今天是四月的最后一天，因为中午小睡了一会儿，现在还没有睡着，所以在网上听我在北京时常常听的1039。不知道为什么，深夜时候的电台DJ们都出奇一致的多愁善感起来，或许是为了睡得很晚的人们更容易入睡吧。电台里的歌声是很熟悉的周华健，有故事的人，还有一首我不知道名字的辛晓琪的歌。然后我就突然的想起来人间四月天、徐志摩、林徽因。徐志摩的诗歌，我读过的不多，记得的就更少。而至于林徽因，就更加少了。我觉得他们所处的那个年代是一个动荡的时代，同时也是充满着浪漫气息的一个时代，有非常多的传世佳话，浪漫传说和潇洒文人。和我们这个时代真的不太一样。

 

 

 

我的父亲是做铁合金生产技术的，从小我就熟悉那些闪着火光、熊熊燃烧的冶炼炉，难以想象人体遇到上千摄氏度的高温意味着什么。Bless幸存下来的工人。记得同样的事情以前在衡阳钢管厂也发生过，也是钢水包掉落到工作平台。我们是幸运的，不用冒这样的险，所以我们要珍惜生活，也要珍惜我们享用的一切，我们享受的物质生活，很大程度上就是这些在比我们工作环境更危险百倍的地方和我们一样敬业、努力工作的人们创造的。

 

辽宁32条生命被钢水吞噬的背后：漠视生命价值
 
信源：了望新闻周刊

记者石庆伟／4月18日早晨7时45分，辽宁省铁岭市清河特钢有限公司内的蓝色厂棚内，32名工人在一瞬间遭受到灭顶之灾。一个直径2米、重达45吨重的钢水包，正在吊车架上吊运，突然急速下滑，磕在一个工作台面上瞬间倾覆，近30吨的钢水，涌进五、六米远处的厂棚内。
红彤彤钢水温度高达摄氏1500多度，此刻，32名员工正在这里开班前会，瞬间殒命于炽热的钢水中。当附近车间幸存逃生的一些员工，凭分析，尽力帮《瞭望》新闻周刊记者复原这一场景时，许多人无不感到极为震惊和痛心！事件发生后，辽宁省及铁岭市和清河区各级党委政府立即启动应急预案，全力开展搜救和善后处理工作。

当天夜里赶到现场的国家安全监督管理局副局长孙华山说：“这是建国以来钢铁行业一次最为惨痛的事故，性质非常恶劣！”在钢厂的高危作业区内，都有着严格的安全程序和设计要求，然而却发生了如此“超低概率事件”，是谁如此漠视生命的价值，置完全生产于不顾？

近些天来，《瞭望》新闻周刊记者持续值守在辽宁省铁岭市418事故处理现场，耳闻目睹了这起建国以来钢铁行业最惨重的一次重特大安全生产事故的方方面面。4月20日上午，本刊记者再次来到铁岭市清河特殊钢有限责任公司时，偌大的场区内已是一片寂静，工厂全面停产，门口传达室里，十几名保安把守着大铁门，院里停放着一台特警防爆车。

“32名一早赶来上班的员工们正在开班前会，没有想到以这种方式失去了他们宝贵的生命！”一位生还的工人告诉记者。当时，几名离事发现场远一些的工人拼命向厂外奔跑，躲过这一灾难，他们回忆钢水溢出的惊魂一瞬时告诉记者：“那一刻如果回下头，可能就没命了……”

38岁的矫正岩臀部和后背多处被烧烫伤，他是清河特殊钢有限公司铸锭班的班长，当天值夜班：“接班的工友都死亡了，只有我们这些交班的才有幸跑出来！”矫正岩告诉本刊记者：“钢水包里装着二十六、七吨重的钢水，当时我在钢水包附近，正哈腰拿工具，突然听到钢包吊车闸发出尖叫声，钢包快速下滑，我抬脚就跑，钢包下坠过程中好像磕到了台车上，一下子倾斜，钢水就涌向附近的会议室了……”

当时32名工人正在里面召开交接班会议。“你想想，钢水1500多度啊，落到地上，再溅身上，热浪涌上来，把衣服都烤着了，我什么也顾不上了，只顾往前跑，才捡了一条命。”受伤相对较轻的周晓飞今年24岁，当天他也是值夜班的工人。他回忆说：“18日早晨还有十多分钟就要下班了，他和工友们正在准备交班，突然就听‘嗡’的一声，我一下子意识到不好！拼命往厂外跑，滚烫的钢渣溅到身上，像用铁块击打一样疼”

18日下午3时左右，《瞭望》新闻周刊记者以最快的速度赶到现场。当时地下还零零散散分布着已凝固的钢渣，十分烫脚，那个小屋子内的地面，钢水已凝结成一层10多厘米厚的铁饼，遇难者遗体已清理完毕，但空气中仍弥漫着特别刺鼻的味道。

