最強的排毒食物，吃了皮膚馬上變好！

▌環境污染、電腦輻射、不良飲食習慣等都有可能導致人體產生各種生理垃圾，毒素長期在體內堆積，則會引發記憶力減退、面色灰黃、便秘、痔瘡等系統疾病。因此，如何排毒成為不少女性關注的健康話題。其實在我們常吃的蔬菜中，就有不少具有解毒功效。采用蔬菜排毒法，既簡便易行，又無副作用，何樂而不為呢。


▌1、海帶
功效：降低膽固醇、排除放射性物質
海帶中含有一種叫硫酸多糖的物質，能清除附著在血管壁上的膽固醇，使膽固醇保持正常含量。海帶中的褐藻膠因含水率高，在腸內能形成凝膠狀物質，有助于排除毒素物質，阻止人體吸收鉛、鎘等重金屬，排除體內放射性元素，同時有助于治療動脈硬化，并可防止便秘和腸癌的發生。海帶中還含有大量的碘，可以刺激垂體，使女性體內雌激素水平降低、卵巢機能恢復正常，消除乳腺增生的隱患。

推薦食譜：海帶燉鴨

 做法：將鴨剁成小塊，海帶切成方塊，將鴨和海帶用開水燒開，撈去浮末，加入蔥、姜、料酒、花椒，用中火將鴨燉爛，再加精鹽，出鍋裝盤。

▌2、黑木耳
功效：消除血液熱毒
木耳因生長在潮濕陰涼的環境中，中醫學認為它具有補氣活血、涼血滋潤的作用，能夠消除血液里的熱毒。黑木耳中的植物膠質有較強的吸附力，可將殘留在人體消化系統內的雜質排出體外，起到清胃滌腸的作用。黑木耳對體內難以消化的谷殼、木渣、沙子、金屬屑等具有溶解作用，對膽結石、腎結石等也有化解功能。黑木耳還能減少血液凝塊，預防血栓病的發生。

推薦食譜：黑木耳豆腐湯


 做法：將黑木耳泡發后洗凈，豆腐切成片，將兩者一起加入雞湯及鹽同燉，10分鐘后即可食用。

▌3、綠豆
功效：解百毒
中醫認為綠豆可解百毒，能幫助體內毒物的排泄，促進機體的正常代謝。綠豆可解酒毒、野菌毒、砒霜毒、有機磷農藥毒、鉛毒、丹石毒、鼠藥毒等。綠豆還含有降血壓及降血脂的成分。

取食綠豆芽，可治療因缺乏維生素A引起的夜盲癥、缺乏維生素B2引起的舌瘡口炎及陰囊炎、缺乏維生素C引起的壞血病等。綠豆芽脫下的豆皮名為綠豆衣，有清熱解毒、明目退翳之功。

推薦食譜：醋溜綠豆芽

 做法：將綠豆芽洗凈，用沸水快速焯一下，在涼水中浸泡后撈起、瀝干；將花椒在油鍋內炸焦，去掉花椒，放蔥熗鍋，投入綠豆芽，加鹽、糖、醋、味精翻炒幾下，用濕淀粉勾芡即成。

▌4、胡蘿卜
功效：降低體內汞濃度
胡蘿卜是有效的解毒食物，與體內的汞離子結合之后，能有效降低血液中汞離子的濃度，加速體內汞離子的排出。胡蘿卜中所含的琥珀酸鉀，有助于防止血管硬化、降低膽固醇。

胡蘿卜中所含的胡蘿卜素可清除導致人體衰老的自由基，所含的B族維生素和維生素C等營養成分也有潤膚、抗衰老的作用。女性進食胡蘿卜還可降低卵巢癌的發病率。

推薦食譜：胡蘿卜燉牛肉

 做法：將牛肉洗凈、切塊，放入滾水中燙去血水后撈出；將胡蘿卜洗凈、去皮、切塊，和牛肉一起放入鍋中用大火煮開，加入調料改中火煮至熟軟即可。

▌5、大蒜
功效：降低體內鉛濃度
大蒜中含有的辣素，其殺菌能力可達到青霉素的1/10，可以起到預防流感、防止傷口感染、治療感染性疾病和驅蟲的作用。

大蒜中所含的大蒜素，可與鉛結合成為無毒的化合物，能有效防治鉛中毒。大蒜具有降血脂及預防冠心病和動脈硬化的作用，并可防止血栓的形成。大蒜還能提高肝臟的解毒功能，阻斷亞硝胺致癌物質的合成。

