Painted Skin Trailer - Vicki ZhaoWei, ZhouXun, ChenKun （画皮）

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibeTcfto-b5_MRlU0tWJdHkcjcOEWva0NEDbHB4JpAub6-FyLnXSAmB9hm7n-Ps-kHFURShVPCSF5AYCANtLEtKVNZnnYSlQoNQgQdcnZIY569ttsKD8m2f9KM5ZUbgt03kffQTIq63C8G/s1600-h/2008_09_15_01_Painted_Skin_sn.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252009659529987842" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibeTcfto-b5_MRlU0tWJdHkcjcOEWva0NEDbHB4JpAub6-FyLnXSAmB9hm7n-Ps-kHFURShVPCSF5AYCANtLEtKVNZnnYSlQoNQgQdcnZIY569ttsKD8m2f9KM5ZUbgt03kffQTIq63C8G/s400/2008_09_15_01_Painted_Skin_sn.jpg" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" /></a><br /><strong>CASTS</strong><br /><br />Directed by Gordon Chan <br />Starring Donnie Yen<br />Chen Kun<br />Zhao Wei<br />Zhou Xun <br />Release date(s) September 26, 2008 <br />Running time 115 min. <br />Country: China <br />Language Mandarin <br /><br /><strong>PLOT</strong><br />Though the story is based mainly on a supernatural premise, it is more of a love story rather than a ghost/horror film. It is based on Pu Songling's classic novel, Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio. Zhou Xun starrs a Xiao Wei, a huli jing that feasts on human hearts in order to maintain her lovely, youthful appearance. When General Wang Sheng (Chen Kun) 'rescues' her from a band of bandits and brings her home, trouble brews as the demon falls in love with the general, who is married to Pei Rong (Zhao Wei).<br /><br />Another (older) love triangle is present, between the general's brother Pang Yong (Donnie Yen), 'the general and his wife. Pei Rong asks Pang Yong for help as she suspects Xiao Wei for what she really is. Pang Yong is aided by an inexperienced 'demon buster', Xia Bing (Betty Sun). Hints of a developing relationship between Xia Bing and Pang Yong are there, although this is never really explored. Another subplot revolves around Xiao Wei's lizard demon ally (Qi Yuwu) who has unreciprocated feelings for her and helps her get all the human hearts she needs.<br /><br /><strong>　　影片根据中国古典名著《聊斋志异》改编。</strong><br /><br />片名： 画皮<br /><br />导演： 陈嘉上<br /><br />主演： 甄子丹 饰 庞勇<br /><br />　　　 周迅 饰 小唯<br /><br />　　　 陈坤 饰 王生<br /><br />　　　 赵薇 饰 佩容<br /><br />　　　 孙俪 饰 夏冰<br /><br />　　　 戚玉武 饰 小易<br /><br />类型： 魔幻/爱情<br /><br /><strong>剧情简介</strong><br /><br />　　秦汉年间，都尉王生率王家军在西域与沙匪激战中救回一绝色女子，并带回江都王府。不想此女乃“九霄美狐”小唯披人皮所变。其皮必须用人心养护，故小唯的隐形助手小易——一只沙漠蜥蜴修成的妖，每隔几天便杀人取心供奉小唯，以表对小唯的爱意，江都城因此陷入一片恐怖中。小唯因王家军首领王生勇猛英俊对其萌生爱意，并不停用妖术诱惑王生，想取代王生妻子佩容的地位。<br /><br />　　王家军前统领庞勇武功高强，曾与王生、佩容情同手足，并暗恋佩容。后佩容嫁给王生，庞勇悲情辞官出走成为流浪侠士。佩容发现小唯爱恋自己的丈夫，并觉察到她不是常人，于是暗中求助庞勇求他救助王生。庞勇在酒肆邂逅冰清玉洁的降魔者夏冰，二人碰出火花…… 庞勇外表洒脱不羁，内在胸襟博大，是一位隐匿江湖的真心英雄。他的到来打乱了“九霄美狐”计划，并使其陷入深深的不安之中。在庞勇的明察暗访下，“九霄美狐”的身份逐渐暴露。<br /><br />　　自此，一场人妖之间，人伦之间 ，纯情男女之间，兄弟之间，妖魔之间错综复杂的诱惑、抗争、情仇、生死大战在看似平稳的外表下徐徐拉开。以庞勇为首的正义力量以凤凰涅磐般的惨烈生死代价，演绎了一场荡气回肠的生命赞歌，结局出人意料…… <br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9lr7mg_0PQc&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9lr7mg_0PQc&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

Painted Skin Trailer - Vicki ZhaoWei, ZhouXun, ChenKun （画皮）

CASTSDirected by Gordon Chan Starring Donnie YenChen KunZhao WeiZhou Xun Release date(s) September 26, 2008 Running time 115 min. Country: China Language Mandarin PLOTThough the story is based mainly on a supernatural premise, it is more of a love story rather than a ghost/horror film. It is based …

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DA says leadership is African-American black

<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrzNza-NFYy8hPUdGUkHoE-S6RbVcRSFF5FVH_t5NzAB381xD0mmeErB739z3yyJrPPXGp_Qe6yvMvzcqFg9x0kb27FCYaVSBwXtw-PwTGiDbRJRhjLhzt0vtYrVY8pJOH9V-Uz6c2KeY/s1600-h/kids-in-blackface.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251952201691545266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrzNza-NFYy8hPUdGUkHoE-S6RbVcRSFF5FVH_t5NzAB381xD0mmeErB739z3yyJrPPXGp_Qe6yvMvzcqFg9x0kb27FCYaVSBwXtw-PwTGiDbRJRhjLhzt0vtYrVY8pJOH9V-Uz6c2KeY/s400/kids-in-blackface.jpg" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">CAPE TOWN. The Democratic Alliance says it is determined to shake off its image as a mainly white party, and has decided to adopt a colour grading system pioneered by African-Americans that allows incredibly fair-skinned people to call themselves black. According to the new system the entire leadership of the opposition party is now black, with Joe Seremane reclassified as ultrablack.<br /><br />Speaking to journalists at the party's winter compound next to the Meadowridge Park-n-Shop this morning, spokesman Niles Lebensraum admitted that the overwhelming whiteness of the DA's leadership had been "something of a handicap" in recent elections.<br /><br />He said that research by DA strategists Doris Jenkins, 86, and Gladys van der Merwe, 83, had shown that black South Africans were still "willfully and maliciously ignoring the potential benefits of white rule".<br /><br />"We're not saying that those 342 years of white rule were all a picnic," said Lebensraum.<br /><br />"But for God's sake, they've had 14 whole years of black rule – how much more do they want?"<br /><br />However, he said, thanks to the African-American system of racial classification, the black-white divide was now a thing of the past.<br /><br />"African-American icons like Colin Powell and Tyra Banks have shown us that you can have fair skin and still be a strong black person," said Lebensraum.<br /><br />He said that the party's leadership was "thrilled" with the new classification, and confirmed that "ultrablack" Joe Seremane had spent the day walking up to colleagues, giving them high fives, and introducing himself as "megabad ultrablack supaphly life-taker and heartbreaker Hot Chocolate Joe".<br /><br />He added that Helen Zille had asked Seremane to stop as it was upsetting some of the more fragile white workers in the office.<br /><br />According to Lebensraum the reclassification was an historic moment for the party, as its previous efforts at becoming more black had ended badly.<br /><br />He said that Tony Leon had once spent an entire summer on a LiLo on Hartebeespoort Dam smeared with cooking oil in order to gain more credibility as a black African, but had returned to Parliament only to be mistaken for Patricia de Lille.<br /><br />"The great thing about this new system is that you can be basically white, but also black, just like Colin Powell," said Lebensraum.<br /><br />He added that "black" was a "broad church".<br /><br />"Nobody is suggesting that Helen Zille is gunmetal-blue like some of these Congolese chappies that wash our Volvos next door at the Park-n-Shop," he said.<br /><br />"Because she's not. She's more sort of honey-and-cream-ish, a lot like Tyra Banks. They have a very similar look."<br /><br />He urged people to remember that "even Madiba is more yellowish than black", adding that most of the DA's leadership had thought he was Chinese after he was released.<br /><br /><em><a href="http://www.hayibo.com/"><span style="font-size:78%;">http://www.hayibo.com/</span></a><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span></em></span><p><br /></p>

DA says leadership is African-American black

CAPE TOWN. The Democratic Alliance says it is determined to shake off its image as a mainly white party, and has decided to adopt a colour grading system pioneered by African-Americans that allows incredibly fair-skinned people to call themselves black. According to the new system the entire leaders…

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Struggle-tsotsis and political pirates who rape our Constitution

<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIcamdtsjGyQNsAxxjNv78zWSkdfnykuojZbXnEKGia35pZzw-De8atWFLWzHgsopEbuDseKX5VTlBsOMJk5JrtDJnMyON_fu5Uw4LH8DbXajuR_2qzLLsmX5VT-8lfhqS_jqB5PjP7V0/s1600-h/ThaboEvita220.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251957055249281362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIcamdtsjGyQNsAxxjNv78zWSkdfnykuojZbXnEKGia35pZzw-De8atWFLWzHgsopEbuDseKX5VTlBsOMJk5JrtDJnMyON_fu5Uw4LH8DbXajuR_2qzLLsmX5VT-8lfhqS_jqB5PjP7V0/s400/ThaboEvita220.jpg" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Following closely in the footsteps of new President Kgalema Motlanthe, former ambassador to Bapetiksoweti, Evita Bezuidenhout, was on Monday poised to deliver a State of the Nation Address of her own.<br /><br />"Let me start by sharing a State Secret with you. The nation is fine. There is no crisis," she began, immediately helping to further put international markets at ease.<br /><br />Bezuidenhout reflected on the Mbeki years. "It was a calling. Thabo Mbeki had been planning his campaign for 30 years, sipping whisky in a Brighton hotel."<br /><br />She praised him for his profound oratorical skills.<br /><br />"His speeches were legendary. They overwhelmed me with their brilliance. I never knew what he meant, but he said it so nicely, quoting from Shakespeare, Woolworths and Thesaurus."<br /><br />For much of his presidency, however, he had been nowhere to be seen.<br /><br />"On the few occasions when Thabo Mbeki came to South Africa on his short state visits, it was usually only before an election to show a human side to his Mbekivellian designs. He would hug children, kiss old ladies and shake hands …What we didn't know was that after the cameras left, he would vomit for hours, allergic to the touch of the common populace."<br /><br />At Polokwane, and then in the past week, the nation witnessed startling change.<br /><br />"The Angel of Death, formerly Minister of Health, is now in the Presidency as minister. She will now always be near the cabinet where they keep the Presidential whisky. Will her new liver finally reject the body?"<br /><br />The former Defence Minister, Mosiuoa Lekota, was gone and had left the country with "expensive boats that don't sail, priceless submarines that won't submerge, state-of-the-art fighter planes that rust on the ground and a wish-list of a few more billion rands worth of heavy-muscle armaments. We still don't know who the enemy is."<br /><br />Perhaps it was the taxpayer.<br /><br />And what of Jacob Zuma?<br /><br />"While the Crown Prince of the ANC dances in his feathers and rare and protected animal skins and assegais, the party managed to stop the chaos and take stock. ANC no longer stood for African National Congress but A Nice Cheque.<br /><br />"The nation is fine. President Kgalema Motlanthe is a man of few press clippings. I have always called him by his third name Petrus."<br /><br />Would he last?<br /><br />"They say President Petrus is an interim leader till after the election of 2009.<br /><br />"Interim is only a word you use if you've made a wrong choice. If interim becomes impressive, inspirational and innovative, interim will happily become incumbent."<br /><br />She concluded by vowing to continue her political militancy: "Yes. I may be an Afrikaans Tannie. Even though I am 73 years old today (and am still being impersonated by a third-rate comedian who is 10 years younger than me but makes me look older and fatter) - in spite of all the things that should make me sit quietly in a chair and read Huisgenoot or watch Desperate Housewives (last week we've been glued to Desperate Comrades!) - I will get involved.<br /><br />"I will make sure democracy stays in full working condition in spite of the struggle-tsotsis and political pirates who want to rape our Constitution and then have a shower of celebration after the treasonous act."</span> <p></p>

