劉細渤分享攀登乞力馬札羅山經驗 (圖片)

劉細渤。(周菊子攝)

第12屆新英格蘭台商盃保齡球賽 歷任會長捧場出席

新英格蘭台商會保齡球賽合影。(台商會提供)

              (Boston Orange) 新英格蘭大波士頓台灣商會3月18日在摩頓市Town Line Luxury Lanes舉辦第12屆新英格蘭盃保齡球賽，近60人出席。個人組男女冠軍，依序為David Chin，許漱馨。團體組共14隊參賽，第一名為槌子隊(Hammer)的David Chin, Joe Chan and Keith Seto，積分1964。

新英格蘭台灣商會副會長李苡惠(右起)，會長歐陽露，
前會長蔡坤喜和經文處處長賴銘琪，多屆冠軍蔡高進。

                        台商會自從前會長蔡坤喜強調重視家庭開始，老少咸宜的保齡球賽就成為該會主要聯誼活動之一。每年比賽時，歷任會長幾乎都會趕來參加。當天除現任會長歐陽露，副會長李苡惠之外，前會長有蔡坤喜，王本仁，林鳳池，許漱馨，蔡明機等五人到會，前任副會長也有張耀熙出席。

駐波士頓台北經濟文化辦事處和波士頓僑教中心更是台商會保齡球賽的基本支持者。經文處處長賴銘琪之外，波士頓僑教中心主任歐宏偉全家總動員，讓會場增添不少家庭溫暖氣氛。

經文處處長賴銘琪(左)，台商會會長歐陽露(右)頒獎
給女子組個人冠軍許漱馨(中)。(台商會提供)

在歐陽露會長努力下，今年的比賽，有不少年輕人參賽，其中的暴風隊(Storm)，居然還有自己的隊服T恤。該隊隊員穿著隊服，一列排開時，煞有介事的簡直要讓人以為這是職業比賽了。                                                                                                                                比賽結果，團體組第二名為暴風隊，Sammy Wong，Ricky Chan，Matthew Wong等三人的機分為1652。團體組第三名為過來人隊(Old Timer)的蔡高進，Willy Yan和王安宇。其中的蔡高進，早在2011年就曾經拿下五連冠成績，如今志在參與，同樂。

經文處處長賴銘琪(左)，台商會會長歐陽露(右)頒獎
給男子組個人冠軍David Chin(中)。(台商會提供)

            

經文處處長賴銘琪(左)，台商會會長歐陽露(右)頒獎
給團體組冠軍槌子隊(中)。(台商會提供)

經文處處長賴銘琪(左)，台商會會長歐陽露(右)頒獎
給團體組第二名暴風隊(中)。(台商會提供)

經文處處長賴銘琪(右三)，台商會會長歐陽露(右)頒獎
給團體組第三名過來人隊的蔡高進(右四起)，王安宇，
Willy Yan等人。(台商會提供)

SUPERMARKET OWNER SETTLES CLAIMS OF NOT PAYING WORKERS MINIMUM WAGE, OVERTIME OR SUNDAY PAY

AG HEALEY ANNOUNCES WORKERS’ COMPENSATION RATE SETTLEMENT THAT WILL SAVE MASSACHUSETTS BUSINESSES $150 MILLION 
AG’s Office Argued For Decreases before Division of Insurance; Rate Decrease Will Take Effect This Summer

BOSTON – Massachusetts businesses will save approximately $150 million under a settlement Attorney General Maura Healey reached with the State Rating Bureau (SRB) and the Workers’ Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau (WCRIB). The settlement, which follows the AG’s intervention in an administrative rate proceeding at the Division of Insurance, results in an average rate rollback of 12.9 percent on workers’ compensation insurance in the state. 

 “This settlement saves businesses millions of dollars,” said AG Healey. “When we lower the rates for workers’ compensation insurance, we protect workers and allow businesses to invest in higher wages and growth.”

Workers’ compensation rates are set periodically in administrative rate hearings before the Division of Insurance. The insurance industry, which files a joint rate proposal via industry group WCRIB, must provide a proposed rate supported by actuarial data at least every two years. 

In December 2017, after a review of data with the AG’s Office and the SRB, the industry informed the Division of Insurance that rates should decrease by 11.1 percent. After a January 2018 public hearing and review of additional materials obtained during administrative litigation, the AG’s Office, working with the State Rating Bureau, indicated that further rate reductions were appropriate, and the industry agreed to the current settlement.   

Rates for workers’ compensation insurance are set at least every other year in an administrative rate hearing before the Division of Insurance. Massachusetts businesses are required to purchase workers’ compensation insurance to provide coverage for expenses and lost wages of workers injured on the job. 

The AG’s Insurance and Financial Services Division represents the public interest in these rate trials, and advocates for fair rates for insurance customers. Over the past ten years, the AG’s Office has saved employers and small businesses hundreds of millions of dollars by intervening in workers’ compensation insurance administrative rate cases. These savings translate into more jobs for workers in Massachusetts.

The Attorney General’s Office worked collaboratively with the State Rating Bureau to achieve this positive outcome for Massachusetts employers. This matter was handled by staff of Attorney General Maura Healey’s Insurance and Financial Services Division, including Lydia French, Peter Leight, Burt Feinberg, Matt Frank and Glenn Kaplan.

MA House statement on short term rental

“The House took a thoughtful and holistic approach to regulating short term rentals,” said House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo. “For the first time in Massachusetts, we go beyond taxation and implement a necessary regulatory framework to ensure public safety and accountability. I want to thank Chairman Michlewitz and Chairman Sanchez for their comprehensive work and efforts to ensure that all regions of the Commonwealth are represented in this legislation.”

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PathoVax共同創始人傅偉杰(左)博士團隊獲得波士頓站冠軍。(周菊子攝)

紐英崙至德三德公所慶新春 - 謝開明圖片專輯

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為籌辦新春聯歡會，紐英崙至德三德公所元老翁宇才(前右一起)，
周麗桃，周樹昂和宗親開會。(周菊子攝)