Kidnapping Of The Century

Sir Li Ka-shing, GBM, KBE (simplified Chinese: 李嘉诚; traditional Chinese: 李嘉誠), is a wealthy businessman from Hong Kong. He is the richest person of Chinese descent in the world, one of the richest and most influential investors in Asia, and the eleventh richest man in the world according to Forbes with an estimated wealth of $26.5 billion on February 11, 2008.

Li is often referred to as "Superman" in Hong Kong because of his business prowess. His peers in Hong Kong include Lee Shau Kee of the Henderson Land Development, New World Development's Cheng Yu-tung, Kwok family of Sun Hung Kai Properties, and Henry Fok Ying-tung, among others. "From his humble beginnings in China as a teacher’s son, a refugee, and later as a salesman, Li provides a lesson in integrity and adaptability. Through hard work, and a reputation for remaining true to his internal moral compass, he was able to build a business empire.

His two sons Victor Li (李澤鉅) and Richard Li (李澤楷) are also major players in the Hong Kong business scene. Victor Li works directly with his father as managing director and deputy chairman of Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited, while Richard Li is the head of PCCW, the largest telecom company in Hong Kong. They are both Canadian citizens.

On May 23, 1996, Victor Li was kidnapped on his way home from work by a notorious Chinese thug named Cheung Tze-keung (張子強), who was nicknamed "Big Spender" because of his flamboyant lifestyle. Li Ka-Shing reportedly paid a ransom of over $100 million to free his son, however, never publicly acknowledged that the kidnapping even took place, although the press published reports of his face-to-face meetings with Cheung Tze-keung. It was never known how the money was given to the criminal. Not happy that his country would look like a dangerous place for wealthy people or businessmen, the President of China, Jiang Zemin, ensured that "Big Spender" would be found and executed. Two years later, Cheung was involved in another high-profile kidnapping of billionaire Walter Kwok. Fleeing to the mainland, Cheung was immediately arrested, accused of other crimes and executed in Guangzhou.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Ka-shing

Advertising & Promotion

Advertising And Promotion Plan - It's probably the toughest part of any business. How much to spend, where to place the ads, what message to send, and to who? While there are literally thousands of different promotion avenues available, what distinguishes a successful Advertising and Promotion Plan from an unsuccessful one is FOCUS. So think first of the message that you want to send to your targeted audience. Then look at these promotion possibilities and decide which to emphasise in your marketing plan.

Advertising - The best approach to advertising is to think of it in terms of media and which media will be most effective in reaching your target market. Then you can make decisions about how much of your annual advertising budget you're going to spend on each medium. What percentage of your annual advertising budget will you invest in each of the following:



Bloggers
Direct mail
HD Television
Internet
Magazines
Newspapers
Radio

Publicity - Another avenue of promotion that every business MUST use. Describe how you plan to generate publicity. While press releases spring to mind, that's only one way to get people spreading the word about your business. Consider:

Product launches
Special events, including community involvement
Writing articles and captioned photos
Getting and using testimonials

How to evaluate your ad results - Create a "tracking sheet" for each and every ad you produce in each type of media. This sheet will be filed with a copy of each print ad and the script for each radio or TV ad. Each sheet will contain two major tracking areas:

- First tracking area is the history of the ad. When was it run? What media? What days? What was the cost for the entire run of this ad? What amount was paid by co-op advertising, if any? Art and design charges?

- Second tracking area is the goal of the ad. Who was the ad directed toward? New customers? Regulars? Were projected sales met? Adequate inventory? Proper staffing? Weather? Other events that drew traffic to your area...etc

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Finish Line

I OWE MY SUCCESS TO YOU, TO ALL OF YOU.

THANK YOU, WITH ALL MY HEART.

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Nexus Protective Service

I'm God's soldier, I do not back off from a war until I win or I die. You've tried every possible ways to show me you're still in charge? Poor Wen Jiabao, you're NOTHING but a SCUM.



Good cops and bad cops, I'd seen them all in Toronto. The good cop who saved me on 1 February was DAN, just in case you don't know it.