Struggle-tsotsis and political pirates who rape our Constitution

Following closely in the footsteps of new President Kgalema Motlanthe, former ambassador to Bapetiksoweti, Evita Bezuidenhout, was on Monday poised to deliver a State of the Nation Address of her own."Let me start by sharing a State Secret with you. The nation is fine. There is no crisis," she began…

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Communist SACP demands power

<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Yx_EhA6EMgG7HMAudBSuOOy2bowEVlKryh-UYmRYiklLpPkBGIOH9TxVqpkfkGhB7P-nCwcfCKIy0kVJCsjSah3WZ3l65q-CSHeaIjzwZX87VU1YNBZhgdebPm9dfTeq0X4SNf9buAw/s1600-h/South_African_Communist_Party_logo.png"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251463503489691794" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Yx_EhA6EMgG7HMAudBSuOOy2bowEVlKryh-UYmRYiklLpPkBGIOH9TxVqpkfkGhB7P-nCwcfCKIy0kVJCsjSah3WZ3l65q-CSHeaIjzwZX87VU1YNBZhgdebPm9dfTeq0X4SNf9buAw/s400/South_African_Communist_Party_logo.png" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">The SACP has demanded to be consulted as a full partner of the tripartite alliance instead of ANC decisions being imposed on it.<br /><br />The SACP also wants to see more of its members deployed in legislatures in a "reconfigured" alliance after 2009's elections.<br /><br />SACP Secretary-General Blade Nzimande said the party was dissatisfied with the manner in which the alliance has been working.<br /></span></strong><br />The issue was the main discussion at the party's policy conference, which ended in Johannesburg on Sunday.<br /><br />He said the issue would also be brought up this weekend at the Alliance Summit, which the SACP wants regarded as the "political centre".<br /><br />Nzimande said the SACP wanted its own deployment committee, which would ensure that the deployment of communists in government was not left solely to the ANC.<br /><br />"(Reconfiguration) includes, but is not limited to, the forging of the alliance as a strategic political centre.<br /><br />Further to that, we are calling for the establishment of an alliance political council made up of the national office- bearers of the alliance, to oversee broad political issues, governance and deployment issues and joint mass mobilisation.<br /><br />"It also includes the common alliance deployment strategy because we've had a problem in the past that we all go into an election campaign, but deployment remains solely a matter for the African National Congress.<br /><br />"The alliance is not a bargaining chamber and we are not going to say we want this or we will walk away.<br /><br />We believe that in what is the post-Polokwane period, we hope we are going to listen to each other,"said Nzimande.<br /><br />The SACP wants a "delegated" contingent of elected SACP representatives, who will be directly accountable to the party, to represent "working class interests" in provincial legislatures.<br /><br />"We need our own SACP deployment and accountability committee as well to look at how and where to deploy those communists and how those communists account to the SACP, which is something that is very important to us.<br /><br />"We'd really like to see an inclusive style of operation in the alliance.<br /><br />"We don't want to impose things and we don't want the ANC to impose things on us. This alliance has survived on a particular style of inclusive consultation leadership, and we'd like to be heard because this has been rudely interrupted in the last 10 years leading up to Polokwane", Nzimande said.<br /><br />The party on Sunday put its weight behind the ANC's election campaign and warned against a "breakaway" party which has been mooted in the wake of Thabo Mbeki's axing from government by the ANC.<br /><br />"We hope that whoever is considering this, they don't go there.<br /><br />"All those who've tried to split away from the ANC are practically dead, the PAC and the UDM."</span><p>

Communist SACP demands power

The SACP has demanded to be consulted as a full partner of the tripartite alliance instead of ANC decisions being imposed on it.The SACP also wants to see more of its members deployed in legislatures in a "reconfigured" alliance after 2009's elections.SACP Secretary-General Blade Nzimande said the p…

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Manto denies new cabinet post is as bartender-chef

<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3UIkWWVcsxAMs5Je9JBVSNLBy_5i56P06WLNRd9ORzDEssHHCK8QGE23h2Dkn7AxiGJ-BUnksGCFGACQjUP4-j2dEAbqpeeOFoCtZ3Kqx-vQxK_bzqS7RiKt4oaQSvOwmMLezGPwQC0Q/s1600-h/manto-5.gif"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251569648152521954" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3UIkWWVcsxAMs5Je9JBVSNLBy_5i56P06WLNRd9ORzDEssHHCK8QGE23h2Dkn7AxiGJ-BUnksGCFGACQjUP4-j2dEAbqpeeOFoCtZ3Kqx-vQxK_bzqS7RiKt4oaQSvOwmMLezGPwQC0Q/s400/manto-5.gif" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimJY1dr9rB9O7Aln-PNxvdwT7fbFppH0KIN8bHUXXv6pkckEX9-hwy_s7bNgEevXY-F0HjaS4DhQ5jGRoeFXwoyebPb0aW42nDcx5yD2QF93G26mPsJXOopXOydOoj96kjuerVHj_z7o0/s1600-h/manto.bmp"></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">PRETORIA. Former Minister of Health Manto Tshabalala-Msimang has denied reports that her new job as Minister in the Presidency will be limited to serving double vodka tonics to visiting heads of state and cooking African potato snacks for President Motlanthe. Her spokeswoman also denied that she had been asked to return the new liver she received while Health Minister.<br /><br />Speaking to journalists from the Presidency where the Salvation Army was loading the last of Thabo Mbeki's belongings into a van, spokeswoman Clitoris Labuschagne said that just because Tshabalala-Msimang would not have any specific responsibilities, it didn't mean that she would have no responsibilities whatsoever.<br /><br />"Mostly she's there to keep the mood up," said Labuschagne.<br /><br />"Tell witty stories about how anteretrovirals turn people into witches, play showtunes on her ukulele, that sort of thing."<br /><br />However she conceded that there would be a limited bartending role for the Minister, and confirmed that Tshabalala-Msimang had been entrusted with the Pik Botha Memorial Brandy Decanter.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWRedoZWR116rIeki1fLKY9Ui-rRfTyEND576OKlG-CwG8iw1g-X9tJPHUK20tzE6lcoYpT70oty69SKsekMEoQudIWTRjI1FrnwDAs1_vUkTB4CwX-RqbchwMnF0pQ4oKZEIFkqLNiXA/s1600-h/mantombeki.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251570694816657586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWRedoZWR116rIeki1fLKY9Ui-rRfTyEND576OKlG-CwG8iw1g-X9tJPHUK20tzE6lcoYpT70oty69SKsekMEoQudIWTRjI1FrnwDAs1_vUkTB4CwX-RqbchwMnF0pQ4oKZEIFkqLNiXA/s400/mantombeki.jpg" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" /></a>However she said this would be a ceremonial position and would not involve much actual drinking, "at least not until everyone goes home at five".<br /><br />She also rejected allegations that Tshabalala-Msimang would be a personal chef for President Motlanthe.<br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxTrb7UzLVFpssyAL_yQx8bH4FLpvYiwqAqY6YNoRrlypr3wQJwl1cDIpX2utX9HSJFEH-D5hggI4GQkA525svCwMh9__eyzHMvy0nhFsnbxq9ThB6BKQqGeApmxelExIwH4lfy3ysLLo/s1600-h/aids-highway2.gif"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">"While the Minister does make a delicious quiche using African potatoes, garlic, beetroot, olive oil, denial, belligerence and lingering death, President Motlanthe has indicated that his culinary tastes tend toward more ascetic dishes."<br /><br />She said that Motlanthe was trying to cut down on carbs, and that his diet now consisted almost entirely of stem-cells and capitalists.<br /><br />Labuschagne also used the opportunity to deny that the Minister would have to return the liver she received in a 2007 transplant. She attacked the "general belief" that Tshabalala-Msimang "only got the liver because she was Health Minister at the time, and that she pulled rank to jump the queue".<br /><br />She said the people who were calling on her to give back the organ were misguided and racist.<br /><br />"There are two reasons we can't give back the liver," said Labuschagne.<br /><br />"Firstly, the only three surgeons qualified to do the operation have just emigrated to Australia.<br /><br />"And secondly, and more importantly, there's the issue of a replacement donor. We'd need to find a suitably healthy young woman, ideally one who had once supported President Mbeki, kill her, and remove her liver; and ethics approval for that kind of thing can take weeks, even for someone in the Presidency."<br /><br />Minister Tshabalala-Msimang could not be reached for comment as she was reportedly preparing a Screaming Orgasm for Jacob Zuma.<br /><br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.hayibo.com/">http://www.hayibo.com/</a> </span></em></span><p></p>

Manto denies new cabinet post is as bartender-chef

PRETORIA. Former Minister of Health Manto Tshabalala-Msimang has denied reports that her new job as Minister in the Presidency will be limited to serving double vodka tonics to visiting heads of state and cooking African potato snacks for President Motlanthe. Her spokeswoman also denied that she had…

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White flight from South Africa