事故发生后，立即引起辽宁及铁岭市各级党委和政府的高度重视，各级领导和有关部门迅速在第一时间赶往事故现场，指挥救援抢险和事故处理工作，当地政府成立多个应急小组，展开相关工作。消防官兵冒着危险，很快控制了现场，并搜救出32具遇难者遗体，另有6人受伤员工，其中5名伤势较重者送往沈阳市医疗条件较好的武警辽宁省总队医院抢救。

截止本刊记者4月20日发稿时，这一事故的原因仍在调查中。辽宁省有关领导明确要求，要组织最好的力量，全力救治受伤人员，防止次生事故的发生，力争把损失减少到最小程度；要深入细致地做好善后工作；要认真调查事故原因。4月18日晚21时左右，国家安全生产监督管理局副局孙华山带领有关专家和工作人员一行10余人抵达铁岭，连饭也顾不上吃，连夜进入现场进行了初步勘察。

孙华山认为，这是建国以来钢铁行业最惨重的一次事故，事故性质极为恶劣，要求地方政府部门立即将一切调查情况和材料送交调查组。调查组随即展开相关前期调查工作。调查组初步判断，事件直接原因可能是钢水包的绳子断了，而且会议室距钢水包太近，致使后果特别惨重。

目前，铁岭市清河特殊钢有限责任公司法人代表高峰、发生事故车间的车间主任、操作工和技术员等4名相关责任人已被警方控制。营口天工机械集团总工程师刘君告诉本刊记者：“这一事故让我感到非常震惊，我从事冶金机械工作20多年，还没听过这样的恶性事件，按照安全要求，钢包附近绝对不能安排这样一间会议室，这是企业严重违反安全操作规范的恶性事件。”

辽宁省社会学院从事安全研究工作的研究员卢骅认为，这次事故找不到任何可以作为借口的客观原因，如果吊车设备质量可靠、操作正常，如果会议室不设在钢包附近，惨剧是完全可避免的，事故发生应是安全生产管理严重不到位造成的。赶到现场的辽宁省有关领导也认为，这间屋子距离钢水包太近，太危险，显然厂区车间布局设计不合适。

然而4月19日下午，事故处理小组新闻发言人向本刊记者介绍情况时说，会议室在二楼，出事的那间屋子原系企业的一间备品仓库，放点工具，当天因车间噪音大，临时挪到这间屋开交接班会议，因此是临时偶然使用。但本刊记者采访清河特钢一些员工时却听到与此不同的说法。一些员工告诉记者：“那间会议室也是工人的休息室，屋中有一张大铁桌子，周围是一圈椅子，早上交接班时，都要在这里开个短会，特别要讲讲安全操作规定什么的，这个会议室从2006年底开始使用，至少已经用了四、五个月了。

与这次恶性事故形成鲜明对比的是，这家企业看起来一直重视“安全生产”。如平时要求安全培训，还要考试，不合格要重考，每次上岗前都安排进行安全教育和提示。一位吊车工人还告诉本刊记者：“每次接班前，工人都要对吊车车闸、吊绳等进行检查，检查感觉没问题了才能上岗。”

钢铁冶金企业是高危行业，上千度的钢水在铸成钢锭过程中，极易出现各种事故。如此高危险度的生产，要确保万无一失，应该有着极高的设备要求和严格的安全程序，钢丝绳、吊钩、钢水包承重件都需要定期检测，进行探伤。然而，钢包坠落的“超低概率事件”还是发生了，记者听到当地群众议论道，这个钢厂对安全生产的“重视”是否只是走过场？

在搜救和现场处置取得阶段性进展的同时，善后工作随即全面启动。4月19日下午，铁岭市政府事故善后处理小组向本刊记者通报了善后处理的最新进展。据介绍，目前多数遇难职工家属情绪稳定，伤员病情平稳。事故处理小组已将32名遇难工人家属的DNA血样全部送往辽宁省公安厅检测化验，近日即可出结果，完成遇难者身份的确定工作。

遇难职工家属的补偿金标准还未确定，目前仍在对方案进行研究。当地政府确定，此次事故的赔偿要依照相关规定，考虑遇难职工的实际，有别于一般煤矿事故的赔偿标准来进行赔偿。善后处理力求彰显人性化，资金筹措方式是通过政府、企业和社会救助三种渠道来解决。目前铁岭市、清河区政府及清河特钢等方面正在积极筹措资金。

本刊记者从铁岭市清河特钢事故善后处理组了解到，截至20日11时，32名遇难者家属中，已有15户签订了善后赔偿合同，其中12户每户已领到了首笔20万元的赔偿金。善后处理小组表示，其余补偿金将尽快拨付到位。“已发给家属的只是首笔赔偿金，每户最终赔偿额肯定会超过20万元”。

