南台強震 僑委會確認僑生安全無虞

南台強震 僑委會確認僑生安全無虞

6日小年夜清晨3時57分，南台灣地區發生規模6.4的強震，其中又以台南、高雄市受創嚴重，多間建物倒塌、多人受傷。
為確保當地僑生安全無虞，僑務委員會在地震發生後第一時間內，聯繫高雄地區承辦僑生建教專班中山工商及台南地區成功大學、台南大學、台南應用科大、崑山科大、康寧大學及南台科大等學校，僅部分學校有圍牆傾斜或磁磚掉落等情形。
僑委會表示，適逢寒假期間，多數僑生均回僑居國，留校僑生人身均安。
另目前嘉南以南地區由南台科大做為聯絡中心，僑委會已跟該校老師聯繫，確認目前嘉南以南地區相關學校之僑生平安。僑委會將持續追蹤各校僑生安危等後續相關狀況。

南臺灣於本（105)年2月6日發生6.4級地震，造成民眾傷亡及財物損失，目前巳有僑團詢問捐款方式。僑界如有捐款，僑委會同意以代收代轉方式捐至指定帳戶，目前中央及地方政府設立0206震災賑災專戶如下：

一、衛生福利部賑災專戶

    (一)帳號：007-09-11868-0兆豐國際商業銀行國外部，註明「0206震災專案賑災款」

    (二) 帳號：270750中央銀行國庫局，註明「0206震災專案賑災款」

    (三) 帳號：50269506中華郵政股份有限公司南港昆陽郵局，註明「0206震災專案賑災款」

二、臺南市政府社會救助金專戶

    帳號：009045065055臺灣銀行台南分行，指定0206震災

嗣後僑委會將依華僑熱心公益自動捐獻奬勵要點規定表揚捐款個人及團體。

川渝同鄉校友猴年春季2/14聚會

《川渝同乡校友猴年春季聚会》将于2月14日周日下午举行

波士顿四川暨重庆同乡会和四川大学校友会为迎猴年春节，将联合举办《四川暨重庆同乡校友猴年春节聚会》，让老乡们和老同学们欢聚一堂，品尝家乡美味，聊天摆龙门阵，结识新朋友。

《春节聚会》将于二月的长周末2月14日周日中午12点半到下午4点半在剑桥中文学校举行 （411 Waverley Oaks Rd., Suite 214, Waltham, MA 02452  有大型免费停车场）。欢迎四川和重庆老乡们、以及曾在四川和重庆学习生活过的朋友们，带上您的家人踊跃参加。

为支持聚会，参加者请在入口处付少许活动费：成人每人$5，65岁以上老人和学生每人$2，6岁以下儿童免费。

聚会将举行传统的烹调比赛。请参加聚会的朋友们带上您拿手的美味佳肴参赛。比赛将评出一、二、三等奖数名，并有奖品鼓励。

聚餐是活动的主要内容，请参加聚会的朋友们，不管您是否参加烹调比赛，都请带上您自家烹调并且份量足够您和您家人饱餐一顿的食品。如您没带食物或没有达到要求，请在入口处付餐费，每人$10（六岁以下每人$5）。

劍橋中文學校 2/6 辦春晚

剑桥中文学校2/6辦春节联欢晚会

各位剑桥中文学校的老师、家长和同学们请注意：

今年的春节联欢晚会将于2月6日周六（小年夜）4:00pm-10:30pm在学校大厅举行。大家可以尽情观赏各种精彩的表演和联欢节目，更有传统的包饺子和potluck，让大家一起度过一个温暖欢乐之夜！

这是剑桥中文学校每年的传统节目，每当新年来临之际，CCCC的师生家长们都会欢聚一堂，畅谈一年来学校的变化、学生的进步、欣赏孩子、家长和老师们精彩的才艺表演、一起动手包饺子、分享各自带来的美味、还可以参加有奖竞猜、卡拉OK和舞会等各种活动。联欢会项目精彩、其乐融融、气氛温馨、场面热烈，深受大家的喜爱。

为举办每年的春节联欢活动，中文学校和家长会都要进行很多的筹备，让所有前来的老师家长和学生都能开开心心地度过一个尽兴的夜晚。作为中文学校的福利，我们只收取成本费用：成人每人$5、10岁以下儿童和60岁以上老人每人$3。作为大家共同参与的活动，中文学校希望每人给potluck带一份（足够自己吃）以上的菜肴，品尝各自的手艺、分享各自的心得；没有时间准备的朋友，每人请另交$5。联欢会门票将于1月10日开始在图书馆发售。2月6日现场购票的价格一律为成人票$10，优惠票$8。

当天主要活动时间顺序：
4:00pm–6:00pm，文艺表演；
6:00pm–7:00pm，potluck，分享各自带来的拿手饭菜；
6:30pm–7:00pm，包饺子；
7:00pm–10:30pm，吃饺子，卡拉OK和舞会等等。