<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj12RC9If8fZGgnUV4Yd00S3GNdobBdIIgZ4ShuM0YG0_vszZ6M9pu4fBpw325ajRGLs3Z1Q6WCqLQLZ1siCx21sXwuDz1Z0sxSjVA6ulF4I_XY-SWSgB4ZCXqJ8AzphpwK3RG7N0Z6yfg/s1600-h/trek.jpg"><span style="color:#3333ff;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251201450604853186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj12RC9If8fZGgnUV4Yd00S3GNdobBdIIgZ4ShuM0YG0_vszZ6M9pu4fBpw325ajRGLs3Z1Q6WCqLQLZ1siCx21sXwuDz1Z0sxSjVA6ulF4I_XY-SWSgB4ZCXqJ8AzphpwK3RG7N0Z6yfg/s400/trek.jpg" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" /></span></a></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Between staying and going</span></strong> </span></p><p><em><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;">Sep 27th 2008<br />From The Economist</span></em></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">Violent crime and political turmoil are adding to South Africa’s brain drain</span></strong><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><em>South Africa's African National Congress government has </em><a href="http://www.economist.com/background/displaystory.cfm?story_id=3675703"><em>struggled to improve</em></a><em> the lot of blacks since coming to power in the country's first all-race election in 1994. </em><a href="http://www.economist.com/background/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10809296"><em>Race relations</em></a><em> have improved, but inequality has worsened, despite the emergence of a </em><a href="http://www.economist.com/background/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10064458"><em>new black middle class</em></a><em>. </em><a href="http://www.economist.com/background/displaystory.cfm?story_id=5678325"><em>Educational deficiencies</em></a><em> have caused a severe skills shortage. </em><a href="http://www.economist.com/background/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9653062"></a><a href="http://www.economist.com/background/displaystory.cfm?story_id=4010812"><em>Unemployment</em></a><em> and </em><a href="http://www.economist.com/background/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9653062"><em>AIDS</em></a><em> are both huge problems. </em><a href="http://www.economist.com/background/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10534439"><em>Crime</em></a><em> is notoriously high.</em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"><em>During Thabo Mbeki's presidency, critics worried about his </em><a href="http://www.economist.com/background/displaystory.cfm?story_id=3576543"><em>increasingly insulated position</em></a><em>. In 2007, Jacob Zuma, a former deputy president, </em><a href="http://www.economist.com/background/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10286418"></a><a href="http://www.economist.com/background/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10339429"><em>defeated Mr Mbeki in a contest for the ANC leadership</em></a><em>, despite allegations of corruption and rape. In September 2008, a court </em><a href="http://www.economist.com/background/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12263140"><em>declared the charges against Mr Zuma invalid</em></a><em>; shortly afterwards, Mbeki was </em><a href="http://www.economist.com/background/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12283440"><em>forced to step down</em></a><em>. An interim president has been appointed until the election due in 2009, which Zuma is expected to win.</em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">FIRST he thought it was a mouse, then a rat—and then the rat shot him in the face. That is how André Brink, one of South Africa’s most famous novelists, described the recent killing of his nephew Adri, at home at 3am in the morning. The young man was left to die on the floor, in front of his wife and daughter, while his killers ransacked the house.<br /><br />Such murders are common in South Africa. According to Mr Brink’s account, published later in the Sunday Independent, 16 armed attacks had already taken place in a single month within a kilometre of the young couple’s plot north of Pretoria, South Africa’s capital. Soon afterwards—this is more unusual—the police arrested a gang of six. They recovered a laptop and two mobile phones. That was the haul for which Adri paid with his life.<br /><br />A decade-and-a-half after the end of apartheid, violent crime is pushing more and more whites out of South Africa. Exactly how many are leaving is impossible to say. Few admit that they are quitting for good, and the government does not collect the necessary statistics. But large white South African diasporas, both English- and Afrikaans-speaking, have sprouted in Britain, Australia, New Zealand and many cities of North America.<br /><br />The South African Institute of Race Relations, a think-tank, guesses that 800,000 or more whites have emigrated since 1995, out of the 4m-plus who were there when apartheid formally ended the year before. Robert Crawford, a research fellow at King’s College in London, reckons that around 550,000 South Africans live in Britain alone. Not all of South Africa’s émigrés are white: skilled blacks from South Africa can be found in jobs and places as various as banking in New York and nursing in the Persian Gulf. But most are white—and thanks to the legacy of apartheid the remaining whites, though only about 9% of the population, are still South Africa’s richest and best-trained people.<br /><br />Talk about “white flight” does not go down well. Officials are quick to claim that there is nothing white about it. A recent survey by FutureFact, a polling organisation, found that the desire to emigrate is pretty even across races: last year, 42% of Coloured (mixed-race) South Africans, 38% of blacks and 30% of those of Indian descent were thinking of leaving, compared with 41% of whites. This is a big leap from 2000, when the numbers were 12%, 18%, 26% and 22% respectively. But it is the whites, by and large, who have the money, skills, contacts and sometimes passports they need to start a life outside—and who leave the bigger skills and tax gap behind.<br /><br />Another line loyalists take is that South Africa is no different from elsewhere: in a global economy, skills are portable. “One benefit of our new democracy is that we are well integrated in the community of nations, so now more opportunities are accessible to our people,” Kgalema Motlanthe, now South Africa’s president, told The Economist. And to some extent it is true that the doctors, dentists, nurses, accountants and engineers who leave are being pulled by bigger salaries, not pushed by despair. But this is not the whole story. Nick Holland, chief executive of Gold Fields, a mining company, says that in his firm it is far commoner for skilled whites to leave than their black and Indian counterparts. “We mustn’t stick our heads in the sand,” he says. “White flight is a reality.”<br /><br />Another claim is that a lot of leavers return. Martine Schaffer, a Durbanite who returned to South Africa herself in 2003 after 14 years in London, now runs the “Homecoming Revolution”, an outfit created with help from the First National Bank to tempt lost sheep back to the fold. And, yes, a significant number of émigrés do come home, seduced by memories of the easeful poolside life under the jacaranda trees, excited by work opportunities or keen—perhaps after having children themselves—to reunite with parents who stayed behind.<br /><br />In some cases, idealism remains a draw. Whites who left in previous decades because they were repelled by apartheid, or who expected apartheid to end in a bloodbath, can find much to admire. Whites build tall walls around their houses and pay guards to patrol their neighbourhoods; they consider some downtown areas too dangerous to visit. But on university campuses and in the bright suburban shopping malls it is still thrilling to see blacks and whites mingling in a relaxed way that was unimaginable under apartheid.<br /><br /><strong>Reasons not to panic?</strong></span><br /></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">So South Africa certainly has its white boosters. Michael Katz, chairman of Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs, a law firm in Johannesburg, hands over a book with the title “Don’t Panic!”, a collection of heartwarming reflections by disparate South Africans on why there is, even now, no better place than home. Mr Katz ticks off the pluses as he sees them: minimal racial tension (a third of his own firm’s 350 professionals are black); a model constitution that entrenches the separation of powers and is “revered” by the people; a free press and free judiciary; a healthy Parliament; a vibrant civil society; good infrastructure and a banking system untouched by the global credit crunch. The “one major negative” Mr Katz concedes is violent crime. If only this could be brought under control, he says, the leavers would return.<br /><br />But would they? Violent crime is undoubtedly the biggest single driver of emigration, the one factor cited by all races and across all professions when people are asked why they want to go. Police figures put the murder rate in 2007-08 at more than 38 per 100,000 and rape at more than 75 per 100,000. This marks a big fall over the past several years, but is still astronomical by international standards (the murder rate was 5.6 per 100,000 in the United States last year). It has reached the point where most people say they have either been victims of violent crime themselves or know friends or relatives who have been victims. Typically, it is a break-in, carjacking, robbery or murder close to home that clinches a family’s long mulled-over decision to leave.<br /><br />All the same, crime is far from being the only cause of white disenchantment. Some say that 2008 brought a “perfect storm”. A sequence of political and economic blows this year have buffeted people’s hope. Added together they provide reason to doubt whether the virtues ticked off by the exuberant Mr Katz—a model constitution, separation of powers, good infrastructure and so on—are quite so solid.<br /><br />Good infrastructure? At the beginning of the year South Africa’s lights started to go out, plunging the thrumming shopping malls and luxury homes into darkness and stopping work in the gold and diamond mines. This entirely avoidable calamity was caused by a distracting debate about the role of the private sector in electricity supply. Eskom, the state-owned utility in which many experienced white managers had been too quickly pushed aside, is now investing again in new plant under a new chairman, Bobby Godsell, a veteran mining executive. But for the time being power will remain in short supply and rationing and blackouts will continue.<br /><br />As for that model constitution and the separation of powers, Desmond Tutu, the retired Anglican archbishop of Cape Town, was moved this week to describe the sordid battle between Jacob Zuma, Thabo Mbeki, the party, government, prosecuting authority and courts as suggestive of a “banana republic”. As well as being appalled by events at home this past year, whites have watched Robert Mugabe’s pauperisation of neighbouring Zimbabwe and wonder whether South Africa will be next to descend into the same spiral.<br /><br />Besides, fear of crime cannot be separated from the other factors that make South Africans consider emigration. People who do not feel safe in their homes lose their faith in government. John Perlman, who worked for the SABC, the state broadcaster, before resigning in a quarrel over political interference, does not believe that most people leave because they are afraid. “I think they leave when they lose heart,” he says. One white entrepreneur about to leave for New York says that it was not being held up twice at gunpoint that upset him most: it was the lack of interest the police showed afterwards. Tony Leon, the former leader of the opposition Democratic Alliance, claims that policing has been devastated by cronyism and that the entire criminal-justice system is dysfunctional. The head of the police, Jackie Selebi, is on leave pending a corruption investigation.<br /><br />How much does the outward flow of whites matter? South Africa can ill afford the loss of its best-trained people. Iraj Abedian, an economist and chief executive of Pan-African Capital Holdings, says a pitiful shortage of skills is one of the main constraints on economic growth. He concedes that the ANC has pushed hard to give every eligible child a place in school, but argues that a “politically correct” focus on expanding access has come at the expense of quality. With virtually no state schools providing adequate teaching in science or maths, he says, the country has added to its vast problem of unemployment (every other 18-24-year-old is out of work) a no less vast problem of unemployability.<br /><br /><strong>The gap they leave behind</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">On Mr Abedian’s reckoning, about half a million posts are vacant in government service alone because too few South Africans have the skills these jobs demand. Not a single department, he says, has its full complement of professionals. Local municipalities and public hospitals are also desperately short of trained people. Dentists are “as scarce as chicken’s teeth” and young doctors demoralised by the low standards of hospital administration. Last May Azar Jammine, an independent economist, told a Johannesburg conference on the growing skills shortage that more than 25,000 teachers were leaving the profession every year and only 7,000 entering.<br /><br />A blinkered immigration policy makes things worse. Nobody has a clue how many millions of unskilled Africans cross into South Africa illegally. But skilled job applicants who try to come in legally are obstructed by a barricade of regulations. Mr Abedian says that the ANC used to think that relying on foreigners would discourage local institutions from training their own people. Now at least the government earmarks sectors where skills are in short supply and for which immigration procedures are supposed to be eased. In April, however, an internal report by the Department of Home Affairs showed that fewer than 1,200 foreigners had obtained permits under this scheme, from a list of more than 35,000 critical jobs.<br /><br />In fairness, South Africa has been through far worse times before. Whites streamed out during the township riots of the 1980s. It is far from clear how much of the present dinner-table talk about leaving ends with a family packing its bags. Alan Seccombe, a tax expert at PWC in Johannesburg, says that many affluent whites have moved money offshore and prepared their escape routes, but that his firm’s emigration practice is doing less business today than it did in 1995.<br /><br />Perspective is necessary in politics, too. Raenette Taljaard, previously an opposition member of Parliament and now director of the Helen Suzman Foundation, a think-tank, says that events this past year have raised profound concerns about the rule of law and the durability of the constitution. But Allister Sparks, the author of several histories of South Africa (and a former writer for The Economist), maintains that the ANC has done as well as anyone had a right to expect after apartheid’s destructive legacy. Some whites even express enthusiasm about the advent of Mr Zuma. How many other African liberation movements, they ask, have been democratic enough to vote out an underperforming leader, as the ANC has Mr Mbeki?<br /><br />For the average white person, South Africa continues to offer a quality of life hard to find elsewhere. And there are other compensations. Mr Brink says in the article on the murder of his nephew that people who ask when he will be emigrating are perplexed to hear that he intends to stay. There is, he says, an “urgency and immediacy” about life in South Africa that lends it a sense of involvement and relevance he cannot imagine finding elsewhere.<br /><br />All the same, he is staying on bereft of some former illusions.<br /><br /></p></span><ul><li><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">The myopia and greed of the country’s new regime of rats have eroded my faith in the specific future I had once believed in. I do not foresee, today, any significant decrease in crime and violence in South Africa; I have serious doubts that our rulers can even guarantee a safe and successful soccer World Cup in 2010; I do not believe that the levels of corruption and nepotism and racketeering and incompetence and injustice and unacceptable practices of “affirmative action” in the country will decrease in the near future.<br /></span></li></ul><p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">The famous novelist will stay. Many other whites are making plans to leave, and will be taking their precious skills with them. </span></p>

White flight from South Africa

Between staying and going Sep 27th 2008From The EconomistViolent crime and political turmoil are adding to South Africa’s brain drainSouth Africa's African National Congress government has struggled to improve the lot of blacks since coming to power in the country's first all-race election in 1994. …

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"If you're going to steal...Steal big, and hope like hell you get away with it!"

<p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Filmed on the streets of Hillbrow, in the crime capital of the world, a city with record numbers of murders, muggings, rapes and car jackings, the movie Jerusalema takes you on a journey into the heart of crime, gangsters and corruption. The key character makes it big but not by going to university or pursuing a career. He ascends the alternate ladder of ‘success' on a path where carjacking and theft becomes "affirmative repossession" and there's easy money to be had with an AK47 in your hand. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">An uncompromising film that looks at the stark reality of crime, corruption, and the violence that is a part of South African life, Jerusalema doesn’t moralise but holds up a mirror of local life and black culture. Here follows the most distressing scenes of hijacking and cash-in-transit robberies imaginable. All so very real and so very frightening in present-day Johannesburg.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;color:#cc0000;"><em><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2tJZ5jKSZU" target="_blank">Watch the trailer</a> </em></span><br /></span><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/E2tJZ5jKSZU&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/E2tJZ5jKSZU&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p><p></p>

"If you're going to steal...Steal big, and hope like hell you get away with it!"

