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The Volkswagen Sharan 2.mini storage0 TDI BlueMotion is a big and economical MPV. By Samuel EeVOLKSWAGEN makes mostly practical cars and none is more practical than the Sharan 2.0 TDI BlueMotion.This is a mid-sized multi-purpose vehicle (MPV), introduced here nearly two years ago with the previous Golf GTI's engine.Getting the hot hatch's 200 hp and 280 Newton-metres of torque directed to its front wheels of course gives this big people-mover rather enthusiastic performance.But now, there is a more economical power plant for this mummy wagon - a two-litre diesel engine. The four-cylinder turbo-diesel churns out 177 hp and a whopping 380 Nm. All this is channelled to the front axle using the same brilliant six-speed DSG dual-clutch gearbox.And since BlueMotion denotes fuel-saving features for the car such as regenerative braking, engine start/stop system and optimised aerodynamics, the Sharan TDI turns in a fuel consumption figure of 5.9 litres per 100 km under the combined cycle, or an impressive 16.9 km per litre.That means, with its 73-litre fuel tank filled to the brim, it is possible to drive the Sharan from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur and back, plus one more one-way trip to the Malaysian capital before visiting a service station. And that's taking the scenic route because expressway driving is even more economical.But you don't have to leave Singapore to find out how frugal the Sharan is; drive around town all day and you will barely see the fuel gauge needle move.The only downside to this amazing efficiency is that the diesself storagel-powered Sharan isn't as fun to drive as the petrol-engined version.Turbo lag is obvious when accelerating from standstill. It doesn't help that the Sharan TDI is no lightweight, tipping the scales at 1,800 kg.At 1.72 metres high, the VW MPV is also tall, with a high centre of gravity that manifests itself clearly in body roll whenever you're taking a curve at speed.But at 4.9 metres long and 1.9 metres wide, there is a very spacious cabin with three rows of seats and two electrically operated, rear-sliding doors.The family-friendly MPV's second row can be fitted with one or two integrated child seats to ensure the kids have a more secure ride, with sensors in the doors and windows to prevent them accidentally shutting on little fingers and heads.To get into the pair of third row seats, the Easy Entry system allows the second row seat to be folded by using just one hand.There is some cargo space when the last row is used, but fold it down and the Sharan is as capacious as an estate, if not more so, because of the higher roof. The second row seats can also be folded for a flat and deeper cargo floor. Fuel efficiency isn't the only thing that is available in spades with the Sharan TDI.samuelee@sph.com.sgSPECSVolkswagen Sharan 2.0 TDI BlueMotionEngine 1,968cc inline-4 turbodieselTransmission 6-speed DSG dual clutchMax power 177 hp @ 4,200 rpmMax torque 380 Nm @ 1,750-2,500 rpm0-100 kmh 9.6 secsTop speed 206 kmhCO2 emissions 154 g/kmAverage OMV $43,000Price $208,300 (with COE)Distributor Premium AutomobilesTel 6566-1111迷你倉

Source: The Santa Fe New MexicanAug.迷你倉價錢 30--When Nathan Benn would go out on assignment for National Geographic magazine, he often had no idea what he would be ?photographing. "You get the assignment, just this slip of paper, ?from Bob Gilka [the magazine's longtime photography director, who died in June], and you go off by yourself. You get the rental car, and you check into a hotel and unpack. Then the next morning it's, What the hell am I doing here?" The maga?zine's photographers were trusted to come up with the stories -- they were basically the producers. "You shot your film; you followed your nose."?A fascinating selection of Benn's photos appears in the new book Kodachrome Memory: American Pictures 1972-1990 (published by Powerhouse Books). Benn, who worked as a National Geographic Society ?photographer from 1972 to 1991, has an exhibition opening on Friday, Aug. 30, at Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery.Hearing Benn's account, it is rather amazing that National Geographic, 125 years old and inarguably the most famous monthly publication of documentary photography in the world, is produced with such a casual process. "There were 18 picture editors, and they were the people who looked at the film to pull the first pictures and kind of help consolidate and keep the photographer somewhat on track," Benn said during an interview at his Santa Fe home. "You would be assigned a picture editor at the beginning. There was no writer assigned yet, because the magazine was picture-driven. Still is."So you'd get this slip of paper, and it would just say Bruce McElfresh is the editor or something like that, and that's all you'd get. Then you went to his assistant, Lilian Davidson, to tell her, I'm going off to Egypt or ?China or Vermont, could I have $10,000 in traveler's checks? Then you ?go to the film guy for 300 rolls of Kodachrome or Ektachrome." The 35 mm film was packaged in what was called "bricks" of 20 rolls. ?It was handed out like water."Some projects required Benn to do research. For a piece on Moses, his first overseas story, he read "a lot on biblical archaeology." For other assignments, the photographer relied on his news nose. Sometimes Benn was disappointed with his work, realizing that his photos reinforced cliches. "On my last story on Pittsburgh, I actually tried to turn that upside down. You think it's steel mills. Well, there was only one left, and I spent a week shooting it. But by 1990 I was also more self-aware and dissatisfied with what I was doing, and I asked for Pittsburgh -- rather than the Soviet Union, which they wanted me to do -- and I spent a week going to law offices. The fact is, there were more lawyers working in Pittsburgh than steel workers."One of the book's Pittsburgh photos is of a framed 1888 painted portrait ?of the family of Henry Clay Frick, who was one of the directors of the United States Steel Corporation. On the next page is an image of a woman sitting behind a massive reception desk, her head barely clearing ?its top. "I was thinking about the Old World and the role of women, the idealization of purity and the family center, and then you turn to this woman who is lost in this corporate armature." In the same section, there is a photo of a middle-aged woman standing at a deli counter. It's a completely ordinary scene. Who is she? It's Sophie Masloff, then mayor of Pittsburgh. "The kind of photography I was attracted to is the tradition of Dr. Erich Salomon: the miniature camera, available