推薦食譜：蒜味雞湯

 做法：將鍋燒熱下油，放入番茄、大蒜煸燒幾下，加雞湯、鹽和胡椒粉，用小火燉4-5分鐘，將雞蛋打入湯內，3-5分鐘后即可食用。

▌6、南瓜
功效：除體內重金屬及農藥
吃南瓜可以有效地防治高血壓、膽結石、糖尿病以及其它肝腎病變，幫助肝、腎功能減弱患者提高細胞再生能力。

南瓜中富含的果膠，可以延緩腸道對糖和脂質的吸收，還可以清除體內重金屬和部分農藥，故有防癌防毒的作用；南瓜中富含的鈷是合成胰島素必需的微量元素。南瓜還能消除致癌物質亞硝酸胺的突變作用。

推薦食譜：蒸釀老南瓜

 做法：鍋內水燒開時投入南瓜塊，煮至八成熟時撈起、瀝干，拍上干生粉，擺上火腿片；雞肉泥加入韭菜花粒、姜、鹽、味精、生粉拌成餡，釀入南瓜、火腿片，蒸8分鐘后拿出；

燒鍋下油，注入清湯，調入鹽、味精、白糖，用濕生粉勾芡，淋入熟雞油，澆在蒸好的釀南瓜上即可。
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▌人有好多疾病都是由于體內積聚過多毒素而引起的，要有一個健康的體魄，就必須排清體內毒素，

▌下面的飲食排毒軍團你擁有了嗎?看看下面誰最牛!專家指出，及時排除體內的有害物質、垃圾及過剩的營養成分，保持五臟和體內清潔，才能使機體保持旺盛的機能。

常見的解毒、排毒食物有：

解毒四杰——木耳、豬血、綠豆、蜂蜜。

這些是功效顯著且最為廉價的解毒食物。木耳因生長在背陰潮濕的環境中，中醫認為有補氣活血、涼血滋潤的作用，能夠消除血液中的熱毒。

此外，木耳、豬血因具有很強的滑腸作用，經常食用可將腸道內的大部分毒素帶出體外。綠豆味甘性寒，有清熱解毒、利尿和消暑止渴的作用。蜂蜜生食性涼能清熱，熟食性溫可補中氣，味道甜柔且具潤腸、解毒、止痛等功能。印度民間把蜂蜜看成“使人愉快和保持青春的良藥”。

解毒君子——苦瓜、苦茶。

一般說來，苦味食品都口感略苦，余味甘甜，具有解毒功能，并可清熱去熱。苦瓜具有消暑滌熱、明目解毒之功效。

科學家對苦瓜所含成分進行分析后發現，苦瓜中存在一種具有明顯抗癌生理活性的蛋白質，這種蛋白質能夠激發體內免疫系統防御功能，增加免疫細胞的活性，消除體內的有害物質。

中醫認為，茶葉味甘苦，性微寒，能緩解多種毒素。茶葉中含有一種豐富活性物質茶多酚，具有解毒作用。茶多酚作為一種天然抗氧化劑，可清除活性氧自由基;其對重金屬離子沉淀或還原，可作為生物堿中毒的解毒劑。

另外，茶多酚能提高機體的抗氧化能力，降低血脂，緩解血液高凝狀態，增強細胞彈性，防止血栓形成，緩解或延緩動脈粥樣硬化和高血壓的發生。

排毒使者——海帶。

海帶中含有一種叫作硫酸多糖的物質，能夠吸收血管中的膽固醇，并把它們排出體外，使血液中的膽固醇保持正常含量。海帶表面有一層略帶甜味的白色粉末，是極具醫療價值的甘露醇，它具有良好的利尿作用，可以治療腎功能衰竭、藥物中毒、浮腫等。

排毒小卒——日常蔬菜。

在我們常食的蔬菜中，也不乏解毒功臣者，如西紅柿甘酸微寒，可清熱解毒、生津止渴、涼血活血;冬瓜甘淡微寒，清熱解毒、利尿消腫、化痰止渴作用明顯;絲瓜甘平性寒，有清熱涼血、解毒活血作用;黃瓜、竹筍能清熱利尿;芹菜可清熱利水、涼血清肝熱，具有降血壓之功效;胡蘿卜可與重金屬汞結合將其排出體外;大蒜可使體內鉛的濃度下降;蘑菇可清潔血液;紅薯、芋頭、土豆等具有清潔腸道的作用。

能殺死體內癌細胞的食物。


1）茄子：“霜打茄子”是好藥
中藥許多方劑及民間驗方中，時常使用“秋后老茄子”、“霜打茄子”。越來越多證據表明，茄子具有抗癌功能。曾有試驗從茄子中提取的一種無毒物質，用于治療胃癌、子宮頸癌等收到良效。

另外，茄子中含有龍葵堿、葫蘆素、水蘇堿、膽堿、紫蘇甙、茄色甙等多種生物堿物質，其中龍葵堿、葫蘆素被證實具抗癌能力，茄花、茄蒂、茄根、茄汁皆為良藥，古代就有用茄根治療腫瘤的。