Filmed on the streets of Hillbrow, in the crime capital of the world, a city with record numbers of murders, muggings, rapes and car jackings, the movie Jerusalema takes you on a journey into the heart of crime, gangsters and corruption. The key character makes it big but not by going to university …

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The communist-dominated "New ANC"

<p><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;">Is the S.African Communist Party behind the ANC split & the firing of President Mbeki?</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"></span></span></div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251161860213877538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnGO-nLGQ4B7as6iLvxHGrcfDm32bpOQtXjn_w4tv89RioMFk2QFiioQvH1ap_d_aUJ9BlNfqsrWaM8BbsedZ1PvBv2WVGhTpo2G_WovFAYAf3KL2Wl9zVUgRctDF8lXZwbCVO-LrKtPU/s400/Communists_In_ANC_Talking_With_The_ANC_1.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /> <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251162163507502850" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8bOxVi1w-hAWq8CsM3Tm4xmba4tWr5FPfGhdh4-_ft3nrH3NDqUXoVeCyKaIHxIrDI8gNN66l84-5ayFXKhyphenhyphen9r22BgvP56vDk0ZC2h_yhIRWHF7H_4Xj7nU1T72gTb1jkWu_T1uMcfbs/s400/Communists_In_ANC_Talking_With_The_ANC_2.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><br /></span><p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251162713394251490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW5uo4CZOgxj4pk-2E-WEkocaZR3O6jHH1IsSitjh9RJNBGJttOS2l5zj0dgq0VyyO9HxWOUpWKAh7VoQsOdLb8ti2X9Q_gCJxTpxUbpMUqFlJTZZYRPNlcoJEsDwqELL9pjJVqEpfxNg/s400/Communists_In_ANC_Talking_With_The_ANC_3.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;">Below the list of communists in the top hierarchy of South African Government,<br />the 30 highest ranking members of the ANC.<br />Marked in red, are card carrying or previously were, card carrying members of the SACP.<br />Compiled in 1985, when Mandela was still in jail and Oliver Tambo ran the ANC.<br />Thabo Mbeki, was rated #4 in rank, and is marked as being a communist.<br />Aziz Pahah (a Muslim), Pallo Jordan and Joe Modise still currently hold Ministerial positions in the Government. Some like Joe Slovo and Chris Hani died in the interim. </span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251165254874777890" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_JSukLPwARDiHiILg3dKZg5hwINK5o1TOMf2ICEL8msODEh5s_irzzoX_D5_JL8_1y4qIPY8DOumpusE7OczYbx3nlHgB85Wv4rKPZIOEFYfCywUoyLpO4UPcUXxsg0UcEpXzLQXlXK8/s400/Communists_In_ANC_Talking_With_The_ANC_4.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></span></p><p align="center"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;">Could this be the 'Two Phase Revolution' described below, which also took place in Vietnam and other countries? Is this the phase, when we become like Cuba/Zimbabwe...? </span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251169607224250018" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVpY6sEYUWPtWVQpLaB2wIZg8-FwMK1gc7Gj5Cn_hZWQw8AIioi4_QdtUt0eX_KP45a_Q-N-pbTtkghEzSwEXCrakpzFnc2S7loRDtZNHyhLEIQoAgjRJPEl3RRxCrFgtWq_aNkv1upI8/s400/Communists_In_ANC_Talking_With_The_ANC_5.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">Below the 'Two Phase Revolution'.</span></strong><br /><em><span style="font-size:100%;">First get political power and then destroy capitalism (i.e. business).</span></em><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251169613637524018" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxP0r05uOdxWIqfqWVzWOZA2FQGENCOMkxKS3Cv1dXLFLMkHPKd9JKcOqEPh2qT1fDXy1ChJsxfEgTnF8zIHxgoguuyHTRPuDnQxin7FMngtMQnEFXL5gyAKrJB03KCD_TvxLwCzu-8EI/s400/Communists_In_ANC_Talking_With_The_ANC_6.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251170441566971186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggeZ3Ra9o8RwlLF_0wscCe3qAprGz2pIImtK4D2DSnI72eGoFi-oQBL56FNRpy5-VQOIbEKacXqgJ7ZaJpD8zgvKBTOIquXbH41GpFLGCMiYc31NIlUfU3x-vw5PZ6eOUUbZcJcO-HqV8/s400/Communists_In_ANC_Talking_With_The_ANC_7.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#cc0000;">ANC and SACP publications showing their adherence and belief in communism.</span></span></p><p><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251170845651511186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7G1gPydD40ENt1sLtOAgFei8vz_t98ozQgp20SQeIN9_zLNtuJq2amA17w6ZR3AeMVmJI-gC1_9QegM0JX_mSbdjmk1VmQu3G8bGBD-Fahr91sVenU1yYRSf0XszU70fhrjsR6tClAZs/s400/Communists_In_ANC_Talking_With_The_ANC_8.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></p><p><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251170853101802594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJH1rejqyhL3ANs_oYrrYTUDADwl9HNO5k6ZB5bcD0UhpEstTxvTHFcSsdRfdnFpxXhHYxSeSr3hezaT0e5HP2eDtFn7e0STIp95u0D3rNtR7UJPreVfe3gG1LITLu3Hr30dV6EsyVeS0/s400/Communists_In_ANC_Talking_With_The_ANC_9.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#cc0000;"><em>Source</em></span> <a href="http://www.africancrisis.co.za/Article.php?ID=35240&"><em><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Very Important: The S.African Communist Party is behind the ANC split & the firing of President Mbeki</span></em></a></p><p></p>

The communist-dominated "New ANC"

Is the S.African Communist Party behind the ANC split & the firing of President Mbeki? Below the list of communists in the top hierarchy of South African Government,the 30 highest ranking members of the ANC.Marked in red, are card carrying or previously were, card carrying members of the SACP.Compil…

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McBride's legal fees could cost ratepayers R10-million or more

<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc2hpF0-FLijYG9DrvFrE9iNc5jlM582RiPgrRYoE-xdGxf-LVpKJXSuJblpxfO_XQ6f8lC0QwK36vWQwN94bZikwK0LuhYDR0thm-LAMaVmNJVbiWM47CwzZYdSetlQqQL6pUWMS4Nl4/s1600-h/mcbride_magoos_bar.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251023752888351506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc2hpF0-FLijYG9DrvFrE9iNc5jlM582RiPgrRYoE-xdGxf-LVpKJXSuJblpxfO_XQ6f8lC0QwK36vWQwN94bZikwK0LuhYDR0thm-LAMaVmNJVbiWM47CwzZYdSetlQqQL6pUWMS4Nl4/s400/mcbride_magoos_bar.jpg" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Ekurhuleni metro police chief, Robert McBride involved in at least three court cases and reportedly at the centre of 18 police investigations, was sacked this week for allegedly violating a direct order when he returned to work recently while on special leave pending the outcome of his drunk driving trial. </span><p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">McBride’s career, first as political activist and later as law enforcement official, has made news headlines repeatedly, starting with his detention in 1998 by Mozambican authorities on gun running charges. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Two years ago, McBride crashed his state-owned vehicle after a year-end function. He is to go on trial in Pretoria's High Court on October 16.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKke0bB1vDcYE6c8LXHnyHnnRSJm4Lvp8N5ynxEzvgx_dXL3Cqac7B63b6a-8As9Iv01MQN0bofIILORRGaTW567-LMGRgnlohkRHSiXXAT2tLhgQEj_WOuAq2psKB-20B9z12rp5hrKE/s1600-h/mcbride-crash.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251024962060792914" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKke0bB1vDcYE6c8LXHnyHnnRSJm4Lvp8N5ynxEzvgx_dXL3Cqac7B63b6a-8As9Iv01MQN0bofIILORRGaTW567-LMGRgnlohkRHSiXXAT2tLhgQEj_WOuAq2psKB-20B9z12rp5hrKE/s400/mcbride-crash.jpg" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"><em><span style="font-size:78%;color:#000099;"><span style="font-size:85%;">McBride’s car after the crash which he is accused of causing while driving drunk</span> </span></em><br /><br />To add to his misfortunes, McBride - who in 1986 was sentenced to death for the Magoo's Bar bombing in Durban but released with amnesty in 1992 - could be held liable to repay ratepayers the legal fees they had paid for him if he is found guilty of drunk driving. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_AG-lOVbY1KJ6xj4gwiBtHZl-f84nPIrg-RkYtpN7GA5zhis_h5ELG1b41W_mtxYPd9RuKdcZ2_fSVdvD1KA5ey9lgGxe0BZWdRTMBoHR-IKM8F3Y3B59MPQEhSeHFuyHC8aLAKJSYoA/s1600-h/Mcbride-car.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251022103073695298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_AG-lOVbY1KJ6xj4gwiBtHZl-f84nPIrg-RkYtpN7GA5zhis_h5ELG1b41W_mtxYPd9RuKdcZ2_fSVdvD1KA5ey9lgGxe0BZWdRTMBoHR-IKM8F3Y3B59MPQEhSeHFuyHC8aLAKJSYoA/s400/Mcbride-car.jpg" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"><em><span style="font-size:78%;color:#000099;">Robert McBride, far right, at the braai he attended before crashing his vehicle in 2006</span></em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Michele Clarke, the Democratic Alliance spokesperson on community safety, said Ekurhuleni council's city manager, Patrick Flusk, was only allowed to pay up to R10 000 of an employee's legal costs, if the actions of the employee occurred while on duty. "Flusk was in breach of his delegated powers by spending money not approved by council. Further expenses had to be approved by council. </span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">No such item was ever raised.<br /><br />"In addition, a quarterly report then had to be presented to the council if the limit was exceeded," Clarke charged.<br /><br />"Despite this, more than R4,9-million has already been spent on McBride's defence, and there is another R2,69-million on the cards...<br /><br />"If we should consent to an open-ended agreement to pay for his legal fees, the ratepayers of Ekurhuleni could end up paying about R10-million or more towards this man's court case."</span> </p><p></p>

McBride's legal fees could cost ratepayers R10-million or more

Ekurhuleni metro police chief, Robert McBride involved in at least three court cases and reportedly at the centre of 18 police investigations, was sacked this week for allegedly violating a direct order when he returned to work recently while on special leave pending the outcome of his drunk drivin…

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Cash withdrawal limits imposed by Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe insufficient to buy a loaf of bread

<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmAFxRCi9CGNIF_LE4uzNBQuF3qHlP_bYOZM21_6CdCjT8XF5y0KaqCRb9nlnh-ah0v1poRLKtfjWTWxGB6_5MxFq44Haqet-00brNVM19-NLJ0HXNbtdFVPr4sc8Npsd_GbnHWLawVfA/s1600-h/zim4.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251008269783241490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmAFxRCi9CGNIF_LE4uzNBQuF3qHlP_bYOZM21_6CdCjT8XF5y0KaqCRb9nlnh-ah0v1poRLKtfjWTWxGB6_5MxFq44Haqet-00brNVM19-NLJ0HXNbtdFVPr4sc8Npsd_GbnHWLawVfA/s400/zim4.jpg" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Harare - Zimbabwe's government and its central bank have been taken to court by four citizens over "inhumane and degrading" cash withdrawal limits that see people queue for hours to obtain small amounts that barely cover basic necessities.<br /><br />In the papers filed with the country's high court four Zimbabweans said the maximum daily cash withdrawal limit of 1 000 Zimbabwe dollars ($17) is an infringement of their constitutional rights.<br /><br />The petitioners - Roger Chagwededza, Tinashe Gotora, Jackson Mabota and Precious Mwateyeni - want the limitation of withdrawals imposed by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) to be declared unlawful.<br /><br />As a way of trying to ease cash shortages, the RBZ has put a limit on the amount of money that one can withdraw per day. The current daily limit is insufficient to buy a loaf of bread which costs at least 1 500 dollars.<br /><br />The RBZ has said it will increase the daily limit to 20 000 dollars from Monday next week.<br /><br />Human rights lawyer Alec Muchadehama, who is representing the petitioners, told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa late on Friday that "we have served the papers on the respondents and we are expecting to be given a hearing date of the matter by early next week."<br /><br />Cash shortages are common in Zimbabwe where the economy has been declining for a decade. Once known as the breadbasket of southern Africa, the country has been ravaged by soaring inflation and unemployment.<br /><br />A September 15 power-sharing deal between President Robert Mugabe and his political opponent Morgan Tsvangirai is widely seen as the only hope of reviving the country's economy. - Sapa-dpa </span><p></p>

Cash withdrawal limits imposed by Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe insufficient to buy a loaf of bread

Harare - Zimbabwe's government and its central bank have been taken to court by four citizens over "inhumane and degrading" cash withdrawal limits that see people queue for hours to obtain small amounts that barely cover basic necessities.In the papers filed with the country's high court four Zimbab…

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Astro 国际华裔小姐竞选2008 《第三次挑战完美》淘汰赛