light, fly-on-the-wall photography." Salomon was a groundbreaking German news photographer who died at Auschwitz in 1944.When Benn was finished shooting photos for an assignment, he would put the 20 or 30 rolls of film in a yellow box. He would send it off to National Geographic, which sent it to Kodak,迷你倉and Kodak returned the slides in yellow boxes to the magazine's film review department. "Film review would stamp them with your name and the place, and they might tell you one of your cameras isn't exposing correctly or something's scratching your film. Then it went to the editor and then to ?the picture editor, and it might sit on his desk for six weeks until you bugged him."The picture editor would choose five or 10 slides and put them into a "work box" containing images destined for use in the magazine. Then all the little yellow boxes were put into a blue box, an acid-free box, and sent to "Siberia." That was Benn's name for the magazine's photography warehouse in Maryland. "Conscientious photographers like Sam Abell would look at every frame. For nonconscientious photographers like me, it was just, Give me another stack of traveler's checks and send me off somewhere else."He had never seen most of the pictures before choosing them for the book. He began the selection process by going to the warehouse and asking for the 40-some cartons of blue boxes of yellow boxes. Of the many thousands of images he made during nearly 20 years at the magazine, about 500 have been published either in National Geographic or in books."There are three distinct steps in the life of the photograph, and each one has a specific set of skills," Benn said. "The first is deciding where you're going to be today. Is it New Haven or Seoul, Korea, or where? Then you try to schedule with events that might be happening there." The photo Cohocton, New York, 1975 is an example of the method. It shows a young man sitting in a tree-hung hammock, watching a drill team performing with batons and walking down a rainy street. "I had found there was an annual tree-sitting contest and parade in upstate New York. I was doing a story about the Finger Lakes. I learned that was going to happen, and I made plans to be in that town on that day. I didn't know what I was going to get."The second step in the process, Benn said, has to do with how the photographer uses the equipment to make a photo -- in his case a Leica M4 or Nikon F. The third step is "to redact your photographs and select. I think of myself as a hunter-gatherer. That's what I did when I was out as a documentary photographer. And going through my yellow boxes, I'm still a hunter-gatherer."After National Geographic, and after having known many of the world's renowned photographers -- among them W. Eugene Smith, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Berenice Abbott -- Benn went in a different direction. "I had gotten interested in electronic publishing. I recognized that digital publishing was going to have a big impact on publishing and copyright. So I developed the idea for what became the first online stock photography company, Picture Network International. We launched the first commercial picture library online in 1993. I was the founder and president, and Kodak bought it in 1998." From 2000 to 2002, Benn worked at another venerable photographic institution, serving as director of Magnum Photos Inc.Benn intends Kodachrome Memory to stand as his legacy monograph. He has two ongoing projects -- one about the Jewish Diaspora and the other about an ancient tomb in Peru. "It is the richest tomb ever excavated in the New World, and I was sent down before anyone knew what would be found. It's the King Tut of the New World, and I have the only photographs."details--Nathan Benn: Kodachrome Memory--Opening reception & booksigning 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 30; exhibit through Sept. 13--Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery, 602-A Canyon Road, 820-7451Copyright: ___ (c)2013 The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, N.M.) Visit The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, N.M.) at .santafenewmexican.com Distributed by MCT Information Services儲存

Source: The Roanoke Times, Va.新蒲崗迷你倉Aug. 30--Botetourt County residents want and would adequately support a YMCA in Daleville, according to a market study released Wednesday night, but much more study -- and fundraising -- lie between that desire and construction.The study put a conservative estimate on the number of members in the first year a YMCA was open at Daleville Town Center at up to 2,000. The phone survey was paid for by contributions from local businesses."Apparently this is fertile soil here to consider a Y," said John Alderson, a Botetourt County insurance firm owner and school board member who has helped lead a community effort to draw the Y to the area.The study, conducted by Florida-based PB&A Marketplace Intelligence, which specializes in assessing potential Y locations, found that first year memberships could reach a 10 percent to 16 percent market penetration rate. That's more than double the normal rate for a community that builds a Y.But leaders of YMCA of the Roanoke Valley, the parent organization for Y facilities here, stress that the study results, while encouraging, only push the process forward to still more study."Building a Y is no small endeavor," said Kim Bratic, director of communications for YMCA of the Roanoke Valley. "We really take baby steps in this and try to make it as error proof as possible."Mark Johnson, president and CEO of the organization, said the Y's method is to try to talk a community out of wanting a Y. If they still want it, they know the enthusiasm and commitment mini storageo support one is really there."Now we have to turn that into a building model that would serve the community and be sustainable and then figure out what that would cost," Johnson said.His staff will look at YMCAs around the country in places similar to Botetourt County to learn more about what facilities and programs might work best.But the study made clear that Botetourt residents want an indoor swimming pool in the package.Alderson noted that both Lord Botetourt and James River high schools have swim teams that have to travel to Hollins University for practices and meets. And the school system would like to expand the swim teams into the middle schools, he said. Having a competition pool in the county would help.But Johnson said he perceives that residents see the Y as much more than a pool and a gym."They see it as an anchor for the whole community," he said.Once a rough price is put on the facility, the next step is to figure out if supporters can raise the money to get it built.Alderson is optimistic, but recognizes success is a long way off, and the enthusiasm apparent in the market study doesn't guarantee it."The early steps were quick and easy, but the steps now will be more difficult," he said. "We're not going to make a mistake here. If we get to a point where we see this thing is not feasible, we're going to cut out the lights and go home."Copyright: ___ (c)2013 The Roanoke Times (Roanoke, Va.) Visit The Roanoke Times (Roanoke, Va.) at .roanoke.com Distributed by MCT Information Servicesself storage