事故善后处理组新闻发言人费东旭告诉本刊记者。近几天来，铁岭市各级党委、政府昼夜开展清河特殊钢有限公司钢水包脱落事故的善后工作，事故补偿金由工伤保险、企业筹措资金和社会捐助等几部分组成。目前铁岭市清河区32个部门与清河特钢8名干部组成8个安抚小组，对32名遇难者家属和6名受伤员工采取一对一包扶，包扶人员已全部深入遇难者家中，昼夜陪护，对每户先期发放1万元救助。

19日下午，本刊记者驱车驶入铁岭市红旗街后马村一个叫王家沟的一个小山沟，这里有3名青年是清河特钢有限公司的员工，他们均在4月18日那次钢水包坠落事件中遇难。七拐八拐，本刊记者随一位老乡来到遇难者李晓瑞（音）家里，门口停着几辆汽车，老乡告诉记者：“那是清河区水利局的车，水利局的机关干部在这里陪护李晓瑞的父母。”记者看到，院里坐着十几名邻居和亲友，三间小屋窗明几净，显然是新建的，墙壁很白。西屋内，李晓瑞的母亲脸朝里，侧身躺在炕上休息，区水利局的几名女机关干部陪坐在旁。

本刊记者来到东屋，与李晓瑞的父亲、舅舅、叔叔等亲属，一起围坐在桌旁。父亲李兵（音）情绪相对平稳，双眼显得发红，几点泪花在里面闪动。他说：“我今年50岁，正准备在6月份给27岁的孩子完婚，事故太突然了！这么大的儿子走了，心里确实很悲伤。各级政府部门对我们家属很关心，派干部日夜陪护我们，还先期送来1万元安抚金。”

清河区水利局的干部告诉记者，他们将日夜在这里陪护和安抚家属，及时解决他们的困难，目前家属情绪比较稳定，对善后处理工作也表示支持和配合。本刊记者了解到，事件中的6名伤员目前仍在紧急治疗之中，目前已度过48小时抗休克治疗，下面将根据情况进行植皮手术等治疗。

Just read an article about Chinese tax system from the Economist magzine. Share with you about this.

 

I think myself is in the group that don't feel comfortable about our tax system, I am among them who "believe they get little in return for their taxes". I paid my tax through company, every penny of it, but what I got from our government is cold faces most time, and I am really angry about some easily changed policies, like the road toll for every highways can be extended without any reason, like the housing fund, insurrance of vast people can be abused by officials without any control or supervision, way too many examples for my little blog. Our government definitely has many things great, the living of 1.3 billion people is not an easy task, not even to mention keeping the high growth rate for these years, but sadly, they should have done a better job with the resources they have on hand now compare to the era of Mao. Corruption can easily damage our confidence to our officials.

 

China's tax system

Return to sender

Apr 12th 2007 | BEIJING

From The Economist print edition

In China death is certain but taxes often optional

THE well-to-do in China have snubbed their government. This year for the first time, anyone earning more than 120,000 yuan ($15,500) annually is supposed to file a personal income-tax return. Yet by the deadline of April 2nd (extended by a couple of days because of low compliance), only a small minority had done so. Threats of massive fines have gone unheeded.

 

The government's embarrassment was evident when it missed its own deadline of April 10th for announcing the total tally of tax returns completed. But officials have estimated the number is around 1.6m. The number of those required to file is widely reported to be 6m-7m and could well be much higher. Those who have done so already are mostly wage-earners who have tax deducted from their salaries and feel they have no option but to report their incomes because they are already in the tax authorities' records.

 

A big difficulty for tax officials is that even some of the government's own media have broken ranks and suggested that the middle classes' obvious disdain for the new requirement may not be unreasonable. Confusingly, the annual tax return does not supersede an existing monthly requirement to report and pay tax on non-taxed income if total earnings exceed a certain threshold. A newspaper run by the state prosecutor's office argued that the tax administration had no legal authority to fine people for failing to fill out returns relating to income on which they had already paid tax.

 

But very few bother to pay personal income tax unless it is deducted automatically. As some Chinese newspapers have pointed out, this is partly because many Chinese believe they get little in return for their taxes. They have to pay through the nose for health care and for decent education for their children. They are also resentful that few officials pay tax, even though many have big incomes from shady dealings. Even the words “no taxation without representation” have found their way into print, in an article in the Information Times, a government-owned newspaper in the southern city of Guangzhou. Noting that half of the delegates to China's legislature were officials, the newspaper reported that commentators had pointed out that the parliament should have “fewer officials and more taxpayers”: an interesting distinction suggesting the taxman has struck a raw nerve.

