協同發揮整個珠江口西岸地區的輻射帶動作用，凝聚珠江西岸發展的向心力。理念篇高端謀劃探路新型城鎮化作為珠海實現科學崛起的重要支撐，西部生態新城的建設將堅持“高起點規劃、高標準建設、高效率推進”，以“生態宜居”為基本理念，高度重視環境保護和民生優先，為全省乃至全國的城鎮化建設、生態文明建設作出積極示範。目前，西部生態新城的各項規劃已經編制完成，這些規劃充分採納了新加坡、美國等國際規劃大師的研究成果，其規劃充分體現了生態優先、以人為本、綠色交通、TOD開發、智慧城市、產城融合等城市發展的先進理念。◆生態優先打造“五橫一縱”復合生態走廊在傳統的發展道路中，由於城市的粗放式發展導致的城市環境汙染、噪音汙染、交通堵塞等非常嚴重，這種發展模式已難以為繼。當前，珠海正全力推動全國生態文明示範市的建設，致力于將生態文明融入到整個城市的發展當中。《珠海經濟特區城鄉規劃條例》即明確規定，珠海城鄉規劃應當按照建設生態文明新特區、科學發展示範市的要求，堅持生態優先的理念，遵循城鄉統籌、合理布局、節約土地、集約發展的原則，改善生態環境，保護自然資源。作為珠海西部未來的城區，西部生態新城將“生態優先”融入城市發展的全過程。據瞭解，按照相關部署，目前珠海有關部門正科學確定西部生態新城環境容量，以環境容量為標準，注重與產業調整、人口增長相匹配。據瞭解，未來珠海西部將充分利用山體、河流等自然景觀資源，“取山為背景、以水為筆墨”，打造具有生態效益、景觀旅遊價值和休閒康體功能的“五橫一縱”復合生態走廊；同時強化綠地建設。◆以人為本以TOD導向布局公共服務設施與傳統的城鎮化道路相比，新型城鎮化是以人為核心的城鎮化。這一理念要求在推進新型城鎮化建設的過程中，以人為中心去推動城市的各項建設，推動經濟社會持續健康發展。在此前的城市發展中，不少迷你倉價錢區過分追求城市規模的擴張與建築的建設，在道路的組織上也以私家車等為中心，生活于其中的“人”的需求反而沒有得到很好的滿足。而在西部生態新城的規劃中，將以TOD（公共交通導向）為發展導向，合理布局新城的公共服務設施。“小街區開發”將成為西部生態新城TOD導向的核心內容之一。據瞭解，超大街區已經成為中國當前城市開發的主要模式之一，該模式試圖利用更寬闊的道路提高行車效率，卻以損害行人的安全性和自行車的通達性為代價。而西部生態新城的TOD模式將創建密集的街道網絡，營造適宜步行和人性化尺度的社區，從而方便行人出行，保持街道的活躍性。與此同時，西部生態新城將打造六大慢行街區，遵循公交優先原則，區內提供便捷的公共交通服務，通過慢行換乘節點，將步行、自行車與公交系統無縫銜接，構建一體化多級綠色交通系統。另外，以人為本還體現在對公共服務設施的重視方面。根據西部生態新城的五年計劃，新城的建設項目主要以交通設施、商業服務、教育醫療等各種公共服務設施為主，同時探索在開發商品住宅小區時同步建設社區服務中心、農貿市場等設施。據瞭解，未來5年內西部生態新城將投入180億元進行公益類公共設施建設，為居民創造適宜的就業條件、便利的交通環境、豐富的文化生活，將新城打造成為人民安居樂業之地。◆產城融合培育都市產業推動產城互動作為經濟發展的主要載體，目前不少產業都面臨職住分離、基礎設施缺乏、生活配套不完善等問題，這使得園區對高端產業的吸引力在下降。這種情況在珠海西部同樣存在。目前，西部已有高欄港經濟區、航空產業園、富山工業園、三灶工業園等�多工業園區，但由於城市配套的不足，制約了這些園區吸引高端人才。西部生態新城的建設將為這些園區提供良好的帶動。“由於西部生態新城的區位獨特優勢，其輻射範圍可覆蓋整個西部地區，通過西部生態新城的建設提供更多的生活、娛樂、休閒設施，從而提高對園區產業發展的支撐能力。”西部開發建設局有關負責人說。實際上，西部生態新城的規劃目標就深度契合產城融合理念。根據五年工作方案，西部生態新城將通過積極培育都市產業，建立產城互動體系，依托空港促進城市完善，提升生物醫藥產業的國際競爭力，打造立足珠海市、面向珠中江、環境宜居能夠與歐美先進國家相媲美的珠江口西岸生產性服務中心和生態宜居新城。具體而言，西部生態新城將依托港珠澳大橋西延線，建立現代都市產業園區，發展現代服務業，差異化建設企業總部基地，打造西湖文化休閒商務區；通過交通網絡的覆蓋，實現城區與園區的互動；以城市為基礎，以產業為保障，驅動城市更新和完善服務配套；加快推動新青工業園、聯港工業園的轉型升級，實現產城融合。行動篇五大目標推動五年上台階西部生態新城的建設已轉化為實實在在的行動。目前，總投資100億元的首期開發區域B片區合作開發主體中國鐵建股份有限公司已經進場，將首期開展土地平整，建設貫通金灣、斗門城區的雙湖路等主幹路網，鋪開解決西部地區洪澇、水浸難題的排洪河渠和泵站等民生基礎設施工程，力爭三年內完成首期開發區域基礎設施和基本城市配套，五年內基本構建出生態新城雛形。根據西部生態新城開發建設五年工作方案，其將在5年內實現對外交通基礎設施投入510.7億元，市政基礎設施總投資300億元，公益類公共設施總投資180億元，生態建設投資40.4億元，直接拉動社會投資（住宅、商業）392億元，力爭五年內實現“生態優良、交通暢順、設施完善、特色明顯、產城融合”的發展目標。◆生態優良綠化覆蓋率將達50%為打造“城在水中、水在城中”的濱江城市風貌、緊湊型生態新城，西部生態新城將充分考慮自然生態要素，將自然水系貫穿于城區內部，在生態空間內合理安排城市建設用地，保證城市建設可持續發展。根據五年工作方案，新城將充分利用西部山體、河流等自然景觀資源，按照以人為本、以水為源、以綠為綱的原則，依托黃楊河、幸福河、一號主排河、中心河、西湖和中央水系等自然資源，于2017年打造完成具有生態效益、景觀旅遊價值和休閒康體功能的“五橫一縱”復合生態走廊。此外，西部生態新城還將新建公園綠地，打造精品景觀，確保居民戶外500米半徑內有1公頃以上的綠地，1000米半徑內有3公頃以上的綠地，並將通過水平綠化與垂直綠化相結合，實現西部生態新城綠化覆蓋率達到50%。◆交通順暢“三橫兩縱”聯動內外長期以來，珠海連接東西部的唯一快捷通道是珠海大道，交通壓力較大，破解東西部交通瓶頸是市民的心願，西部生態新城的建設同樣繞不開這個交通瓶頸。根據方案，西部生態新城五年內將重點推動香海高速、珠海大道、港珠澳大橋西延線、廣佛江珠城際軌道、省道S272等重大交通工程建設，構築“三橫兩縱”對外交通骨架，同時貫通總長約26.2公里的“五橫兩縱”內部城市主幹道，打通新城發展的內外交通網絡。據悉，連接東西部交通的“第二動脈”的香海高速、港珠澳大橋西延線、省道S72等工程有望在年內動工。此外，新城還將構建以城市綠道為主線、以社區綠道為延伸、以驛站為服務節點共約30公里長的城市綠道網；打造六大慢行街區，遵循公交優先原則，區內提供便捷的公共交通服務，通過慢行換乘節點將步行、自行車與公交系統無縫銜接，構建一體化多級綠色交通系統。◆設施完善�動水電氣管網建設與東部主城區相比，西部在現有公共基礎設施建設方面存在一定的差距。未來5年，西部生態新城將大力完善市政基礎設施和城市公共設施，推動城鄉均衡發展。根據方案，新城將�動水、電、氣三大基礎設施管網建設，推動八一圍、虹暉二路兩大泵站建設，增強防洪排澇能力，解決長期水浸問題；建設汙水幹管體系，將平沙、白蕉、陽光咀汙水處理廠連為一體，互為補充，提升汙水收集處理能力。為創造便捷舒適、高品位的城市生活，新城還將打造功能齊全、服務半徑合理、覆蓋面廣的片區中心、新鎮中心和鄰里中心。值得注意的是，新城將採用TOD模式開發,依托軌道交通及大運量公交，以站點為中心、以合理半徑建立商業、辦公、文教衛體等公共設施聚集的各級公共服務中心。此外，堅持“不跨越主幹道”的原則，以一個小學能夠服務的規模安排鄰里單元，實現城市服務功能的全覆蓋，保證小學服務半徑不超過500米，中學服務半徑不超過1000米，共同實現緊湊型開發的有機協調模式。◆特色明顯構建五大景觀節點“山水環抱、田城相依”。西部生態新城將致力于營造一個特色明顯的生態城市風貌，構建獨具魅力的景觀格局，發展綠色交通，打造城市特色鮮明的開放空間。具體而言，新城將依托黃楊河、幸福河、中心河、西湖、中央水系等自然景觀資源，構築“二軸、四帶、五點”景觀格局，並建設公共服務中心、水街、交通樞紐、西湖公園和新城入口公園等五大重要景觀節點。5年後，市民有望隨處欣賞到以山為背景的特色風貌和以水為筆墨的和諧景觀。倡導綠色交通、低碳出行也將成為新城的一大特色。為此，新城將著力打造以軌道交通、城市公交、綠道及水上交通為特色的綠色交通體系。此外，結合城市的傳統文化、社會經濟、自然環境、風俗習慣等因素，建構個性鮮明、主題突出的城市公共空間。