LONDON, August 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --The shortlist for The Corporate Engagement Awards 2013 has been announced today and with a doubling in entry numbers this year, the competition has been exceedingly tough.迷你倉新蒲崗(Logo: photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130830/637542 )The winners will be revealed at a fantastic gala dinner on 26 September at the Hotel Russell in central London.Andrew Thomas, publisher of Communicate magazine says, "The awards this year saw 102% growth. More importantly the quality of entry has improved dramatically, not only in terms of the strategy and implementation of the campaigns entered but also in the care and the time companies have taken in developing their entries. If it wasn't for the fact that we had such an impressive panel of judges, the process of selecting the winners would have been virtually impossible."Over the last three years of the event, The Corporate Engagement Awards has grown to become Europe's benchmarking awards programme for sponsorship, partnerships and corporate social responsibility.The award specifically recognises and showcases the collaborative efforts of companies and agencies to engage with partners, communities, stakeholders and sponsors. Amongst the nominations this year are some of the corporate world's biggest and most recognisable names, such as BT, O2 and McDonalds.The shortlist also includes work from branding, PR and communications agencies like Ketchum and brandmeetsbrand, whose Hyde Park Winter Wonderland and Ice Age 4 project has been nominated for two awards.The categories for the 2013 awards include 'Best partnership in sports and leisure', 'Most effective long-term philanthropic scheme, foundation or programme' and 'Best activity relating to the London 2012 Olympics'.The full 2013 awards shortlist is as follows:Sector Best arts and culture partnership Aberdeen Asset Management Partnership with Jazz FM Lansons Communications and HighTide Partnership National Portrait Gallery BT Road to 2012 Late Shift The Southwold Concert SeriesBest charity collaboration 20 Years of War Child Exhibition CMS Charity Partnership Summer of SportBest partnership in sports and leisure McDonald's Grassroots Football Programme: Ten Years of Teamwork TCS Amsterdam Marathon: Running with Business Impact UPS and London 2012Best combined partnership Aviva #1every5 Creative Pioneers Challenge Mencap's Little Noise Sessions in association with Toshiba Summer of SportStrategyBest open-ended partnership MasterCard, WFP campaign PopUp BritainBest collaboration for a single event Hyde Park Winter Wonderl迷你倉出租nd meets Ice Age 4 IBM and Ketchum - Winning at Wimbledon Mencap's Little Noise Sessions in association with Toshiba UPS and London 2012Best pro bono work for charitable, social or ethical cause BRIGHT Increasing the Bandwidth for the 30% Club programme with BNY Melon Industry and Education Engagement Shelter Programme The Southwold Concert SeriesMost effective long-term philanthropic scheme, foundation or programme Rural Broadband Working Group TelecityGroup and multiple charities The Southwold Concert Series Waitrose Community MattersMost innovative collaboration 20 Years of War Child Exhibition: Slinkachu Collaboration The water-food-energy nexus live debates The Transform ProgrammeObjective Best programme to raise brand awareness Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open 2013 MasterCard, WFP campaign TCS Amsterdam Marathon: Running with Business ImpactBest alignment with brand values through partnership or collaboration Bringing us all together for London 2012 Hyde Park Winter Wonderland meets Ice Age 4 Late Shift Working Together to Improve People's Lives through TechnologyBest employee engagement programme Games Maker Orientation Events IWitness Global Citizens Programme - The IKEA Foundation UPS and London 2012Best foundation programme Minigrants The British Gas Energy TrustBest PR and external communication during an engagement programme Aviva #1every5 IBM and Ketchum - Winning at WimbledonBest execution during an engagement programme Aviva #1every5 IBM and Ketchum - Winning at Wimbledon Shelter Programme UPS and London 2012Best community involvement in a coporate engagement programme BRIGHT McDonald's Grassroots Football Programme: Ten Years of Teamwork TCS Amsterdam Marathon: Running with Business ImpactBest activity relating to the London 2012 Olympics Bringing us all together for London 2012 Coca-Cola Great Britain and StreetGames Games Maker Orientation Events Sensory Rooms Summer of SportFor sponsored organisationsBest collaborative approach Maximising the Commercial Potential for the What Car? Awards The Autocar-Courland Next Generation Award Summer of SportFor more information about the event, please call +44-20-7498-7008, visit corporatenegagementsawards.com [.corporateengagementawards.com ] or contact Hannah Hodges [hannah.hodges@communicatemagazine.co.uk ].Photo: photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130830/637542Communicate Magazine迷你倉

Source: AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesAug.