中国船长率众收复被劫台湾渔船

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VOA Chinese, Nov 7, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/n ... ship-133349573.html
(大陆籍船长任海率众趁海盗吃饭时夺下枪枝; “金亿稳号”船员有28人，包括九名中国大陆船员和菲律宾人、越南人与印尼人，没有台湾人)

Note:
(a) 赛舌尔  Seychelles
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seychelles
(French East India Company took control starting in 1756 and named the islands after Jean Moreau de Séchelles, Louis XV’s Minister of Finance [1690-1761; minister 1754-1756]; transfer to UK formalised in 1814 at the Treaty of Paris [before Napoleon's defeat at Battle of Waterloo on Aug 18, 1815 and sebsequent second abdication]; independence from UK in 1976)
(b) VOA is mistaken: Not United Kingdom Maritime Trade Organization, but United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations.

UKMTO Dubai
http://www.mschoa.org/Links/Pages/UKMTO.aspx
("The UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) office in Dubai acts as the primary point of contact for merchant vessels and liaison with military forces in the region. UKMTO Dubai also administers the Voluntary Reporting Scheme, under which merchant vessels are encouraged to send regular reports, providing their position/course/speed and ETA at their next port whilst transiting the region bound by Suez, 78°E and 10°S. UKMTO Dubai subsequently tracks vessels and the positional information is passed to CMF and EU headquarters. Emerging and relevant information affecting commercial traffic can then be passed directly to ships, rather than by company offices, improving responsiveness to any incident and saving time.")

(i) ETA stands for "estimated time of arrival."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estimated_time_of_arrival
(ii) CMF: Coalition Maritime Forces
(c) So far, only VOA mentions Chinese-born captain, but not BBC or other wire reports.


(2) 台湾被劫渔船成功赶走索马里海盗. BBC Chinese, Nov 7, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/si ... 7_taiwan_boat.shtml
("船上有5名越南籍船员，他们趁海盗中午用餐卸下武装时，展开突袭，在其他船员的帮助下，夺下海盗枪支，逼走海盗 * * * 这5名越南籍船员，经历过越战的洗礼")

(3) 台政府称罚娼罚嫖新法无空窗期. VOA Chinese, Nov 7, 2011.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/si ... 07_taiwan_law.shtml

Quote:

"当局之所以出台此一最新修法是因为过去法律规定对性交易仅罚娼不罚嫖，被大法官会议宣告违宪失效。

"此一通过社会秩序维护法作出的改变，虽然规定在红灯区的性交易合法，但问题是目前台湾并无红灯区设立，这等于宣告目前所有性交易都属违法开罚对象。无红灯区是因为新法规定性交易专区由中央政府授权地方政府成立，但全台各地的民选地方政府，因为担心当地民众反对或打击当地房产价格等因素，都不愿在其境内成立红灯区。

(4) Ralph Jennings, Taiwan Approves Red-Light Districts. VOA, Nov 7, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/english/n ... icts-133349028.html

Quote:

"We have the view of the general public. I think the recent polls have really been showing that about 75 percent of the population says that they are approving of changes to the prostitution law and would consider favorably a legalization of prostitution so long as it doesn’t really happen in their own backyard,' [Stephen] Lakkis[, director of the Center for Public Theology at Taiwan Theological College] said.

"Sex work has meanwhile gained favor overseas. In the past decade, Bangladesh and New Zealand decided to allow prostitution, subject to certain conditions, while Hong Kong and the United Kingdom allow walk-up brothels.