波士頓選民登記8月19日截止 9月8日初選

波士頓市政府選務局提醒波市選民，有意在今年市級選舉的9月8日初選中投票者，必須在8月19日之前登記成為選民，或更改地址，更改所屬黨派。

            波士頓市今年只有第4區，第7區的分區議員席位辦理初選。

            有意以郵寄方式登記，或更改資訊者，必須在信封上蓋有8月19日的郵戳。麻州目前並不允許民眾以電子郵件申請選民資訊更改。

            相關表格可上網下載。登記成為選民可到麻州州務卿辦公室網站，使用新的網上選民登記系統，辦理登記，或上網到www.registertovotema.com。
             缺席投票選民，必須電洽波市選務局617-635-3767，每年登記一次。查詢可洽617-635-2211。

北京同鄉歡送劉中

北京同鄉會部分出席歡送會的會員們合影。

北京同鄉會日前在納提克（Natick）的Cochituate州立公園，舉辦燒烤野餐大會，歡送決定遷居北卡的多年好友，也是該會每年春晚的台柱主持劉中。

會長趙進，微信群主李會銘，和發起人之一的潘延，當天一早就趕到公園佔位子，霸烤爐，分頭燒烤羊肉串，牛肉片。劉中的舞蹈，晚會主持夥伴，劉娟子，蔡潔，李照原還與劉中一起在，就著燦爛陽光，林間綠意，翩然起舞，在離別前留下共舞記憶。開設錄影製作公司的王燕城，拿起go-pro，悄悄的把這瞬間變成了永恆。

吳凱彬（右起），潘延，蔡潔，李照原，趙進（左二）
等人歡送劉中（中）。

會長趙進表示，該會成立12年，每有一名同鄉加入，都叫人歡喜，每有一名同鄉離去，都讓人難免感傷。劉中是該會近年春晚的當然主持人，舞也跳得好，教得棒，更是讓許多同鄉依依不捨。(圖與文：菊子)

劉娟子（左起），蔡潔都是劉中的舞蹈夥伴，和潘延一起，歡送劉中。

            

            

            

華裔退伍軍人會、波士頓榮光會慶祝抗日勝利七十週年

波士頓榮光會出席者合影。（周菊子攝）

(Boston Orange 周菊子波士頓報導)波士頓華裔退伍軍人會和波士頓榮光聯誼會合作，16日在華埠喜臨門大酒樓「慶祝抗日勝利70週年」，頒獎表揚曾經參戰的9名退伍軍人。

波士頓華裔退伍軍人會表揚了91歲的陳啟邦、89歲的余錦芳、87歲的朱文儒，95歲的黃廷琛。

 波士頓榮光會理事長石家孝（右起），波士頓華裔退伍軍人

會會長區靖儀，波士頓經文處處長賴銘琪（左二）等人

頒獎給黃福昇，謝善禎。（周菊子攝）

陳啟邦和黃廷琛都是飛虎隊的地勤人員之一。陳啟邦表示，他當年隨軍駐紮在浙江，還有幸見證了日軍投降場面，曾獲蔣中正政府發給一枚勝利紀念章。

朱文儒透露，1945年時他被徵招入伍，但那時已近聖誕節，次年他才被派赴海外，到了日本橫濱做通訊員。

波士頓華裔退伍軍人會老兵們與獲表揚者合影。(周菊子攝)

波士頓榮光會表揚了兵工署少將廠長饒鴻章、曾參與獨山南丹貴州廣西戰役的陸軍憲兵中尉陳寶堯、曾參與廣東焦嶺廣西南雄戰役的陸軍中尉張建勛、雲南緬甸遠征軍成員陸軍中尉謝善楨，以及曾參與長沙會戰、轉戰湖南江西等地戰役的陸軍中尉黃福昇。