迷你倉 29--NISSAN TO ROLL OUT SELF-DRIVING CARS BY 2020: Nissan has announced it will be ready to sell fully self-driving vehicles "at realistic prices for consumers" by 2020, Reuters has reported. Japan's second-largest carmaker said it aims to offer autonomous cars "across the model range within two vehicle generations," around 10-12 years after the projected 2020 launch.PEUGEOT HOPES NEW MODELS WOULD HELP REDUCE ITS CASH CONSUMPTION: French carmaker PSA/Peugeot-Citroen has said new vehicles such as the 308 hatchback and 2008 crossover would help the company boost prices and beat a goal of reducing cash consumption this year, Bloomberg has reported. The up-market model strategy "will help us to do better than halving our cash burn this year," Maxime Picat, head of the Peugeot brand, said. "The global situation is improving, and it's a good time to launch the 308." The stock climbed to the highest in almost 17 months.LAND ROVER TO INTRODUCE DIESEL HYBRID SUVS : Land Rover plans to introduce diesel-hybrid versions of its new Range Rover and Range Rover Sport models, in response to regulatory pressure to improve fuel economy and reduce CO2 emissions, Automotive News Europe has reported. The company decided to develop diesel-hybrids rather than gasoline-electric hybrids because diesels have better fuel economy, a Land Rover spokesman said. "Our aim was to build the most efficient hybrid we could," he said. The carmaker said it will start taking orders for the hybrids after their unveiling at the Frankfurt auto show in September, where prices will also be announced. Deliveries will start in early next year.INFINITI POSTS 58 PERCENT JUMP IN MIDEAST SALES IN JULY: Infiniti, the luxury vehicle division of Nissan, has said its sales across the Middle East jumped 58 percent in July, compared with same month in 2012, outperforming the overall premium market's average 12 percent growth for 2013 to June. Demand remains positive across Infiniti's eight model line-up, covering sedan, coupe, convertible, crossover and SUV segments, with the most popular being Infiniti JX35, Infiniti QX70 (formerly Infiniti FX) and Infiniti G sedan, said Juergen Schmitz, general manager of Infiniti in the Middle East.BMW TO LAUNCH X5 PLUG-IN HYBRID CONCEPT NEXT MONTH: BMW is set to unveil the X5 plug-in hybrid concept in September at the Frankfurt auto show, Automotive News Europe has reported. The Concept X5 eDrive is BMW's second hybrid e-drive model after the Concept Active Tourer was unveiled in 2012, but the first to use the automaker's all-wheel-drive xDrive system. The X5 eDrive uses a four-cylinder gasoline engine with BMW TwinPower turbo technology coupled with a 95bhp electric motor.BMW TO MAKE 5 SERIES AVAILABLE FOR SALE IN MIDEAST NEXT MONTH: BMW Group Middle East has confirmed the new BMW 5 Series is set to go on sale in the Middle East in September, Khaleej Times has reported. The current generation of the BMW 5 Series is the company's best-selling so far. Over one million units have been sold worldwide since its launch in 2010, and in the last two years, annual sales have increased by 50 percent.FERRARI TO EXPAND HYBRID LINE: Ferrari is planning to produce more hybrid sports cars to follow the €1m ($1.34m) LaFerrari, as the Italian manufacturer works to attract more wealthy buyers to the brand, Bloomberg has reported. "I don't believe in the electric cars, but I strongly believe in hybrids," Ferrari chairman, Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, told the news service. Ferrari, the most profitable division at Fiat Group, unveiled the LaFerrari sports car at the Geneva auto show in March.FERRARI TO UNVEIL 458 SPECIALE IN FRANKFURT AUTO SHOW: Ferrari has announced a variant of the Italian sports carmaker's top-selling 458 model line is set to debut at next month's Frankfurt auto show, Automotive News Europe has reported. The new 458 Speciale is equipped with Ferrari's most powerful naturally aspired V-8 powerplant producing 605bhp, compared with the 570bhp developed by the 458 Italia powertrain. The 458 Speciale sprints from 0-100kph in 3 seconds, while the 458 Italia reaches the speed in about 3.4 seconds, Ferrari said.GENERAL MOTORS RESUMES EGYPT OPERATIONS: US carmaker General Motors has announced it has restarted it operations in Egypt, after it halted operations last Thursday, Reuters has reported. GM said it decided to reopen its production plant in Sixth October City, as well as its Cairo office, although it was still monitoring the situation carefully.GM RECALLS 293,000 CRUZES: General Motors Co has announced a recall involving around 293,000 Chevrolet Cruze compact cars because the power-assisted brakes can fail, the Associated Press has reported. The automaker said the power brake boosters can fail, and in rare cases, drivers may have to put extra pressure on the pedal to stop the cars. The recall, the eighth since it was introduced in September of 2010, affects Cruzes made in Lordstown, Ohio, from the 2011 and 2012 model years that are equipped with 1.4-litre turbocharged gasoline engines and 6T-40 six-speed automatic transmissions, the company said.EGYPT'S POLITICAL, ECONOMIC CRISIS 'NEARLY WIPED OUT' GB AUTO PROFITS: Egypt's largest-listed vehicle assembler and distributor GB Auto has said its second quarter net income was nearly wiped out by the pound's decline and warned about the impact on full year results of political and economic turmoil, Reuters has reported. The country's sole dealer of Hyundai and Mazda passenger cars said net income tumbled by nearly 73 percent to EGP16.1m, while sales revenue s自存倉rank by 0.5 percent to EGP2.17bn, compared with the second quarter of 2012. "I believe we have absorbed 90 percent of the impact of devaluation to-date of the Egyptian pound on our business, and we have taken almost all of this blow in the second quarter," chief executive Raouf Ghabbour said.GM'S PRODUCTION IN EGYPT SUSPENDED: US carmaker General Motors has announced it had ceased production at its Egyptian assembly plant outside of Cairo and shut its local office after deadly clashes between security forces and supporters of ousted president Mohamed Mursi, Reuters has reported. Daimler's Mercedes also operates an assembly plant in the Sixth of October City.US CARMAKERS TOPPED EXPORTERS' LIST TO SAUDI MARKET IN 2012: The Saudi Central Statistics Department (CSD) has said the country has imported 982,000 cars of various brands in 2012, up 33 percent from 737,000 cars in the preceding year, Saudi Gazette has reported. The total value of vehicle imports reached SR76.6bn last year, an increase of 42 percent over 2011, the data showed. The US topped the list of car exporters to the kingdom for the second consecutive year, replacing Japan, which was the number one exporter until 2011.5,469 KIA VEHICLES RECALLED IN SAUDI ARABIA: The Saudi government has said 5,469 Kia cars, manufactured between 2007 and 2011, are to be recalled in the kingdom due to faulty parts, Arab News has reported. The callback covers 1,159 Kia Carens made between 1/3/2008 and 30/1{009, 374 Carnival made between 21/1{006 and 27/6/2007, 131 Soul made between 1/6/2010 and 14/6/2011, 1,592 Optima made between 6/5/2010 and 24/4/20111,192 Sorento XM manufactured between 14/5/2009 and 24/4/2011 and 1,021 Sorento BL made between 1/5/2007 and 22/12/200. The commerce and industry ministry called upon owners of affected Kia cars to visit the nearest company showroom for repairing the faulty parts.KIA TO UNVEIL POSSIBLE CONTENDER TO NISSAN JUKE: South Korea's second-biggest carmaker Kia is set to unveil a possible future subcompact SUV at the Frankfurt auto show next month, Automotive News Europe