茄子還含有豐富的營養成分，除維生素A、C偏低外，其他維生素和礦物質幾乎跟西紅柿差不多，而蛋白質和鈣甚至比西紅柿高3倍。

2）苦瓜：李時珍稱其為“一等瓜”
苦瓜在民間受到的待遇兩極分化嚴重，不少人很“好”這一口，也有人對其敬而遠之。但真正給它“好身份”的卻是明代大醫學家李時珍，他稱其為“一等瓜”，是不可多得的抗癌瓜。
西醫更證明，苦瓜的抗癌功效來自一種類奎寧蛋白，它是一種能激活免疫細胞的活性蛋白，通過免疫細胞做“二傳手”，將癌細胞或其他不正常的細胞殺掉。苦瓜種子中含有一種蛋白酶抑制劑，能抑制腫瘤細胞分泌蛋白酶，從而抑制癌細胞的侵襲和轉移。


3）海帶：可預防乳腺癌和甲狀腺腫瘤
海帶中藥名為“昆布”，可預防乳腺癌和甲狀腺腫瘤。海帶富含碘，能防“大脖子”病在中國已經婦孺皆知，

實際上，海帶還有其他諸多“本領”，它含的海藻酸鈉與具致癌作用的鍶、鎘有很強的結合能力，并將它們排出體外；海帶可選擇性殺滅或抑制腸道內能夠產生致癌物的細菌，所含的纖維還能促進膽汁酸和膽固醇的排出；海帶提取物對各種癌細胞有直接抑制作用。

4）地瓜：逐漸被淡忘的抗癌佳品
小時候冬天捧著香噴噴的烤紅薯邊暖手邊解饞的日子已經淡出不少年輕人的記憶，過去走街串巷的賣烤紅薯攤現在幾乎無跡可尋，隨著經濟條件的好轉，有調查表明，我國城鎮居民不少人已不再食用地瓜。
地瓜：別名甘薯、紅薯、白薯，被認為是祛病延年、減肥保健的絕佳食品。其實地瓜也有強大的防癌功能。最近科技人員在地瓜中發現了一種去氫表雄酮的物質，它能預防腸癌和乳腺癌的發生。

5）南瓜：被譽為“神瓜”
在某些國家它被譽為“神瓜”，因為它既可為糧，又可為菜。美國人在感恩節都要吃南瓜，以表示對南瓜的謝意。但是，在我國，現已很少種植。
南瓜可預防肥胖、糖尿并高血脂和高膽固醇血癥，對癌癥預防有很好的效果，南瓜維生素A的含量之高，是常人無法想象的。另外含有豐富的維生素C、鈣質和纖維素，還含有抑制致癌物色氨酸-P的不明成分。

6）麥麩：最好的防癌食物纖維
別名麩子，小麥磨粉時脫下的種皮，用作飼料，不食用。用麥麩喂牲口，皮膚紅潤，毛發油亮，極顯健康狀，現麥麩日益受到人們的重視，為了健康，西方不少機構號召人們吃全谷食物、全麥食物。全麥食物即把小麥全粒磨成面粉丁再分出麥麩，用這種粉制成的食品。
麥麩是小麥主要營養成分的“倉庫”，B族維生素、硒、鎂等礦物質及纖維素幾乎都集中在它身上。它能預防并治療結直腸癌、糖尿并高膽固醇血癥、高脂血癥、便秘、痔瘡等。因此，不少專家認為，麥麩是最好的防癌食物纖維。

7）蘿卜：根莖類蔬菜中的“健康保護神”
蘿卜別名萊菔，品種多，皆為抗癌能手，所以有農諺：“冬吃蘿卜夏吃姜，一生不用跑藥堂”以及“十月蘿卜水人參”之說。荷蘭人定胡蘿卜為“國菜”，日本、美國認為它是根莖類蔬菜中的“健康保護神”。
蘿卜具抗癌、寬胸、化痰、利尿之功能。蘿卜中含有多種酶，能消除亞硝胺的致癌作用，其中的本質素能刺激肌體免疫力，提高巨噬細胞的活性，增強其吞噬殺滅癌細胞的能力。蘿卜的辣味來自芥子油，它可刺激腸蠕動，促進致癌物的排除，蘿卜中還含有許多抑制致突變活性的不明成分。蘿卜中維生素C含量比蘋果、梨高出8--10倍。而胡蘿卜因含豐富的胡蘿卜素，也具有極好的防癌作用。