榮光會的五名獲表揚者，饒鴻章，陳寶堯，張建勛等人都因年事已高，當晚並未出席。

曾在飛虎隊地勤組服務的陳啟邦（右），黃廷琛（左）。（周菊子攝）

謝善禎本人謙虛表示自己其實沒多少真正戰場經歷。榮光會理事長石家孝卻興奮的以“大難不死，必有後福”來形容謝善禎的當年遭遇，透露謝善禎年僅15歲時就毅然從軍，全因在上海租界歸家路上遭遇日軍截阻，憤而隻身飛往重慶。他的家人在逃離戰區後，曾寄船票給還留在上海的姊姊，但姊姊為與心上人相依相守，未上船，竟也因此避開了“太平輪”這死亡之旅。

駐波士頓台北經濟文化辦事處處長賴銘琪當晚致詞，強調自己每次出席紀念“抗日戰爭”活動，都會強調三件事，一為抗日戰爭是中華民國主導的；二是抗日戰爭的中國戰區最高統帥是蔣介石，不是毛澤東；三是代表中國接受日本降書的是中華民國何應欽將軍。

左起，余國華，區靖儀請獲表揚的退伍軍人們發言。黃廷琛，陳啟邦，

余錦芳，朱文儒。（周菊子攝）

賴銘琪表示，當年有不計其數的軍人，將領，平民百姓為了抗日而喪命。如果沒有這些人的犧牲，奉獻，今日世界恐怕大不一樣。

他強調，慶祝抗日勝利是為表揚為國犧牲勇士，不是要挑起人民之間仇恨，記住歷史，是要知道真相，避免未來犯同樣錯誤，是要原諒，卻不能忘記。

波士頓華裔退伍軍人會和波士頓榮光會合影。(周菊子攝)

波士頓華僑文教中心主任郭大文當晚也應邀致詞。他代表僑委會感謝所有的退伍軍人，民主之友。

波士頓華裔退伍軍人會會長區靖儀表示，晚會盈餘將捐給“戰士舒適行動（Operation Comfort Warrior“。

根據活動主辦者的會場資料，當晚活動贊助者包括波士頓經文處，波士頓國民黨，塔芙茨醫療中心，黃偉儒夫婦等。

 蔣中正政府發給陳啟邦一枚抗日勝利紀念章。（周菊子攝）

            

           

          

            

          

            

美期刊收回一份塔大論文

美國臨床營養學雜誌（American Journal of Clinical Nutrition）7月29日在網站上的收回通知中，不尋常的以道德理由，收回了一份塔芙茨（Tufts） 大學研究員所提交的報告。

該聲明指塔大研究員唐光文（譯音，Guangwen Tang）在未知會家長的情況下，讓華裔兒童食用轉基因大米。

唐光文研究的是所謂金米（golden rice），一種轉基因，以對抗缺發維他命A症狀大米的有效性。該研究的對象包括68名年齡在6至8歲之間，維他命A略有不足的華裔兒童，

            引起爭議的是道德問題，換言之是科學家應該告訴父母，將給他們的小孩食用轉基因食品。

            美國臨床營養學雜誌表示，論文作者未能提供足夠證據，顯示該研究在中國已由當地的道德委員會以和國家衛生局指標玩全一致的方式，批准並審核。

            作者也未能提供參與研究的所有兒童及父母，都簽署了全面同意書的文件。

            唐光文曾試圖申請禁制令，阻擋該雜誌收回該一研究報告，但7月17日時，米斗塞郡（Middlesex）高等法院貼出通知，拒絕了該一請求。

            塔大表示此案仍在法律程序中，不願置評，但指出該雜誌並未質疑唐光文所做研究結果的正確性。

Baker-Polito Administration, Federal Congressional Delegation Seek Financial Relief for State Fishing Industry

Baker-Polito Administration, Federal Congressional Delegation Seek Financial Relief for State Fishing Industry

Letter to Federal Agencies Requests Financial Assistance for At-Sea-Monitoring Program

BOSTON – Joined by the entire Massachusetts congressional delegation, the Baker-Polito Administration today sent a letter to the Secretary of Commerce and other federal partners urging their support in covering the costs of At-Sea-Monitoring (ASM) for the entire Northeast fishery. Additionally, the correspondence requests that the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) expedite electronic monitoring and other cost-saving alternatives to At-Sea-Monitoring.