has reported. A production model of the KED 10 concept car would be a rival to the Nissan Juke. The concept "hints at a possible future B-segment contender ready to take on the urban environment with style and tenacity," Kia said. The company's press officers confirmed that the styling hints at a small SUV. A subcompact SUV would fill in a gap in Kia's model range and give it an entry into a fast-growing niche.PORSCHE TO ACHIEVE 200,000-UNIT TARGET 4 YEARS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE: Analysts have said Porsche is set to reach its goal of surpassing annual vehicle sales of 200,000 up to four years ahead of schedule, predicting the brand to become even more profitable after it has become part of the Volkswagen Group, Automotive News Europe has reported. The main reason for both is the arrival next year of the Macan compact premium SUV. IHS Automotive predicts Porsche will sell 63,000 Macans in 2014. "We are forecasting that the Macan will become Porsche's best-selling model," Tim Urquart, senior analyst at IHS Automotive, said. The 200,000-unit target is Porsche's contribution to parent VW Group's Strategy 2018 plan. VW Group's ultimate goal is for combined global sales of 10 million vehicles by 2018 for all its brands.TOYOTA RECALLS TACOMA PICKUPS OVER DEFECTIVE SEAT BELTS: Toyota has issued a recall for 342,000 Tacoma pickup trucks to fix defective seat belts, Reuters has reported. The models involved are Tacoma Access Cabs equipped with rear-hinged rear doors, built from 2004 to 2011, the automaker said.MCLAREN OPENS SECOND SHOWROOM IN SAUDI ARABIA: British luxury high-performance sports carmaker McLaren Automotive has announced the opening of a retail showroom in the Saudi capital, Riyadh. The new McLaren Riyadh is the company's second location in Saudi Arabia and the sixth in the Middle East after Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Jeddah, Kuwait and Manama. The latest McLaren retail location, situated within Al Ghassan Motors' new Riyadh facility, will showcase the 12C and the 12C Spider models. The location will also display McLaren Qualified pre-owned vehicles when the programme is launched in the kingdom later this year.FERRARI RECORDS 39 PERCENT JUMP IN MIDEAST SALES: Italian sports car manufacturer Ferrari has said its sales in the Middle East jumped 39 percent year-on-year in the first six months of 2013 to 264 cars, the biggest rise for the company anywhere in the world, The National has reported. Ferrari, which opened a Middle East office in Dubai 2008, sold a record 556 cars in 2012. "I think that the confidence index has stabilised itself in the Middle East," said a spokeswoman for Ferrari. "People are more eager to purchase expensive goods without being judged, unlike Europe for example, where the situation is still fragile and people do not want to take risks."ROLLS-ROYCE REPORTS 18 PERCENT GROWTH IN H1 SALES IN QATAR: Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Doha, the official importer of Rolls-Royce cars in Qatar, has reported a growth in sales of 18 percent for the ultra-luxury vehicle in the first six months of 2013, placing the Gulf country among the top three growth markets for Rolls-Royce in the Middle East, the Peninsula has reported. Sales of the Rolls-Royce Phantom recorded growth of 83 percent across the brand's whole model range, the company said, without providing statistics about the number of units sold during the past six months.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 AME Info (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) Visit AME Info (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) at .ameinfo.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉新蒲崗

As most of Hong Kong’s neighbors are also vying for a share of cruise tourism revenue, intense rivalries are expected.迷你倉價錢Singapore, a formidable rival, will maintain its stranglehold on the north Asia cruise market. The Lion Republic has invested more than a half-billion dollars in a new cruise terminal — the Marina Bay Cruise Centre, which opened on Oct 22, 2012. Extensive renovations also have been made to the established, cruise facility, the Singapore Cruise Center.On the mainland, Hong Kong faces strong competition from Shanghai which has three cruise terminals: Shanghai Wusongkou International Cruise Port, Shanghai Waigaoqiao Port Cruise Terminal and the Shanghai Wusongkou Cruise Ship Terminal.Shanghai International Port Group Co (SIPG), operator of the world’s busiest container port, plans to start a cruise line to limit reliance or sever its reliance altogether on overseas operators and assure traffic at its passenger terminal.Last July, China announced it had begun construction of the Southeast China International Shipping Center, which includes 10 projects led by the construction of a 100,0迷你倉0-ton luxury cruise liner, a cruise terminal and a shipping business center in Xiamen. The combined investment tops 16.73 billion yuan ($2.63 billion).The luxury cruise liner’s design and construction alone are estimated to cost 3.1 billion yuan. But it will take at least 47 months to complete. That cruise liner is expected to be operating at full capacity by 2018 and will be able to carry more than 2,000 passengers per trip.Several cities, including Tianjin and Qingdao, have been similarly equipped with international homeports to attract major cruise liners to set up shop for the long term.The China Cruise & Yacht Industry Association says there were 285 international cruise ship arrivals on the mainland last year, up 8.8 percent from 2011. Passenger arrivals and departures via cruise ships jumped 31.9 percent to 660,000 last year, of which 240,000 were international visitors.With such a huge cruise market in the region, Yung believes Hong Kong, with the support of the central government, and its own capabilities and advantages, will be able to grab its fair share of the fast-growing cruise market.儲存

