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1 : GS(14)@2012-03-07 23:06:22

http://webb-site.com/articles/muck2012p4.asp

今次講下8202 的爛刁

Inno-Tech and United Premier Medical Group

Great China Media wasn't the first time that YY Wong, Chairman and co-founder of Inno-Tech, had sold a business to Inno-Tech. On 5-Mar-2007, Inno-Tech agreed to buy 56% of Autoscale Resources Ltd (Autoscale) from YY Wong and Robert Wong Yao Wing, then Deputy Chairman of Inno-Tech, for HK$58.97m, satisfied with 351m shares (39.84%) of Inno-Tech @$0.168. They sold 28% of Autoscale each.

Autoscale owned 37.71% of the ordinary shares of United Premier Medical Group Ltd (UPMG), established in 2002 and operating in mainland China and Macau, which had a net loss of $29.5m in the year to 30-Sep-2006 and lost HK$31.4m in the prior year (under HK accounting standards). It had contracts to fit out and manage various "VIP Centres" providing maternity-related services (obstetrics, gynaecology and paediatrics) in hospitals in mainland China and Macau. It also had 4,565 convertible preference shares outstanding, redeemable on 26-Jul-2008 at US$2,500 each plus 2% premium and 8% p.a. fixed dividend.

UPMG had a net asset value of HK$42.20m at 30-Sep-2006, but keep in mind that this would include the preference shares, with par value of US$11.4m (HK$89.0m), so ordinary shareholders' funds were negative. Autoscale had net liabilities of $0.159m. The circular dated 26-Mar-2007 contained a fairness opinion from Veda Capital (there they are again) and the deal completed on 19-Apr-2007. Inno-Tech booked HK$60.64m of goodwill on the acquisition of Autoscale.

On 21-Jan-2008, Autoscale (along with the other shareholders of UPMG) agreed to exchange its by-then 28.13% stake in UPMG (after conversion of preference shares) for 12m shares (23.93%) of a US shell called The Cavalier Group, incorporated in Wyoming and quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board, which had no prior business. A circular was dated 15-Feb-2008. On 13-May-2008, the shell was renamed China Health Care Corporation (CHCC), and the deal completed in Jul-2008. HK regulators do not require the filing of such agreements, but the US SEC does, so with that transparency, you can read the agreement here, including the list of 118 registered shareholders of UPMG.

Finally, on 16-Feb-2009, Inno-Tech agreed to sell its 56% stake in Autoscale to Certain Success Holdings Ltd (BVI), the owner of which was not disclosed, for just HK$3.145m in cash, with an expected loss on the disposal of about $57.2m.

This part of the story isn't quite over though: on 15-May-2009, there was a ruling in the HK Court of First Instance between China Medical Ltd as plaintiff (we don't know its owner or place of domicile) and Autoscale as defendant. A judgment in default of defence had been entered on 20-Mar-2009, ordering Autoscale to honour a guarantee of an alleged liability of UPMG (or its BVI subsidiary) under a subscription agreement dated 1-Aug-2005. Autoscale wanted the judgment set aside. UPMG had allegedly failed to redeem the plaintiff's convertible preference shares or pay dividends, or use its best efforts to procure an IPO. The defence claimed that the reverse takeover by CHCC counted as an IPO. The judge disagreed, saying that the defendant had not made an arguable defence. The judgment refers to 914 preference shares - that would be US$2.285m (HK$17.82m) of par value. We can't find "China Medical Ltd" or the corresponding 914 ordinary shares (after conversion) in the exchange agreement with CHCC.

Interestingly, this contingent liability of Autoscale in the form of the guarantee was not disclosed in Inno-Tech's accounts at 30-Jun-2008, when Autoscale was still a subsidiary. Why not?
Kaiping Hotel deals

One of the UPMG shareholders listed in the agreement with CHCC was Smart Boom Investment Ltd (Smart Boom, BVI), which would receive 794,000 shares (about 1.6%) of CHCC for 397 shares of UPMG. We don't know how owns it, but on 4-Feb-2008, two weeks after the agreement to roll UPMG into CHCC, Inno-Tech agreed to buy Homesmart Properties Ltd (Homesmart) which ultimately owned a hotel in Kaiping City, Guangdong, for RMB20m (then HK$20.86m) from, you guessed it, Smart Boom, declared to be an independent third party. The price was based on an independent valuation of the property at 29-Jan-2008 of RMB20m by an unnamed valuer. The property was said to be "in good condition".

