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本報記者 尹曉宇《 人民日報海外版 》（ 2013年11月09日 第 05 版）圖為黃崖關長城紅葉景區黃崖關長城、梨木颱風景區、國內現存的最古老的高層木結構樓閣式建築——獨樂寺、乾隆皇帝游歷過三十多次的盤山，儲存無論是歷史還是自然，天津市薊縣可說的事情不少。從經濟指標來看，薊縣並不算一個發達的縣，山區多，貧困的村鎮不少，但薊縣人也有自己的理念：綠水青山也是金山銀山。建設美麗薊縣，是當下這個縣正在忙碌的事情。9月底，《美麗薊縣建設實施意見》正式出台，提出要著力做好實力美、形態美、內涵美三篇文章，打好產業轉型升級、薊縣新城建設、水源水質保護、礦山創面治理、美麗鄉村建設五個攻堅戰。【“規劃書記”的新思路】肖松被大家叫做“規劃書記”。作為薊縣的縣委書記，他上任後到國家開發銀行借的第一筆貸款是用作縣城規劃，在他的理念里，規劃是生產力。“不能只種樹，也不能只圈地。”肖松說，解決發展空間和生態承載之間的矛盾要靠規劃這個指南針。生態立縣、工業強縣、旅遊興縣，薊縣政府給出這樣的定位。“不進山、不占水、不爭嘴。”肖松這樣說。薊縣作為天津北部生態的核心區和重要的水源地，肩負著生態涵養和保護的重任，同時薊縣還有60多萬畝的基本農田，這些也是絕對不能動的。由於歷史原因，薊縣的山曾遭受過極大的破壞。2008年，薊縣以壯士斷腕的勇氣關閉了所有的汙染企業，並開始逐步對關停礦山進行綜合治理。今年，共安排了8個礦區，總面積7201畝山地進行礦山複綠。同時，還�動了京津風沙源二期綠化工程，在過去10年完成造林64萬畝的基礎上再用10年造林44.2萬畝。在天津的“大水缸”于橋水庫，薊縣大力推廣了“生態床”養殖技術，實現了禽畜糞汙零排放。在整個庫區設計了白莊子濕地等3個濕地保護區，占到庫區周邊三成左右的面積，擔當庫區淨水器的作用。【念好旅遊文化生意經】“十一”黃金周期間，薊縣旅遊火爆，旅遊接待人數和旅遊收入再創歷史新高，全迷你倉共接待中外遊客156萬人次，同比增長15.8%，實現旅遊直接收入1.3億元，綜合收入6.5億元，同比增長18.8%。肖松告訴記者，每年來薊縣的遊客總量為1100萬人次，但每人次的消費不足100元，薊縣旅遊大而不強的問題現實存在。促進傳統旅遊向休閒旅遊的轉變，這是薊縣的思路。目前，薊縣形成了毛家峪、郭家溝等104個旅遊專業村，2012年全縣鄉村游綜合收入10億元。今年則側重推廣郭家溝經驗，打造一批精品村，年內計劃投資2.2億元重點打造東山、黃崖關、壩尺峪等5個旅遊精品村，進一步推進“一家一戶”式農家院旅遊向全景式鄉村旅遊轉變。薊縣的旅遊資源還包括文化。盤山歷史上建有72座寺廟、13座玲瓏寶塔和中國第三大皇家園林——靜寄山莊，早在唐代就以“東五台山”著稱佛界，清代以“京東第一山”馳名中外。曹操、唐太宗、康熙、乾隆等都曾巡遊盤山，並留下了大量的詩文、石刻、碑記，乾隆曾發出過“早知有盤山，何必下江南”的慨嘆。【合理髮展給後人留白】在保護生態的同時，薊縣在產業轉型和城鎮化推進上也在拓展思路。隨著生態環境日益改善，薊縣受到了�多投資者的青睞。石頭造紙、高鐵剎車片、磁性材料、節能玻璃、特種汽車等50多個低碳、環保型企業先後落戶薊縣的兩個市級示範工業園區。這些項目全部達產後，年可實現稅收30億元、創造就業崗位超過1萬個。工業園區為在建的薊縣新城提供了產業支撐。肖松介紹，薊縣新城57平方公里，其中，新建城區27平方公里，按照“四山、八水、一古城”的空間結構和“一軸、兩帶、六組團”的功能架構，重點打造“文化養生”、“山水度假”、“古城特色”、“老城綜合”、“新城中心”、“州河灣居住”等六大單元，計劃10年完成，“一個負責任的政府不能把天地占滿，要給後人留下合理的發展空間。”肖松告訴記者，新城的建設是地上的配套產業和地下的管網同步進行，城市建設、產業園區建設綜合考慮了生態支撐、人口需要和產業承載等方面因素。儲存倉

Editor’s note: The following is a speech made by Premier Li Keqiang at a meeting on functional transformation and institutional reform of local governments on Nov 1.儲存倉 Not long ago, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council issued the Opinion on Functional Transformation and Institutional Reform of Local Governments. That was yet another major decision made to implement the conclusions of the 18th CPC National Congress and the second plenary session of the 18th CPC Central Committee. It was an important document that would offer guidance and norms for the reform of local governments. Today’s meeting is another important meeting following the audio-video conference in May on transforming functions of State Council institutions. Its main task is to further unify thinking and mobilize efforts, make arrangements for functional transformation and institutional reform of local governments and ensure that the decisions made at the central level are well implemented on the ground. I. We need to effectively write the major articles of government reform by integrating central and local efforts. The reform of the central government and the local governments can be described as the two parts of an article. We need to take a holistic approach to both parts and ensure that the two go well together to form a good article of government reform. The functional transformation and institutional reform of local governments is an important part of the broader reform and opening-up endeavor of the Party and the country. It is also an important component of our efforts to deepen administrative reform. The main purpose of government reform is to clearly define the relations between government and the market, between government and society and between central and local governments. Reform can also better leverage the roles of market and society, further mobilize the initiative of both central and local governments, make sure that the government fully plays its part, accelerate the development of modern government, promote sustained and sound economic growth and social progress, and meet new expectations and requirements from the public. 1. The reform of local governments is important for sustained growth and for the transformation of the economy. Under current circumstances, if the Chinese economy is to achieve sustained and sound growth over the long run, it has to transform. Looking at the immediate and long-term needs, the Chinese economy has entered a crucial stage of transformation and upgrading. When the new government took office, it was confronted with a complex economic situation both at home and abroad, with downward pressures on the rise of the Chinese economy. Growth of fiscal revenues slowed down to such a degree that the central fiscal revenue even experienced negative growth at one point. And it was difficult to further increase money supply as there had already been much water in the pool, so to speak. Under such conditions, we decided to focus on transforming government functions and reforming government institutions as the number one task for the new government. We intended to use it to kick off profound and sweeping reform and exercise effective macro control, playing the role of “soldier” and “cannon” when a Chinese chess game begins. Over the past six months and more, we have stayed focused and worked to innovate ways of macro control while maintaining stability. At the same time, we have addressed the issue at its root and made intensive efforts to seek steady progress in transforming government functions, streamlining administration and delegating power. As a matter of fact, the central government has abolished or delegated to lower levels the power of approval over more than 300 items in four batches. We thought that it would take some time for this move to unleash the vitality of the market, but as it has turned out, the strong signal sent by this move has already produced initial, if not immediate, effect in boosting market expectations, galvanizing the market and mobilizing capital from all sources. There has been a burst of enthusiasm for investment and entrepreneurship. The combined effects of accelerated reform and structural readjustments have exceeded people’s expectations. Since the beginning of this year, the number of registered enterprises has risen by 25 percent. Among them, the number of registered private and individually owned enterprises has been up by 37 percent, resulting in a growth of around 23 percent in private investment, obviously