◆產城融合產業驅動城市更新根據方案，新城將積極培育都市產業、建立產城互動體系，“通過交通網絡的覆蓋，實現城區與園區的互動；以城市為基礎，以產業為保障，驅動城市更新和完善服務配套。”港珠澳大橋西延線對西部生態新城建設至關重要，按照計劃，西部生態新城將沿西延線建設現代都市產業園區。另外將借助機場和航空產業園的發展，打造以商務、商貿、辦公、會議會展、休閒等功能為主的空港城區。據瞭解，珠海將結合西湖公園的建設將其周邊區域打造成一個融文化休閒、生態旅遊、會議會展、精品商業、商務辦公等多種功能為一體的大型生態低碳綜合區，為西部產業提供高端服務職能。另外，西部生態新城將謀劃差異化建設企業總部基地，基地主要吸引基於“雙港”的現代製造業和基於港珠澳大橋的現代物流業企業總部，面向其提供生產性服務功能，實現與橫琴新區十字門企業總部基地的差異化錯位發展。保障篇創新機制整合發展動力政府帶動激活社會力量生態宜居新城建設是一項涉及道路交通、市政基礎設施、生態景觀、公共服務等重點項目建設的綜合性工程，涉及�多職能部門。如何通過體制機制的創新保障其高起點規劃、高標準建設、高效率推進，是一個必須面對的問題。為了高效地推進各項建設工作，珠海目前成立了西部新城建設指揮部，由市委副書記、市長何寧卡親自掛帥，統籌指揮西部城區開發建設工作。同時，加強西部城區建設指揮部和西部新城開發建設局的人員配備，完善工作機制，確保西部城區開發建設高效有序推進。據瞭解，目前珠海已在西部城區開發建設局框架下成立西部城區發展服務局，與新城建設相關的市住規建局、環保局、國土資源局、交通局、市政園林局在西部城區發展服務局設立分局，由市局副局長兼任局長，充分整合了這些部門的建設審批力量，進行集中辦公，對涉及新城建設的事項進行並聯審批，以提高建設效率。與此同時，珠海還將加強政策研究，持續制度創新，創造更加富有特色和活力的土地、金融、財稅、環保、交通、產業等相關政策環境，合理引導新城健康發展、有序建設。其中，探索多元化的融資機制是重點。據瞭解，除了設立西部生態新城的開發建設專項預算資金，以政府投資帶動市場投資，以市場投資放大政府投資外，珠海還將建立和完善投融資機制，充分調動全社會各界的積極性，多渠道籌措資金，為西部生態新城建設提供資金保障。“一核三軸多組團”■珠海西部生態新城空間布局“一核”規劃在黃楊河以南，港珠澳大橋西延線以北，背倚機場北路，形成西部生態新城“城市核心功能帶”，包括體育、交通樞紐、購物、商務辦公、會展、旅遊休閒等功能。“三軸”城市發展主軸：沿珠海大道形成貫穿西部生態新城的“城市發展主軸”，是承接珠海東部城區產業、居住、服務、娛樂、休閒多種功能轉移的通道，與東部發展主軸對接，共同打造珠海輻射區域的核心發展區域。城市發展動力軸：沿港珠澳大橋延長線形成“城市發展動力軸”，串聯西部生態新城、機場、港口等核心資源，提高西部交通樞紐、產業園區、城市生活區的區域地位和吸引力。城市發展活力軸：沿機場北路（廣佛江珠輕軌）形成“城市發展活力軸”。“多組團”在各個片區內部依據山水自然分隔及道路分隔，形成多個組團，各組團之間可以獨立開發。■珠海西部生態新城功能定位西岸崛起的生產性服務中心粵港澳合作的產業集聚區西江流域門戶城市功能區珠中江核心城市功能區特區轉型的新興服務功能區區域性生態宜居示範區專題撰文 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【本報訊】香港迪士尼樂園萬聖節限定的「迪士尼黑色世界」，迷你倉今年一反常規鼓勵玩家忍住尖叫，推出新玩法。入場人士在十月四日至三十一日期間、逢周四至周日，進入樂園時將獲派「好玩．唔好叫」闖關手冊，與親友互相比併，玩畢全園驚嚇黑點而不尖叫，即成功挑戰忍叫極限。今年夜間門票加價至二百九十九元，但迪士尼表示為配合全新表演項目，聘請約一千名兼職演藝人員，主攻一家大細及年輕顧客，預料入場率仍有增長。香港迪士尼樂園市務總監黎珮珊昨表示，除新主題「好玩．唔好叫」外，今年推出探險世界的「黑色嘉年華『異』演」、「灰熊山谷黑色嘉年華」等項目，反斗奇兵大本營將擺設經典角色「大頭寶寶」大模型。由於文件倉旅客歡迎，原定九月一日關閉的怪獸大學維持開放，萬聖節期間續「招生」；兩間鬼屋與去年相同，分別為「詭墳學院」及「黑色馬戲班」。各主題區餐廳將推出逾八十款萬聖節主題美食和飲品，以及過百款精品。她續稱，不擔心鬼屋數量較少及門票加價會減低旅客入場意欲，認為多元化節目反而可吸引不同年齡層的顧客，有信心入場率有增長。入場人士可選擇購買四百五十元的全日門票、三至十一歲小童為三百二十元，而適用於晚上六時至十一時的夜間門票由二百五十九元加至二百九十九元，加幅約一成半，大小同價。市民亦可由九月十九日起於OK便利店購買價值三百元的「星期四夜間通行証」，「玩足」黑色世界開放後的連續四個周四。存倉

　　Android常為惡意程式攻擊目標，mini storage美國國土安全部及聯邦調查局（FBI）調查發現，去年近8成惡意程式以Android手機為攻擊對象。　　Google拒絕回應事件。而有專家指，除非中毒手機有明顯「病徵」，如不斷自動發短訊，否則手機中毒後一般難以察覺，建議安裝防毒程式尋找「病源」。　　美國公共情報（Public Intelligence）昨發表調查報告，提醒政府工作人員慎防Android惡意軟件，聯邦、州級及地方當局都須對其移動設備進行升級或更新。　　報告指出，去年已有79%惡意程式以Android為攻擊目標，其中一半程式經由短訊發出。不少Android用家仍使用舊版軟件，加上開放源碼技術，讓人輕易複製相關程式進行修改。　　Nokia的Symbian平台則是惡意程式第二大攻擊目標，比率為19%；iOself storage、黑莓和Windows Mobile則各佔0.3%。Carrier IQ反追蹤　　報告又指出，Android的安全威脅分3種，包括SMS特洛伊木馬、Rootkit和假的Google Play域名等，並建議當局使用一種Android安全軟件、安裝反追蹤應用程式「Carrier IQ」，及堅持通過IT部門協議升級操作系統。　　Carrier IQ是種監測軟件，部分手機廠商和運營商曾被發現安裝這種軟件來秘密追蹤用戶位置。　　資訊保安公司趨勢科技顧問李浩然指，手機病毒種類多，很多是難以察覺，但部分會有「病徵」，如程式大量耗用記憶體，或在沒通知下自動發出大量SMS。　　他稱，若用家已「Root機」，病毒則會更難被發現，建議用戶最好安裝防毒軟件。業界人士指出，報告有提醒作用，包括更新軟件，以及安裝程式時要多加小心。迷你倉

Source: Tulsa World, Okla.迷你倉價錢Aug. 28--After decades of saving and investing, turning the balance into a retirement income stream is a difficult about-face for most savers. Do you turn it into an annuity or draw down the pile as you need it and hope you don't outlive it?Immediate annuities: These are insurance against outliving your money, says the Bankrate.com website, and are what you do with a lifetime's dollar pile. You give an insurance company the pile and it pays you a certain amount every month until you die.After decades of saving and investing, turning the balance into a retirement income stream is a difficult about-face for most savers. Do you turn it into an annuity or draw down the pile as you need it and hope you don't outlive it?Immediate annuities: These are insurance against outliving your money, says the Bankrate.com website, and are what you do with a lifetime's