It's really sensational that my wife came to Singapore to see me again using her only left annual leaves. We went to shopping and sightseeing in the past two days even though I have to attend 3 meetings a day, we managed to squeeze my time to get our own plan to fit in the schedule every day.

 

We talked about our future plan as well. There are several different scenarios still under a lot of unknowns. we talked about my persona goal as well. We truly believe I need to obtain higher degree in management or business etc, since if I want to achieve the technical level I desired, I will have to quit job to have a full time PhD somewhere, this doesn't look great to me since this is already my 7th working year, and I have so much responsibilities to take, I won't be able to spend 5 year + without reasonable income to support my family. A better career path is to combine my past working experience on semiconductor, lean manufacturing and coordination across different companies and organizations to create my own competitive advantages so that I can contribute more to company and other people. No matter what scenario came true, I would like to start my preparation asap for my future career in either project management or operation management. Luckily, my manager is somewhat very supportive, so I hope I won't get too much trouble in getting some chance internally in future. For my wife, I believe she is doing great now, and I am expecting her to have some major breaktrough in her career as well. She brought good news for me again, after her first outstanding emplyee award in ORCL, she got another award this month. I know she can make it right from the start, she is excellent, not only take good care of her job, but also have strong sense of family life. I am really having very happy life with her.

 

Well, I can't say too much about our work in public blog as supposed. Let me stop here for today's blog.

 

BTW, Still another 29 days to go for my return to Beijing. I am expecting to get know more JA memebers in Beijing if possible so that I can participate in JA activities in this Summer/Autumn semester. Really looking forward to be part of that.

Another very good friend of mine returned to Motorola.

 

Many people who had worked in motorola before like motorola, I think it's because of the sense of the ownership and the home feeling. I can still remember the old newspaper called "big family" in motorola. I left motorola 3 years ago and I have to admit that motorola, as my first employer, gives me some lifelong special feelings about work. Most of my work habits are built under the motorola culture umbrella. Although moto is not always doing the right thing and at the right time, but this company just survive amazingly and recovers very fast from each downturns.

 

I truly think great companies make great leaders. Those big names include GE, IBM, Moto, P&G, big 4 etc. I feel quite sorry that I had to leave moto in year 2004 without gaining much experience on management except some very initial trainings as manager candidate. As my wife said, the year 2002, 2003 are my best years, she felt my passion and edge at that time. but she is not so happy about my current performance, especially my passion to work and self development, even though my income has increased quite a bit in these recent 3 years. So what's next, I want to have some knowledge about business. Technology is one of my interests, however, I really think I am not totally into it. I feel very depressed when I am in those meetings with a bunch of Ph.Ds of physics/material science etc from different countries and with much much longer working experience compare to myself. Honestly, I don't see any big chance that I can exceed or match those people on technical side in at least 4 to 5 years, even on single aspect of semiconductor. This gap upsets me most. Whatsoever, a technical worker is not the thing I want for my life. So I must find other ways. Maybe the combination of technology and business management?

:-(

 

I made a stupid mistake yesterday, I didn't pay enough attention to one small process recipe change, and made an incorrect comment to my boss in the morning, actually that process has two important factors, the change happened on factor A, but my bad memory told me it's factor B when I am talking with my boss about this process improvement. I found it late afternoon, and correct my comment via email and phone call to him. Sigh, this is the first time I have ever made this type of stupid mistake.

 

I need to be extra careful in future, I won't allow the carelessness ruin the credit I've fought to build in my past 7 years career. Sound's serious, right? I am serious indeed.

 

Anyway, I tell the truth as soon as I find I am wrong, hope this helps for my reputation..

 

When I write this title, i thought about the National Geographic, there is a program named "I didn't know that", the reason I choose this title is because I made a not so wise trip to Sentosa. I was thinking about going there for the music fountain. However, when I arrived, I found out the music fountain is under maintenance or whatevere. it's raining in the afternoon, so I had to wait under the roof of the Sentosa express station.

 

A good thing and surprise is I saw Stefanie Sun in Vivocity. She was there for CK jewellery commercials. By the time I got there, luckily she was singing the song called "Ni Guang", the first time saw her in real person, she is very skinny, but better look than on TV, the song is quite good, and typical Stefanie's style. To be honest, I am no more fans of this kind of young stars. getting old... :-(. But I have to admit that Ni Guang is a good song.

 

 

 

If you can find this song, share with the one you love, I think that will be a hearty touch.

Tomorrow is the good Friday holiday in S'pore, which means I will have 3 days off, but strange thing is I want to work.

 

To work in semicnoductor industry is somewhat a very exhausting career, I participated in a conference call just half hour ago with a bunch of Ph.Ds. There are too many terms, too many processes, too many device details, just too much things to learn... When is it going to an end?

 

I am going to downtown tomorrow to find the Slim belt from OSIM for my wife, I think that will be a good gift for her upon my return.