faster than the growth of government investment. This was also an important factor behind the steady and improved performance of the Chinese economy in the third quarter. Transforming government functions and fully delegating all the power that should be delegated have unlocked market vitality, potential demand and inherent driving force for development. As such, they can give a strong boost to structural readjustment, transformation and upgrading, and advance reform through further opening-up. The primary objective of the establishment of the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone is to promote trade and investment facilitation and enhance efficiency in economic operation through streamlining administration and power delegation. By streamlining administration and delegating power, the government can get things done without extra costs or do more with less. This is what we should fully appreciate. Over the past 35 years of reform and opening-up, local Party committees and governments at various levels have concentrated on the central task of economic development and made huge contributions to the economic and social development of our country. And this year, various localities have worked really hard and made new headway in economic and social development. Judging from the current situation, we are still under tremendous pressure in stabilizing growth. Fiscal revenues are only slowly growing, while the necessary spending to improve people’s well-being cannot be cut and may even have to be increased in some areas. Economic growth achieved through fiscal expenditure and government investment and through more central government deficit and money supply has already come under major constraints. There is only very limited room for policy maneuver in this regard. In the long run, sustained and sound economic development will not be achieved if we continue to follow the old path. Increasing government debts, engaging in mere land transactions, and relying on excessive investment, energy consumption and emissions would also end in overcapacity. So such an approach would not go very far or lead us anywhere. Even if it does produce some short-term effects, they will come at the expense of huge long-term interests. That is why, be it for stabilizing current growth or seeking long-term development, government at all levels needs to rely on reform and innovation to release reform dividends and upgrade the economy. To achieve this, we have to accelerate transformation of government functions and make determined efforts to do away with institutional obstacles arising from excessive approvals, licences, fees and fines. We have to focus our development efforts on giving play to the roles of businesses, the market and non-government actors. 2. The reform of local governments is part and parcel of overall government reform. Local governments directly interact with businesses and the public, and the rights and interests of market players and the public are realized, safeguarded and developed mainly through the local governments. The local governments have a very important role to play in the whole system of government, accounting for over 90 percent of civil servants and around 85 percent of eventual fiscal expenditures in China. It is particularly true for primary-level governments, which belong to the “last one kilometer”, as we often say. Whether the reform of government institutions meets its goal as expected and whether government functions are genuinely transformed depends, to a large extent, on local governments. During our recent field trips and seminars in different localities, we have found that many entrepreneurs are looking at the local governments to deliver what the central government has already committed in power delegation. According to them, the effects of streamlining administration and delegating power at the central level will be greatly compromised if the local governments fail to proceed with corresponding reform in a timely fashion. I assured them that the central government has made up its mind, and that so long as the central government can set a good example of effectively doing what is required, the local governments will surely act to meet the requirements of the central government. Under the current circumstances, streamlining administration and delegating power is a very important means to stabilize growth. And to stabilize growth is also for the sake of ensuring employment. With administration streamlined and power delegated, some powers of administrative approval will be cancelled or delegated, which will energize the market and make the businesses and society more creative, thus generating more jobs. If only the head turns and the body stays put, the transformation of government functions and the institutional reform may become a “fake reform” or a “feinted attempt”. Since last May, positive results have been achieved in the new round of efforts to streamline administration and delegate power in various localities. Yet, due to restraints of local and sectoral interests, there have been cases where powers have been wrongly or inappropriately delegated, or where only lip service has been made with no real action. In some places, only the complex powers that involve big responsibilities have been delegated, with the “more valuable power” still retained by the government. In others, there have been exaggerations. They easily claim to have delegated approval power for more than 100 items, yet few of them involve any significant power. I want to stress that in the course of reform, the local governments must take a holistic perspective and bear in mind the overall interests. They should not be narrowly preoccupied with their own local interests, still less are they allowed to play tricks or conduct reform as a mere formality. We must ensure that streamlining administration and delegating power must be effectively delivered and serve its purpose. 