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＜ 蔡萬霖追思 兩千人致祭 ＞
　　　　The memorial service for the late 蔡萬霖was held on a damp Tuesday morning, with soft rain drizzling down. The 81 year old tycoon is buried in 金石園 in 瑞芳; the service was held at Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall. Visitors who paid respect included Chairman of the Far Eastern Group Douglas Hsu, Chairman of the Acer Group Stan Shi, among other prominent figures in the private sector.
　　Born in 竹南 Town, Miaoli in 1924, 蔡萬霖, began his business trademarked "Wan" at the age of 17. Tsai then delved into the insurance business, later on expanding his empire to medical care, finance, construction and finally to be named as the wealthiest Chinese by Forbes Magazine. In the aftermath of the 921 earthquakes, Tsai set up a fund worth 350 million NT to support relief efforts. To this day, he is praised as a philanthropist.
　　Under accompaniment of friends, 蔡萬 霖 walked to the end of his legendary life. His entrepreneurial spirit, however, will live on like the spirit of the Cathay Enterprises tree.

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　　　　一大早細雨綿綿，享年八十一歲的蔡萬霖，下葬在瑞芳的金石園後，週二上午在國父紀念館舉行追思會，包括遠東集團總裁徐旭東、宏碁施振榮等，幾乎所有企業界的大老都前來跟這位傳奇的台灣首富致意。1924年出生於苗栗竹南鎮的蔡萬霖，在十七歲的時候，就創立【萬】字號商行，隨後投入保險業，一路奮鬥下，企業版圖橫跨保險、醫療、金融、工程等等，更榮膺美國富比世雜誌的華人首富，他還在921的時候，捐出三億五千萬的賑災基金，樂善好施的精神，一直為人所稱頌。在各界好友的陪伴下，蔡萬霖走完傳奇的一生，而他的創業精神，就像國泰的大樹一樣，將生生不息。

　　



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＜ 上班族年終 哪行業最多 ＞
　　　　Everyone has the same question on their minds these days. The question is how much their bonuses will be this year. On average, office workers hope to receive a bonus of 1.73 month's salary. Unfortunately, companies are only willing to give an average of 1.53 month's salary.
　　The financial industry tops the chart again for highest bonuses this year. Traditional industries took the other top ten spots. The high-tech industry used to be considered a highly lucrative industry and was ninth last year. However, this year it has dropped to eleventh place. 36 percent of the companies said they will not be giving out bonuses this year. One media advertising company will be giving out presents instead of bonuses due to a poor year. The presents are only tissues and cookies. It seems like not everyone will be enjoying a happy bonus this year.

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　　　　現在大家心裡都有同樣的問號，那就是今年年終可以拿到多少個月，上班族平均希望拿到1.73個月，不過很可惜企業主平均只願意給1.53個月，而金融業還是穩坐冠軍寶座，傳統產業也包辦了前十名，但是之前人人稱羨的科技業去年第九名今年掉到第十一名，更有三成六的企業主說清楚不會發年終，更有家媒體廣告業沒賺錢不發年終而以小禮物取代只有面紙和蛋捲，今年的年終獎金還是幾家歡樂，幾家愁

　　



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＜ 蔡英文閣揆?各方的意見 ＞
　　　　Who will be leading the cabinet Next February? Currently, legislator at large Tsai Ying-wen is the most likely candidate. It is said that the DPP has already asked for support from the TSU and that President Chen will make the announcement on New Year's Day. TSU has expressed their support, however, the DPP has completely denied the appointment. DPP claims that thus far the decision has not been made. Veteran party member Shen Fu-Hsiung is skeptical of the situation, while both the KMT and PFP are unwilling to express their stance on Tsai Ying-wen heading the cabinet. Who will be the new Premier? The people are waiting for President Chen Shui-bian's decision.
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　　　　明年二月，誰來帶領閣員？目前以民進黨不分區立委蔡英文呼聲最高，外傳，民進黨裡已經知會了台聯，要尋求支持，更表明明年元旦，陳總統就要公佈台聯表示贊同，不過民進黨卻全盤否認，表示只是報派消息，還沒定調，但大老沈富雄，不看好。至於國親兩黨對蔡英文組閣更不願意表態。究竟誰才是最佳閣揆，正考驗著陳水扁總統的智慧，外界都在看。

