What's in the News

Well, things are not all bad: At least they are getting rid of 'reality' tv, and dodgy 'outrageous and unsupportable' claims in advertising and other things that we should get rid of too. Pity that the tv stations back home don't take it that these things reflect badly on themselves, not to mention the general public for watching it.

Not so sure of the 'pornographic' nature of the shows they banned though. Oh well. TIFC.


China bans figure-enhancing undies ads
Sunday Sep 30 19:00 AEST
AP - China has banned TV and radio ads for push-up bras and figure-enhancing underwear in the communist government's latest move to purge the nation's airwaves of what it calls social pollution.

No examples were given, but Chinese television channels have increasingly broadcast late-night infomercials featuring scantily clad women, as well as ads for products that claim to boost sexual performance.

Regulators have already targeted ads using crude or suggestive language, behaviour, and images, tightening their grip on television and radio a few weeks ahead of a twice-a-decade Communist Party congress at which some new senior leaders will be appointed.

The latest ban by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, or SARFT, also bans advertisements for sexual aids including tonics and sex toys, along with "inelegant images" in ads for what it referred to simply as "adult products".

   
The notice indicated that regulators were concerned about both lascivious imagery and outrageous or insupportable claims about some products' benefits or effectiveness.

"Illegal 'sexual medication' advertisements and other harmful ads pose a grave threat to society," said the SAFT notice, issued last week and seen on the administration's website.

"They not only seriously mislead consumers, harm the people's health, pollute the social environment, and corrupt social mores, but also directly harm the credibility of public broadcasting and affect the image of the Communist Party and the government," the notice said.

China has already issued strict rules for TV talent shows, including the banning of American Idol-style mass audience voting by mobile phone text message or the internet.

A few weeks ago, SARFT ordered 11 radio shows off the air in southern and central China for talking too explicitly about sex or for broadcasting material of an "extreme pornographic nature".

Regulators have also banned television shows about cosmetic surgery and sex changes, and a talent show that they deemed coarse.

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/14264375/detail.html

Poor Devil, so much slander and libel. Poor old Lucifer would never do anything like what this woman describes. I mean, do you have any idea how much trouble he would be in if they found out about it upstairs? It violates the Angelic-Infernal Treaty of 1645 and the Armageddon Agreement of 2001.

It's already on, episode 3 should be tonight.  Watched the first one just cause it was in China, but this is season 15 after all, I'm a little Survivored out.

They don't put things on TV unless they can sell advertising space. People who watch TV are stupid, is my guess. It is an indictment of society.

Remember the good ol' days of the Great Leap Forward?  Well, I reckon something like it is being played out in Hoganland this year.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/10/05/2051428.htm

If I read this correctly some farmers got a payment for a wheat crop that was due to be harvested some months later.  Now farmers, of all people, should know about the vagaries of the weather.  Yet some of them seem to be in deep  right now.  It reminds me of the GLF, when peasants would promise that they would harvest 10 tonnes of rice per hectare (say) and the next commune would promise 20, and so on.  Come harvest time, and only 5 tonnes was harvested.

Leave him! Marry me!  I tell funnier jokes!  I'm good with kids!

China's richest person is 26-year old woman Mon Oct 8, 12:56 PM ET
 
BEIJING (Reuters) - The twenty-six year-old daughter of a rags-to-riches property developer is China's wealthiest person, with a $16 billion ( 7.8 billion pound) fortune, Forbes magazine said on Monday.

Yang Huiyan shot to the top of the China Rich List after the firm her father founded floated on the Hong Kong stock exchange in April, creating five billionaires at once.

Her low-profile father, Yeung Kwok Keung -- who worked as a farmer and on construction sites before making his fortune, according to Chinese media -- had transferred his stake in Country Garden Holdings Co. to his daughter in 2005.

Also Asia's richest woman, the Ohio State University graduate this year married the son of a top Chinese official she met on a blind date, the China Daily reported.

She is one of the few on the list to have inherited her wealth, in a country where booming economic growth has created fortunes virtually overnight.

The economy has expanded so fast that the country's 40 wealthiest people are now all dollar billionaires, compared with just 15 last year, Forbes said in a press release.

Their combined net worth more than tripled to $120 billion, from last year's $38 billion, Forbes said.

But as the number of the super-rich grows, officials in Beijing are stepping up efforts to tackle the gulf between rich and poor because they fear it threatens social stability.

Real estate was among the most lucrative sectors. Eight of the top ten have big property development interests.