dollar pile. You give an insurance company the pile and it pays you a certain amount every month until you die.Deferred annuities: These are another kind of annuity that you spend a lifetime plugging dollars into, tax-free, and then pay taxes on what you draw out at the end. The insurer operates on a certainty (the average life span of someone like you), pricing annuities so that it will marginally retain more funds than its aggregate payout to you. Clients receive the certainty of a guaranteed retirement income.Split with heirs: Annuities can have other provisions, such as a guaranteed number of payment years. If you (and your spouse, when applicable) die before the guaranteed payment period is over, the insurer pays the remaining funds to your estate.Piles to flows: The problem is some people have trouble going from piles to flows. Annuity alternatives are living off interest and dividends or using the "4 percent rule" for withdrawals but this can leave you subject to market whims or pursuing investment strategies based on your need for income instead of a prudent approach that optimally balances risk and reward.Investing mistakes made during retirement can be much more detrimental to a retiree's standard of living than those made in decades of working. See Investopedia.com's treatise on annuities at tulsaworld.com/INVannuitiesDon't miss contributions to your 401(k) and IRAsA recent survey by financial services organization TIAA-CREF found that 80 percent of respondents nearing retirement age were not contributing to Individual Retirement Accounts, says the Bankrate.com treatise "Seven retirement investing mistakes."The tax-favorable 401(k) plans and individual IRAs are a huge leg up in getting to retirement as they enable your tax-deferred earnings to compound and with traditional plans investors get immediate tax breaks for their IRA contributions. See 10 articles on the benefit of IRAs by Investopedia.com at tulsaworld.com/INVIRAsFree money lost: It is especially foolhardy to pass up the opportunity to invest in a 401(k) plan when your employer matches a portion of your contributions. That's because you're passing up free money -- the equivalent of refusing a sa迷你倉ary increase. Sign up for your company's 401(k) plan and start with at least 10 percent of your salary. If you start in your 20s, raising your percentage each year as your wage increases, you won't miss it and will be able to retire in style.Not saving enough: The average contributor contributes only 6 percent, says Anthony Webb, senior research economist at the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. Employers typically match 50 percent of the first 6 percent the employee contributes, meaning the average employee saves only 9 percent of salary annually -- not nearly enough -- and are forced to work through retirement years.High fee plans & investments: Until recently, participants in employer-sponsored 401(k)s had no way of knowing their plans' operating costs and most didn't know their plans had costs. From mutual fund expenses to record-keeping costs, fees add up. This translates to fewer dollars available for compounding and a lot less money at retirement.Plan fees run as high as 4 percent, but an acceptable level is 1 percent to 1.5 percent, including the mutual fund "expense ratio" fee. Participants should ask if their plan uses professional fiduciaries. A named fiduciary can save a plan enough money to pay for their expense. Workers can control mutual fund costs by making smart investment choices. High fees negate performance profits making low-cost index funds best.Stock aversion: Except