Source: AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesAug.迷你倉出租 29--UASC SET TO AWARD HYUNDAI HEAVY $1.4BN ORDER FOR NEW VESSELS: South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries is close to winning an order worth about $1.4bn to build 10 huge container ships for the United Arab Shipping Co (UASC), Reuters has reported, citing a source close to the matter. Under the deal, UASC will buy five of the largest cargo ships ever made, each able to carry 18,800 twenty-foot container units (TEU), along with five with a capacity of 14,500 TEU. UASC was set up by the governments of Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE in 1976 to improve trade links with the rest of the world.OMAN RECEIVES FIVE TECHNICAL OFFERS FOR RAIL PROJECT MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY: Five international engineering and consulting firms have submitted technical offers for Oman's 'consultancy services for project management' contract, Muscat Daily has reported. The tender was floated on June 16 and it received interest from around 29 international companies, but only five submitted technical offers until Monday, the last day for submission. The contract is expected to be awarded by the end of the year, said director of the sultanate's railway project, Abdulrahman al Hatmi. "We will try to close the process by the end of this year or early next year, as we look to award the design-and-build contract next year," al Hatmi said.DOT TO LAUNCH MAWAQIF SYSTEM IN AL AIN: Abu Dhabi's Department of Transport (DoT) has announced the Mawaqif paid parking system will be introduced in the city of Al Ain soon, Gulf News has reported. The department has completed all requirements to start the service, which will be free of charge during its first phase. However, it has not said when the system will be fully effective and how long the first phase will last.RTA SETS NEW TIMINGS FOR TWO DUBAI BUS ROUTES: The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has announced two public bus routes in Dubai will follow new timings from September 1, Gulf News has reported. The new timings apply to Bus No 31 from Gold Souq Bus Station to Oud Al Muteena, via Airport Terminal 2 and Etihad Mall, and Bus No 43 from Gold Souq Bus Station to Dubai Festival City, via Muraqqabat and Airport Terminal 1.INTELLIGENT TRAFFIC LIGHTS FOR 34 AD INTERSECTIONS: Abu Dhabi's Department of Transport (DoT) has started installing and operating integrated and intelligent traffic lights to control the movement of vehicles and pedestrians at 34 intersections in Mohammed Bin Zayed City, Gulf Today has reported. The new system is aimed at to improving traffic flow by determining the time required for a car to wait at the traffic signals according to traffic movement at the place.RTA TO AUCTION SPECIAL NUMBER PLATES TODAY: Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has announced another group of special number plates is to go on offer in its 22nd online auction, Khaleej Times has reported. The three-day auction, beginning on Tuesday, will have on offer 300 numbers from categories M, N, L, K, J and I, the RTA said.TRANSAD TO LAUNCH NEW SILVER TAXI SERVICE IN WESTERN REGION: Abu Dhabi's Centre for Regulation of Transport by Hire Cars (TransAD) has announced it is set to launch the taxi service (silver) in the Western Region, starting from September 1, Wam has reported. Taxis will be operated by the same companies in Abu Dhabi and Al Ain, which have conducted professional training for their drivers to provide the service in the Western Region. "The new service addresses the needs of people in the Western Region as well as visitors and tourists," said director of franchise and licensing at TransAD, Mohamed Al Hosani. "We will evaluate results of the service during the first phase, following which we will decide the number of taxis needed to ensure sufficient services."WORK ON HARAMAIN RAILWAY PROGRESSING ON SCHEDULE: Mohammed Al-Suwaiket, president of the Saudi Railway Organisation (SRO) has said work on the Haramain Railway project that links the holy cities of Makkah and Madinah is progressing as planned, Arab News has reported. "We are monitoring the works of contractors in different locations by conducting field inspections and checking on their reports," Al-Suwaiket said. The new 450km line is expected to carry around 160,000 people a day and even more during the Haj pilgrimage. They will be transported on a fleet of 35 new high-speed trains.DUBAI'S WATER TAXI LAUNCHES FAMILY PACKAGES: Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority has introduced special family packages as well as scheduled daily trips for the emirate's water taxi service, Gulf News has reported. "We are trying to have tailor-made packages for our customers as the water taxi is a desired marine transport means," said director of the Marine Department at the RTA's Public Transport Agency, Baha Al Qedra. The family trips, hired from any stations on the creek or from Jumeriah, should be ordered 24 hours in advance, while the four daily trips are scheduled on two fixed routes from Marsa Dubai, Khor Dubai, Jumeirah Open Beach and Dubai Marina.JEDDAH TO HAVE DRY PORT TO SOLVE JIP CONGESTION: The National Committee for Transport at the Council of Saudi Chambers has said a dry port away from the city centre will be established to solve congestion issues at the Jeddah Islamic Port, Arab News has reported. "The dry port will speed up the process of getting the goods out of the port, help carry out procedures more quickly and ease the burden on carriers transporting the goods to warehouses," said deputy chairman of the committee, Saeed Al-Bassami. The system will enable visitors with a GCC visit visa to entering all GCC countries. Furthermore, it is connected with the blacklists which contain names and fingerprints of persons banned from entry to each and every member country.PHILIPPINES PROBING GCC CARGO AGENTS: Nine Saudi-based cargo agents are under investigation迷你倉by the Philippine Shippers' Bureau (PSB), following complaints of undelivered cargo from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the kingdom, Arab News has reported. The probe is in response to complaints by Filipinos in the kingdom about undelivered 'balikbayan boxes' to their relatives in the Philippines, which is in violation of PSB Administrative Order No. 6 series of 2005, according to the Philippine Embassy in Riyadh. Six agents in the UAE, six in Kuwait, an agent in Oman and one in Bahrain are also under investigation, the PSB said.OMAN TO OPEN SHORTER ROAD TO SAUDI BY 2014-END: The Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OCCI) said that the new road, which links the sultanate with Saudi Arabia, is expected to be completed by the end of 2014, Times of Oman has reported. The road is the second border outlet of the sultanate after the road that links it with the UAE and is shorter by 800 km than the existing road, said the OCCI.UAE'S NEW LAND TRANSPORT LAW TO GO INTO EFFECT ON SEPTEMBER 1: The UAE has announced the new Land Transport Act is set to go into effect from September 1, Arab News has reported. Under the new law, which sets the rules of carrying passengers and goods between the UAE and other countries, no land transport business maybe practiced without getting a license from the National Transport Authority (NTA). The license applicant must be a UAE citizen and the transport vehicle should be equipped with safety gear and should satisfy all technical conditions stipulated by the authority.