“We write with serious concerns over recent actions taken by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Association Fisheries Service,” said the letter to the United States Secretary of Commerce and members of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees. “While we too respect the importance of proper fisheries management, we question the fiscal and programmatic decisions that the agency has made of late with regards to the Northeast Fishery.”

The letter, which comes on the heels of a request by the New England Fisheries Management Council to suspend ASM and further evaluate the program’s effectiveness, seeks to relieve the Commonwealth’s vibrant and economically significant fishing industry from financial and regulatory measures imposed by NOAA and other federal agencies.

The delegation expresses their strong opposition to the use of Bin 3 federal disaster, appropriated to Massachusetts’ commercial fishermen after the 2012 federally-declared fishery failure in the Northeast Groundfish fishery, to subsidize the At-Sea-Monitoring Program. The communication to federal partners goes on to note that the intent of the funding was to be used for the future viability of the Commonwealth’s fishing industry.

“Using this money to make up for NOAA’s reinterpretation of how to prioritize funding is far afield from the intent for which this money was appropriated, and would only help NOAA’s inability to fund their own budget gap, which hardly relates to the viability of the fishermen of Massachusetts,” writes the delegation. “It would create a short lived future for many of these fishermen who will be forced into inactivity or worse.” 

The request from the Baker-Polito Administration and the state’s congressional delegation both encourages NOAA Fisheries to prove the cost-effectiveness of the burdensome At-Sea-Monitoring Program and support federal funds to pay for the monitoring. In a further attempt to assist the Commonwealth’s fishing industry, the letter also encourages federal fishing partners to use Massachusetts’ commercial fishing industry as a resource to effectively gather the best available data and develop monitoring practices going forward.

Click here to read the letter signed by Governor Baker and the congressional delegation.

Click here for text of the letter (.docx).

Governor Baker, Senate President Rosenberg and Speaker DeLeo Release Brattle Group 2024 Olympic Games Report

Governor Baker, Senate President Rosenberg and Speaker DeLeo Release Brattle Group 2024 Olympic Games Report

BOSTON – Today, Governor Charlie Baker, Senate President Stan Rosenberg and House Speaker Robert DeLeo released an independent analysis of the Boston 2024’s proposed Summer Olympic Plan conducted by economists at The Brattle Group.

In June, Governor Charlie Baker, House Speaker Robert DeLeo and Senate President Stan Rosenberg commissioned The Brattle Group, a global consulting firm based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to complete an independent analysis to examine aspects of financing, infrastructure, and economic impacts relative to Boston 2024’s bid preparation with a focus on assessing risk to local and state governments. While the U.S. Olympic Committee and Boston officials agreed to end the city’s attempt for the bid in late July, this report was completed and made public as planned by Beacon Hill leadership.

“Though the U.S. Olympic Committee and Boston 2024 withdrew this bid a few weeks ago, I am pleased to join Senate President Rosenberg and Speaker DeLeo to release this independent analysis carefully prepared by Brattle as an objective examination for future planning and infrastructure projects in and around Boston,” said Governor Baker. “I would like to thank the Senate President and House Speaker for their bipartisan support of this endeavor, members of the Brattle team for the long hours they spent preparing this thoughtful analysis, and Boston 2024 for the spirit of cooperation and transparency that made this report possible.”

“The Brattle Group’s report will serve as a resource as we continue our focus on stimulating the economy and improving our transportation system while protecting Massachusetts’ taxpayers,” said Speaker DeLeo. “I thank the Baker Administration, Senate President Rosenberg, and The Brattle Group for their diligent work. I look forward to collaborating with state and city officials to use these findings as we enhance our ongoing efforts.”

“This report highlights our bipartisan efforts to protect Massachusetts taxpayers and I want to thank Governor Baker and Speaker DeLeo for their partnership,” said Senate President Rosenberg. “Even though the bid was withdrawn, this report demonstrates that there were a series of real risks associated with bringing the games to Massachusetts.”

The report focuses on Boston 2024’s proposal to be a host city, the dynamics of the International Olympic Committee bidding process, and the risks to state and local government. Brattle was assisted by Professor Allen Sanderson, Professor Brad Humphreys, and Floyd Advisory LLC in this effort.

Click here to read the executive summary.

Click here to read the report.