for extremely frugal savers paid well enough to maximize their contributions, most people need the substantial returns of stock investment in their portfolio to arrive at retirement with an adequate pile of money.A Franklin Templeton (mutual funds) survey found that 37 percent of long-term investors believe they can get by without stock investment. Young people were most likely to avoid stocks -- as 56 percent of 25-to-35-year-olds think they can reach their goals without stocks. Stock aversion increases other types of risk: longevity risk (the risk of outliving savings) and preferring guaranteed return of capital but at a rate that doesn't keep up with inflation and makes it likely they will outlive their piles.The biggest mistake people made at the start of the real estate/credit crash was "getting out of equities but never back in." The trick to 401(k) stock investing is "dollar-cost averaging" -- the practice of contributing the same amount of income each month to an account weighted toward the equities market (stocks). When the market goes down their contribution buys more shares than it would when the market is up -- shares bought at bargain prices are worth more when the market goes back up, etc.See the Feb. 6, 2013, Consumer Page at tulsaworld.com/Consumer020613Tulsa World consumer writer Phil Mulkins wants to know which topics interest you. Call 918-699-8888, email your suggestion to phil.mulkins@tulsaworld.com or mail it to Tulsa World Consumer, PO Box 1770, Tulsa, OK 74102-1770.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 Tulsa World (Tulsa, Okla.) Visit Tulsa World (Tulsa, Okla.) at .tulsaworld.com Distributed by MCT Information Services新蒲崗迷你倉

THE growth of online shopping in China has far outpaced the broader economy, as e-commerce retailers gain the trust of the country's consumers.迷你倉出租The growth of e-commerce in China is expected to pick up pace in the coming years as more online vendors succeed in assuaging consumer concerns over low-quality or unsafe products.As Chinese authorities push for domestic consumption to make up a bigger share of the economy, virtual consumption appears to be leading the way. While overall retail sales rose 12.4 per cent in the first quarter of 2013 year on year, revenue at China's biggest e-commerce player, Alibaba, surged 71 per cent over the same period."The key word is reassurance. It has become increasingly safe to buy from a broader range of categories online. Money is not handed over until customers can squeeze the product," said Tom Doctoroff, the Asia-Pacific CEO of advertising giant J Walter Thomson at the HSBC dialogue session last month.For instance, customers of Alibaba use the Alipay electronic-payments system, which puts payments in escrow until buyers confirm receipt of their purchase.Growth has also been driven by demand from a large middle-class unable to obtain their favourite brands in traditional brick-and-mortar stores, particularly in smaller cities.A PricewaterhouseCoopers survey found more than a quarter of Chinese consumers shop online mainly because it's more convenient to find their favourite products that way.In China's third- and fourth-tier cities, shoppers spend 27 per cent of their disposable income online because they can't find what they want elsewhere, compared to 18 per cent in China's richest cities, according to a study by management consultants McKinsey.According to HSBC Research, online shopping will reach US$560 billion by 2015, which is equal to 10 per cent of the total retail market in China.Among the diffe迷你倉ent product categories, food has been one of the fastest growing