　　



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＜ 救難先遣隊 拂曉出發了 ＞
　　　　These guys in red shirts and red hats are volunteers from the ROC International Headquarter rescue team. They are headed for the disaster area for relief work. In the airport lobby are provisions and equipment for rescue. They are sending immediate support. And private organizations are not the only ones showing support. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has formed a 10-man disaster assessment team headed for Indonesia. Early in the morning, after the induction ceremony, the team took off on their mission, taking with them tents, sleeping bags and basic provisions. In the wake of disaster, Taiwan steps up to its duties as a part of the international community.

　　



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　　　　 身穿紅衣,頭戴紅帽,他們是民間團體中華搜救總隊,要前往災區,協助救援工作,只見機場大廳放滿了救援物資,以及搜救器材 ,他們要把握第一時間,送愛心到印尼不僅民間團體,外交部也成立了10人救難評估小組前往印尼,一大清早,舉行了授旗儀式,他們準備了帳篷睡袋等簡單的救援物資到災區,最主要的目的,是要評估災情參與國際救援,傳遞愛心,台灣不缺席

　　



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＜ 李登輝抵日 近千人歡迎 ＞
　　　　After three years of waiting, former President Lee Teng-hui finally got his wish and returned to Japan. Outside the airport, a group of people were waiting for Lee, and broke out into screams when Lee appeared. Among the group were members of the Lee's Friends Association and the Alumni Association of Lee's former school, Kyoto University. Lee was in good spirits when he arrived in Japan. Apart from talking about his itinerary, he also discussed the future direction of the TSU. Lee has great hopes for the party. Although China protested Lee's visit to Japan, Japan still issued a visa to Lee. Lee will stay in Japan for seven days.
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　　　　暌違三年多，前總統李登輝，終於如願再度遊覽日本！機場外，早已守候接機的隊伍，一見到李前總統出來，興奮的大叫，可以輕易感受到他們的熱情。這群接機隊伍，包含李友會，以及李前總統母校，京都大學校友會！經過三的多小時的飛行，飛機上，李前總統心情顯得非常愉快，除了談到此趟日本行，他也提到台聯未來的發展，李前總統充滿期待！儘管行前遭到中國方面強烈抗議，日本還是照樣發給李登輝前總統簽證，風風雨雨，七天六夜溫泉之旅，終於還是來了！

　　



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＜ 春節的包機 國民黨腹案 ＞
　　　　The Chinese New Year is approaching. Arranging for the millions of Taiwanese businessmen in Mainland China to return home is a considerable task at hand. Chartering planes is the most efficient method, but negotiations with the Mainland on the situation have not yet materialized. The KMT has proposed to implement the 2002 flight chartering plans for this year. Planes will be provided by Taiwan. However, in 2002, chartered flights were only available from Shanghai to Taipei and flights had to stopover in Hong Kong or Macau. This year they hope to add Guangzhou and Beijing to the plan. They also wish to eliminate the stopover in order to save precious time. Chartered flights can only bring a small fraction of the millions of Taiwanese businessmen home. One other motivation behind the plan is to relax cross-strait tensions. The KMT will meet with the Mainland Affairs Council in hopes of speeding up the plan to bring Taiwanese businessmen home for the holidays.
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　　　　就快要過年了，百萬台商在中國，如何返台過年，真是大工程！春節包機，是最省時的辦法，但兩岸談到現在，都還只聞樓梯響，國民黨提出腹案，原則上比照九十一年的包機模式，由我方民航飛機負責接送，不過當時只開放上海、台北，而且中途停靠港澳，今年希望除了上海之外，還能增加廣州跟北京，而且中途不降落，節省返鄉時程但包機能載多少人，這只不過是百萬台商的極小部份，促成春節包機，還有緩和兩岸緊張的效用，國民黨團也將拜會陸委會，希望儘速促成春節包機，讓台商返家好過年！