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One Chance

"Hi there, this is Richard from Time."

"Yes my dear, are the photos come out good?"

"Hum...yes...but..."

"But what? If they're not good enough we can arrange for another photo shooting. You know, it's Person of the Year, I must look good on the cover."

"Absolutely my dear...you look gorgeous...but..."

"Hey...what's going on?"

"Alright I'm sorry to tell you this, the editors have just decided to choose Michael Phelps replacing you. We're truly sorry...it's a last minute deal...let's try again for next year..."

"What? You mean I have to do these all over again to be qualified next year? Shame on you I'd rather die!"

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Who's Behind The Scene

Taliban letter to Canadians warns of more attacks
Updated Sun. Aug. 17 2008 7:55 PM ET

CTV.ca News Staff

The Taliban has sent an open letter urging Canadians to push Ottawa to leave Afghanistan or face more insurgent attacks, after two Canadian aid workers were killed. The fundamentalist Islamic group has waged a violent campaign against NATO and Afghan forces since 2001 when the Taliban was ousted in a U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan.

In an open letter written on behalf of the "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan" and addressed to the "Canadian people," the Taliban says Canada should not have followed the "American" agenda and has "sacrificed" its self-respect. The letter, purportedly written by Taliban spokesperson Qari Muhammad Yussef, says the Taliban is forced to kill Canadians because innocent Afghans are being killed.

"The Afghans did not go to Canada to kill the Canadians. Rather, it is the Canadians who came to Afghanistan to kill and torture the Afghan, to please the fascist regime of America," the letter said.

"The Canadian people have to realize if their sisters, their brothers and their children are being killed in Afghanistan, it is because of the wrong policy of the government of Canada and their falling under the influence of others when they sent occupation soldiers to Afghanistan."

The letter told Canadians to prepare for more attacks like the one earlier this past week in which two Canadian aid workers were gunned down in Logar province.

"Events such as Logar will happen again, because occupied Afghanistan looks at all actors that are established in the interest of America with an eye of hostility," said the letter, which was dated Aug. 15. "You have to convince your government to put an end to the occupation of Afghanistan so that the Afghans are not killed with your hands and so that you are not killed with the hands of the Afghans."

A spokesperson for Prime Minister Stephen Harper called the letter a propaganda exercise and said the threats in it will have no effect on Canadian policy. Kory Teneycke also said it's not surprising the Taliban are targeting aid workers considering that they attack their own civilians. The letter was released on a weekend that saw deadly violence throughout Afghanistan, with more than 90 people reported killed over four days.

There were reports that: Afghan authorities killed 32 Taliban fighters during a four hour battle on Sunday. Five private security guards also died. Ten Afghan police officers were killed by a roadside bomb while on patrol in Kandahar province on Saturday. Foreign forces and Afghan troops killed seven militants in clashes Saturday in a mountainous area of Zabul province. Similar clashes between police and militants also left four insurgents dead in eastern Paktika province. Three police officers were wounded. Four police officers were killed on Friday during an insurgent attack that left 23 militants dead in southern Helmand province. According to the Afghanistan NGO Safety Office, which tracks security issues in the country, insurgent attacks were up by 50 per cent in the first half of this year. About 3,200 people, mostly militants, have died in insurgent attacks this year.

The insurgent violence has left Afghan authorities concerned about security at upcoming celebrations for the country's Independence Day celebrations on Monday. They've called in more than 7,000 officers to secure Kabul. Kandahar's provincial police chief says he will also beef up security in the province, which is the base for most of Canada's 2,500 soldiers in Afghanistan.

With files from The Canadian Press

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080817/taliban_letter_080817/20080817?hub=TopStories

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Three In A Row

"There will be more medals, but it's nice to be the first," said Carol Huynh. Coral was born in Hazelton, B.C., after her parents fled Vietnam in the late 1970s. On Saturday Carol didn't just break Canada's medal drought; she broke on through to the top of the podium, handily winning the gold medal in the 48-kg weight class in women's wrestling.


