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Matters of moment – perhaps at the moment? British and Chinese, we have many connections with, so this piece is interesting and may inform our future.
https://gwulo.com/corruption-in-hong-kong
Hong Kong in the Fifties and Sixties, especially the Sixties, was a nest of corruption, springing from the population explosion. There was unmet demand for just about everything, and allocation of resources was an obvious field for corruption. Low Government salaries certainly contributed so far as local officials were concerned, but the Englishmen in the Government service had no such excuse. In fairness to them, though, they were often very fine people in other respects – senior and junior policemen and firemen were often brave, efficient and corrupt at the same time.
To indicate what went on, at almost all levels, if you leased a building you would have to undergo a Fire Inspection. Fair enough, but your chances of passing the inspection were materially assisted by the colour of the banknotes that you slipped to the inspector. Fire inspections could of course be used to close down businesses and other establishments that the local police, or others, did not care for, so you might find a school closed down for lack of fire safety next to a night club that was officially “fine”.
Nor did you just pay the Fire Department once; having seen off the inspector you could expect an annual call from your local fire station staff, with a quiet muttering of the words “Mo chin; mo shui” (no money, no water…)…
The Public Works department were just as bad – approval of drawings depended on “heung yau” (“fragrant grease”. Many substandard buildings were passed and substandard work accepted from contractors, notably including work on the Public Housing Scheme estates – after such fragrant and flagrant greasing of palms.
The same pattern was repeated across many areas of Government services, and one of its effects was to encourage the growth of the Triads – criminal gangs which claim to trace their origins to Qing Dynasty underground patriotic movements aimed at restoring the Ming.
Human behaviour tends to follow patterns when presented with various stimuli; is one way of talking about cause and effect when viewing a society undergoing change. NZAO is not apart from this and we have observed similar behaviour here of recent years.
This government system was supposed to be for increasing business and having a thriving economy? Hah! Small business isn’t the largest group in NZ as small can include in business terms, up to 20 employees. What keeps this country’s money flowing and turning is MICRO businesses. And they notice they get the poor servings when the grub is being handed out.
This is an example of how they are treated, these people who work hard which is supposed to be a premier trait and value to the society, in contrast with beneficiaries who are dissolute, inadequate, lazy, etc. And true, that is at the back of most people’s heads and part of the great fog of uninformed gossip and persiflage which we hold as truth and the heartwood of the country’s reality. Hah again nitwits and fools so many of us are.
So –
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/543311/whakatane-businesses-crippled-by-road-closure
…Business owners on Thornton Road in Whakatāne say poor communication over road closures this summer crippled their businesses for at least a month.
Thornton Bar and Eatery owner Brenda Collins said her revenue dropped by between 50 and 75 percent when Whakatāne District Council closed Thornton Road for renewals and she had asked for compensation for costs to her business.
“The impact the closure had on my business was immediate and in that moment, plans to hire a second chef and extend my business hours going into my busiest time of the year were quashed.”
Collins said during the road closure, she often closed her restaurant halfway through the day as it was empty.
“Of course, I still had to pay staff a full day. Our business was crippled.”
Further info:
https://www.myob.com/nz/blog/what-sized-business-are-you-2/
3 business size categories and how they’re defined
While there is no official definition of all business size categories in New Zealand, there are three generally accepted business category sizes.
Small businesses — less than 20 employees
Defined as those with less than 20 full-time employees.
There are approximately 500,000 small businesses in New Zealand, of which 71 percent have no employees, the latter being often described as micro businesses.
Medium businesses — more than 20 employees, less than 100
Are more often defined as those with more than 20 employees and less than 100 employees. They represent just over two percent of all businesses in New Zealand.
Confusingly, some in New Zealand define medium businesses as having no more than 49 employees.
Depending on the definition used, there are approximately 10,000 medium-size businesses in New Zealand.
Large businesses — more than 100 employees
Those with more than 100 employees (or sometimes more than 50). Large businesses represent just .5 percent of businesses in New Zealand, numbering about 2,500.
No thanks to Labour and National for going full out on privatisation. I hope you all made a good packet out of it with benefits for when you get beyond official retirement age – work at it and you will be chief fat cats of the upper class of plutocrats that has arisen to match the old Brit class system. It was too good to last for the limited lower classes, and then the unlimited children of the entitled became entitled themselves with accompanying inflation, and then take it all back again. Bah humbug!
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/543298/retirement-village-operator-summerset-
considers-rejecting-referrals-from-public-health-system
Aged care provider and retirement village operator Summerset is considering no longer accepting referrals from the public health system, blaming government underfunding.
It comes as the company lifted its underlying profit despite a tough period for the property market, although its bottom line slipped on weaker property values.
I’ve decided to give everyone and myself a commenting break for say a month. I will be interested to read information and ideas from others, please don’t leave this space empty for AI bots to move in, and so openly too. That is one of the battles we are facing, don’t give in abjectly. A little bit of AI goes a long way should be the slogan.
Possibly try to withdraw from the tech drug, and down to a tool to use instead of it using us, and those with power thinking we are tools. Idea, now Bill Gates has made his pile starting it off, now design a way to deflate the balloon. with reverse psychology or something.
That would be new so could become ‘the thing’ and may be the only way that we can hold onto our human life on a livable earth with interactive, humanly kindred, collaborative, co-operative people. The power of finance must be undermined. hopefully without a Great Depression.
Tusk/.usk: https://genius.com/Fleetwood-mac-tusk-lyricshttps://genius.com/Fleetwood-mac-tusk-lyrics…Why don’t you ask him if he’s going to stay?
Why don’t you ask him if he’s going away?
Why don’t you tell me what’s going on?
Why don’t you tell me who’s on the phone?
Why don’t you ask him what’s going wrong?
Why don’t you ask him the latest on his throne?
Don’t say that you love me
Just tell me that you want me
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-depth/542759/domestic-violence-groups-slam-dangerous-man-up-programme
Destiny? And… ?
…The programme, which purports to offer anti-violence classes, has been criticised for promoting ideas such as male dominance and ultra-traditional family values, which agencies say can exacerbate domestic violence.
At least one police district is still using Man Up as a provider, despite continual warnings from Women’s Refuge and other agencies that the programme is unsafe. Individual courts also sometimes refer perpetrators to Man Up as part of bail conditions or sentencing….
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