3. The reform of local governments is important to ensure the effective implementation of central government decisions and mobilize the initiative of various localities. In this round of reform, we must further straighten out the relationship between the central and local governments. We need to ensure the effective implementation of central government decisions. The central government should delegate responsibilities that it is not supposed to undertake in order to focus on matters that fall within its mandate. This will make sure that the decisions of the central government are carried out effectively. At the same time, we should fully mobilize the initiative of local governments. China is a unitary state, which practices the system of unified central leadership, with specific responsibilities distributed across different levels of local government. Major policies adopted by the central government must be strictly implemented by all local governments. However, it is also important to recognize that China is a big country, with varying conditions and uneven development across different localities. We need to bear in mind this reality and leverage the role of local governments in managing economic and social development in a way consistent with their own local conditions. At this stage of economic and social development, we are seeing more demands and more differentiated needs from the people. As a result, the services to be provided by the government are also growing in scope and complexity. In line with their respective conditions on the ground, localities should be more proactive and creative in their work. As the saying goes, “Victory can only be achieved when the army share the same goal throughout the ranks”. If we can think and work with one heart and one mind, we will be able to do an even better job. II. “Taking over, releasing and undertaking” responsibilities is key to the transformation of local government functions. You may have noticed that we have included “transform government functions” in the title of the reform proposal of the State Council. This time, in the opinions on the reform of local governments, we have put “transform government functions” ahead of “institutional reform” in order to underscore the importance of transforming government functions. It is widely believed that the key to government reform lies in changing its functions. Without functional changes, institutional reform would not be able to serve its purpose. In transforming the functions of local governments this time, the priority should be placed on “taking over, releasing and undertaking” responsibilities. For local governments, “taking over” means allowing the market to take over responsibilities released by the central government, and taking over and assuming the responsibilities delegated to them by the central government; “releasing” means delegating all powers that ought to be delegated to the lower authorities in real earnest; and “under taking” means assuming full responsibilities for matters that fall within their purview. 1. Local governments should properly take over or further release as required approval power delegated by the central government. Approval items that are phased out by the central government must be fully released to the market and the society, and local governments should not retain such approval power in any disguised form. The central government should also delegate certain responsibilities to the local governments for them to conduct more robust and effective economic and social management by taking advantage of their close knowledge of local communities. Where power is delegated to the provincial level, provincial governments should exercise it properly. Where power is delegated to the municipal or county level, provincial governments should not try to retain or block it, but delegate it promptly. CCTV Primetime News recently ran a story about the establishment of the national deep-sea center for the Jiaolong manned submersible. This project is funded by the central government. In the past, a number of reviews were required for such projects and dozens of seals needed to be stamped, which would take at least two years. Now that the central government has delegated the power of approval to the local government, it only took two months for the project to be approved. This example shows that delegating power can help to unleash productive forces and raise efficiency. We should also make sure that whenever power is to be given to the market and society, it must be delegated fully. Some social organizations are still overseen by the government. If power is delegated to them, it may in the end stay in government hands. This situation must be averted. 2. We should minimize the number of items subject to administrative review and approval by local governments. Provincial governments should go through the items that still require review and approval, and resolutely abolish or delegate the power of approval to lower levels when necessary. The State Council has set the goal of canceling or delegating over a third of the items requiring administrative review and approval within the five-year term of this government. The provincial governments should also set clear goals according to local realities. Delegation of power should be evaluated not only quantitatively but also qualitatively. In principle, provincial governments from now on should not set new items requiring administrative review and approval. As for municipal and county governments, they do not have such right in the first place, but there are cases where they have imposed requirements through official documents in the form of registration, archiving, verification, annual review, certification, supervision, examination, accreditation or certificates of this kind or that. These may not be called “administrative review and approval”, but they all represent thresholds for companies, being hardly different from review and approval and involving the collection of fees in most cases. The government is now encouraging university students in big cities to return to their hometown after graduation to start their own business, which would be good for local employment. But without an enabling environment, how can they run a business on a sustainable basis? Therefore, we should have the strictest enforcement of a “threshold” for items requiring administrative approval. Items established via “official documents” to impose administrative management or to collect charges and fines must be abolished if they do not conform with laws and regulations. The State Council has decided to reform the business registration system. The reform, as we have learned, is welcomed by the people, especially the youth and university graduates. They all hope it could be carried out as soon as possible. Local governments should waste no time in putting in place the supporting measures so as to encourage more people to start their own businesses. 