"Household incomes are rising rapidly, and a growing number of people are moving into cities from rural areas. Those trends are creating great business opportunities for property developers," said Russell Flannery, Forbes senior editor and compiler of the China Rich List.

Country Garden, based in the southern city of Guangdong focuses on building villas, townhouses and large apartments.

Yang's father is still chairman and chief executive while she sits on the board as an executive director.

Last year's number one on the Forbes list, Wong Kwong Yu, slipped nine places to squeeze into the top ten, even though his fortune rose by nearly 50 percent.

Forbes compiles its list by looking at stakes in listed and private companies and other assets. It excludes Hong Kong residents like tycoon Li Ka-shing -- estimated by Forbes to have a $22 billion fortune in January.

Space Exploration.
Here's a digital simulation of a landing on a meteor, created by my little Sister's Company in Maffra......
http://www.space.com/php/video/player.php?video_id=NEOnauts2

Men, it seems your in the wrong Country

NZ women most promiscuous: survey

New Zealand women have the most sexual partners in the world, according to a global sex survey reported on Saturday.

They have an average of 20.4 sexual partners, according to a survey by condom-maker Durex - well above the global average of 7.3.

The Durex Sexual Wellbeing Global survey, which questioned 26,000 people in 26 countries, found that Austrians topped the male list with 29.3 sexual partners, more than twice the global average of 13.2.

New Zealand was the only country where women were more promiscuous than their men, who averaged 16.8 sexual partners, The Press newspaper said, reporting the survey.

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The survey showed that Austrians were the youngest to lose their virginity at an average of 17.3 years, followed by Brazilians (17.4), Germans (17.6) and New Zealanders (17..

 

Durex company did the survey? and got these results?  Well!!  The results are only as good as the customers that use the product.....we (sadly) have had a record of illegitimate birth rate of 1/3 for at least the past 70 years!!  Maybe the Company should have surveyed "in the islands"

Yes, Kiwi women top the world's list.














...for honesty. 

Mite not right — in prison


Reid Sexton
October 14, 2007


VEGEMITE is off the menu for Victoria's 4200 prisoners because of fears they could use Australia's favourite breakfast spread to make booze.

Authorities have cracked down on the dark spread because prisoners have discovered ways to refine Vegemite, which has a high yeast content, to brew alcohol.

Authorities first cracked down on the breakfast spread in the late '90s, but there are concerns that home brew is still being made inside prisons, particularly in the lead-up to Christmas.

The Department of Justice said Vegemite was banned because prisoners have been known to extract the yeast. The extraction process involves melting Vegemite and using the yeast to ferment sugar or carbohydrates into alcohol.

Last year, several prisoners were found severely drunk at the Metropolitan Remand Centre.

They had secretly fermented fruit, believed to be stolen from the prison's kitchen, and turned it into alcohol.

Brimbank Legal Centre spokesman Charandev Singh said the only times prisoner advocates came in contact with the Vegemite issue was after alcohol-related deaths in custody.

"Anything in prison can be turned into alcohol. Fruit, sugar, bread. The issue for us is not banning Vegemite. It's about basic safety."

Is that all the cons we got?? 

Another wonderful initiative by a Hoganland entity.  In fact, it happens to be the football club with the oldest and finest tradition in the land world.  George, ... GEORGE    For goodness sake, stir from your alcoholic slumber and pay attention.

http://melbournefc.com.au/Season2007/News/NewsArticle/tabid/7415/Default.aspx?newsId=52511 There's a mention there of them visiting Suzhou.  Just giving you a heads up, boss.

Yeah! They'll probably start a brawl in Suzhou! Keep away from them, fellas!!

Interesting quote, which shows the intelligence of the MFC executive......

"There is currently an AFL youth ambassador in Tianjin, Australian football has been endorsed nationally as an approved physical exercise in Chinese schools, and there are young and middle aged children, and university students already playing the game," said Harris

Yeah, I have been drinking with those middle aged children many times.

BBC world service are doing a series on China.  Not too bad actually.  I would love my student's to listen to it.  The in county reporters are good. Nothing really that we don't alreday know. Well their take on things agrees with mine.
Corruption blah blah That even though Central goverment passes down good laws they can't implement them.   Don't do business with the Chinese unless you have a Chinese helping you.  Guanxi is all important but even though you may know the word you have to know how it works.  A few good stories about that.  Foreigners getting burnt.  Foreigners believing all the flattery, appealig to their egos, such an easy target.