This deal followed an earlier pair of hotel acquisitions on 5-Nov-2007 from the same beneficial owner as Smart Boom's, again unnamed. One of those deals was to buy Sunny Team Corp Ltd (Sunny Team) for RMB13.5m (then HK$14.07m). The vendor had contracted for Sunny Team to acquire a hotel at 106, Guangming Road, Kaiping, Guangdong Province. That would be the Xingdu Hotel. Inno-Tech said the hotel was in "good condition" and it "did not intend to make further capital investment" on the property. The other was China Earn Ltd (China Earn), for RMB14m. The vendor had contracted for China Earn to acquire a hotel at 216 Tianjin Street, Jilin City. That would be the Jinjiang Inn Jilin Train Station Branch.

Strangely, the annual report of Inno-Tech at 30-Jun-2008 records Homesmart and Sunny Team as subsidiaries, but note 38, on the acquisition of subsidiaries, only includes one acquired subsidiary, Autoscale. So how were Homesmart and Sunny Team acquired? Meanwhile, China Earn is nowhere to be seen in these accounts. It was dissolved by deregistration on 18-Feb-2011. Inno-Tech has never explained what happened. A circular dated 11-Sep-2009 on another transaction, mentions the deal at the bottom of page 262 (IX-8) of the PDF, stating that the company acquired China Earn for RMB14m.

On 26-Jun-2009, seventeen months after buying Homesmart, Inno-Tech sold it for just RMB2m, 90% less than it paid, to Main Move Ltd (Main Move, BVI), said to be an independent third party. The owner of that was not disclosed. Even at this low price, 95% of it was deferred as a promissory note, so only RMB100,000 was payable on signing. The hotel was now said by BMI Appraisals Ltd (BMI Appraisals) to be worth RMB13m, but on 31-Jul-2008, Homesmart had borrowed RMB11m against it. What Homesmart had done with this money we do not know. Inno-Tech said it would book a loss of HK$20.41m on the sale. Homesmart had losses of only $800k from incorporation to 31-Mar-2009.

On the same day, Inno-Tech sold Sunny Team to Timewon Ltd (Timewon, BVI), the owner of which was not disclosed, for the same price as Homesmart, RMB2m, with 95% deferred as a promissory note. BMI Appraisals, which has featured many times on Webb-site, valued the Xingdu Hotel, Kaiping at RMB10.5m, and Sunny Team had a bank loan of RMB8.5m. Sunny Team had losses of only HK$993k from incorporation to 31-Mar-2009. Inno-Tech said it would book a loss of HK$0.52m on the sale.

Both these agreements came just 4 days (and 2 working days) before the year-end of Inno-Tech, and completion took place by on the year-end of 30-Jun-2009. Were they in a hurry? We call on the SFC to investigate the following issues:

  Was China Earn ever purchased, as the circular claimed? If not, why didn't Inno-Tech announce that the deal had failed?
  Who was the person that sold the 3 (or 2) companies to Inno-Tech?
  Why wasn't the acquisition of Sunny Team and Homesmart shown in the note on acquisition of subsidiaries in the 15 months to 30-Jun-2008? Did Inno-Tech jump the gun and acquire the HK shells before they had completed the hotel purchases?
  What were the due dates of the promissory notes on the sales?
  Who owned Main Move and Timewon, the buyers of Homesmart and Sunny Team, respectively?
  In both sales, the net asset values of the companies, Homesmart and Sunny Team, was not disclosed. What were they?
  What had Homesmart and Sunny Team done with the money from the bank loans? It's possible that they sunk it into renovating the buildings, but that seems like a lot to spend, given that both hotels were said to be in "good condition" when acquired, and in the case of Sunny Team, no capital investment in the property was needed.
  So if not in fixed assets, then where did the cash go? The original acquisition prices of Sunny Team and Homesmart were priced based on assets without borrowings. So the net assets, even after hotel devaluation, should have been about RMB13m and RMB10.5m respectively, less their modest operating losses since incorporation.

Note 39 of the Inno-Tech accounts for the year ended 30-Jun-2009 shows the combined disposals of 3 subsidiaries: Autoscale, Homesmart and Sunny Team. Look at the "satisfied by" part of the table:

We know that Autoscale was sold for HK$3.145m, so that is the cash line. So the table shows that even the RMB200k (HK$225k) of cash which was payable on 26-Jun-2009 had not been paid, and the promissory notes were the other RMB3.900m (HK$4.256m).
Trade debtors

The accounts for the year to 30-Jun-2009 were spectacular and remarkable for their lack of explanation of the following items, which we call on the SFC to investigate:

  Inno-Tech had trade debtors of $65.4m at the previous year-end, but managed to book an impairment loss of $122.2m against trade debtors, so at least $56.8m of that had been racked up in the year, on turnover of $78.1m. Of this turnover, $74.4m was from its original business of "design of residential intranet, provision of home-automation services and trading of related products", or what it calls the "intelligent system" segment. The segment booked a loss of $179.17m, compared with $0.29m a year earlier. There was no explanation for the impairment in the "management discussion and analysis" section.
  Meanwhile, the "hotel management" segment booked a loss of $113.3m on turnover of just $3.7m, compared with a loss of $67.5m on turnover of $1.3m a year earlier, the first year of the segment. So that's a total segment loss of $180.8m on turnover of $5.0m in 2 years. The mind boggles (and it must, because there was no explanation) on how they spent so much money for so little revenue, and that is before the losses on the sales of Homesmart and Sunny Team. Where did all the money go?
  The loss on disposal of subsidiaries in 2009, which also included the loss on the sale of Autoscale, amounted to $84.4m, which is significantly higher than the aggregate $78.13m Inno-Tech had estimated at the times of the sales. Overall, Inno-Tech booked a loss of $391m for the year.