3. Local governments need to enhance their functions in both regulation and services. Sufficient power delegation does not mean zero regulation. Power delegation and enhanced regulation are like the two wheels of a wagon. Only when both wheels turn can the reform of the government progress smoothly. In this sense, local governments must exercise market regulation to the full extent vis-a-vis all the producers and distributors. With reduction in pre-project approval, the government needs to step up mid- and post-project regulation. In this round of local government reform, the power of market regulation will be delegated to the lower levels, especially to the municipal and county governments. A regulation web of full coverage will be set up to leave迷你倉最平no misconduct unattended to. In this way, we will be able to break away from the doomed cycle whereby power delegation leads to market disorder which, in turn, leads to tighter control, thus ending the transformation efforts. To grow the economy, local governments should, first and foremost, create a unified, open and level-playing field for all types of market players. This is also an important way to strengthen regulation and services. Going forward, local governments, in principle, will make no direct investment in enterprises, as such investment or government direct intervention in the production and management of enterprises tends to give rise to monopoly over investment and industry and market blockade. For years, local protectionism has been a main obstacle to the development of a national, unified and open market. Local governments should not aim to own businesses operating in their localities. Rather, they should aim to play good hosts. This was the approach adopted by some local governments in southern China at the early days of reform and opening-up. What has happened since shows that the governments following this approach have seen their economy grow. For local governments, what is of fundamental importance is to grow the local economy, create more jobs, and collect taxes in accordance with law. In growing the economy, local governments should serve not as a “driver” personally riding the vehicle but as someone taking care of the “street lights” and “traffic lights” and as a “police officer”. The “street lights” are intended to light the way forward for all enterprises with no discrimination. “Traffic lights” refers to rules that tell the enterprises when to go ahead and when to stop and apply to all enterprises. “Good policing” refers to more effective regulation and severe punishment for violations of laws and regulations, such as producing and selling counterfeit and substandard products, bossing and monopolizing the marketplace, cheating and swindling, infringing on intellectual property rights and, in particular, jeopardizing food safety at the expense of people’s life and health. Effective regulation ensures fairness for law-abiding and honest enterprises, while ineffective regulation will allow “bad money to drive out good” and result in rampant cheating, swindling and the like. If we focus more of our efforts on enforcing the “rules of the road”, we will be able to foster a better market environment and put economic transformation and upgrading on a more solid foundation. We also need to reform and innovate ways of supervision and establish a set of scientific rules and methods of supervision. In the past, we had too many annual and monthly market inspections and even staged “inspection campaigns” from time to time. I am not saying that such inspections are to be banned altogether, but they should not be done without clearly defined rules to follow as to whom to inspect, whom to punish and how severe the penalty should be in case of irregularities. Here, we can borrow the practice of other countries, such as conducting proportionate random inspections on entities under supervision. Random inspections are not inspections at will; on the contrary, there are rules to follow. For example, if there are 100 enterprises under supervision, then every year, a preset percentage of them will be selected through a lottery draw to receive thorough inspection. We can also entrust a third party to conduct the inspections. Those who violate the law, once found, are subject to punishments enough to make their violations unprofitable and even lead to their bankruptcy. At the same time, we need to establish a complete catalogue of enterprises with irregular operations and a system of blacklisting, and ensure their rigidity through technical methods. Problem enterprises and illicit operators, once listed, cannot have their names removed no matter what connections they have or what strings they pull. One single irregularity in a certain business will mean life-long exclusion. Such a system, with its universal deterrence, serves as a sword hanging over the heads of all business operators, who may be deterred from taking chances. The honest ones are never worried that the devil might call at night but the swindlers are always in fear of unbearable cost once their luck runs out. This system can also help standardize the conduct of government regulators, and lower the cost and improve the efficiency of regulation. Local governments may make explorations in this area. To ensure basic public services essential to people’s livelihood is another administrative function local governments need to enhance. In this aspect, the primary responsibilities of the government are to meet people’s basic needs, address weak links and ensure that poor people have something to fall back on to promote social equity. Some