聚焦是否取消五一黄金周

据新浪11月10日报，自从昨日国家关于国定假日的修改方案在国内各大网站上发布后，社会各界反响相当激烈。根据网上投票的数目来看，有将近7成的网友支持国家调整现行的法定假期。修改的主要内容包括：将原有的一年10天的法定假期改为11天；增加清明，端午和中秋三个传统节日为法定假期；保留十一国庆和春节两个黄金周；春节放假时间提前到除夕；将元旦，五一和新增加的三个假期联合双休日，打造三天的“小假期”；推行职工带薪休假制度等。

不过也有部分网民提出一些忧虑，例如小长假不利于长途出行，职工带薪休假的操作难度等。但是最终的观点交锋在于是否取消五一的黄金周。支持取消五一的学术专家认为：取消长假可以消除集中休假所带来的一系列社会和经济问题，比如长假期间的旅游区拥堵，证券市场，外汇市场的长时间停盘等；支持取消五一的普通市民认为：分散的假期更方便出游，而且能相对缓解景区的拥挤问题。反对这一观点的专家则认为：取消长假不利于该期间的旅游业和刺激消费的发展。反对该观点的普通市民则认为：小长假不如大长假让人更尽兴。

 

Shut up! Mr Chavez
According to BBC news, 10th November 2007, Spanish King Juan Carlos told the Venezuelan leader Mr. Chavez "shut up" during the Ibero-American summit, in Santiago, Chile, where Latin American, Spanish, Portuguese and Andorran leaders were attending the summit. Juan Carlos erupted his words after Mr. Chavez called the former Spanish Prime Minister a "fascist".

Mr Chavez interrupted the speech of the current Spanish Prime Minister Mr. Zapatero, and said that the former Spanish Prime Minister Mr.Aznar, a close ally of Bush government was a "fascist" and "fascists are not human, a snake is more human". Then Mr. Zapatero fight back more diplomatically: "Former President Aznar was democratically elected by the Spanish people and was a legitimate representative of the Spanish people." When Mr. Chavez tried repeatedly to interrupt, Juan Carlos leaned forward and said: "why don't you shut up!"