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJA2N93q0-aWPLjXF5WMugH8KtoZi6v1mGA-q1uWE-8fl_RC77mXjw5QeRobUEyx3zbGH_tlLE5I_QoDY1NzhZgvnXxJ0LKVCY0HdljjCMITVu4x8DxsOcKazolhxhRz6qnaPV7DOTMI0A/s1600-h/Poster.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245297507564826258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJA2N93q0-aWPLjXF5WMugH8KtoZi6v1mGA-q1uWE-8fl_RC77mXjw5QeRobUEyx3zbGH_tlLE5I_QoDY1NzhZgvnXxJ0LKVCY0HdljjCMITVu4x8DxsOcKazolhxhRz6qnaPV7DOTMI0A/s400/Poster.JPG" style="CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br />《第三次挑战完美》淘汰赛 佳丽随机应“辩”力争决赛权<br /><br />12位佳丽将接受口才测试，挑战佳丽们的分析能力、组织性、词汇、句子的运用和和急才。最后，将选出10位进入决赛的候选佳丽。<br /><br />为了迎接这次的挑战，佳丽们早已和MY FM台柱林德荣和卓卉勤两大军师会面，一起讨论辩赛的题目并希望做好充分的准备以迎接挑战！除此之外，大会还安排了《新闻报报看》主持人颜江瀚来传授12位佳丽辩论的秘诀及说话技巧。12位佳丽以1对11的回答游戏来训练自己的说话技巧，佳丽们不断的学习希望能够打败对手。<br /><br /><a 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src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijPei2NucFy-9mV2Wzay7RgT4bIEvK2b_-5KfkR7GVUSAXLXk-aBMIx-vuYMMYH3C-0946K9Msd4BI6b_TnEEwHYQtcKmwxrYhcjhe6Qrd6nag1nGyVlCTwiGwCMgI1j0qBgJFZAmqlfmC/s400/Mainpage3.jpg" style="CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br />两组佳丽似乎都做好了充分的准备，让现场一度热了起来，38号的Queen以林德荣来做例子形容他有内在没外在，让现场观众大笑一场！佳丽们在辩论过程中都以具知名度的艺人来做例子，让现场一度鼓起掌声使得比赛更加精彩！<br /><br />竞赛的结果，方翠莹( IRIS H'NG CHOY YIN)与 陈秀莹（ EUNICE TAN SIEW YING）被淘汰出局，含泪离开竞选舞台。<br /><br />以下是现场的精彩录象：<br /><br /><object height="349" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-hSspm9ZW_Y&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-hSspm9ZW_Y&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="349"></embed></object><br /><br /><object height="349" width="425"><param name="movie" 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value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/m5xvyfL2sCs&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="349"></embed></object><br /><br /><object height="349" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UVN30kf0kuc&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UVN30kf0kuc&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="349"></embed></object><br /><br /><object height="349" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/m5xvyfL2sCs&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/m5xvyfL2sCs&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6&border=1" 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Astro 国际华裔小姐竞选2008 《第三次挑战完美》淘汰赛

《第三次挑战完美》淘汰赛 佳丽随机应“辩”力争决赛权12位佳丽将接受口才测试，挑战佳丽们的分析能力、组织性、词汇、句子的运用和和急才。最后，将选出10位进入决赛的候选佳丽。为了迎接这次的挑战，佳丽们早已和MY FM台柱林德荣和卓卉勤两大军师会面，一起讨论辩赛的题目并希望做好充分的准备以迎接挑战！除此之外，大会还安排了《新闻报报看》主持人颜江瀚来传授12位佳丽辩论的秘诀及说话技巧。12位佳丽以1对11的回答游戏来训练自己的说话技巧，佳丽们不断的学习希望能够打败对手。《第三次挑战完美》特别邀请大马时尚设计师Beatrice Lee、大马著名专栏作家曾子曰、大马著名主持人林佩盈、《新闻报报看》主持人…

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THE TOP 12 MISS ASTRO CHINESE PAGEANT 2008 (国际华裔小姐竞选《第二次挑战完美》12 强)

