3 February 2016

SIT-STAND DESKS MAKE YOUR EMPLOYEES HAPPIER

Researchers urge corporations to invest in sit-stand desks for workers’ well-being

By Winmas Yu
Sydney – January 22 2016
Ground breaking research shows sit-stand desks can boost employees’ energy and maintain productivity levels at work.
Sit-stand desk: Rumba 2 Stage Workstation (Image: Zenith Interiors)

20 November 2015

基督徒依照教會訓導選舉代議士的責任


文章原載於: 《公教報》 第3744期,主曆2015年11月22日

湯漢樞機於十一月六日發表牧函,呼籲信友在各級選舉中,「考慮候選人對於家庭和婚姻議題的立場,作為選舉議員的其中一個重要指標。」


16 November 2015

守護信仰:宗教、言論自由面臨嚴重威脅

文章原載於: 樂山樂水

澳洲主教團面臨首宗同性戀歧視訴訟

《澳洲人 The Australian》2015年11月12日
Bishops face discrimination case
譯:Didymus

澳洲天主教會全體主教,將捲入一宗足以影響宗教自由與言論自由的訴訟,並為同性關係及跨性別歧視立下全國先例。早前,塔斯曼尼亞省反歧視委員會裁定,該教區向天主教學校學生及家長派發的一本推廣傳統婚姻的小冊子,羞辱同性戀者及跨性別人士,或已違反塔省反歧視條例。


圖片來源:Marriage Alliance (https://www.facebook.com/themarriagealliance)

12 October 2015

Linguistic and visual analysis of a news story on the Liberal Party leadership challenge

On Tuesday, September 15, 2015, The Sydney Morning Herald published an article written by Mark Kenny, titled Turnbull calls for era of fresh vision with the sub-title Showdown: ‘It will be a thoroughly Liberal government’ (Kenny, 2015a; Appendix A), following the dramatic event happened on Monday, in which the federal government’s by then communication minister Malcolm Turnbull called for a special Liberal Party meeting to vote for a new party leader and prime minister for the nation. The equivalent online story on The Sydney Morning Herald’s website is titled Liberal leadership: Malcolm Turnbull defeats Tony Abbott to become PM (Kenny, 2015b).

30 September 2015

「大眾的知情權」與「傳媒道德操守」:孰輕孰重?

昨天(2015年9月29日),香港某本地報章以全版頭條報導,「介紹」一個被網民濫用的智能手機應用程式。報道手法與排版設計令筆者非常反感,在此予以強烈譴責。