segments for online retail in China. High-profile food safety scares like tainted baby milk powder and recycled cooking oil in recent years have spurred consumers to fork out more money for goods they believe to be safe.With no middleman involved in its distribution, food bought online is fresher when it reaches the customer, and is also more easily traceable. Barcodes that can be read by smartphones can also verify the origins of products.While most food products sold online have been packaged items, new players are focusing on fresh and premium produce. Total online sales of fresh produce in China could rocket to 40 billion renminbi in five years, from about 11.5 billion renminbi this year, according to the Beijing Orient Agribusiness Consultant firm.At Alibaba-owned Taobao, one of China's largest online market place, sales of meat, seafood, fruit and vegetables grew 42 per cent last year to nearly 1.3 billion renminbi.The issue of building trust between buyer and seller is key to success in the online retail space, and partly explains why US Internet auction giant eBay quit the vast Chinese market just two years after entering in 2006, noted Mr Doctoroff."eBay was a spectacular failure because it didn't understand the need to build trust," he said.Chinese players like Taobao have invested in tools that simulate guanxi - the personal relationships that are critical to doing business in China - something which eBay failed to understand.For instance, researchers found that customers on Taobao spend an average of 45 minutes using an instant messaging style communications tool to ask sellers questions about themselves and their products before purchasing anything.The strategy has paid off handsomely, with Taobao commanding around 95 per cent of the online retail market in China.儲存倉

【陳俐妏╱台北報導】中國商務部有條件核准聯發科(2454)合併F-晨星(3697)，新蒲崗迷你倉外資大多正向看待大小M攜手，有助於聯發科手機晶片業務整合，不過考量3年後解除相關限制條件，聯發科想要發揮跨平台裝置的綜效，可能有待時間發酵；不過也有外資分析，在限制條件下，新聯發科的電視晶片業務可能受影響。 電視晶片市佔恐流失 巴克萊證券亞太區半導體首席分析師陸行之說，聯發科應可整合晨星約1500位手機晶片團隊人員，進入聯發科原有近3500位人員團隊，有效應用資源，晨星近期股價有望上攻，但考量商務部有條件放行，3年後解除相關限制條件，大小M在液電及機上盒業務合併綜效有待時間發酵。大和證券亞太區科技產業研究部主管陳慧明指出，合併案有條件mini storage過，有望激勵對晨星股價表現，對聯發科短線手機晶片業務整合也有助益，儘管聯發科在3年內想要發揮電視、手機等Android平台方案跨設備影響力其實有限，這對後市應不至於構成問題，重點仍要觀察聯發科在電視晶片的策略及市場趨勢。里昂證券說，智慧機仍是聯發科長期動力，相較晨星在全球電視晶片市佔逾40%，中國商務部雖有條件放行，但要保持獨立競爭的限制下，未來新聯發科在電視晶片業務市佔有可能流失，因為電視製造商會另覓第2貨源供應商。里昂證券也說明，未來聯發科和晨星的研發及管理團隊會進行整併，因此晨星電事晶片業務要保持獨立可能有其困難，不過在此利多消息下，仍有望激勵晨星股價表現；昨天晨星股價漲停收263.5元，聯發科則下跌1.5元收366元。self storage

Source: The Arizona Daily Sun, FlagstaffAug.迷你倉 27--Geoff Barnard recently put 10 solar panels on his roof, although he concedes that he and his wife were already big advocates of renewable energy and reducing their carbon footprint as much as possible."We don't have a single incandescent bulb in the house," Barnard said. "They're all CFLs [compact fluorescent lamps], so we don't use a lot of energy."Before installing the solar system, Barnard's electric bill was about $60 per month. After installing a 2.6-kilowatt system, his bill dropped to about $10 to $20 per month.One reason for the low bill is that Barnard is now using less electricity from Arizona Public Service and more from his rooftop panels. (The average solar monthly bill, says APS, is $62 a month). Another is that when the sun is shining and he's not using much electricity, the excess solar power is bought back by APS at the same price as the utility sells its power to him.The billing arrangement, called net metering, helps solar customers like Barnard pay off their installation costs even faster because of the greater monthly savings.But APS says net metering doesn't recover the fixed costs