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJA2N93q0-aWPLjXF5WMugH8KtoZi6v1mGA-q1uWE-8fl_RC77mXjw5QeRobUEyx3zbGH_tlLE5I_QoDY1NzhZgvnXxJ0LKVCY0HdljjCMITVu4x8DxsOcKazolhxhRz6qnaPV7DOTMI0A/s1600-h/Poster.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245297507564826258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJA2N93q0-aWPLjXF5WMugH8KtoZi6v1mGA-q1uWE-8fl_RC77mXjw5QeRobUEyx3zbGH_tlLE5I_QoDY1NzhZgvnXxJ0LKVCY0HdljjCMITVu4x8DxsOcKazolhxhRz6qnaPV7DOTMI0A/s400/Poster.JPG" style="CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br />《第二次挑战完美》淘汰赛 佳丽力求晋级搏命与蛇“缠绵共舞”<br /><br />由ASTRO 主办， iFeel杂志赞助的 ASTRO 国际华裔小姐竞选 2008， 大会特别邀请入围金马奖最佳女配角的大马著名舞台剧演员Pearlly Chua蔡宝珠、著名主持人林佩盈以及时尚设计师Beatrice Looi担任评审团，他们从15位佳丽当中，严格筛选出13位佳丽晋级《第二次挑战完美》。<br /><br />成功进入下一回合《第二次挑战完美》的佳丽是：<br /><br />(1）林丽娜 LAM LI NAA<br />（2）黄淑平 JOEY NG SEOK PENG<br />（3）方翠莹 IRIS H'NG CHOY YIN<br />（4）林绿郁 LYNN LIM LI YEE<br />（5）梁君美 MAY LEONG KUAN MAY<br />（6）锺佳伶 CARINE CHOONG LI KUAN<br />（7）邱慧珊 FELICIA KU HOI SHAN<br />（8) 陈婉倩 QUEEN WOAN CHIANN<br />（9）林嘉雯 KAMEN LIM JIA VOON<br />（10）吴诗敏 RENEE GOH SEE MING<br />（11）蒋静萱 CECI CHEOH CHING XUANG<br />（12）陈秀莹 EUNICE TAN SIEW YING<br />（13）谭嘉丽 KELLY THAM KAR LAI<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyDNJTiQogkdTQ94jQnTFiekItyIsND7BlT9Z4NzhVf6fAG-gHzbW4nQ4Ybv7-88fQaWcOXDinM7dhE9y3Y20sAOloGInLnpMw1KKh9VF-op86m63odx3KLIPuVXjjR4UXWj9jgfkQ79fk/s1600-h/Joey+Ng+Seok+Peng.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245381727341811682" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyDNJTiQogkdTQ94jQnTFiekItyIsND7BlT9Z4NzhVf6fAG-gHzbW4nQ4Ybv7-88fQaWcOXDinM7dhE9y3Y20sAOloGInLnpMw1KKh9VF-op86m63odx3KLIPuVXjjR4UXWj9jgfkQ79fk/s400/Joey+Ng+Seok+Peng.jpg" style="CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffff99;"><strong>Joey Ng Seok Peng 黄淑平</strong></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBMVQ1qAm33sX5zAtGnKxYBaPPLVux_BvA47l0dv8DhLpDM2NqQPpzqgk3hhDDKnj7-QEm4OqnReGseZpnTlsOQDfNdy9OfuZ69YBdvQyvX-xTGhHdJrIy4XJHogRlWp61KnQTc7tsyHy5/s1600-h/Lam+Li+Naa.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245381727217405666" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBMVQ1qAm33sX5zAtGnKxYBaPPLVux_BvA47l0dv8DhLpDM2NqQPpzqgk3hhDDKnj7-QEm4OqnReGseZpnTlsOQDfNdy9OfuZ69YBdvQyvX-xTGhHdJrIy4XJHogRlWp61KnQTc7tsyHy5/s400/Lam+Li+Naa.jpg" style="CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffff99;"><strong>Lam Li Naa 林丽娜</strong></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip2MNE5M7fB3m5To1zx8ZEcxJN5KfE4rNKnBTP94UhAUHSbSZv-q4_n1uBelpKJutPPl-hI9FGD2FX3zM3iTiKmUGaGNFT5xucWmDr8AI-igpWFQlXd2SSAhSHbdYS88WJSNhZiRLV2Zqy/s1600-h/Iris+H%27ng+Choy+Yin.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245381729077611730" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip2MNE5M7fB3m5To1zx8ZEcxJN5KfE4rNKnBTP94UhAUHSbSZv-q4_n1uBelpKJutPPl-hI9FGD2FX3zM3iTiKmUGaGNFT5xucWmDr8AI-igpWFQlXd2SSAhSHbdYS88WJSNhZiRLV2Zqy/s400/Iris+H%27ng+Choy+Yin.jpg" style="CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffff99;"><strong>Iris H'ng Choy Yin 方翠莹</strong></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKyl5af1yQSYMCvxAxTIjh6NW1lGII4KHFTZfCy-fxX12yrca3OcbBLoE1S-iVlMoIIyepwV_EDkGBjbTvIaymxGudacWKeKGt_hpy73jtWLr_FKzL5Pd1HYVr8MdyQiXJ6JRPhGu37bdZ/s1600-h/Lynn+Lim+Li+Yee.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245383658484219474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKyl5af1yQSYMCvxAxTIjh6NW1lGII4KHFTZfCy-fxX12yrca3OcbBLoE1S-iVlMoIIyepwV_EDkGBjbTvIaymxGudacWKeKGt_hpy73jtWLr_FKzL5Pd1HYVr8MdyQiXJ6JRPhGu37bdZ/s400/Lynn+Lim+Li+Yee.JPG" style="CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffff99;"><strong>Lyn Lim Li Yee 林绿郁</strong></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLpo8jA7EcAEb2a3TIyIJoSKqIrbtVqv_XV9JrnlnUPr7kw0tNOVSAj3EbVz7qck_1Q2F8UqXGzcfZAd9dcvyf5ZRwk1-UVSqZI71dEdh1V5_02O8vbeoj0ik9zxTdXASER32KjNySUaZJ/s1600-h/May+Leong+Kuan+May.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245383661375862338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLpo8jA7EcAEb2a3TIyIJoSKqIrbtVqv_XV9JrnlnUPr7kw0tNOVSAj3EbVz7qck_1Q2F8UqXGzcfZAd9dcvyf5ZRwk1-UVSqZI71dEdh1V5_02O8vbeoj0ik9zxTdXASER32KjNySUaZJ/s400/May+Leong+Kuan+May.jpg" style="CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffff99;"><strong>May Leong Kuan May 梁君美</strong></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2eozcqfL66UhAKPqclF7KzmQyLpdNXkZPCYKLouCE2Pdzetz7Rkv_YcrH8T_BOli9zVf9j75m76qDT6yjTTD3CzUpEXVMRpDYe2p_tJrOdMOM58iWGJDT24dwqmGIZynjcI4nxDNKWkRW/s1600-h/Carine+Choong+Li+Kuan.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245383662674879666" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2eozcqfL66UhAKPqclF7KzmQyLpdNXkZPCYKLouCE2Pdzetz7Rkv_YcrH8T_BOli9zVf9j75m76qDT6yjTTD3CzUpEXVMRpDYe2p_tJrOdMOM58iWGJDT24dwqmGIZynjcI4nxDNKWkRW/s400/Carine+Choong+Li+Kuan.jpg" style="CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffff99;"><strong>Carine Choong Li Kuan 锺佳伶</strong></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipshg9TioM8tXLSHGBmtWXZrtrtpROCMVH7w1iUlveJJpmWqyip9NBdh1lQCv5IVBBpwX67ZzOhDCpyL6OiTuu2FslWpFiCKOD5S3QKj_KNQDTcvXktQvj3eB0phQBsc8c9tnF9bMIbrFl/s1600-h/Felicia+Ku+Hoi+Shan.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245383667207720018" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipshg9TioM8tXLSHGBmtWXZrtrtpROCMVH7w1iUlveJJpmWqyip9NBdh1lQCv5IVBBpwX67ZzOhDCpyL6OiTuu2FslWpFiCKOD5S3QKj_KNQDTcvXktQvj3eB0phQBsc8c9tnF9bMIbrFl/s400/Felicia+Ku+Hoi+Shan.jpg" style="CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffff99;"><strong>Felicia Ku Hoi Shan 邱慧珊</strong></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0DG2JbQkpEa2Of6j5_ZXUDRS3HXB__1U4gjnsaRc00ZcOhZR7JE7coMipcSOg7tRk2obfskqymTeMItfvsWmCGYfm6SOYRVKe_OxxIGuJgs0j8EFfGkHk9uoUHXzl3dM1HhaDIsEOfaqz/s1600-h/Queen+Tan+Woan+Chiann.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245383668646161634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0DG2JbQkpEa2Of6j5_ZXUDRS3HXB__1U4gjnsaRc00ZcOhZR7JE7coMipcSOg7tRk2obfskqymTeMItfvsWmCGYfm6SOYRVKe_OxxIGuJgs0j8EFfGkHk9uoUHXzl3dM1HhaDIsEOfaqz/s400/Queen+Tan+Woan+Chiann.jpg" style="CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffff99;"><strong>Queen Tan Woan Chiann 陈婉倩</strong></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBLoisG5XRHtMgJ9mEUQzdd2SGayL187swjdFCIle6aouPFMR2fhsVw-lF8ufyPrA-xnDWoqGBFW5TfeFARAt1yUt1gLLdmyNJCXKG1u0VMvsJUgrllZYlXf1HhTh3_8pFIw5vZRUWiTlI/s1600-h/Kamen+Lim+Jia+Voon.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245386059712670754" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBLoisG5XRHtMgJ9mEUQzdd2SGayL187swjdFCIle6aouPFMR2fhsVw-lF8ufyPrA-xnDWoqGBFW5TfeFARAt1yUt1gLLdmyNJCXKG1u0VMvsJUgrllZYlXf1HhTh3_8pFIw5vZRUWiTlI/s400/Kamen+Lim+Jia+Voon.JPG" style="CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffff99;"><strong>Kamen Lim Jia Voon 林嘉雯</strong></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3DFcx1W-KycQdQNcfPC2pjKjCru9q3V8vgQya-WqXpnfCuTukHoe5gSXpsBJdF24Px_otat-EEg4WF-N18mFrHfmkSuV3zj-LO7XVfCKKgGHXT1wf_1mgtUA0Jc-BeUwSXCIcLW2yUBek/s1600-h/Renee+Goh+See+Ming.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245386064375506130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3DFcx1W-KycQdQNcfPC2pjKjCru9q3V8vgQya-WqXpnfCuTukHoe5gSXpsBJdF24Px_otat-EEg4WF-N18mFrHfmkSuV3zj-LO7XVfCKKgGHXT1wf_1mgtUA0Jc-BeUwSXCIcLW2yUBek/s400/Renee+Goh+See+Ming.jpg" style="CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffff99;"><strong>Renee Goh See Ming 吴诗敏</strong></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigYiRzEdpJyiYkRp5uGHL06KMV65aEMzVGaofDnILpX2D3Xz7RJn8QsOI_0COHZEuoZQrof3KB7y2hyphenhyphenSQDOseOtMAd8fSq0Mm3GBfTewM1a3Z2PDcJQYAgLgF5gSy26K0-VunzCvh1f6Id/s1600-h/Ceci+Cheoh+Ching+Xuang.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245386064815333250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigYiRzEdpJyiYkRp5uGHL06KMV65aEMzVGaofDnILpX2D3Xz7RJn8QsOI_0COHZEuoZQrof3KB7y2hyphenhyphenSQDOseOtMAd8fSq0Mm3GBfTewM1a3Z2PDcJQYAgLgF5gSy26K0-VunzCvh1f6Id/s400/Ceci+Cheoh+Ching+Xuang.jpg" style="CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffff99;"><strong>Ceci Cheoh Ching Xuang 蒋静萱</strong></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlx1RnIIOLKTWCFNgGBtKmXEsa2f1QtiXr8H5Dh_i7YIOcRVY6EPVBdM_8qDBs35mjIZhmxU3Hn-L_B8UOz4CYYszGtnEQuZ0BUvaIFuXICU87KPe8D58VBtx-BgIu0HO8p3eKxk2usW2a/s1600-h/Eunice+Tan+Siew+Ying.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245386069605938962" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlx1RnIIOLKTWCFNgGBtKmXEsa2f1QtiXr8H5Dh_i7YIOcRVY6EPVBdM_8qDBs35mjIZhmxU3Hn-L_B8UOz4CYYszGtnEQuZ0BUvaIFuXICU87KPe8D58VBtx-BgIu0HO8p3eKxk2usW2a/s400/Eunice+Tan+Siew+Ying.jpg" style="CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffff99;"><strong>Eunice Tan Siew Ying 陈秀莹</strong></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvXt1WqQsF2yrcEKq8t3JhwamVK-ltmh2SZH6pdUEC6iaHo5dGvgfd92dUX6BsXbSOCnvf3MrkS6i2BQlYSHJgQJ-20efrvHZkoZ9z3WQiebMEaPOvUcuGMSyJTKl_wtMBV6w8_ZkpjFt5/s1600-h/Kelly+Tham+Kar+Lai.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245395375407754626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvXt1WqQsF2yrcEKq8t3JhwamVK-ltmh2SZH6pdUEC6iaHo5dGvgfd92dUX6BsXbSOCnvf3MrkS6i2BQlYSHJgQJ-20efrvHZkoZ9z3WQiebMEaPOvUcuGMSyJTKl_wtMBV6w8_ZkpjFt5/s400/Kelly+Tham+Kar+Lai.jpg" style="CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffff99;"> <strong>Kelly Tham Kar Lai 谭嘉丽</strong></span><br /><br />《第二次挑战完美》淘汰赛最具话题性的环节，绝对是PK环节。大会出其不意安排分数最低的5位佳丽要与一条黄色艳丽的大蛇一起拍照摆姿势，吓得佳丽们花容失色而飙泪。<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl8qBCp6QhAtXzlmQJBqiHcXCOh-NFhgliS4q74AHIxiL5GOZMDqRcI6TTWb2GHuA-OD1FWsocIc-rtMfHyjK5ONU6P3SuzGNsCDgz38o6ooUjE2cmG-9zkdRjD4sAHrlxNRClnaf-9E47/s1600-h/01.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251002268873744434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl8qBCp6QhAtXzlmQJBqiHcXCOh-NFhgliS4q74AHIxiL5GOZMDqRcI6TTWb2GHuA-OD1FWsocIc-rtMfHyjK5ONU6P3SuzGNsCDgz38o6ooUjE2cmG-9zkdRjD4sAHrlxNRClnaf-9E47/s400/01.jpg" style="CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br />大会特别安排担任评审的国际名模Amber Chia现场示范与大蛇来一场完美的接触，淡定专业的摆出三种不同神韵、风采和自信的姿势。5位处于分数边缘的佳丽最后还是得克服恐惧，亲自上阵与大蛇“缠绵共舞”拍照，全力以赴绝对专业。<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-otSPlqH0dIS3fM22iZ2kWtHmGzeVCKbxNoxU0ughRTLX7m74ZCSg8Y67d3TI86EMjnwonjq4_oaEXQ-gWvuvB7PRVzlnsH-OqjMkz_P2rHHPO3TIIoZwkJ5K8I6e5xZWmcCGfnAoh8O_/s1600-h/02.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251002272506152786" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-otSPlqH0dIS3fM22iZ2kWtHmGzeVCKbxNoxU0ughRTLX7m74ZCSg8Y67d3TI86EMjnwonjq4_oaEXQ-gWvuvB7PRVzlnsH-OqjMkz_P2rHHPO3TIIoZwkJ5K8I6e5xZWmcCGfnAoh8O_/s400/02.jpg" style="CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br />在这一次挑战中， 得分最低的五位佳丽是：<br /><br />黄淑平 JOEY NG SEOK PENG<br />方翠莹 IRIS H'NG CHOY YIN<br />林嘉雯 KAMEN LIM JIA VOON<br />陈秀莹 EUNICE TAN SIEW YING<br />蒋静萱 CECI CHEOH CHING XUANG<br /><br />她们必须进入淘汰赛－与蛇“缠绵共舞”，结果黄淑平、林嘉雯、陈秀莹顺利过关，而方翠莹与蒋静萱必须由入选佳丽中投票，以决定谁有资格晋级下一星期《第三次挑战完美》淘汰赛。投票结果，方翠莹成功脱颍而出， 而蒋静萱只好含泪离开竞选舞台。<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3C_KkL2kmZY&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3C_KkL2kmZY&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />成功进入《第三次挑战完美》淘汰赛的十二位佳丽是：<br /><br />(1）林丽娜 LAM LI NAA<br />（2）黄淑平 JOEY NG SEOK PENG<br />（3）方翠莹 IRIS H'NG CHOY YIN<br />（4）林绿郁 LYNN LIM LI YEE<br />（5）梁君美 MAY LEONG KUAN MAY<br />（6）锺佳伶 CARINE CHOONG LI KUAN<br />（7）邱慧珊 FELICIA KU HOI SHAN<br />（8) 陈婉倩 QUEEN WOAN CHIANN<br />（9）林嘉雯 KAMEN LIM JIA VOON<br />（10）吴诗敏 RENEE GOH SEE MING<br />（11）陈秀莹 EUNICE TAN SIEW YING<br />（12）谭嘉丽 KELLY THAM KAR LAI<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/p0kx5LwgGYw&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/p0kx5LwgGYw&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />10月11日，星期六，7pm，《Astro国际华裔小姐竞选2008》之《第三次挑战完美》淘汰赛，准时收看。<br /><br /><em>Thanks and credits to ifeel and Astro</em>

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《第二次挑战完美》淘汰赛 佳丽力求晋级搏命与蛇“缠绵共舞”由ASTRO 主办， iFeel杂志赞助的 ASTRO 国际华裔小姐竞选 2008， 大会特别邀请入围金马奖最佳女配角的大马著名舞台剧演员Pearlly Chua蔡宝珠、著名主持人林佩盈以及时尚设计师Beatrice Looi担任评审团，他们从15位佳丽当中，严格筛选出13位佳丽晋级《第二次挑战完美》。成功进入下一回合《第二次挑战完美》的佳丽是：(1）林丽娜 LAM LI NAA（2）黄淑平 JOEY NG SEOK PENG（3）方翠莹 IRIS H'NG CHOY YIN（4）林绿郁 LYNN LIM LI YEE（5）梁君美 MA…

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KwaZulu-Natal Wildlife entire board of civil servants suspended in corruption probe