Inno-Tech's auditor from 2005 to 2009 was PCP CPA Ltd (PCP), the incorporated version of Paul Chan & Partners. It gave a "true and fair" opinion on the 2009 accounts. In 2009, the firm merged with CCIF CPA Ltd to form Crowe Horwath (HK) CPA Ltd (CHCPA), so Inno-Tech changed auditor to the new firm at an SGM on 14-Jul-2010. Incidentally, the Managing Director of PCP CPA Ltd and a director of CHCPA is accounting legislator Paul Chan Mo Po.

3 : GS(14)@2012-03-07 23:18:35

http://www.redgatemedia.com/index.php?body=home&lang=sc
On 8-Jul-2011, Inno-Tech conditionally agreed to buy Redgate Ventures Ltd (Redgate Ventures) for about HK$1,941m, of which $290m would be in cash, $160m in 0% promissory notes and $1,491m in 3-year 0% notes convertible into up to 5,404m shares (98.27%) of Inno-Tech @$0.38. Cash would be raised by placing $200m of 2-year 0% convertible bonds, conditional on the acquisition. A refundable deposit of HK$80m has already been paid. The agreement was amended on 30-Dec-2011 and amended again on 21-Feb-2012 to knock $190m off the purchase price. The deal is still in progress and the circular has yet to see the light of day.

Redgate Ventures is "a diversified media company in China primarily providing advertising and advertising agency services through an integrated cross-media platform". The group "commenced operations in 2003". It appears that Redgate Ventures is a reworked version of Redgate Media Group, a loss-making Cayman company which aborted its US IPO in Apr-2010. You can read the latest version of their F-1 filing here. The group structures are somewhat different, but several of the mainland subsidiaries are the same. Redgate Ventures had net assets at 31-Dec-2010 of HK$16.5m. It claims to have swung from a $34.2m loss in 2009 to an unaudited $61.1m net profit in 2010 on turnover of $247.6m. The accountant's report in the circular should eventually reveal how they achieved this.

同全城熱戀相似的東東

4 : GS(14)@2012-03-07 23:19:49

http://www.hkexnews.hk/listedco/ ... LN20110722002_C.pdf
新爛deal

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講膠所手記：大笨象大鑊了

1 : GS(14)@2012-07-18 22:29:48

http://www.sharpdaily.hk/article ... 7%E9%91%8A%E4%BA%86
大笨象俾花旗國議會將軍，狂數佢點樣幫毒販、恐怖組織洗黑錢，三百幾頁嘅報告，披露大笨象原來喺好多個國家幫花旗國民眼中嘅邪惡軸心阿爾蓋達洗錢，總共有25000單，合共197億美金，真係唔講唔知咁恐怖，亦都非常之令人O嘴！
洗黑錢呢樣嘢，當然係唔合法，但有銀行以來就有呢樣嘢，並唔係咩咁稀奇，亦唔會有停止嘅一日，大笨象有份唔奇，但奇就奇在，好似成隻大笨象尤如無人駕駛、無法無天，似乎係零企業管治喎！
家陣流傳話要俾花旗國罰10億美金兼會有大和解，但仲要睇花旗國「聽丙會」有咩結果，不過，根據嗰三百幾頁指控同大笨象未上庭先兩度認衰呢個動作，有理由相信，大笨象呢鋪好大鑊囉！
YY

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郭美美威脅爆大鑊

1 : GS(14)@2013-04-29 23:18:51

http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/international/art/20130429/18243471
「在2008汶川地震，一百多名藝術家義拍八千多萬元，定向捐給青城山市，至今日，青城山沒收到，善款不知所終。」畫家方力鈞日前微博公開質疑，多位參與義拍的藝術家和收藏家轉發「同問」。中紅會前晚回應，確認這8,472萬元善款因意向援建專案，未能納入災後重建規劃，改為投到「博愛家園」項目。網友心水清：「博愛？不就是郭美美那項目嗎？」「汶川款項都用在郭美美身上了吧？一發嗲再發威，胯下的紅會領導立馬就阻查了！」