A bit earlier Dave Calder and Scott Frandsen won a silver medal in the men's pair rowing event, while Tonya Verbeek won a bronze medal in the 55-kg women's wrestling.





All three medals-gold, silver, bronze-came within an hour's time. Isn't that amazing ?

WELL DONE AND KEEP IT UP !




http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080816.wolymwin16/BNStory/Front

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Love Your Neighbors

The Bible says, love your neighbors. However, ever since I've moved in the new apartment this March, I hardly saw any neighbors whether it's in the morning, afternoon or evening. There're exceptions though, for many times I observed on the intersection outside the building that I'd seen many cars followed me home. And for a few times I lingered in the lobby that I'd seen many people came up right after me from the car park. Isn't that a bit awkward?

The fact is the building has more than 600 units. According to the intercom listing there're more than 300 occupants assuming they're all loners, otherwise the figures should be much higher. My question is, what're the chances that I didn't even meet 1/10 of my neighbors in 5 months? On 18 July I wandered to the car park before I went out, it's Friday 3pm but everybody was home without using their cars? Nobody had to work or spy or kill ? Unbelievable ! Am aware the car park has 3 levels sharing by two properties situated side by side. The videos you'll be seeing is level 1 as I haven't been to level 2 & 3, or more surprises are yet to come.

What I'm trying to say is, I'm desperately want to know my neighbors so that I can express my passion and love to them. Yesterday afternoon I sat in the lobby for an hour there I saw tons of them moving in and out, as if I was watching a reality show or drama. Later around 9:30pm I went down to the same car park, in less than 5 minutes I met more than a dozen neighbors in different areas. The most unpredictable ones were two big guys, sitting in the lobby with their laptops staring at me maliciously. Paid attention to the security counter, all in a sudden they had three guards instead of one, playing a so-called rescue drama. Don't you love it?

Now I know the prime factor to meet my neighbors. Don't get it wrong, there's nothing to do with the time zone, but simply a matter of whether they wanted to be seen or not. By the way spot V73 was replaced by ASJZ 352.

*** I've tried to upload the videos on the blog for 3 hours but failed. Likely because I've been using Rogers. Time to bed I'll try my luck tomorrow.







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Ultimatum

Now the whole picture is clear, you see it, I see it. Therefore, it's better to put everything on the table. This foul play has been running too long it gets stink. The options are here.

Isn't there an old saying, " the most dangerous place is indeed the safest ". I'm tired of moving around, and moving around doesn't help. Because I do it, anyone can do it. Living a life in that kind of situation you'd rather die, wouldn't you? Yet dying is not a problem but one cannot die in vain. Am counting on you to clear my name. But the problem is I'm not going to die, at least not in the foreseeable future. That says, I shall live as long as we keep the story to ourselves.

Hope for the best prepare for the worst. Should anything happens to me or my loved ones, by all means you should and you must expose this inhuman tragic story in every single graphic details, including some carefully selected decent photos, oh high definition but nice ones please. I can guarantee you the readership will be enormous and will break the record in history. What's more, you'll make a few bucks to set up a memorial foundation for me to help the poor. No way to beat Bill Gates but less is more.

This 21st century I've decided to propose to my sweetheart. He's been very devoted and supported. No one loves me like he does ever, can't wait to say I do but I can't wait forever. Ultimatum is on 21 August, 3 days before the Chinese Olympic closing ceremony. That means we can still make it to attend the event together.

What if he doesn't show up? As mentioned, a life in that kind of situation you'd rather die. Tell the whole world what has happened, get me famous, otherwise it's not fair not only to me but to all of you. The kitchen is too hot already. Aren't you tired of withstanding this whole ugly truth seeing no end of it? Certainly we all look forward to a happy ending, a win-win situation. It's time we stick together to move forward. Our destiny is in God's hands and God listens as always.

NOW, I AM SO RELIEVED.

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Wanted

No big deal.

How about human rights?

Or women rights?

None of all, at all times.

Although he has committed terrible crimes and got caught by millions of people, he still gets away.

Why?

You tell me, I don't have a clue.

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