$1BN MUSANDAM ROAD PROJECT ATTRACTS 31 FIRMS: Oman's Tender Board has said global construction giants are among the 31 companies that have submitted their credentials seeking prequalification to participate in a tender for a contract to build a 65km section of one of the sultanate's most expensive road projects, Times of Oman has reported. The new Diba-Lima-Khasab, expected to cost an estimated $1bn, is an arterial carriageway featuring a series of massive road and wadi bridges, as well as some of Oman's longest tunnels across the strategically important Musandam governorate in the far north of the country.MUSCAT TO EXPAND ROADS: The municipality of Omani capital, Muscat, is seeking an expansion for the main road in Al Mazare Town, which links it with other towns including Al Ghubairah, Al Jazeer, Al Hisn, Al Qaryah and Munsfat, Times of Oman has reported. The first stage will involve the extension of road link, which connects Al Ghubairah town to Wadi Dayqah Dam. The second stage will seek the expansion of roads that connect Al Malawas, Al Jazeer, Al Hisn, Al Qaryah, Munsfat and Al Dhahir with Wadi Dayqah Dam. The road will also be expanded to connect neighbouring towns including Alyaa, Fiq and Wadi Arbayeen.DP WORLD IN RACE FOR INDIA'S JNPT EXPANSION DEAL: India's Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) has said eight firms, including DP World, Adani Ports and Essar Ports, have evinced interest in building the fourth terminal at the country's largest port, PTI has reported. "We opened the request for qualifications yesterday and a total of eight companies have applied," said JNPT deputy chairman, N N Kumar. It will take about 10 days to scrutinise the documents submitted by the companies, according to Kumar, after which it will be decided if they qualify to bid or not. Following the qualification, the selected candidates will have to take a security clearance from the Union home ministry, he added.OMAN AWARDS 16 DEALS TO ENHANCE SULTANATE-WIDE TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES: Omani transport ministry has awarded 16 contracts, worth OR182.22m, for road, civil aviation and ports projects, Muscat Daily has reported. Of the total, OR159.09m has been allocated for roads, OR12.59m for the aviation sector and OR10.53m for the port sector.EGYPT'S ENRA INCURRING LOSSES DUE TO HALTING RAILWAY SERVICES: Egyptian National Railway Authority (ENRA) has said it is losing EGP5m daily, due to the disruptions of service, with EGP30m losses recorded in the last six days, Daily News Egypt has reported. Last Wednesday, ENRA stopped all trains, causing substantial losses to the transportation service, said ENRA deputy head of financial affairs, Talaat Kassab. "Egypt's train movements were completely halted between Cairo, Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt," he said, adding that it remains unclear when the trains will resume normal operation.QDB SAYS RAIL PROJECT OFFERS SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITIES: Qatar Development Bank (QDB) has said the country's upcoming rail project offers local companies and Qatari entrepreneurs a significant number of business opportunities, the Peninsula has reported. The state-run lender sees $110m in business opportunities in providing the pre-fabricated tunnel linings for the 80km-long of metro tunnels and $200m in the manufacturing of protection walls. The bank also foresees another $480m opportunity in the construction of deep foundations for buildings and a $3.6bn opportunity in project management services sector.BAHRI STUDYING PLANS FOR 'WORLD CLASS' FACILITY: The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Saudi Aramco and Singapore's Sembcorp Marine to conduct a feasibility study for a maritime yard project in the kingdom, Reuters has reported. Bahri, which gave no value or location in the kingdom, said the yard would be a "world class" facility. The study comes after preliminary assessments for the project completed by Aramco and Sembcorp Marine. A decision on whether to go ahead with the development, which will provide engineering, manufacturing and repair services to rigs platforms, commercial vessels and offshore service vessels, will be made in the next 15 months, the firm said.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 AME Info (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) Visit AME Info (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) at .ameinfo.com Distributed by MCT Information Services儲存倉

Source: Pittsburgh Post-GazetteAug.迷你倉 29--A Penn Hills father and son surrendered Wednesday morning on charges that they stole more than $100,000 from a local company to support the father's gambling habit.Joseph Kocott Sr., 44, and Joseph Kocott Jr., 25, each face charges of theft by deception and conspiracy. Investigators with Allegheny County district attorney's office continue to trace the duo's steps and believe there might be more victims, spokesman Mike Manko said in a news release.A detective with the DA's office wrote in a criminal complaint that Mr. Kocott Sr. approached a man named Brian Gray in June 2012, when Mr. Gray was working at Rivers Casino while operating a private consulting business called Graycomm.Mr. Kocott Sr. told Mr. Gray he was running a company called Global Marketing Inc. and wondered whether Mr. Gray or one of his clients might want to purchase converter boxes from him, according to the complaint.Shortly afterward, Mr. Gray and one of his clients, Frederico Sanchez Guevara, CEO of Legoocom in Santiago, Chile, agreed to buy 5,000 converter boxes from Mr. Kocott Sr.'s company for $189,870, according to the complaint.Investigators said Mr. Guevara tried twice to buy converter boxes from Mr. Kocott. The first time, Mr. Guevara authorized Mr. Gray to cut a $123,500 check to Mr. Kocott Sr.'s company for the converter boxes, but they never arrived, according to 文件倉he complaint. Mr. Guevara's company asked for and received a refund.When Mr. Kocott Sr. provided the company with a list of serial numbers for the converter boxes, Mr. Guevara authorized Mr. Gray to cut another check for $123,500, but yet again the boxes did not arrive, according to the complaint.A detective with the DA's office wrote in the complaint that she discovered that Mr. Kocott Sr. had deposited the check into an account at S&T Bank, the only authorized signer for which was Mr. Kocott Sr.'s son.She wrote that she suspects the Kocotts refunded the first check Mr. Guevara sent them after they received a wire transfer for $208,625 from a company called Catelcom LLC.After reviewing bank records and records of Mr. Kocott Sr.'s activity at Rivers, she determined that Mr. Kocott Jr. wrote counterchecks for more than $100,000 to his father who "cashed in" more than $140,000 at the casino during roughly the same period, depleting the bank account, according to the complaint.The pair were arraigned Wednesday morning and each was released on $50,000 unsecured bail, according to online court records. Neither of the accused could be reached for comment.Liz Navratil: lnavratil@post-gazette.com, 412-263-1438 and on Twitter: @LizNavratil.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Visit the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at .post-gazette.com Distributed by MCT Information Services存倉