local authorities have misinterpreted what basic services are about. They have been busily embroidering more flowers on the brocade rather than sending charcoal to the needy on a snowy winter day, so to speak. Some compulsory education schools have been turned into so-called “noble schools” — schools for the rich. Some nursing homes are far too luxurious. It may look good if the government tries to provide for everything free of charge, but in reality, this is unrealistic and unaffordable. And it would also make it hard for the private sector players to get in, because they can hardly compete even when they run businesses at a thin profit margin. We need to think hard and mobilize market forces into developing the services sector. Meanwhile the government must earnestly fulfill its responsibility of ensuring basic services. Recently, the State Council stressed the importance of strengthening the social aid system to meet people’s essential needs. If we are to advance market-oriented reform more vigorously, we must improve this system to prevent such things from happening that are beyond the limits of people’s moral and psychological tolerance. This is also what is intended by the socialist market economy. We need to place greater importance on the building of community-level governments. As people often say, “Authorities at higher levels are like thousands of threads and governments at the community level are the single needle that weaves”. Governments in counties (cities), townships, and urban districts and resident offices directly interact with and serve the people. We need to care more about community-level officials and provide sufficient support for their life and work. In particular, there must be no wage arrears. In the transfer payments from the central to local governments, priority should be given to wage payment for community-level officials. III. Local institutional reform should focus on “control, adjustment and change”. One old saying has it that, “A good government is a slim government”. This round of local government institutional reform must ensure success in “exercising control, making adjustment and promoting change”. “Control” refers to strictly controlling the total size of government staff. “Adjustment” refers to making adjustments and improvements to the personnel structure. And “change” refers to unleashing staff potential through deepening reform. 1. The size of government staffing must be put under rigorous control. In this round of reform, we must observe two principles: one is to set a limit on the total number of local government agencies in order to control government size; the other is to make sure government payroll will only shrink and not expand. This is a commitment this government has made to the entire population. Difficult as it is, a promise is a promise and we will honor it with good faith. Why do we need to strictly control the size of government staffing? Given the current situation, government revenues at various levels are unlikely to see fast growth as in the past. With a large payroll, we will, more often than not, end up in a situation where the little produced by the few will soon be depleted by the many who consume. In just half a year since the formation of this government, some localities and departments have again asked to increase their staffing. Without control, the problem will go from bad to worse. The size of government staffing is already very big. Duplicating responsibilities and overlapping portfolios will not only lead to inefficiency, but even breed corruption. It will tarnish government image and dampen the enthusiasm of those hardworking civil servants. Eventually, it is the interest of the people that is at stake. 2. The organization and staffing structure of government agencies should be adjusted and improved. The problem at hand is not insufficient size, but poor structure and a misallocation of resources in terms of organizational setup and staffing. On the one hand, there is a shortage of hands in those key areas and links that should be strengthened, and government responsibilities that should be taken care of are even left unattended. On the other hand, in areas already identified as requiring less government attention, the agencies fail to streamline accordingly, resulting in overstaffing. While capping the overall size, we should also see the great potential in adjusting and improving the organizational and staffing structure of government agencies and public institutions. Over the past two years, we have been advancing reform of public institutions based on different categories and have removed some agencies and positions through rectification and regulation. Right now, some government agencies have fat bodies and thin legs, like an ostrich. Local governments must be determined to strengthen those institutions that should be strengthened and scale back those where it is necessary. In particular, the grassroots level and the frontline of government institutions should be fortified. When we make adjustments to the organizational and staffing structure, we have to give consideration to the need of slimming down higher-level governments while beefing-up those at the grassroots level. 3. Reform should be deepened to meet our needs for development. To control the size and adjust the structure of government agencies and staffing, the key is to deepen reform and innovate management. Experience over the years shows that without reform and innovation, it is very difficult to break the vicious cycle of streamlining-swelling-streamlining again-swelling again. In recent years, some localities have made good and effective explorations in institutional reform. Some have consolidated the market regulation functions and resources of several departments into one bigger department in order to build a unified, overarching market regulation system and thereby upgrading the quality and efficiency of its services and management. Some localities follow a real-name staffing system. All outside personnel, including those borrowed from government-affiliated institutions, are entered into records and disclosed to the public for scrutiny, effectively closing