八千萬捐款被指失蹤

中紅會社會監督委員會發言人王永，23日表示委員已有共識將重查郭美美事件，紅會答應配合。網傳郭美美揚言：「只要紅十字會敢動我一根毫毛，我立即公佈紅十會很多不為人知的貪污內幕！資料我已寄到美國，有膽的你們放馬過來……」據說還涉及一條17.2G之大的短片。紅會秘書長隨即稱沒人要重查郭美美；王永也改口，是否重查需提交6月社監委年中會表決，16位委員過半數同意才行。
中紅會昨日蘆山地震救災工作發佈會上，副會長趙白鴿表示堅持維護對郭美美事件調查作原判，即2011年底的結論：郭與中紅會沒任何關係，郭炫耀的財富與紅十字會、公眾捐款及項目資金無關。趙同場表示重塑公信關鍵不在郭美美，該會開始推動改革，趙揚言：「兩到三年不翻轉『黑十字』印象我自動辭職。」

2 : GS(14)@2013-04-29 23:19:02

http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/international/art/20130429/18243472

郭美美事件是2011年6月發生的。因新浪微博實名認證為「中國紅十字會商業總經理」的用戶郭美美，在微博中炫富令起公眾質疑善款流向。隨「住大別墅，開瑪莎拉蒂（Maserati）」的20歲女孩郭美美被起底，將她與紅十字會連接的「中紅博愛」曝光。
中紅博愛曾與中國紅十字會以及中國商業系統紅十字會簽署三方協議，經營博愛小站進社區項目；中紅博愛乾股大股東是商業系統紅十字會副會長王樹民的之女王彥達。中紅博愛2008年註冊成立，在這之後郭美美開始暴富。
「乾爹」飯局隨口封為總經理

郭美美其後承認，炫耀的昂貴名車名包等是「乾爹」中紅博愛董事王軍贈與；「乾爹」在飯局上隨口封她為中紅博愛總經理，她就把新浪微博認證的身份改成了「中國紅十字會商業總經理」。炫富事件後，王軍辭任中紅博愛董事。
2011年12月31日，中國紅十字會總會在其官方網站發通報，指郭美美與中國紅十字會總會及中國商業系統紅十字會沒有任何關係，郭美美炫耀的財富與紅十字會、公眾捐款及項目資金沒有任何關係。但公眾不信服，各地紅十字會收到的善款銳減，甚至獻血人數驟降至「血荒」，其他官方慈善機構亦受影響。事實上內地民間慈善公益一直由政府操控，獲准向公眾募捐的機構除了中國紅會、中華慈善總會，就是各個部委下設的基金會，李連杰的壹基金成立之初也需與紅會合作。
廣東南都網/新浪微博
重查郭美美事件簿

24/4
內地媒體報導紅十字會準備下月重新調查郭美美事件
25/4
網曝郭美美放狠話：誰敢動我一根毫毛，就立即公佈內幕，資料已寄美國，有膽放馬過來
26/4
傳郭代理人在某論壇發佈17.2G短片；中國紅會秘書長王汝鵬澄清，紅會沒任何人說要重查郭美美事件，此前是「烏龍報導」
27/4
最初稱重查的紅會社監委發言人改口：郭美美事件是否再查要經投票表決
28/4
紅會副會長趙白鴿：紅會堅持維護對郭美美事件的原判，即2011年12月31日公佈的調查結果

3 : cody9(14279)@2013-04-29 23:36:01

中國電影要打敗荷里活好簡單，首先裁咗廣電局，然後將呢啲真人真事改成電影。包保世界各國看得歎為觀止，東方荷里活之夢指日可待！ smiley

4 : hh0610(1603)@2013-04-30 23:22:34

挑! 原來係網傳.

"網傳郭美美揚言：「只要紅十字會敢動我一根毫毛，我立即公佈紅十會很多不為人知的貪污內幕！資料我已寄到美國，有膽的你們放馬過來……」"

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出大鑊會計師行老細原來好「正氣」?

1 : GS(14)@2013-08-06 23:34:40

嘩，陳葉馮的陳維端先生真是好啦

http://www.metrohk.com.hk/index.php?cmd=detail&id=216908&search=1

每逢到暑假，唔少市民同議員都會出埠去旅行，散吓心充吓電咁。唔離港，暑假又成日打風同落雨，市民要被迫留喺屋企，總之呢段時間就冇乜人捐血，搞到血庫缺血。民記立會議員EQ(葛珮帆)噚日就帶咗8名黨友去捐血站撐捐血，仲手持橫額，齊聲呼籲「恒常捐血，救人不絕」、「每份捐血都是生命之禮」嘅口號，叫大家要發揮救人精神。佢哋仲叫啲區議員去番自己嗰區捐血，兼呼籲市民大眾去捐血?，實行全港18區齊齊撐捐血咁話。帶隊嘅EQ自己食開素，有啲貧血就捐唔到；但61歲嘅中常委陳維端就認真巴閉，噚日係維端叔捐第95次血！其實維端叔年紀都唔細，但就好有心，佢堅持每年要捐4次血咁多，真係做善事不遺餘力囉。維端叔話，佢08年已開始捐血，仲笑住話，捐血唔單止幫到有需要嘅人，仲有助血液循環，對身體有益。到第100次時紅十字會會送番個紀念章畀捐血者，咁維端叔好快就拎到喇。厲害！厲害！