<p align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgXSmOQOXebHPlbdrJR8KoQ0FZQAqKv0TWHXkjKiFlMKaV1oxoD33s1PVrLKWxsiyds0Rsh84ro8Bp73-rafNU_91IKhyphenhyphen9IB8UICs0BEZx-HvehVH7zHLLviAOf6XaIxVFw9n0od2PxDw/s1600-h/EKZNW-conservation.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250866446455903650" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgXSmOQOXebHPlbdrJR8KoQ0FZQAqKv0TWHXkjKiFlMKaV1oxoD33s1PVrLKWxsiyds0Rsh84ro8Bp73-rafNU_91IKhyphenhyphen9IB8UICs0BEZx-HvehVH7zHLLviAOf6XaIxVFw9n0od2PxDw/s400/EKZNW-conservation.jpg" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">UP until 1994 the activities of the wonderful organisation, the Natal Parks Board (now KZN Wildlife) were monitored and guided by a non-political, unremunerated board of dedicated people. Work ethic and integrity were clearly evident and, by and large, the organisation was squeaky clean.<br /><br />Alas, that no longer seems to be the case and we read of the suspension of the CEO and forensic audit reports naming a significant number of employees involved in fraud and criminal activities. <strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">The entire board of civil servants was suspended</span></strong> by Mthimkhulu following a forensic audit report by financial services group Deloitte & Touche, which suggested that <strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">47 Ezemvelo employees - three at executive level, 25 at management level and 19 below management level</span></strong> - had failed to declare certain business transactions and were involved in fraud and corruption and are currently being investigated. The employees had been fingered for allegations ranging from "inappropriate use of corporate cards" to misappropriation of funds and VAT payments to suppliers who were not VAT-registered. The audit report recommended that police institute <strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">criminal investigations against six employees</span></strong> and disciplinary action against the others.<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH3x_iaCf8ETWf8nbEcZ1XXaiWzrXWpbU03hVQOxeqILt0ScQQpyS0rnXDPBof9ZTlwfI9QiQTQ18-JK-Y9FVn-vUVupldog-cyNwEBbqd2eG685WLq-7jwDrLOzwor21GgBygTlVcoYs/s1600-h/khulani_mkhize.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250866754727171026" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH3x_iaCf8ETWf8nbEcZ1XXaiWzrXWpbU03hVQOxeqILt0ScQQpyS0rnXDPBof9ZTlwfI9QiQTQ18-JK-Y9FVn-vUVupldog-cyNwEBbqd2eG685WLq-7jwDrLOzwor21GgBygTlVcoYs/s400/khulani_mkhize.jpg" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" /></span></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlkPc8_njpIXcIUy0HFdXIsO2mbEl2btjdqfNRRiVm3ksmAEkMhliuTZgYaK2S75EB7nIce8tG5MfUiO4Wd9p4qS3adUpHJIXrdJyK_4bierGhQwy17IoXnhTjfsJVgQeAdTcyLJN0Rl8/s1600-h/khulani_mkhize.jpg"></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">This week Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife boss <span style="color:#000000;">Khulani Mkhize</span> was demoted by a disciplinary tribunal. Under the influence of alcohol he crashed a car he was not authorised to use and failed to report the incident. Mkhize was suspended by the provincial MEC for agriculture and environmental affairs, Mtholephi Mthimkhulu, after the incident, which happened after a meeting of Ezemvelo board members at Tembe Elephant Reserve near the Mozambique border earlier this year. Mkhize was also ordered to reimburse Ezemvelo R128 600, which was the value of the vehicle the CEO was driving at the time of the accident.<br /><br />Sadly this state of affairs is the direct result of the transform-at-all-costs mindset, which has cleansed Ezemvelo KwaZulu-Natal Wildlife (EKZNW) of hundreds of years of conservation experience and institutional knowledge and is now a government department run by incapable and inefficient black men and women.<br /><br />Unless the provincial government acts swiftly and decisively to rectify these problems, I believe that there is a very real threat that SANParks will make a bid to take control of KwaZulu-Natal’s conservation jewels. </span></p><p></p>

KwaZulu-Natal Wildlife entire board of civil servants suspended in corruption probe

UP until 1994 the activities of the wonderful organisation, the Natal Parks Board (now KZN Wildlife) were monitored and guided by a non-political, unremunerated board of dedicated people. Work ethic and integrity were clearly evident and, by and large, the organisation was squeaky clean.Alas, that n…

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THE TOP 13 OF MISS ASTRO CHINESE PAGEANT 2008 (国际华裔小姐竞选《第一次挑战完美》第十三强)