of transmission lines and other infrastructure that solar customers still use. It is proposing to cut by more than half -- from 12 cents a kwh to 5 cents -- the price it buys back excess electricity from rooftop solar customers, a move that would more than double the average monthly electric bill for a solar customer. (APS is also proposing to increase incentives for installing a rooftop solar system.)That cut in the buyback price, in turn, might make discourage many prospective rooftop installations, putting the nascent solar panel industry in Arizona into a financial tailspin.If APS's request is denied, the utility would probably have to ask for an overall rate increase to offset net metering's pinch on its ability to recover its fixed costs from rooftop solar clients, said Barbara Lockwood, general manager for energy Innovation at Arizona Public Service. That means nonsolar customers would be subsidizing solar even more."Even though there is great community support [for solar] in Flagstaff, there is less opportunity," Lockwood added. "I know that folks in Flagstaff don't want to go cut down all their trees to install solar."APS is asking for the change because with a surge in the number of applications for rooftop solar -- 500 per month in 2012, double the figure for 2011 -- it gauges that in 10 to 15 years, 200,000 or more customers out of 1.2 million could be net metered, up from 18,000 today.Firms that install solar systems, which employ more than 9,000 people in Arizona, and solar advocacy groups don't see a very bright future for solar in Arizona if net metering is changed the way APS has proposed."It's up to the utility whether or not they want to change [its] planning agenda so that they can capture more of the benefits of distributed solar," said Annie Lappe, solar policy director at Vote Solar, a nonprofit promoting energy security and fighting climate change."From their perspective it is more ideal to slow the growth of solar than to transform the way they're used to doing business," Lappe said.Lappe points to the telecom industry as an example of how a large, regulated industry should not respond to changes happening at a grassroots level."Those old telecom businesses faced the exact same challenge that utilities are facing today," Lappe said.As cellphone service became more affordable and accessible, similar to what is currently happening with distributed solar energy, what customers needed from their traditional landline phone company changed fundamentally, Lappe said, and utilities are at a very similar turning point today.On top of that, Lappe adds, "What is the value of local, clean energy?"The reports that both APS and others who have analyzed the costs and benefits of distributed solar energy do not take into account any societal benefits, such as energy independence, clean air, and other environmental benefits that come from transitioning to distributed solar energy, Lappe said.It is those societal benefits, however, that are very important to more than a few in Flagstaff. Lappe points to a January 2013 poll commissioned by Arizona utilities and others that indicates that 62 per自存倉ent of Arizonans support more solar power being used, and would encourage the state to use more of it.Carl Taylor is one of the early adopters of rooftop solar power in Flagstaff, or what is technically called distributed solar energy (vs. industrial-scale solar).The recently retired Coconino County supervisor installed 20 panels on his property about seven or eight years ago. His bill dropped from $120 to $20 per month after that, and as of last month his electric bill was still