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因愛成恨爆大鑊？法總統舊愛出書揭大話

1 : GS(14)@2014-09-07 12:03:25

法國前第一女友、總統奧朗德的前女友特里耶維勒推出新書，指奧朗德是偽君子，表面想打擊有錢人，實質卻也嫌棄窮人，認為他們沒用；她又大爆分手後，奧朗德仍然死纏爛打，新書一出已成法國亞馬遜網站暢銷書榜冠軍，預計將對奧朗德政途投下震憾彈。新書《Merci Pour Ce Moment》（暫譯：謝謝這一刻）今日推出，全長320頁，封面註明「句句真言」。書中提到去年12月，奧朗德和女星茱莉加耶的緋聞傳出後，奧朗德曾向她發誓否認事件，結果一個月後便被傳媒登出二人幽會的照片，她一時難以接受現實，服食大量安服藥入院，但強調自己不是自殺，只是想睡一覺。奧朗德最終宣佈分手，但仍對特里耶維勒念念不忘，曾一天傳29個短訊，說「仍然需要你」、「如同今次選舉，我會把你贏回來」等；直至今年8月12日，奧朗德60歲生日當天，傳出他快將迎娶新歡的消息後，他仍再傳短訊說：「（消息是否屬實）由你決定。」美國《紐約每日新聞》

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穿崩片引發行家爆大鑊Louis杯麵魔術被轟抄橋

1 : GS(14)@2015-04-13 08:53:26

【昨日】■本報連續兩日追訪Louis，昨他返元朗工作室時為抄橋解畫。攝影：徐錦池

魔法王甄澤權（Louis）在街頭表演杯麵魔術，被網友拍片直擊穿崩斷正，有港版大衞高柏飛之稱的Louis成為眾矢之的，昨本報連環收到讀者爆料，澳門魔術師劉寶明指控Louis涉偷杯麵橋，怒插Louis的做法令人憤怒；有網友去年已直擊Louis表演街頭魔術搵人做媒，甚至有網友踢爆他在美國Abbott Magic比賽獲冠軍，其實小朋友和老人家都可參加，並非職業魔術師比賽。

現年32歲的魔術師甄澤權憑無綫節目《街頭魔法王》成功上位，成為受歡迎的魔術師並於拉斯維加斯、香港巡迴表演。不過，日前他在節目變杯麵不慎被網友直擊穿崩，慘變網民嘲笑對象，昨本報更收到多位讀者爆料，澳門魔術師劉寶明更聲稱是杯麵魔術的原創表演者，於2011年在台灣TMA魔術大會已公開表演，狂轟Louis有抄橋之嫌。

【原創片段】■魔術師劉寶明聲稱是杯麵魔術的原創者，自己於2011年在台灣的魔術大會已公開表演，怒插Louis抄橋。互聯網圖片

【魔術穿崩】■Louis在便利店表演街頭魔術，不慎被網友直擊穿崩拍片（右圖）放上網。

行家：條橋劉謙幫我諗

兩個魔術都是將杯麵由冇變有，構思相似，劉寶明昨在電話勁插Louis：「呢條橋係劉謙幫我諗，佢想用番都問過我，當年Louis去台灣參加魔術活動，佢有顧問喺後台做工作人員，有可能睇咗呢個比賽。」劉寶明投訴Louis偷橋變杯麵，他說：「我有問佢點解，佢話咁啱得咁蹺。魔術界百分之九十九相似係好差行為，抄橋會俾人唾罵，令人憤怒。」
Louis於2010年在美國Abbott Magic比賽獲冠軍，劉寶明不屑說：「呢個比賽有兩個運作形式，一個係主辦覺得好掂畀獎，如劉謙、大衞高柏飛都攞過，另一種係畀10萬蚊港紙可以買到。」有讀者亦爆Louis參加的這個比賽，其實是美國Colon小鎮搞的魔術節，老人家和小朋友都可參加，2009及2011年的冠軍都是小朋友，踢爆Louis吹到自己超勁的大話；還指Louis曾參加香港魔術家協會的舞台公開大賽，結果卻名落孫山。昨本報向魔術家協會會長Albert求證，他承認：「09年Louis參加過我哋協會比賽但攞唔到獎，而美國嗰個只係一般比賽，唔係國際性，呢個比賽有兩個獎項，一係由評審覺得你掂頒獎，另一類係Louis參加嘅上台表演。」除了杯麵被踢爆穿崩外，亦有網友早於去年節目錄影第一輯時，已於街頭拍到Louis變魔術搵人做媒兼失手，當時工作人員叫停指有穿崩位，更叫做媒的人要投入些。本報連續兩日到位於元朗的工作室追訪Louis，對於被劉寶明投訴偷橋，Louis解釋：「我唔係好熟佢，我冇睇過佢啲魔術，絕對冇可能。」問杯麵魔術是否他原創？Louis說：「係，但有時其他魔術師做過呢，咁一定會有，因為我哋可以買番嚟做，會去改良。」至於被指在美國參加的魔術比賽有誇大之嫌，他說：「呢個比賽係一個踏腳石，好多出名魔術師都參加過，如大衞高柏飛、Lance Burton，唔係一個冇人識嘅比賽。」有質疑他的魔術是用鏡頭呃人，小朋友都做到，他說：「其實用鏡頭就位，魔術有時好多位可以睇到，所以安排觀眾邊個角度睇魔術，係魔術師嘅技巧。」至於有網友影到做媒，他說：「拍時一定會試機位先，覺得做得唔係咁好，我哋再嚟多次拍番好少少。」