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJA2N93q0-aWPLjXF5WMugH8KtoZi6v1mGA-q1uWE-8fl_RC77mXjw5QeRobUEyx3zbGH_tlLE5I_QoDY1NzhZgvnXxJ0LKVCY0HdljjCMITVu4x8DxsOcKazolhxhRz6qnaPV7DOTMI0A/s1600-h/Poster.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245297507564826258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJA2N93q0-aWPLjXF5WMugH8KtoZi6v1mGA-q1uWE-8fl_RC77mXjw5QeRobUEyx3zbGH_tlLE5I_QoDY1NzhZgvnXxJ0LKVCY0HdljjCMITVu4x8DxsOcKazolhxhRz6qnaPV7DOTMI0A/s400/Poster.JPG" style="CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br />由ASTRO 主办， iFeel杂志赞助的 ASTRO 国际华裔小姐竞选 2008， 已经掀起序幕了。从众多参赛者中， 产生了五十强，再从五十强中淘汰了三十五位，剩下的十五位佳丽将进行《第一次挑战完美》淘汰赛。这项淘汰赛里共有4个环节，大会特别邀请入围金马奖最佳女配角的大马著名舞台剧演员Pearlly Chua蔡宝珠、著名主持人林佩盈以及时尚设计师Beatrice Looi担任评审团，他们将从15位佳丽当中，严格筛选出13位佳丽晋级《第二次挑战完美》。<br /><br />第一环节：15位佳丽分成3组，每组要为大会指定的Astro中文频道,构思一支宣传片，然后要现场担纲演出考验演技。众佳丽施展浑身解数，不顾形象全情投入在角色当中，专业态度令人激赏。<br /><br />第二环节：评审团也会针对佳丽们在早前演出的3支环保公益短片中的演技，内心情感及对镜头的敏感度给于评分；此外，评审也会在现场出题，佳丽必须扮演指定的角色或某种表情。<br /><br />第三环节：三位分数最高的佳丽将进行PK，化身为Adonis的广告代言人并推销大会指定的商品，分数最高的佳丽将可赢得当天的《最佳表现奖》奖赏现金500令吉。<br /><br />第四环节： 5位分数最低的佳丽要留下来进行另一次的PK，她们需要在30秒内“借题发挥”自己的创意，分数最高的两位佳丽可以直接晋级。而成功晋级下一场挑战赛的12位佳丽则要从分数最低分的3位佳丽中，拯救一位佳丽晋级，这绝对考验佳丽之间的感情，过程非常紧张刺激。<br /><br />这十五位佳丽分成五组，五人一组，每组的佳丽化身不同色系的洋娃娃：<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffcccc;"><strong>白色娃娃：</strong></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglaNlMvlW9FokJYv4zjcfjibXFiePnkgUHhryrAauLYXU_z1jAG9c_hk59jdwlpgS8nFyOiHEtzV6iXQ7SvKD9wVWIZTF55Gfob0VNZYlygYaodDUnvtlR5QBDchDcYt-tEomi5xqZXipb/s1600-h/MS01+White.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245297507408244674" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglaNlMvlW9FokJYv4zjcfjibXFiePnkgUHhryrAauLYXU_z1jAG9c_hk59jdwlpgS8nFyOiHEtzV6iXQ7SvKD9wVWIZTF55Gfob0VNZYlygYaodDUnvtlR5QBDchDcYt-tEomi5xqZXipb/s400/MS01+White.jpg" style="CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyDNJTiQogkdTQ94jQnTFiekItyIsND7BlT9Z4NzhVf6fAG-gHzbW4nQ4Ybv7-88fQaWcOXDinM7dhE9y3Y20sAOloGInLnpMw1KKh9VF-op86m63odx3KLIPuVXjjR4UXWj9jgfkQ79fk/s1600-h/Joey+Ng+Seok+Peng.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245381727341811682" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyDNJTiQogkdTQ94jQnTFiekItyIsND7BlT9Z4NzhVf6fAG-gHzbW4nQ4Ybv7-88fQaWcOXDinM7dhE9y3Y20sAOloGInLnpMw1KKh9VF-op86m63odx3KLIPuVXjjR4UXWj9jgfkQ79fk/s400/Joey+Ng+Seok+Peng.jpg" style="CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffff99;"><strong>Joey Ng Seok Peng 黄淑平</strong></span><br /><br /><small><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBMVQ1qAm33sX5zAtGnKxYBaPPLVux_BvA47l0dv8DhLpDM2NqQPpzqgk3hhDDKnj7-QEm4OqnReGseZpnTlsOQDfNdy9OfuZ69YBdvQyvX-xTGhHdJrIy4XJHogRlWp61KnQTc7tsyHy5/s1600-h/Lam+Li+Naa.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245381727217405666" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBMVQ1qAm33sX5zAtGnKxYBaPPLVux_BvA47l0dv8DhLpDM2NqQPpzqgk3hhDDKnj7-QEm4OqnReGseZpnTlsOQDfNdy9OfuZ69YBdvQyvX-xTGhHdJrIy4XJHogRlWp61KnQTc7tsyHy5/s400/Lam+Li+Naa.jpg" style="CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffff99;"><strong>Lam Li Naa 林丽娜</strong></span><br /><br /><small><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdjpWSR4QS0OZ_ZxxTiQPg__TiHQeMc8g4je8kgWfqZm0Sb0se-lJZOttz2Kje5dKiJBUtuZw3W3fUd9lSyhqcLeMFUez1xICFGvYWcN10Utwtz6LBChneXfBE9WYYHhwd3dvOK8EL6QEB/s1600-h/Wendy+Sheng+Woon+Hsia.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245381728557925106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdjpWSR4QS0OZ_ZxxTiQPg__TiHQeMc8g4je8kgWfqZm0Sb0se-lJZOttz2Kje5dKiJBUtuZw3W3fUd9lSyhqcLeMFUez1xICFGvYWcN10Utwtz6LBChneXfBE9WYYHhwd3dvOK8EL6QEB/s400/Wendy+Sheng+Woon+Hsia.jpg" style="CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffff99;"><strong>Wendy Sheng Woon Hsia 盛文佳<br /></strong></span><br /><small><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip2MNE5M7fB3m5To1zx8ZEcxJN5KfE4rNKnBTP94UhAUHSbSZv-q4_n1uBelpKJutPPl-hI9FGD2FX3zM3iTiKmUGaGNFT5xucWmDr8AI-igpWFQlXd2SSAhSHbdYS88WJSNhZiRLV2Zqy/s1600-h/Iris+H%27ng+Choy+Yin.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245381729077611730" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip2MNE5M7fB3m5To1zx8ZEcxJN5KfE4rNKnBTP94UhAUHSbSZv-q4_n1uBelpKJutPPl-hI9FGD2FX3zM3iTiKmUGaGNFT5xucWmDr8AI-igpWFQlXd2SSAhSHbdYS88WJSNhZiRLV2Zqy/s400/Iris+H%27ng+Choy+Yin.jpg" style="CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffff99;"><strong>Iris H'ng Choy Yin 方翠莹</strong></span><br /><br /><small><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGb4-SXv27qt2u8vbnJnLzZzzn8xmEPdqbLH1es3ch-m2mcfIh3bMZxAGkarKNkp7cyzk10SQGhuWibKm1Ww8uJ-x8ri_m4sNBKL5o7DGI-NeNeQLsR2Lxt1UFhV9yCMZjJa-7nTNKLEJP/s1600-h/Joey+Cheong+Zu-Er.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245381735911591122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGb4-SXv27qt2u8vbnJnLzZzzn8xmEPdqbLH1es3ch-m2mcfIh3bMZxAGkarKNkp7cyzk10SQGhuWibKm1Ww8uJ-x8ri_m4sNBKL5o7DGI-NeNeQLsR2Lxt1UFhV9yCMZjJa-7nTNKLEJP/s400/Joey+Cheong+Zu-Er.jpg" style="CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffff99;"><strong>Joey Cheong Zu-Er 张祖儿</strong></span><br /><br /><small><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><strong><span style="color:#ffcccc;">粉红娃娃</span><br /></strong></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-U-gB86t3UkybfLbcFZj_balQ9DVzWPs2nKp2lqxGY7k6bppxCnED6d8h5byN0plSRP-_krffSKFFRl-dwGh3Dqd6pJgR7zbi22-q8QylU2BN9aHZ7eDQFGP1dUzkY2PKzQJ2UnSjDlQs/s1600-h/MS02+Pink.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245297510839970322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-U-gB86t3UkybfLbcFZj_balQ9DVzWPs2nKp2lqxGY7k6bppxCnED6d8h5byN0plSRP-_krffSKFFRl-dwGh3Dqd6pJgR7zbi22-q8QylU2BN9aHZ7eDQFGP1dUzkY2PKzQJ2UnSjDlQs/s400/MS02+Pink.jpg" style="CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKyl5af1yQSYMCvxAxTIjh6NW1lGII4KHFTZfCy-fxX12yrca3OcbBLoE1S-iVlMoIIyepwV_EDkGBjbTvIaymxGudacWKeKGt_hpy73jtWLr_FKzL5Pd1HYVr8MdyQiXJ6JRPhGu37bdZ/s1600-h/Lynn+Lim+Li+Yee.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245383658484219474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKyl5af1yQSYMCvxAxTIjh6NW1lGII4KHFTZfCy-fxX12yrca3OcbBLoE1S-iVlMoIIyepwV_EDkGBjbTvIaymxGudacWKeKGt_hpy73jtWLr_FKzL5Pd1HYVr8MdyQiXJ6JRPhGu37bdZ/s400/Lynn+Lim+Li+Yee.JPG" style="CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffff99;"><strong>Lyn Lim Li Yee 林绿郁</strong></span><br /><br /><small><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLpo8jA7EcAEb2a3TIyIJoSKqIrbtVqv_XV9JrnlnUPr7kw0tNOVSAj3EbVz7qck_1Q2F8UqXGzcfZAd9dcvyf5ZRwk1-UVSqZI71dEdh1V5_02O8vbeoj0ik9zxTdXASER32KjNySUaZJ/s1600-h/May+Leong+Kuan+May.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245383661375862338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLpo8jA7EcAEb2a3TIyIJoSKqIrbtVqv_XV9JrnlnUPr7kw0tNOVSAj3EbVz7qck_1Q2F8UqXGzcfZAd9dcvyf5ZRwk1-UVSqZI71dEdh1V5_02O8vbeoj0ik9zxTdXASER32KjNySUaZJ/s400/May+Leong+Kuan+May.jpg" style="CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffff99;"><strong>May Leong Kuan May 梁君美</strong></span><br /><br /><small><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2eozcqfL66UhAKPqclF7KzmQyLpdNXkZPCYKLouCE2Pdzetz7Rkv_YcrH8T_BOli9zVf9j75m76qDT6yjTTD3CzUpEXVMRpDYe2p_tJrOdMOM58iWGJDT24dwqmGIZynjcI4nxDNKWkRW/s1600-h/Carine+Choong+Li+Kuan.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245383662674879666" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2eozcqfL66UhAKPqclF7KzmQyLpdNXkZPCYKLouCE2Pdzetz7Rkv_YcrH8T_BOli9zVf9j75m76qDT6yjTTD3CzUpEXVMRpDYe2p_tJrOdMOM58iWGJDT24dwqmGIZynjcI4nxDNKWkRW/s400/Carine+Choong+Li+Kuan.jpg" style="CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffff99;"><strong>Carine Choong Li Kuan 锺佳伶</strong></span><br /><br /><small><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipshg9TioM8tXLSHGBmtWXZrtrtpROCMVH7w1iUlveJJpmWqyip9NBdh1lQCv5IVBBpwX67ZzOhDCpyL6OiTuu2FslWpFiCKOD5S3QKj_KNQDTcvXktQvj3eB0phQBsc8c9tnF9bMIbrFl/s1600-h/Felicia+Ku+Hoi+Shan.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245383667207720018" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipshg9TioM8tXLSHGBmtWXZrtrtpROCMVH7w1iUlveJJpmWqyip9NBdh1lQCv5IVBBpwX67ZzOhDCpyL6OiTuu2FslWpFiCKOD5S3QKj_KNQDTcvXktQvj3eB0phQBsc8c9tnF9bMIbrFl/s400/Felicia+Ku+Hoi+Shan.jpg" style="CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffff99;"><strong>Felicia Ku Hoi Shan 邱慧珊</strong></span><br /><br /><small><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0DG2JbQkpEa2Of6j5_ZXUDRS3HXB__1U4gjnsaRc00ZcOhZR7JE7coMipcSOg7tRk2obfskqymTeMItfvsWmCGYfm6SOYRVKe_OxxIGuJgs0j8EFfGkHk9uoUHXzl3dM1HhaDIsEOfaqz/s1600-h/Queen+Tan+Woan+Chiann.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245383668646161634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0DG2JbQkpEa2Of6j5_ZXUDRS3HXB__1U4gjnsaRc00ZcOhZR7JE7coMipcSOg7tRk2obfskqymTeMItfvsWmCGYfm6SOYRVKe_OxxIGuJgs0j8EFfGkHk9uoUHXzl3dM1HhaDIsEOfaqz/s400/Queen+Tan+Woan+Chiann.jpg" style="CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffff99;"><strong>Queen Tan Woan Chiann 陈婉倩</strong></span><br /><br /><small><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffcccc;"><strong>蓝色娃娃：</strong></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibLSZA8lfbbS3sgY5xmn5nju5d9VdqgowG9ZB907k2FyCw6ityH-BPr-XbDyWFvIx8IQYTI582r5t1ZsLp9Wd1z6sps4s38TX6fnTYr9iCkwm9IzOOaYXr0wn7_v-lyP9eTcZiB66oZA3a/s1600-h/MS03+Blue.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245297510788378658" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibLSZA8lfbbS3sgY5xmn5nju5d9VdqgowG9ZB907k2FyCw6ityH-BPr-XbDyWFvIx8IQYTI582r5t1ZsLp9Wd1z6sps4s38TX6fnTYr9iCkwm9IzOOaYXr0wn7_v-lyP9eTcZiB66oZA3a/s400/MS03+Blue.jpg" style="CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBLoisG5XRHtMgJ9mEUQzdd2SGayL187swjdFCIle6aouPFMR2fhsVw-lF8ufyPrA-xnDWoqGBFW5TfeFARAt1yUt1gLLdmyNJCXKG1u0VMvsJUgrllZYlXf1HhTh3_8pFIw5vZRUWiTlI/s1600-h/Kamen+Lim+Jia+Voon.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245386059712670754" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBLoisG5XRHtMgJ9mEUQzdd2SGayL187swjdFCIle6aouPFMR2fhsVw-lF8ufyPrA-xnDWoqGBFW5TfeFARAt1yUt1gLLdmyNJCXKG1u0VMvsJUgrllZYlXf1HhTh3_8pFIw5vZRUWiTlI/s400/Kamen+Lim+Jia+Voon.JPG" style="CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffff99;"><strong>Kamen Lim Jia Voon 林嘉雯</strong></span><br /><br /><small><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3DFcx1W-KycQdQNcfPC2pjKjCru9q3V8vgQya-WqXpnfCuTukHoe5gSXpsBJdF24Px_otat-EEg4WF-N18mFrHfmkSuV3zj-LO7XVfCKKgGHXT1wf_1mgtUA0Jc-BeUwSXCIcLW2yUBek/s1600-h/Renee+Goh+See+Ming.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245386064375506130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3DFcx1W-KycQdQNcfPC2pjKjCru9q3V8vgQya-WqXpnfCuTukHoe5gSXpsBJdF24Px_otat-EEg4WF-N18mFrHfmkSuV3zj-LO7XVfCKKgGHXT1wf_1mgtUA0Jc-BeUwSXCIcLW2yUBek/s400/Renee+Goh+See+Ming.jpg" style="CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffff99;"><strong>Renee Goh See Ming 吴诗敏</strong></span><br /><br /><small><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigYiRzEdpJyiYkRp5uGHL06KMV65aEMzVGaofDnILpX2D3Xz7RJn8QsOI_0COHZEuoZQrof3KB7y2hyphenhyphenSQDOseOtMAd8fSq0Mm3GBfTewM1a3Z2PDcJQYAgLgF5gSy26K0-VunzCvh1f6Id/s1600-h/Ceci+Cheoh+Ching+Xuang.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245386064815333250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigYiRzEdpJyiYkRp5uGHL06KMV65aEMzVGaofDnILpX2D3Xz7RJn8QsOI_0COHZEuoZQrof3KB7y2hyphenhyphenSQDOseOtMAd8fSq0Mm3GBfTewM1a3Z2PDcJQYAgLgF5gSy26K0-VunzCvh1f6Id/s400/Ceci+Cheoh+Ching+Xuang.jpg" style="CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffff99;"><strong>Ceci Cheoh Ching Xuang 蒋静萱</strong></span><br /><br /><small><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlx1RnIIOLKTWCFNgGBtKmXEsa2f1QtiXr8H5Dh_i7YIOcRVY6EPVBdM_8qDBs35mjIZhmxU3Hn-L_B8UOz4CYYszGtnEQuZ0BUvaIFuXICU87KPe8D58VBtx-BgIu0HO8p3eKxk2usW2a/s1600-h/Eunice+Tan+Siew+Ying.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245386069605938962" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlx1RnIIOLKTWCFNgGBtKmXEsa2f1QtiXr8H5Dh_i7YIOcRVY6EPVBdM_8qDBs35mjIZhmxU3Hn-L_B8UOz4CYYszGtnEQuZ0BUvaIFuXICU87KPe8D58VBtx-BgIu0HO8p3eKxk2usW2a/s400/Eunice+Tan+Siew+Ying.jpg" style="CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffff99;"><strong>Eunice Tan Siew Ying 陈秀莹</strong></span><br /><br /><small><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvXt1WqQsF2yrcEKq8t3JhwamVK-ltmh2SZH6pdUEC6iaHo5dGvgfd92dUX6BsXbSOCnvf3MrkS6i2BQlYSHJgQJ-20efrvHZkoZ9z3WQiebMEaPOvUcuGMSyJTKl_wtMBV6w8_ZkpjFt5/s1600-h/Kelly+Tham+Kar+Lai.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245395375407754626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvXt1WqQsF2yrcEKq8t3JhwamVK-ltmh2SZH6pdUEC6iaHo5dGvgfd92dUX6BsXbSOCnvf3MrkS6i2BQlYSHJgQJ-20efrvHZkoZ9z3WQiebMEaPOvUcuGMSyJTKl_wtMBV6w8_ZkpjFt5/s400/Kelly+Tham+Kar+Lai.jpg" style="CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffff99;"><strong>Kelly Tham Kar Lai 谭嘉丽</strong></span><br /><br /><small>这一回合的《第一次挑战完美》， 盛文佳 WENDY SHENG WOON HSIA 与 张祖儿 JOEY CHEONG ZU－ER不幸被淘汰出局， 而成功进入下一回合《第二次挑战完美》的佳丽是：<br />(1）林丽娜 LAM LI NAA<br />（2）黄淑平 JOEY NG SEOK PENG<br />（3）方翠莹 IRIS H'NG CHOY YIN<br />（4）林绿郁 LYNN LIM LI YEE<br />（5）梁君美 MAY LEONG KUAN MAY<br />（6）锺佳伶 CARINE CHOONG LI KUAN<br />（7）邱慧珊 FELICIA KU HOI SHAN<br />（8) 陈婉倩 QUEEN WOAN CHIANN<br />（9）林嘉雯 KAMEN LIM JIA VOON<br />（10）吴诗敏 RENEE GOH SEE MING<br />（11）蒋静萱 CECI CHEOH CHING XUANG<br />（12）陈秀莹 EUNICE TAN SIEW YING<br />（13）谭嘉丽 KELLY THAM KAR LAI<br /><br /><strong>《第一次挑战完美》PT.1</strong><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CPlHzkdsWLk&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CPlHzkdsWLk&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><strong>《第一次挑战完美》PT.2</strong><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/g3vdQgf1-58&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/g3vdQgf1-58&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><strong>《第一次挑战完美》PT.3</strong><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jbkcwOv7NX8&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jbkcwOv7NX8&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><strong>《第一次挑战完美》PT.4</strong><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/eMsKCROJoGA&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/eMsKCROJoGA&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><strong>《第一次挑战完美》PT.5</strong><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sNoLr6OpBds&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sNoLr6OpBds&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><strong>《第一次挑战完美》PT.6</strong><br /><br /><object height="349" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/B17FGaOh5vg&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/B17FGaOh5vg&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="349"></embed></object><br /><br /><strong>《第一次挑战完美》PT.7</strong><br /><br /><object height="349" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/LZb1xFSInMM&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6&border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/LZb1xFSInMM&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="349"></embed></object><br /><br /><strong>《第一次挑战完美》PT.8</strong><br /><br /><object height="349" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/22Sc4lJVD3w&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6&border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/22Sc4lJVD3w&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="349"></embed></object><br /><br />10月4日，星期六，7pm，《Astro国际华裔小姐竞选2008》之《第二次挑战完美》淘汰赛，验收各佳丽的成绩。记得追看啊！<br /><br /><em>Thanks and credit to iFeel Astro</em>

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