　　



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＜ 中國白皮書 國防部反應 ＞
　　　　In the 2004 National Defense white paper outlined by the Chinese government, it clearly states that China will crush Taiwan's independence at all costs. Take a look at its national defense budget. In year 2000 a total of 170.7 billion was allotted. In 2002, 190.7 billion was set aside. By 2004, that number grew to 211.7 billion. The Ministry of National Defense says this is just a tip of the iceberg. According to the Ministry, China has continuously beefed up its military powers to become a source of chaos in the Asia-Pacific region. And to maintain peace across the Strait, passing the 610.8 billion arms purchase act is imperative. In the wake of continual growth of China's defense powers, the Ministry of National Defense urges Taiwanese people to be on the alert.
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　　　　中國2004年國防白皮書，內容明確表示中國武裝力量將不惜一切代價粉碎台獨，看看中國的國防預算，2000年編列1707億元，2002年編列1907億元，2004年更高達2117億元，國防部認為，這只是一小部份國防部強調，中共持續增加軍事力量，以成為亞太地區的亂源，維持台海和平，一定要6108億軍購過關面對中國持續擴大軍備，國防部提醒民眾，千萬不能掉以輕心

　　

　　



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＜ 蜂蜜氧化物 有抗癌功效 ＞
　　　　Honey has been shown to be an antioxidant in the blood, and greatly boosters the immune system. A recent report says that honey may have yet another health benefit: fighting cancer. However, doctors caution the public that more studies are needed before a conclusion can be drawn. Bottles of honey and honey products are still flying off the shelves in stores though due to the many other health benefits. Doctors say that taking in a daily dose of honey can only help and will not harm the body, but whether it really has cancer-fighting properties remains to be seen.
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　　　　舀起一匙蜂蜜送進嘴巴裡，甜甜的滋味讓大人小孩每天都愛來上一口，因為蜂蜜已經被證實可以促進血液中抗氧化物質的含量，對增進抵抗力有很大幫助，現在更有研究指出，多吃蜂蜜，可以抗癌，不過醫生說，還在進一步研究不過市面上一罐罐蜂膠或蜂王乳還是賣得相當好，因為蜂蜜所含的養分，可以中和對身體有害的自由基，目前抗癌還在實驗階段，醫生說，每天吃蜂蜜有益無害，不過能不能對抗癌細胞、成為新的抗癌藥物，可能還得再等等

　　



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＜ 減肥腳踏車 六十公分長 ＞
　　　　This mini bicycle is only knee-high, but it works perfectly as a bicycle should. Its designer, Mr. Gu, performs difficult feats while riding it, causing the audience's eyes to widen in amazement. Many people say that the bicycle is good for weight loss, because the speed at which the bicycle travels is similar to walking, but uses more energy. Both feet have to continuously pedal in order to keep the bicycle in motion. Shock absorbers have been installed on the front and rear wheels, and the handlebar is also moveable. Mr. Gu often rides the bicycle out onto the street. This two-person bicycle is only 80 cm. long, and was also designed by Mr. Gu. Since he designed it for fun, it will not be mass produced.
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　　　　別看這台迷你腳踏車，只比人的膝蓋還高一點，卻真的能夠騎喔，發明這台腳踏車的古先生就騎著她，讓著小公園到處亂轉，還能穿過溜滑梯底下的空隙，讓一龐大人及小朋友都大眼睛，忍不住想是一是民眾笑稱可以減肥，因為騎起來，它的速度就跟走路一樣慢,但要更費力，雙腳得不斷踩動，而這台腳踏車不不僅前後裝上了避震氣，把手還能前後搖晃，而古先生，還常騎著它上街另外這台，雙人的協力車，只有八十公分高，這些都是古先生改良的，純粹好玩,並不會出產