■Louis於2010年獲美國Abbott Magic冠軍，但有網友爆該比賽並非職業魔術師比賽，小朋友亦曾攞過冠軍。

■Louis曾揚威歐洲及美國，先後獲得多個獎項。

Louis：好唔開心

對於杯麵魔術被踢爆穿崩位，他說：「好唔開心，呢個唔係正常睇魔術角度影嘅片，當然唔可以完全怪晒人哋，自己都疏忽冇留意到。」問之後表演會否硬性清場或落黑布？他說：「如果街頭表演咁樣清場更加冇咗意思，我哋會多啲注意呢啲位置，同埋設計上再做好啲。自己對團隊有啲抱歉，一分鐘魔術可能用咗十幾日研究。」採訪、攝影：徐錦池、畢紹基、黃曉程

【前晚】■Louis前晚在工作室外受訪，坦言對杯麵魔術被踢爆感到唔開心。

■有網友去年已拍到Louis在街頭變魔術要搵人做媒。互聯網圖片

【網友熱話】秋生：只好話道行未夠

Louis的杯麵魔術「施法」過程被踢爆，當事人跟同為主持的阿Bob已分別作出回應，至於網友們就有咁嘅反應。

反：【黃秋生】

魔術俾人踢爆，預咗㗎啦。踢爆嘅人亦冇所謂道唔道德，只係扼殺咗其他人嘅快樂。魔術師只好話自己道行未夠。（一般人冇必要守魔術師守則）

反：【Lau Joe】

直接原因是冇自知之明，唔夠班做街頭表演魔術，只適宜做鏡頭下表演，有問題可剪輯。

反：【Moonkee Yip】

高強嘅魔術師，唔會畀大家睇到穿崩，但呢個《至尊街頭魔法王》喺街嘅人會睇到穿崩，實在離奇。

撐：【Angus Chan】

公平啲講，個魔術如果喺後面睇都會穿啦，只係工作人員疏忽啫，咁又點算得真係穿崩呢。

撐：【Suk Wa】

識法何必破法？娛樂嚟啫，你估真係有超能力咩。

撐：【Vincent Ng】

人哋花咁多心機去做魔術，你哋使乜咁認真，人哋都係畀免費娛樂大家啫，係人都知魔術係假，明知假你都要走去識穿人，畀個魔術識穿大獎你好唔好，超無聊。

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無綫前新聞主播出書爆大鑊陳珍妮：大台徹底摧毀我

1 : GS(14)@2015-07-22 23:33:55

■陳珍妮日前接受專訪，指新書大爆在無綫新聞部的黑暗歲月。攝影：沈健程場地：JAR

【香港書展2O15之有苦自知】無綫新聞經常被揶揄事事旦旦，原來在新聞部打工都要埋堆襟撈才有運行，曾經將國家總理李克強口快快講成李克勤的前主播陳珍妮（Jenny），今年書展會推出《TVB新聞部血淚史》，大揭當中辛酸，全書齋文字沒配圖，賣點鮮明爆料，Jenny文中提到後期返工要啪安眠藥，不離職會生癌，受盡委屈的她直播期間也會匿埋偷偷喊，4年主播生涯更摧毀了Jenny的價值觀。撰文：比華利

前主播陳珍妮的新書《TVB新聞部血淚史》爆無綫新聞部大鑊，離職3年多的她於自序表示此刻聽到大台新聞片頭預告聲仍會打冷震：「畢竟服安眠藥才能度日的歲月，烙印太深。」書中她揞名爆黑幕，指回憶都痛苦：「再留下，我會生癌的。走吧！」Jenny日前在中環接受本報獨家專訪，講到激動處更眼紅紅。