institutional and management loopholes that allow people to freeload, stay on the payroll without reporting for duty or make false claims for government funding. All local governments are encouraged to boldly explore reforms aimed at addressing these issues and good experience should be promptly summarized and shared. No central government agency may interfere in any way with the readjustment of local organizational setup and staffing. Local government reform is a self-initiated revolution. It will involve many quarters and shake up vested interests. All localities must follow the unified arrangements of the central authorities and put this reform high on their agenda. They must put public opinion and interests first and display the courage to crack hard nuts and see the reform through without ever letting up. This reform should be combined with the campaign to study and practice the mass line of the CPC and the implementation of the “eight rules” of the CPC Central Committee so that these efforts will reinforce each other. Provincial Party committees and governments should assume overall responsibility for the reform. Leading officials must personally take charge and do more to guide, supervise and monitor the reform process in their respective jurisdictions. Government at all levels must develop plans with all seriousness, specify the timeline and task breakdown, hold themselves strictly accountable and report immediately to the central authorities whenever major issues arise. Competent authorities at the central level must strengthen guidance, coordination and supervision. Discipline in organizational setup and staffing must be strictly observed, and violations shall be dealt with without leniency. Reform: Size of government must be strictly checked one is to set a limit on the total number of local government agencies in order to control government size; the other is to make sure government payroll will only shrink and not expand. This is a commitment this government has made to the entire population. Difficult as it is, a promise is a promise and we will honor it with good faith. Why do we need to strictly control the size of government staffing? Given the current situation, government revenues at various levels are unlikely to see fast growth as in the past. With a large payroll, we will, more often than not, end up in a situation where the little produced by the few will soon be depleted by the many who consume. In just half a year since the formation of this government, some localities and departments have again asked to increase their staffing. Without control, the problem will go from bad to worse. The size of government staffing is already very big. Duplicating responsibilities and overlapping portfolios will not only lead to inefficiency, but even breed corruption. It will tarnish government image and dampen the enthusiasm of those hardworking civil servants. Eventually, it is the interest of the people that is at stake. 2. The organization and staffing structure of government agencies should be adjusted and improved. The problem at hand is not insufficient size, but poor structure and a misallocation of resources in terms of organizational setup and staffing. On the one hand, there is a shortage of hands in those key areas and links that should be strengthened, and government responsibilities that should be taken care of are even left unattended. On the other hand, in areas already identified as requiring less government attention, the agencies fail to streamline accordingly, resulting in overstaffing. While capping the overall size, we should also see the great potential in adjusting and improving the organizational and staffing structure of government agencies and public institutions. Over the past two years, we have been advancing reform of public institutions based on different categories and have removed some agencies and positions through rectification and regulation. Right now, some government agencies have fat bodies and thin legs, like an ostrich. Local governments must be determined to strengthen those institutions that should be strengthened and scale back those where it is necessary. In particular, the grassroots level and the frontline of government institutions should be fortified. When we make adjustments to the organizational and staffing structure, we have to give consideration to the need of slimming down higher-level governments while beefing-up those at the grassroots level. 3. Reform should be deepened to meet our needs for development. To control the size and adjust the structure of government agencies and staffing, the key is to deepen reform and innovate management. Experience over the years shows that without reform and innovation, it is very difficult to break the vicious cycle of streamlining-swelling-streamlining again-swelling again. In recent years, some localities have made good and effective explorations in institutional reform. Some have consolidated the market regulation functions and resources of several departments into one bigger department in order to build a unified, overarching market regulation system and thereby upgrading the quality and efficiency of its services and management. Some localities follow a real-name staffing system. All outside personnel, including those borrowed from government-affiliated institutions, are entered into records and disclosed to the public for scrutiny, effectively closing institutional and management loopholes that allow people to freeload, stay on the payroll without reporting for duty or make false claims for government funding. All local governments are encouraged to boldly explore reforms aimed at addressing these issues and good experience should be promptly summarized and shared. No central government agency may interfere in any way with the readjustment of local organizational setup and staffing. Local government reform is a self-initiated revolution. It will involve many quarters and shake up vested interests. All localities must follow the unified arrangements of the central authorities and put this reform high on their agenda. They must put public opinion and interests first and display the courage to