below $30, Taylor said.Taylor said he has recovered his initial investment through the monthly savings, and although he feels Arizona Public Service's net metering arrangement is "not as equitable" as he thought it would be, Taylor said that he has no regrets."Distributed energy ... is a good deal all the way around," Taylor said. "I would still do it ... because we have saved an enormous amount -- 75,000 pounds -- of CO2 that did not go into the air," since installing the system. The average car emits about 11,000 pound of CO2 into the air each year, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.And because of the environmental benefits, Taylor said that he would purchase a rooftop solar system today even if it cost him more than he paid eight years ago.Barnard, whose net, out-of-pocket purchase and installation costs came to below $6,000 after incentives and rebates, takes a less charitable view toward APS reducing solar customer subsidies."The electric power industry nationally is hugely subsidized by the taxpayer," he said.And Barnard is quick to point out that solar avoids a lot of the negative "externalities" that utility firms don't pay for, like air pollution, acid rain and public lands scarred by transmission lines."Let look at the big picture," Barnard said. "Who is being subsidized to do what, and let's decide what's in the public good."The whole idea of distributed solar energy is to make life better for everybody, including the utility by having it avoid needing to make huge capital outlays, Barnard said."This isn't as though we're getting a gift," Barnard added. "We're paying significantly for this system" in ways other than just actual dollars, Barnard added.It's a misperception to think that as distributed solar energy comes online that additional capacity is not needed, said Robert Mittelstaedt, dean emeritus of the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University."Most people ... will admit that there has to be reserve capacity, but they will argue about the amount of reserve capacity that is necessary," Mittelstaedt said.Both APS and opponents to changing net metering have pointed to studies that almost contradict each other in terms of the costs and benefits to the grid of distributed solar energy, and the need for more or less reserve capacity.The real question that needs to be asked is what will be the business model for an investor-owned electric utility company in the future, Mittelstaedt said.How does a utility company that for decades had produced electricity at wholesale prices and sold it at retail prices turn into a utility company that provides standby energy to over half of its customers."We haven't worked out a business model that allows the utilities to make sense of that economically," Mittelstaedt said.And part of the problem is that Arizona regulators basically forced utilities to accept a payment arrangement that doesn't offer a lot of flexibility, Mittelstaedt said.A fairly straightforward solution that Mittelstaedt said is not being considered is to simply charge a flat fee."There ought to be some minimum charge that you have to pay the electric company that helps them pay for their connection to the transmission systems or having idle capacity, independent of how much you use," Mittelstaedt said.Mittelstaedt points to water and gas utilities that charge $25 per month whether a single drop of water or a single BTU worth of gas is consumed.Yet, unlike water or gas utilities, standby electric power doesn't idly standby, Mittelstaedt said.Sometimes it takes hours, even days, to bring a power plant on line so that it is ready to serve customers.