票价：

--带potluck的成人： $5，儿童（10岁以下）老人（60岁以上）： $3 

--没带potluck的：每人另加 $5。 

请大家现在在日历上预订一下日期，到时务必踊跃参加。

有兴趣参加春季晚会表演的老师、家长、班级和个人，请把你们的节目报给：冯丽丽老师lilifeng2b@gmail.com,中文学校家长会renjianhuang@gmail.com .因为文艺表演之后还将进行包饺子和potluck活动，表演时间将控制在两小时以内。目前已有多个节目报名，请准备表演的团队和个人抓紧时间报名！

谢谢大家!
CCCC 家长会

(消息来源剑桥中文学校家长会， 微信平台编缉董国贞)

太陽夥伴公布新款太陽能手錶

普羅旺斯地區艾克斯，法國2月4日，2016年

尖端太陽能科技公司“太陽夥伴（Sunpartner）”，今年第四度來到在巴塞隆納舉行的移動世界大會（MWC，Mobil World Congress )，公佈該公司在電話，連接附件和物聯網設備上的最新進展，包括一款新的太陽能智慧手錶。

“太陽夥伴”以擁有Wysips®專利聞名。那是看不見的光伏組件，可以鑲嵌在任何表面上，讓設備自己產生能源。

在快速增長的智能手錶市場中，美學和更長的電池壽命至關重要。“太陽夥伴”的看不見的太陽能解決方案同時解決了這些問題。Wysips®模塊的完全中性設計，還能把智慧手錶的電池壽命延長30％到50％。

“太陽夥伴”為因應市場需求，已擴大產品範圍，讓移動設備，連接的物體，配件，都能藉來自太陽，可自由利用，取之不盡的能源，去到任何地方。

在做發射螢屏的Wysips®水晶，做紋理表面的Wysips®圖像之後，“太陽夥伴”今年在移動世界大會中將公佈Wysips® Reflect，一種超薄，可鑲嵌在所有形式的反射螢屏上（如智慧手錶的水晶螢屏，電子貨架標籤），看不見的光伏組件。Wysips® Reflect還可以用在沒有螢屏的物件上，包括仿手錶（在手錶指針，或者水晶上），手機背面外殼，可穿載科技品等等。

歡迎來2016移動世界大會的”太陽夥伴（Sunpartner）“攤位，體驗一下LiFi (光照上網技術)，透過光來觀看串流視頻（Streaming videos）。LiFi是一種無線科技，能夠透過可見光波傳遞數據。“太楊夥伴”的研發，一直在致力增加LiFi接收器的頻寬速度，以容許使用者觀看串流視頻。由於Wysips® 科技是一種光伏材料，也可作為光電探測器，在LiFi管道中接收數據。有數家製造商已對這新科技感興趣，期以加強使用者的感覺。

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White House Statement on the Employment Situation in January

Statement on the Employment Situation in January 

WASHINGTON, DC – Jason Furman, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, issued the following statement today on the employment situation in February. You can view the statement HERE.

Posted by Jason Furman on February 5, 2016 at 9:30AM EST

Summary: In January, the unemployment rate fell below 5 percent for the first time in eight years as the longest streak of private-sector job growth on record continued.

The unemployment rate reached 4.9 percent in January for the first time since February 2008, and the labor force participation rate has been essentially stable over the past year. Just two years ago, many economists expected the unemployment rate to remain above this level until 2020. Our businesses added 158,000 jobs in January, somewhat below the pace of recent months but well above the pace necessary to maintain a low and stable unemployment rate. Most importantly, wages rose 2.5 percent over the past year, and the 2.9-percent annualized pace over the past six months is the strongest since the recovery began. Nevertheless, more work remains to drive further job creation and faster wage growth, including passing the President’s new proposal for ambitious investments in 21st-century clean infrastructure, opening our exports to new markets with the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and raising the minimum wage.

FIVE KEY POINTS ON THE LABOR MARKET IN JANUARY 2016

1. Businesses have now added 14.0 million jobs over 71 straight months, extending the longest streak on record. Today we learned that private employment rose by 158,000 jobs in January, while private employment growth in November and December was revised up by a combined 15,000 jobs. Total nonfarm employment rose by 151,000 jobs in January, somewhat below the pace of recent months but well above the pace necessary to maintain a low and stable unemployment rate, which CEA estimates at about 80,000 jobs per month. The unemployment rate reached 4.9 percent for the first time since February 2008, as the labor force participation rate edged up to 62.7 percent, the same level as in March 2015. Over the last six months, average hourly earnings for all private employees rose 2.9 percent at an annual rate, the fastest pace since the recovery began. Over 2014 and 2015, the private sector added 5.5 million jobs, the most in any two-year period since 1999.  