crack hard nuts and see the reform through without ever letting up. This reform should be combined with the campaign to study and practice the mass line of the CPC and the implementation of the “eight rules” of the CPC Central Committee so that these efforts will reinforce each other. Provincial Party committees and governments should assume overall responsibility for the reform. Leading officials must personally take charge and do more to guide, supervise and monitor the reform process in their respective jurisdictions. Government at all levels must develop plans with all seriousness, specify the timeline and task breakdown, hold themselves strictly accountable and report immediately to the central a uthorities whenever major issues arise. Competent authorities at the central level must strengthen guidance, coordination and supervision. Discipline in organizational setup and staffing must be strictly observed, and violations shall be dealt with without leniency. 迷你倉

（雪蘭莪 八打靈再也7日訊）大馬旅遊促進局副總監拿督阿茲占諾丁說，針對大馬郵政公司被指“擅用他人鳥類照片出郵票”風波，旅遊部將在下週召開會議向有關人士作進一步瞭解，以尋求解決途徑。他對馬新社說，該局已經聯絡新郵票系列的設計師、圖片攝影師、大馬郵政公司及新郵票系列宣傳顧問等人。新郵票系列沒呈旅遊部他指出，這項新郵票系列計劃是由有關公司負責設計和擔任顧問，並沒有呈交至旅遊部。根據日前報導，大馬郵政公司在官方網站上載配合“2014大馬旅遊年”將於11月13日推出的新郵票系列；但一名菲律賓籍攝影師羅密奧康卻聲稱其中一張郵票的鳥類圖片是他的作品，並指責郵政公司在未獲得他授權下採用這張照片。;迷你倉

Both the main websites still functioning, restoration of compromised subpages underwaySingaporeTHE websites of the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and Istana were not hacked but were compromised, the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) said yesterday.儲存A vulnerability in the Google Search bar embedded on the websites' subpage had been exploited by unknown parties in two attacks, the IDA said. These were detected within 15 minutes of their occurrence - the first one late on Thursday night and the second one 20 minutes past midnight yesterday.Within an hour of discovering the attacks late on Thursday night, the search function on the affected subpages was disabled.BT understands that a patch addressing this particular vulnerability for the embedded Google Search bar had existed, but it had not been applied by the time of the attacks. The patch is currently being applied across government websites."Both the PMO and Istana main websites are still functioning, and restoration of the compromised subpages are under way," the IDA said yesterday.The attack was designed in such a way that a user looking for website content through the embedded search bar would have been brought to a page of search results, some of which would have contained Web links to a page hosted elsewhere.This page would have resembled the PMO or Istana website with additional images to create the impression of defacement, the IDA said. One of the images迷你倉had been the Guy Fawkes mask, used by the Anonymous group, a hacking collective.Yesterday, security software firm Trend Micro echoed the IDA's stance on the matter, saying, "The attack was not a result of a hacking attack, but an exploitation of vulnerability within the website.""The exploited URL was broadcast across various social networking sites including Twitter, Facebook and more, implying that the PMO website has been defaced. With the exploited link referencing to PMO website's official URL (.pmo.gov.sg), when clicked on, unsuspecting visitors and consumers were tricked into thinking that the exploited link was a real defaced-PMO website," Trend Micro said yesterday.Last week, individuals claiming to be part of Anonymous urged Singaporeans to mount a protest on Nov 5, which was Guy Fawkes' Day. While the date had passed without apparent incident, the IDA revealed yesterday that there had been "unusually high Internet traffic" to many government websites throughout Nov 5."This was indicative of attempts to scan for vulnerabilities or potential (distributed denial-of-service) attempts," it said.The attacks on both websites are being investigated by the IDA and the police."We will continue to strengthen all government websites. This includes the checking and fixing of vulnerabilities and software patching. While this is in progress, visitors to government websites may experience intermittent problems with access," it said.儲存倉

涉賣假油的味全董事長魏應充，儲存昨天凌晨前往北檢應訊，擔任魏家保鑣的國安局退休少將張冬生，為阻擋拍攝與媒體發生衝突，魏還被嗆：「賣假油囂張什麼？」混亂中，中國時報、聯合報的2名攝影記者掛彩，中時記者黃世麒經休養、驗傷後，昨天下午前往警局對張冬生提出傷害告訴。中國時報社方對於記者採訪時遭到暴力攻擊表達嚴厲譴責，尤其不滿保鑣竟公然在地檢署內對記者攻擊，簡直目無法紀，嚴重侵犯新聞自由；且迄今不見對傷者致意或道歉，力挺記者對施暴者提出告訴。黃世麒無奈說，提告是因為自己拍過那麼多的新聞場面，沒遇過如此失控的狀況，且當時2名調查員應負責戒護工作，卻呆站在魏應充後面，任由3名保鑣出手推拉記者。他質疑：「魏是涉案嫌犯，為何可以找保鑣開路？難道因為他是大老闆嗎？」他覺得有點離譜。被控打人的張冬生，其實大有迷你倉頭，他是陳水扁執政時頗受爭議的軍方將領，93年319槍擊案發時，張冬生是國安局現場機動指揮官，案發後遭監察院彈劾，指他「臨事畏縮，怠於執行職務」，最後被公懲會記過2次。但張之後仍被拔擢，從只管3人的研究員，躍升為可以號令上百人的警安組組長，一度引發爭議。馬英九執政後他就申請退休，昨天臨時充任魏應充保鑣，不料又惹出事端。黃世麒向警方表示，昨天凌晨3點20分，魏應充最後一個走進北檢偵訊，當時張冬生在內的3名保鑣就一路舉高手強勢阻擋，不讓媒體拍攝。黃因為站在前面，推擠衝突中覺得左方頭、頸部被重掃了一下，當時就有些頭昏，魏應充離開後，同業發現他臉色蒼白、心悸頭暈，立刻通報119將他送醫，休養後下午才到中正一分局報案。另一名混亂中受傷的聯合報記者許正宏，檢視後認為只有指甲挫傷，因此沒有對張提告。儲存倉

中華電信連續10多年舉辦電信創新賽事，儲存倉今年「創作擂台」5大主題包括有MOD互動微電影、音樂創作、旅遊報導、行動APP和雲端軟體，總計7000多件作品參賽，今年得獎作品水準創新高，頗有未來李安、五月天的氣勢，中華電信將600件獲獎作品上架，消費者也有機會觀賞、使用這些作品。 ■行動APP 專屬錢包鎖帳密 中華電信董事長李炎松表示，「2013電信創新應用大賽」是以雙擂台（創作擂台、網路擂台）與10大主題，從多螢應用、數位內容、文化創意、數位學習多方培養台灣創新軟實力，藉由聯合產官學界，期望推動全民勇於創新的數位風潮，讓台灣的創意撼動世界。昨日揭曉的是「創作擂台」5大主題的各組優勝結果。 評審團表示，今年校園組優秀人才輩出，歷年表現亮眼的政治大學，今年在「音樂創作」及「MOD互動微電影創作」組奪下雙料冠軍。擅長於新興網路應用開發設計的交通大學與清華大學則在「行動APP」組中互別苗頭，交通大學囊括第1名及第3名，清華大學則獲得季軍與優選。 行動APP校園組冠軍《AIRSIG密碼錢包》即著眼在行動裝置普及，用戶如何將常用的帳號、密碼等私密資訊儲存的需求，此APP即可管理帳號密碼，並提供獨創的3D空中簽名驗證，使用時就像對著手機畫符，但不會顯示寫下的圖案，能有效保障隱私。 「MO迷你倉最平互動微電影創作」吸引近300隊懷抱電影夢的團隊參賽，社會組冠軍《PROJECT MOD》以媲美職業水準的內容與技術獲得評審一致讚賞；校園組冠軍作品《無聲片刻》探討現代人冷漠背後的疏離孤絕，主題發人省思。 「旅遊報導」首獎作品珍珠茶屋，尋訪繁忙城市中的小確幸，介紹「珍珠茶屋」鮮食藝術、生活美學，讓人發現生活的不簡單。「雲端應用」季軍《異位性皮膚炎雲端健康管理系統》是元培科技大學團隊創作，結合中醫療法針對體質推拿特定穴位，搭配24節氣及環境資訊功能提醒病患，達到養生保健的作用。 ■電信賽事 學習與研發指標 李炎松表示，10多年來，中華電信堅持持續舉辦電信創新賽事，這份堅持逐漸成為國內數位學習與創新研發的指標。藉由舉辦競賽，發掘優秀的軟體開發人才，協助青年學生走出校園，深入社會，進而躍上國際舞台，得獎作品有機會接受育成，在中華電信雲端HICLOUD、行動HAMI、光世代HINET、MOD平台上架。 例如「行動APP」今年即與長茂科技合作，提供容易使用的開發平台，搭配中華電信HAMI APPS軟體市集行銷推廣；「雲端軟體」結合中華雲市集，提供HICLOUD雲端軟體整合平台；「音樂創作」決賽優秀作品更可獲得知名音樂老師親自指導的機會，並於KKBOX發行數位專輯播及量身訂做的來電答鈴。迷你倉

（美國 華盛頓6日訊）美國出現一個網站，讓氣憤難平的妻子和女友公開勾引其伴侶的“小三”資料，並且臭罵那些破壞其家庭者，雖然此網站惹起不少爭議，但吸引近25萬名支持者。這個名為Shesahomewrecker.com於去年創立，迄今已列出全美國500名“小三”，除了“小三”的名字和位置外，還附有她們的照片，甚至每宗婚外情的“經過”。據統計，美國“小三”舉報個案最高的州份是得州，共168宗，其次是加州，共152宗，最低佛蒙特州，僅1宗。雖然有人形容此網站“恐怖”和“令人反感”，並指她們應該跟她們的伴侶算賬，而不是欺凌“小三”，但網站擁有牢固的支持者，已吸引近25萬個“讚好”。;儲存