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 The Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 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Source: Tampa Tribune, Fla.迷你倉Aug. 28--TAMPA -- The relatives of a 75-year-old woman who died in a hit and run crash were in court Wednesday, seeking the maximum penalty for the man who caused the accident."Because of God's grace, I forgive you," said the victim's daughter, Jessica Santana. "But you still have to deal with the law."In the end, the law showed leniency when Circuit Court Judge Kimberly K. Fernandez sentenced Edilmar Palacio-DeLeon to five years in prison and five years probation for leaving the scene of an accident involving death and driving without a valid driver's license. Palacio-DeLeon faced a maximum of 35 years in prison.He also was ordered to pay $18,000 in restitution to the family of victim Basilia Santana, most of which will pay for the medical bills of Santana's husband, who was injured in the crash.Palacio-DeLeon, 39, pleaded guilty to the charges earlier this year.Police said Palacio-DeLeon was speeding through the parking lot of Plant City tomato growers Santa Sweets on Oct. 22, 2012, heading toward Airport Road.As he left the lot, he failed to stop for a 1995 Mercury Villager driven by Santana, who was returning home from church. Palacio-DeLeon's 2003 Ford F-150 truck struck the passenger side of the minivan, injuring Santana, her husband Rafael Santana and the couple's adult son.Palacio-DeLeon got out of the truck and ran away from the scene. He hid in a food truck and asked the operator if he could help him leave the area, prosecutors said.Police found Palacio-DeLeon 45 minutes later and he confessed he was the driver who caused the crash, his attorney said in court.Rafael Santana and his son were taken to Lakeland Regional Medical Center and eventually re文件倉overed from their injuries. Basilia Santana died a few hours later at St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa.Her brother told the judge on Wednesday that that day was one of the worst of his life. Bravlio Pacheco said he was in the waiting room when doctors came out and told him they couldn't save his sister."I will never be able to forget that day," Pacheco said. "I closed my eyes and my heart stopped. They told me that they revived her three times but failed the fourth time. I was sure it was a nightmare."Pacheco also asked the judge for the maximum penalty for Palacio-DeLeon.But the defendant's lawyer argued that no drugs or alcohol were involved in the crash and that his client had no prior criminal record in Florida, the United States or Mexico."My client is a very simple man with limited education and limited means," said Ronald Tulin. "This was an accident. He didn't see the van. He was scared and he ran and hid."Palacio-DeLeon is a Mexican national who came to the U.S., worked as a cook and sent money back to his wife and children in Mexico, Tulin said. He pleaded guilty, knowing he can be deported at any time and has asked the Santana family for forgiveness, Tulin said.Palacio-DeLeon declined to make a statement at the sentencing. During the hearing, he kept his head down and didn't even glance at Santana's family seated behind him.Even as he was being fingerprinted then led out of the courtroom, Palacio-DeLeon kept looking down, toward the floor and the chains around his ankles.rreyes@tampatrib.com(813) 259-7920Twitter@TBORayCopyright: ___ (c)2013 the Tampa Tribune (Tampa, Fla.) Visit the Tampa Tribune (Tampa, Fla.) at .tampatrib.com Distributed by MCT Information Services存倉