●位置：台山市北陡鎮西南面，迷你倉南臨大海，與下川島茫洲隔海相望。●歷史：始建于清嘉慶十年(1805)，原圩在琴溪河邊。●建築：那琴圩的房子更多的是傳統的中式臨街牌樓，道路兩側的建築風格也較為統一，整條街道長約百米，從街頭至街尾呈喇叭狀，最窄處一丈有餘，而最寬處則可容兩車並行。●居民：老人與孩童為主與台山�多僑圩的洋樓不同的是，那琴圩的房子更多的是傳統的中式臨街牌樓，道路兩側的建築風格也較為統一，整條街道長約百米，從街頭至街尾呈喇叭狀，最窄處一丈有餘，而最寬處則可容兩車並行。從北陡鎮往風景優美的浪琴灣風景區，那琴圩是必經之地，車輛從那琴圩駛過的時候，甚少有遊客知道，這一看似現代的集市背後，有著悠久的歷史文化。古老的那琴圩也隨著歷史走到今天，琴溪古橋安在，琴溪書院已不見，台山玉仍是財富的來源。從琴溪河畔走過的時候，映入眼簾的琴溪古橋像是一幅濃淡相宜的水墨畫，是遊客必到的地標之一。而對於玉石商人和收藏愛好者來說，這裡更是一塊淘寶福地———被收藏家譽為“廣東第一玉”的台山玉，主要就產自那琴。史載 那琴圩興起早于陡門圩根據《台山百科》，那琴圩始建于清嘉慶十年(1805)，原圩在琴溪河邊，店鋪簡陋，占地面積4500平方米。1988年遷建那琴侖，先後新建樓房式店鋪40多棟，占地面積5萬平方米。另有史冊記載，那琴圩的開埠及商貿繁榮，應該更早于北陡鎮政府所在地陡門圩。據清道光十九年編篡的《新寧縣誌》記載，全縣已形成圩市53個。而在這53圩市中，北陡地方記載的只有那琴圩和寨門圩，而沒有陡門圩和沙頭沖圩。直至清光緒十九年修的縣誌也不見有陡門圩(或陂門圩)。來往那琴的遊客未必知道，車來車往的那琴圩，其原址並非現在的這一條主馬路，而是在目前主街道的北面位置百米左右。那琴圩的老街道，與外面主街道的熱鬧截然不同，這裡安靜，悠閑，孩子們在巷子里玩耍嬉鬧，老人在昏暗的老屋里扇著扇子坐在搖椅上看電視，門口位置，婦女們在晾曬魚幹，海鮮味道瀰散在整條巷子里。風貌 中式牌樓街百米長與台山�多僑圩的洋樓不同的是，那琴圩的房子更多的是傳統的中式臨街牌樓，道路兩側的建築風格也較為統一，整條街道長約百米，從街頭至街尾呈喇叭狀，最窄處一丈有餘，而最寬處則可容兩車並行。現在，盡管那琴圩的老街道仍住有不少的鄉民，但也有不少的屋子荒廢，從虛掩的門看進去，不少屋子裡面已經是蛛網遍佈，灰塵肆虐，“少部分的人移民出去，絕大多數的人都搬遷到馬路邊上，蓋了新的房子，”北陡鎮副鎮長陳錫念介紹，那琴圩的這些老房子也都是新中國成立初期才建起來，年代其實並不算長。那琴圩老街靜謐安詳，生活居住的也多是老人與孩童，而在百米外的新址上，熱鬧非凡，現代化的樓房看起來更豔麗，色彩斑斕，車流不斷，生意兜轉，一如現代的城市與鄉村。地標之今昔琴溪書院 那琴小學前身昔 清代台山8家書院之一據《台山縣文物志》手稿介紹，清政府規定縣以上設書院，以輔縣學之所不及。清乾隆三十五年(1770年)，康基田到新寧任知縣，他愛民崇學，認為“學校不興，為宰之責也”，於是以振興教育為當務之急，上任伊始積極倡建書院，並帶頭捐資，年內就在新寧建起4間官立、縣建的書院，即寧陽書院、廣海書院、文海書院、潭江書院(在都斛莘村)。他還以身作則尊師重教，樂育英才，經常抽空到各書院與師生談今論古，如師如弟，十分融洽，此間各書院受栽培者甚多，使新寧的教育事業得到迅速的發展。此後，縣內各地也興起辦學之風，相繼還有四間書院建立：琴溪書院，在那琴圩(即今之北陡那琴圩)；潭溪學院，在都斛街；瑞應書院，在新寧城西寧市(即自存倉台城南昌市場)和寧海書院。清代官立、私立的書院共8間，分佈在縣的南、北、東南、西南地區，使縣內各地求學者甚為方便。另據《北陡鎮志》，1817年，縣承沈志仁倡建于北陡鎮南端那琴圩。新中國成立後，用作那琴小學校舍。1983年，開辦那琴中學。那琴小學遷出。琴溪書院改建為那琴中學校舍。今 書院已不見 留下石墩從那琴小學的正門進去，首先看到的是一棟華僑捐建的主教學樓，而在教學樓的背後，則是琴溪書院的遺址所在地。“書院不知道是什麼時候拆的，現在只剩下了這幾個石墩子，”北陡鎮政府工作人員介紹。而在現場的三個石墩子，高約40—50厘米，雕刻與樣式極像台山橋圩騎樓的拱柱。而在院落的周邊，圍滿了各種樹木，有竹，也有榕樹，依稀能回想到彼時書院的大概風貌，在書院的右前方，一棵蒼勁的榕樹守候在側，“一般有這種榕樹的地方都會有村落，人氣。”琴溪古橋 建于明代萬曆年間昔 石板搭建 不用石灰砂漿建在那琴圩西面的琴溪河上，橋長24米，寬2.8米，高6.5米，整座橋構造均由長條狀的花崗石板材建成。橋中間設一闊肩橋墩，墩兩頭各伸出橋身1.3米左右，呈上游尖形下游方形，似緩衝山洪撞擊及降低流砂沉積作用。兩個弧形微尖頂大孔是整座橋的亮點，弧形單孔淨跨度9.3米，由三行橫置長短交叉對稱平行石券迫拱而成，石券規格長度0 .6或1米，闊度0 .3米，厚度0 .3米。水平橋面兩旁各砌十節石欄杆，每節長度2.8米，橋面由石板材鋪就，橋兩頭分別砌十二級石階上落，整座橋的石板之間沒有發現石灰砂漿等輔助性建築料。由於久經風雨，堅硬的花崗岩石橋身顯得很蒼老，其中一個拱已經有裂痕，而琴溪古橋的建造，證明北陡鎮那琴這個偏僻地方，在古代曾經有過較發達的經濟和文化。琴溪古橋的建造時間，尋遍全橋都找不到碑記字跡。據《北陡鎮志》，根據那琴地區的歷史，以明代萬曆年間最為出色：萬歷六年出了秀才容維翰，萬歷卅一年出了舉人容文烶。他父子倆是那琴圩附近的南亭村人，都曾官至縣令，都曾長期退居故鄉，後來他們的子孫遷居那琴舊圩，故這座具有較高經濟價值和藝術價值的石拱橋，很可能就是這時建築的。今 無需修補維護 數百年屹立不倒據老一輩回憶，清末民初的琴溪河仍然比較深，一般的載貨木帆船可以穿橋而過。古橋上下游段水位受潮漲潮落和山洪影響，最高水位時差不多漫上拱頂，空位只能容一隻鴨子游過。數百年滄桑的古橋，歷經颱風、海嘯、山洪暴發、地震的浩劫，一直屹立不動，基本上沒有經過後人的搶修和加固。古建築史的輝煌，可見一斑。台山玉“龍鱗”變成那琴的財富昔 來自觀音的慈悲近年來，那琴名聲大噪的另外一個原因，便是被收藏家譽為“廣東第一玉”的台山玉，主要產自那琴。那琴灣一面抱山，一面環海，背後是蜿蜒起伏的山巒。50平方公里的複式花崗岩山脈中，水晶、螢石、黃蠟石等各種各樣的天然觀賞石，蘊藏豐富。奇石紛呈，鱗次櫛比，構成千姿百態的綺麗山川。民間傳說，南海觀世音菩薩既是台山玉的締造者，又是台山玉的守護神。遠古時代，台山地方偏僻，田園荒蕪，多災多難。南海大慈大悲靈感觀世音菩薩垂憐台山民�，降福當地人民，對那琴灣一帶情有獨鐘。南海觀世音菩薩吩咐，南海龍王每年換落下來的龍鱗，必須全部儲藏在那琴灣里。年深日久，這些龍鱗便變成了金黃柔潤的寶石，呈現在了世人的面前。今 玉石店鋪隨處可見進入那琴圩後，街頭上隨處可見的便是玉石店鋪，關於台山玉的神奇傳說，不計其數。站在琴溪古橋邊，極目望去，便可看到層巒疊嶂，巨石天然生成的觀音神像，栩栩如生地屹立在人們的面前。AⅡ20-21版採寫：南都記者 石江龍攝影：南都記者 梁清迷你倉新蒲崗

Source : Macau Government Tourist Office Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) hosted the “Macau Tourism Seminar” in Wuhan and Changsha to increase visitations to Macau from the neighboring regions and cities along the high-speed railway line between Beijing and Guangzhou.自存倉 Following the seminars, the office attended “China (Guangdong) International Tourism Industry Expo 2013” to promote Macau’s attractions and positioning as a World Centre of Tourism and Leisure.Co-organized by MGTO and China International Travel Service (Macau) Ltd., “Macau Tourism Seminar” was held in Wuhan and Changsha on August 28 and 29 respectively. Head of Destination Marketing Department of MGTO, Betty Fok attended the seminars together with MGTO’s team members and Macau industry delegates. Head of Marketing Division of Hunan Provincial Tourism Bureau, Gong Tie Jun, Deputy Director-General of Changsha Municipal Tourism Administration, Chen Wei and Head of Market Development Division of Tourism Administration of Wuhan Municipality, Xu Tie Zhu joined the tourism seminars in Wuhan and Changsha respectively.During the seminars in Wuhan and Changsha, MGTO promoted Macau tourism resources and high-speed rail tours to local trade partners, hoping to ride on the convenience of Beijing-Guangzhou high-speed rail line and enchant more visitors to Macau from the neighboring regions and cities along the rail route. After the seminars, the office hosted banquets to facilitate business network迷你倉新蒲崗ng between the tourism trade partners from Macau and the Mainland.On the other hand, “China (Guangdong) International Tourism Industry Expo 2013” will be held in China Import and Export Fair Complex in Guangzhou as a three-day event from August 30 to September 1. Betty Fok and the MGTO team will participate in the expo along with 10 business representatives ranging from various hotels, travel agencies, travel exhibition companies to ferry operators in Macau.The office will run a 90-square-meter booth under the theme “Touching Moments．Experience Macau” to showcase two spectacular highlights this year, namely the 25th Macau International Fireworks Display Contest and the 60th Macau Grand Prix. Macau travel tips and promotional materials will be offered at the booth, whereas Macau trade delegates will discuss business opportunities with local industry partners. Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau will also set up a joint booth in the event to promote the three destinations’ tourism resources and multi-destination tours among domestic and overseas buyers.MGTO hopes that their participation in the expo can facilitate Macau travel trade’s connection with their Mainland and international counterparts, while it will be an occasion to promote Macau’s attractions and positioning as a World Centre of Tourism and Leisure among local trade and citizens, drawing visitors to come and experience Macau’s unique gems of the East and West cultures as well as her festive ambience.迷你倉出租