■訪問當日，陳珍妮講到辛酸史，激動起來更眼濕濕。

■Jenny指無綫主播起薪點低，甚至要在淘寶買出鏡平價套裝。

喊完再笑住出鏡

Jenny在第一篇便自爆得罪陳志雲，她提到某年生日，臨時接通知返公司上堂，壽星女當日淡妝配穿及膝裙，但兩日後被上司照肺，她當日離開坐城巴下層最後靠窗位，被當時陳志雲秘書撞到，指她「擘大對腳走晒光」，負上「唔檢點」罪，Jenny解釋有放大手袋在及膝裙上，沒可能走光。解釋變掩飾，Jenny從此沒運行，陳生有份審閱出鏡費卡士沒份，連帶半年返通宵更。Jenny提到其後向管理層「樹先生」請教如何改進，她說：「樹先生頓了一頓說『檢點啲啦』。」入世未深的Jenny不知同事間溝通用的Intranet會惹是非，「樹先生」有權限看到全部留言，Jenny試過在直播時，被指髮型不對要即拆髻，她事後才知一直被針對是因為曾在Intranet鬧過老細。Jenny又呻有時委屈到要匿埋喊，轉頭又假笑出鏡：「喊完返去執個樣又再讀囉。」

■Jenny曾擔任亞視新聞主播，一年後過檔入無綫。資料圖片

■TVB新聞小花如陳珍妮（中）和黃紫盈（左）陸續離開轉型。資料圖片

壓力大患情緒病

入職月薪只有$11,000的她要淘寶買平價套裝，上司S卻要她幫襯其私人髮型師，又要有指定髮型，試過明明沒戴錯吊吊揈耳環，卻受罰要寫道歉信。Jenny與負責編更主播C不熟，更表往往最「惡啃」，她在書中控訴：「大台徹底摧毀並改造我的價值觀。」訪問當天，Jenny直認壓力爆煲失眠：「臨走前半年係咁睇醫生，醫生話太大壓力，更表太亂，成日返通宵，有時返完通宵又返晏，成日瞓唔到，醫生知道我情緒上有問題，開血清素、B雜畀我食。」Jenny瀕臨抑鬱邊緣，回想近4年黑暗生涯，忽然淚盈於睫，問Jenny沒向上司反映不公平嗎？她說：「講過佢唔理，嘥氣啦。我問佢唔係有能者居之，跟住佢答呢度唔係，所以先輪到你。」上司不關心員工？Jenny說：「佢唔關心我囉，唔得寵！我接受咗自己唔係老細最鍾意嗰個，一個人可以坐大，係俾上司縱到咁，一個咁大嘅機構，唔係需要做到嘢嘅人，點解會咁扭曲？」Jenny揞名爆惡頂同事：「呢個人真係喺我身上留低過傷痕。」

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新人行禮後即吵大鑊新娘當街狂揼新郎

1 : GS(14)@2016-03-30 14:41:10

有情人終成眷屬，本來是一件美事，但白俄羅斯維斯布斯克（Vitebsk）一對新人，行禮後不久竟然在街上先則口角繼而「動武」。一對新人乘坐的花車在巴士站停下，新郎新娘隨即下車，兩人不知為何事爭吵。新郎想拉新娘上車，新娘隨即用花束打新郎，之後另一名女子亦加入戰團，拎著手袋聯手夾擊新郎。整個過程被尾隨的一輛汽車鏡頭拍下，短片中聽到車內人忍不住大笑，並說「她是外母」。新郎雙拳難敵四手，最後返回車上，立即離開現場，留下妻子及該女子在巴士站。英國《每日鏡報》

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「佢哋覺得生咗BB唔使咁搏」陳倩揚遭無綫封殺　離巢爆大鑊

1 : GS(14)@2016-08-07 02:03:44

■陳倩揚與無綫傾續約方向不一，最終選擇離開往外闖。攝影：陳志嵐

【《蘋果》專訪】現年32歲、育有兩子的「靚太港姐」陳倩揚，去年底爆seed在fb暗寸無綫「一朝天子一朝臣，你懂的。」據聞當時余詠珊下令革新《東張西望》，令一班老臣子無得留低。陳倩揚日前接受本報專訪，談到傾談續約過程中，雙方意見不一，有高層揚言：「生咗BB、做咗媽咪，你都可以唔使咁搏吖！」令她不是味兒，終決定前日約滿後離開。

陳倩揚參選2008年港姐得亞軍入行，未卸任已獲派入《東張西望》做主持，不經不覺已經七年。但去年底，無綫高層余詠珊要換入「有線幫」陳貝兒、區永權、李潤庭等人，故「老臣子」陳倩揚、黎芷珊和麥雅緻統統被革走。去年12月30日，倩揚主持完最後一集《東張》便無聲消失。