Source: Jordan Times, AmmanNov.self storage 07--AMMAN -- It was on a dull October morning in 1993 when cartoonist Emad Hajjaj had the creativity spark that has so far fuelled 20 years of comic strips following days in the life of the Jordanian character, Abu Mahjoob.Hajjaj was a young cartoonist embarking on a career at Al Rai newspaper and looking for inspiration."On that day I went to work by bus. On the way, I saw so many banners promoting parliamentary election candidates fixed everywhere on the sidewalks and on electricity poles," the artist recalled."It wasn't particularly my favourite day; I was a little grumpy and haunted by ideas for my cartoons," Hajajj said."After a lot of thinking, I thought I should draw someone who could stand for all Jordanians, and suddenly, it was my father's personality and attitude that jumped into my head; a retired military officer, a cynical and angry man who constantly complains about life."Shortly after, the hot-tempered and scruffy Abu Mahjoob made his debut.He was standing on a ladder to fix a banner for a candidate running for the elections. While the banner said: "No to foreign labour", Abu Mahjoob was angrily shouting at a foreign worker asking him to tie the rope tightly to the electricity pole.Far from being a mere caricature, Abu Mahjoob was quite cynical and real, Hajjaj said, noting that the character represented the paradoxes in Jordanian life."That very scene represented the contradictions that exist in Jordan; Abu Mahjoob is an average citizen, who suffers from economic hardships and is bothered by [negative] social norms," the artist said at an event held at Abdul Hamid Shoman Forum last week to mark the character's 20th anniversary."He can be an angel and a demon at the same time; a loving father and a husband one day, and a corrupt employee who takes bribes in return for favours on another," Hajjaj said, describing Abu Mahjoob's character."Actually, Abu Mahjoob wearing a traditional Jordanian kufiyeh [headdress] with a modern suit can also be seen as another contradiction," he noted.On how he came up with the iconic character's name, Hajjaj has no ready answer."I honestl迷利倉 don't know. All I remember is that I have always believed in images, not in the meaning that a word carries. I just had an image of Abu Mahjoob in my mind, plus I really liked the music of the name -- it's easy and it means the hidden or the concealed."Talking about the most important milestones in Abu Mahjoob's life, Hajjaj said that using computer programmes to draw this character was a landmark in his career as well as in the art of caricature in Jordan in general."Back then, caricatures used to appear in black and white and they looked so rigid and spiritless. Using computer programmes was frowned upon, as critics used to claim it weakens the value of the work," Hajjaj said."However, over the past 20 years, I opted for the computer to develop Abu Mahjoob, as I needed to highlight and bring out the colours, details and images in this character; actually, those very elements carry important messages -- they are not mere decorations."Another important landmark in Abu Mahjoob's life was the production of short animated episodes in which he appeared along with other characters, especially his sidekick Abu Mohammad.They were aired on local television stations and are also available on YouTube and other social media outlets."It has been said that the natural development of a cartoon character is to become animated and later to turn into a movie character," said Hajjaj."I thought it was an important step for Abu Mahjoob [to become animated] in order to reach out to a larger audience," he added.Although the inspiration for Abu Mahjoob was Hajjaj's father, the artist said the character has grown beyond that to cover all issues that matter to Jordanians in thousands of cartoons."I believe what people see in my cartoons is their lives first and foremost. In Abu Mahjoob's comic strips, they don't only see themselves and their fellow Jordanians, but also their own lifestyles, neighbourhoods and streets," Hajajj added."Abu Mahjoob will always continue to evolve."Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Jordan Times (Amman, Jordan) Visit the Jordan Times (Amman, Jordan) at .jordantimes.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉

A cat that was used as a football sustained such severe injuries that it had to be put down.儲存 Up to six people were seen kicking the animal on a Kwun Tong estate a year ago. At Kwun Tong Magistrates' Court yesterday So Pak-lam and Yip Wai-kit, both 23, Yeung Kiu- yue, 26, and Kong Ka-man, 18, denied charges of animal cruelty. Witness Yu Siu-man told the court that he went to Tin Chi House on the Shun Tin Estate as part of his promotion work with a telecommunications company. Deputy magistrate Kennis Tai Chiu-ki heard that while Yu was having a smoke between the 11th and 12th floors on the rear staircase he heard a noise. Yu said he looked down and saw up to six people kicking a dark cat. ``There were two to three of them on each side, and they were passing the cat like a football.'' He admitted he could only recognize some of those involved by their clothing and not their迷你倉 facial features. Another witness, Wong Yin- chu, who lives on the 13th floor, said she saw two people kicking a cat when she was taking out the garbage. ``The cat was on its side. They picked it up and one of them kicked it to the other person,'' Wong said. She said the two passed the cat between them at least five times, adding she thought the animal was dead because it did not move. But after the two left, the cat crawled back toward a wall. Someone else living in Tin Chi House found the cat in front of their door. It was bleeding from its mouth and its rear limbs were paralyzed. It was put to sleep after staff from the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals came to collect it. The four suspects were later arrested after police trawled through CCTV footage. However Kong Ka-man was the only one actually identified. The trial continues today. STAFF REPORTER 儲存倉