 

2. Initial estimates of job growth and GDP growth have been especially disconnected in the current recovery. In general, stronger quarterly job growth is associated with stronger quarterly GDP growth. This pattern was consistent in expansions from the 1960s until 2001. But in the current recovery, initial estimates of quarterly job growth and quarterly GDP growth have been much less closely correlated. This disconnect was especially clear in the fourth quarter of 2015, when GDP growth was 0.7 percent and employment growth was initially estimated to be 4 percent. While such discrepancies are in part due to fluctuating productivity growth, measurement error is likely playing a role. This illustrates the importance of focusing on a wide range of indicators – especially labor market data, which tend to be less noisy – in assessing the health of the economy.  

 

3. While the unemployment rate for African Americans has fallen below its pre-recession average, more work remains to close long-standing disparities in the labor market. The unemployment rate for African Americans peaked at 16.8 percent in March 2010, after experiencing a larger percentage-point increase from its pre-recession average to its peak than the overall unemployment rate did. Since then, the African-American unemployment rate has seen a larger percentage-point decline in the recovery, falling almost twice as fast as the overall unemployment rate over the last year. The recovery in the unemployment rate has been particularly strong for African-American teens, though adult men and women have also seen their unemployment rates fall below their pre-recession averages. Nevertheless, the current African-American unemployment rate—8.8 percent as of January 2016—remains too high. That’s why the Administration has proposed a number of initiatives—including the My Brother’s Keeperinitiative for young men of color and new investments in skills training and apprenticeships—to ensure that the benefits of our strong labor market are shared among all Americans. 

 

4. While rates of hires and separations have risen in the recovery, a long-run trend of declining labor market “churn” remains. The most recent data from the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) show that the private-sector hires rate—the total number of hires by businesses as a share of total employment—has continued to trend upward since the end of the recession. The private-sector separations rate has shown a similar pattern, as workers are more likely to choose to leave their jobs when the economy is stronger. Despite these recent increases, a number of measures of labor market fluidity, including hires and separations rates, have been on a downward trend for decades. Hires and separations rates both stood at 4.5 percent in late 2000 and each averaged 4.2 percent in the previous expansion period, but stood at 4.0 and 3.8 percent, respectively, as of this past November. This decline in fluidity could reflect greater job stability and better matches between workers and firms. At the same time, reduced churn could limit workers’ ability to realize the wage gains that often come from switching jobs. More research is needed to understand both the causes and consequences of reduced labor market fluidity over the long run. Nevertheless, the increases in both hires and separations rates in the current recovery are yet more indicators of the increasing cyclical strength of the U.S. economy. 

 

5. The distribution of job growth across industries in January diverged sharply from recent trends, with strong growth in sectors including manufacturing but other sectors reporting below-trend changes in employment. Both manufacturing (+29,000) and retail trade (+58,000) saw their strongest growth in the past twelve months, while financial activities (+18,000) and wholesale trade (+9,000) also saw notable above-trend growth. Mining and logging (-7,000) saw a moderation in its decline, though low commodity prices continue to weigh on the sector. At the same time, utilities (-300), transportation and warehousing (-20,000), and private educational services (-39,000) all saw weaker-than-average job growth. Across the 17 industries shown below, the correlation between the most recent one-month percent change and the average percent change over the last twelve months was 0.49, below the average correlation over the previous three years. 

As the Administration stresses every month, the monthly employment and unemployment figures can be volatile, and payroll employment estimates can be subject to substantial revision. Therefore, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report, and it is informative to consider each report in the context of other data as they become available.

Senator Markey to Canvass for Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire This Weekend

Senator Markey to Canvass for Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire This Weekend

BOSTON – Senator Ed Markey will lead a group of energetic volunteers to Dover, New Hampshire this Saturday to canvass for Hillary Clinton. With the New Hampshire primary election this Tuesday, February 9, volunteers will knock on doors and talk to voters about why Hillary is the best choice for President.

“I can’t wait to hit the phones and streets of New Hampshire this weekend to tell voters why Hillary Clinton is my choice to be the next President of the United States of America,” said Senator Markey. “Granite State voters are some of the most informed and active in the country, and Hillary has real plans to address the issues like college affordability, income inequality, and the opioid crisis that matter so much to them.”

This is Senator Markey’s second trip to Dover, which is the ancestral home of the Markey family.

“With so much at stake for families in 2016, Hillary for New Hampshire is committed to delivering a grassroots community organizing campaign that connects supporters and builds relationships through one-on-one discussions and online engagement,” said Harrell Kirstein, the Clinton campaign’s communications director for New Hampshire. “We are thrilled to see momentum building out of Massachusetts for Hillary Clinton, and are excited about the great work all of her Bay State supporters are doing for her in the Granite State. From day one, Hillary Clinton made this campaign about the people she will make a difference for as President, and empowering them to take part in the elections is one of our top priorities.”

In December, the Clinton campaign announced the formation of our Massachusetts Leadership Council, a group of more than 190 elected officials, community, student, coalition, and grassroots leaders who will help build a grassroots-driven volunteer team that will help Hillary to win the New Hampshire primary, as well as the Massachusetts primary on March 1.