【《東張》最後】■去年12月30日是倩揚主持《東張西望》的最後一夜，之後大半年開工率極低。資料圖片

■倩揚前日帶埋大仔陳羲廷一齊返公司交證兼同TVB Buddy影相，紀念自己在一間公司服務了超過七年。互聯網圖片

■今年暑假，陳倩揚舉家到台灣旅行，與兩個囝囝一齊嬉水。

「話冇喊就呃你」

前日是陳倩揚約滿無綫的最後一日，她早上帶大仔陳羲廷一齊返公司交證及與TVB Buddy影相。日前倩揚在九龍灣受訪，透露未被「革走」前，亦有與公司高層傾續約，但最後不歡而散。她說：「其實又冇大吵大鬧，佢哋有同我傾續約，只係大家方向唔啱，咪走囉。」知道自己衰甚麼？她說：「佢又冇咁講，佢哋話想換新面孔同轉吓模式。咁我都明白，冇一份工永遠係你，唯一可以講，係佢哋覺得生咗BB、做咗媽咪，你都可以唔使咁搏吖！呢個係我唔太認同，香港咁多職業女性都要湊仔，唔通個個都唔應該返工呀！」陳倩揚直認接到電話通知「冇得撈」《東張》一刻，傷心爆喊，她說：「話冇喊就呃你，但老公好理性同我分析，安慰我，係時勢得出咁嘅結果，但唔一定負面，可能有其他機會等緊你。」是否權力下犧牲品？她笑笑口說：「呢樣要留畀大家食花生，但如果我唔係選美出身，冇《東張》呢個學堂，我亦唔會有呢個認受性同知名度。」她表示沒有怪責「有線幫」，認為每個朝代換班底都好正常。

■陳倩揚驚聞被逐出《東張》，自爆曾激動痛哭，幸獲老公安慰。

■杜之克（左一）和余詠珊（左二）都是當今老闆「殼王」陳國強身邊的大紅人。

■08年港姐冠亞季軍分別是張舒雅（右二）、陳倩揚（左二）和馬賽（右一），高海寧僅得旅遊大使獎。資料圖片

監製不准錄用

據悉倩揚因為不肯續約，加上爆seed言論，被高層下達封殺令。不少劇集和綜藝節目監製均收到通知，不得錄用陳倩揚，所以近半年，陳倩揚開工率極低，只在劇集《完美叛侶》演出兩場閒角，及在《與諜同謀》做羅嘉良前妻，加埋不足10場戲。前晚倩揚在電話中被問是否遭封殺？她說：「我冇聽過，呢大半年都專注讀芳香療法同網上教人煮餸。」工作量大減？她說：「呀……咁呢個都係事實，last day見番手足同事，記番好多以前嘅嘢，大個女要向前看嘛。」採訪：嵐山場地提供：I's Land Cafe化妝：Heidi Lee@ Heidi-Makeup.com服裝及鞋履：Stunnging Sgirls、House of Avenues

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經濟客艙：美股越升越大鑊

1 : GS(14)@2016-08-16 04:53:35

農曆七月十四快到，但我哋身處嘅年代更加詭異。大家得到嘅知識同科技比從前多，面對危機就越來越難掌握。如果金融危機係人為事件，咁危機背後係由一班堪稱轉數快、讀書多嘅精英造成，夠晒荒謬。八年過後，大家對潛在危機警覺係提升抑或視而不見。睇番美股先，三大指數上星期四17年來首次齊破頂。見到今次股市越升，越膽戰心驚。標普500指數淨長倉合約增加到2.88萬份，俗稱VIX恐慌指數嘅淨短倉合約更錄得紀錄高位11.4萬份，睇落大戶都睇好行情，繼續賭美股升。與此同時，大戶亦賭金價升，黃金淨長倉合約升到32.6萬份，亦接近紀錄高位。如果大家對經濟前景有十足信心，過去一個月英、澳、紐央行齊齊減息四分一厘。如果話最難捱嘅時間已經過去，恐怕只係對危機視而不見，始終相信最差的尚未來臨。央行放水行動已達到覆水難收嘅程度；游資太多，資金出路唔知去邊好，為追逐回報乜都博。英、德、日等10年國債孳息率已經少過1厘，德國同日本債息更跌至負數，反映債市泡沫風險。相比之下，美國債息仍有1.5厘水平，回報仍算吸引。雖然美國經濟數據表現參差，但緊隨11月美國舉行大選，所以唔可以完全排除美國加息嘅可能，利率轉向對股滙債市影響唔可以睇小。有大行估希拉莉入主白宮，大家做好準備儲局加息。而特朗普成功獲選美國總統先可能減息，為佢主張保護貿易主義對經濟衝擊打底，曲線踩咗腳，好波。
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