彼得前書4章15節「你們若為基督的名受辱罵，便是有福的；因為神榮耀的靈常住在你們身上」很多基督徒都記得，但下一節「你們中間卻不可有人因為殺人、偷竊、作惡、好管閒事而受苦」又有多少人記得？

今時今日基督徒遇到反對聲音時，很易以4:15自我陶醉。4:16或許就是彼得在提醒信徒，當人家不同意我們的立場時就更應自我警惕。

Christians like to cite 1 Peter 4:15 “If you are reviled for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the spirit of glory, which is the Spirit of God, is resting on you”, but how many remember the next verse “But let none of you suffer as a murderer, a thief, a criminal, or even as a mischief maker”?

Christians often indulge themselves in 4:15 when faced with opposition. Perhaps Peter is trying to remind everyone with 4:16 that it is also important to exercise prudence.

在平衡中港學生研究生人數這問題上，香港的高等院校大概面對著同一窘境：政府資助的研究型學位本地申請人甚少—個別課程甚至是零—以致一眾學系無論在收生要求上有多優待本地生，始終還是會有很高比例的外來生。至於受本地人歡迎的兼讀修課式學位，則在著重大學研究排名的大環境下不獲資助。

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On the issue of balancing the ratio of foreign graduate students to local graduate students, institutions in Hong Kong probably face a similar problem: on one hand, the number of local applicants for government-subsidized research programs is so small—zero in some cases—that they will never be the majority even with strong affirmative policy in place. On the other hand, part-time taught programs, popular among locals, are not subsidized under the atmosphere of favoring research ranking over all else.

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The Atlantic: The Ph.D Bust: America’s Awful Market for Young Scientists—in 7 Charts

The issue is STEM is too broad a category. There is good demand for computer science graduates all the way up to PhD level, but not so for, say, civil engineering graduates.

The STEM surplus is much more severe at the PhD level because funding for PhD students are not following private market demand close enough. At the undergraduate level, within a few years after the private market for a field starts worsening, students stop flocking towards the field.

必須指出，一成外來本科生和七成外來研究生在世界級的大學並不罕見，罕見的是在香港，這些外來生幾近全部來自同一國家。

本土外來研究生一視同仁受資助亦是大學間的慣例，而本科資助則因地區而異。現在的問題是香港政府不是民選，所以資助外來生是沒有社會共識下推行的。

It should be pointed out that having 10% undergraduates and 70% graduate students being foreign are common among world-class universities. What so special in Hong Kong is that virtually all these foreign students came from the same country.

It is also common to subsidize local and foreign graduate students alike, while the practice regarding undergraduates varies. The problem in Hong Kong is that with a government essentially appointed instead of elected, the policy of subsidizing foreign students lack public consent.

（明報）恒隆強調，向來注意市況發展，看準時機才賣樓，不存在囤貨。

…待價而沽，不就是囤貨嗎？！

重閱提摩太前書二章及哥林多前書十四章，就不解為何香港某些教會不斷反對性向歧視*諮詢*，卻容許性別歧視*條例*的存在。聖經教導以性別禁言，教會就不怕被「逆向歧視」了？還是那些教會的一眾長執心中「真理」是會跟據教友背景而改變的？

Re-reading 1 Timothy 2 and 1 Corinthians 14, one has to wonder how leaders of some churches in Hong Kong can so fiercely oppose public *consultation* on legislation against sexual orientation discrimination, while at the same time allow the Sex Discrimation *Ordinance* to exist. The Bible silences individuals purely by gender, now is that not a subject vulnerable to “reverse-discrimination”? Or is it that the “truth” those church leaders believe in changes with the composition of their flock?

防末日自殺 阿根廷法國封山

在指出明天末日無根據的同時，相信年輕地球論的基督徒最好不要指摘別人不理性，因為年輕地球論的科學根據也是乏善可陳。
While it is appropriate to point out the lack of evidence supporting the theory that tomorrow is the apocalypse, believers of Young Earth creationism should not criticize others as irrational, as YEC does not really have scientific backing either.

近期見到太多提點基督徒要防範東方閃電的連結。對不起， 我對此實在頗為討厭，甚至覺得虛偽。讓我們從非信徒的角度，換個字眼看看：

「基督教傳教有四大原則，包括一、全民皆兵：每個信徒都是傳教士，而教會架構亦以傳教為主；二、指令明確：信徒按照教會高層領袖的安排傳教，並設有傳教規條，指導其信徒傳教方式；三、容易掌握：他們會向未信者派發其教義書籍及手冊，方便明白其信仰內容；四、重複單向：信仰內容都出於聖經，傳教時沒有討論空間。」

「基督徒不會用hit and run的方法，而是潛入不同群體—『摸底』，『鋪路』，然然鎖定對象，做『針對』。 」

「先與人建立關係，取得人的信任，剛開始會關心、請吃飯，不會馬上傳教。」

「他們到後來才拿出他們的那些書來，才使用基督教專用的述語。」

「基督徒很斯文，不會踢館，搶咪，拉標語……他們看來是一頭很乖，很純，很熱心的小羔羊。」

如果東方閃電在本港做了甚麼犯法的事，教會應去報警。沒有的話我敢說東方閃電信徒和很多香港的基督徒一樣，只會理直氣壯的覺得自己正為義受逼迫。

Office 2013都已經出咗，中大有乜理由仲要求學生係IT test用Office 2003？ 有免費嘅Microsoft Security Essentials唔用，又硬係要迫人用Kaspersky Anti-virus？
Why is CUHK still testing students with Office 2003 when Office 2013 is already out? Why is it requiring knowledge of Kaspersky anti-virus when there is the free Microsoft Security Essentials?

致香港人

對言論自由的堅持往往在對立中才看得清楚。事件中的那位大陸學生到底犯了哪一條法例，哪一條校規，要得受懲罰呢？遇著相反的觀點就要對方受懲戒，這和極權國家的作為有何分別？

文章再引伸至大陸留學生過多的問題就更明顯是借題發揮。留學生再多也只佔總學生人數的一成，在國際化的高等學府中不算高。而那一成中大陸學生的比例雖然是高得誇張，但這和宿位等問題無關—大學就算不收大陸學生也會拿這一成學位去收其他國籍的學生。

至於甚麼「”大陸學生的GPA一般高過香港學生”，根本不是”因為他們能力高、他們更努力”，而是因為”他們佔盡著數”」、「好的工作、高薪的工作又被那些讀完書”賴死唔走”的大陸人搶走」更是到了妄想受迫害、吃不到的葡萄是酸的程度了。老師、僱主不是白痴的，不會和自己學系的聲譽、自己公司的利潤過不去。大陸學生拿高分、找到好工是因為他們有能力。君不見有能力的香港學生還不是如出一轍的在外國受聘？