YOKOHAMA, JAPAN - FEBRUARY 10: The Diamond Princess cruise ship sits docked at Daikoku Pier where it is being resupplied and newly diagnosed coronavirus cases taken for treatment as it remains in quarantine after a number of the 3,700 people on board were diagnosed with coronavirus, on February 10, 2020 in Yokohama, Japan. 70 passengers are now confirmed to be infected with coronavirus as Japanese authorities continue treating people on board. The new cases bring the total number of confirmed infections to 96 in Japan, the largest number outside of China. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)
这天,新西兰商业、创新和就业部(Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment /MBIE)宣布,雇佣法庭(Employment Court)判决雇主Shenshen Guan和她经营度假村业务的公司 New Zealand Fusion International LTD 因剥削三名工人需支付罚金和赔偿金共计680,350纽元。
国家在每个孩子两岁时为其设立学生教育帐户,每年政府对账户注资$12,000,直到孩子满18岁为止;18岁时,孩子们将获得30,000纽币的高等教育学费;成绩优异的学生还可获得最高限额为50,000纽币的奖学金。行动党认为,家长们应该有权用政府资助的教育资金来为孩子选择他们中意的学校,无论是公立还是私立。如果父母和孩子对目前的受教育状况感到满意,孩子们可以留在现在就读的学校;如果不是这样,他们可以行使选择权,使用学生教育帐户中的资金选择其他的学校,以接受更适合自己的教育,而不是一定要就近上学。 David Seymour说,学生教育帐户将有助于创建一个充满活力的教育市场,为所有学童提供新的机会。他说,应该让家长而不是政治家为他们的孩子选择最适合自己孩子的学校,所有的孩子们在受教育方面都应该有选择权,而不是被强迫就近上学。12月初发布的2018年国际学生能力评估计划(PISA)报告发现,新西兰15岁学生在阅读、数学和科学科目的成绩从2009年以来呈下降趋势,全国不同学校之间教育水平悬殊很大。Seymour 先生说,政府管理的教育系统让成千上万的学生学业失败,太多的孩子离开学校后,没能掌握应对瞬息万变的世界的技能。而随着越来越多的工作自动化,技能将变得越来越重要。行动党认为,现在是做出结构性改革的时候了。
There are two French songs that have had a great impact on contemporary China. One is “L’Internationale”, and the other is “Do you hear the people sing” from the acclaimed musical phenomenon Les Misérables.
“L’Internationale” symbolized the communist revolution led by Chairman Mao Zedong. I remember school children singing the song at the end of every school assembly and every night the radio news program ended with the song when I was a little girl. “So comrades come rally. For this is the time and place, The international ideal Unites the human race”.
But nowadays, “Do you hear the people sing” is becoming more and more popular. Last year in Shanghai, audience sang the song together at the theatre after watching Les Misérables, the world’s most popular musical. In the last few months, protesters in Hong Kong kept singing the song and supporter of HK protest in Queen street of Auckland sang the song as well.
Les Misérables features many thrilling and beloved songs. However, when I heard the familiar melody at Auckland Civic Theatre on the last day of November, I couldn’t hold back my tears. – “Do you hear the people sing? Singing the songs of angry men? It is the music of the people Who will not be slaves again……”
Civic Theater, Auckland
Indeed, this song is a “timeless testament to the survival of the human spirit”.