8）獼猴桃：維生素C含量居水果之冠
棕色，形似土豆，其內碧綠如翡翠，甘酸可口，本是南方山區野果，現在已移栽到全國各地。其果實富含糖、蛋白質、類脂、維生素、有機酸及多種礦物質。維生素C含量居水果之冠，每100克果子含200毫克，幾乎是柑橘的100倍，西紅柿的30倍，是名副其實的“天然維生素C片”，另外還含有豐富的具有保護血管功能的維生素P，其營養價值甚高。

癌症治療—堿性食

            關心自己也要關心別人，85﹪癌症病患屬于酸性體質。健康人的血液是呈弱堿性的，大約是PH7.35～7.45左右。嬰兒也是屬于弱堿性 的體質。成長期的成人有體質酸化的現象。根據一項六百位癌症病人體液分布的研究，顯示85﹪癌症病患屬于酸性體質。因此，如何使體質維持在弱堿性就是遠離 癌病的第一步。

酸性體質的生理表征：
1.皮膚無光澤。
2.香港腳。
3.稍做運動即感疲勞，一上公車便想睡覺。
4.上下樓梯容易氣喘。
5.肥胖、下腹突出。
6.步伐緩慢、動作遲緩。

爲什幺會形成酸性體質？
1.過度攝取乳酸性食品
a）肉類、奶酪制品與蛋、牛肉、火腿等皆屬于酸性食品。
b）攝取過量的酸性食品血液會傾向酸性而變黏稠，不易流到細血管的末稍，而易造成手腳或膝蓋的冷寒症，以及肩膀僵硬和失眠等。

2.生活步調失常會造成酸性體質
a）生活步調失常會造成精神與肉體的壓力。
b）據統計，晚睡者罹患癌症的機率比正常人高出五倍。
c）人類本來就活在節奏的世界裏，無法事先儲備睡眠或飲食，也不能日夜顛倒。
d）人體內髒受自律神經控制，白天主要是交感神經活動，晚上則由副交感神經工作，若使其錯亂及倒置，就亦百病滋生。

3.情緒過于緊張
a）文明社會會造成的壓力。
b）工作上或精神上的壓力。
c）當一個人承受精神壓力後，一旦緊張松弛，時會造成猝死，稱爲潛在性副腎皮質機能不全症。

4.肉體的緊張
a）動手術之前應先檢查腎上腺皮質機能是否正常。如果副腎皮質機能較差，或手術壓力遠超過副腎調整功能，則可能造成病人死亡或其它不良影響。
b）若發現病患臉部浮腫，需詳加詢問病史及服藥狀況，爲長期服用腎上腺皮質賀爾蒙者，施以針灸要特別注意反應。
c）勞動或運動過度，通宵打牌、開車等壓力都應盡量避免。

附錄：常見食物的酸堿性
1.強酸性食品：蛋黃、奶酪、白糖做的西點或柿子、烏魚子、柴魚等。。（建議不吃）
2.中酸性食品：火腿、培根、雞肉、鲔魚、豬肉、鳗魚、牛肉、面包、小麥、奶油、馬肉等。（建議不吃）
3.弱酸性食品：白米、落花生、啤酒、酒、油炸豆腐、海苔、文蛤、章魚,泥鳅。（建議不吃）
4.弱堿性食品：紅豆、蘿蔔、蘋果、甘藍菜、豆腐等。（建議吃）
5.中堿性食品：蘿蔔幹、大豆、紅蘿蔔、蕃茄、香蕉、橘子、番瓜、草莓、蛋白、梅幹、檸檬、菠菜等。 （建議吃）
6.強堿性食品：葡萄、茶葉、葡萄酒、海帶芽、海帶等。尤其是天然綠藻富含葉綠素，是不錯的堿性健康食品，而茶類不宜過量，最佳飲用時間爲早上。（建議吃）

堿性食品推薦
1.蘋果。水果是食物中最容易消化的，也是最好的體內清潔劑。在水果中，蘋果被稱爲最佳的堿性食物，它可以改善酸性體質以維持人體的酸堿 平衡，吃蘋果可以迅速中和體內過多的酸性物質，從而增強體力和抗病能力。除了中和酸堿平衡，研究分析還表明：常吃蘋果有利于減肥，這是因爲蘋果會增加飽腹 感，飯前吃能減少進食量，達到減肥的目的。

2.蔬菜類：幾乎所有蔬菜，尤其是綠葉蔬菜都屬于堿性食物。它們富含豐富的維生素及礦物質，能夠爲身體增加養分。蔬菜中的大量纖維素還能夠使人體的消化功能得到改善，保持腸胃的健康。所以，非常適合用它們來中和體內大量的酸性食物如肉類、澱粉類，幫助食物及時消化和排泄。

人人可學的簡易拉筋治病法

筋長一寸 壽長十年——【拉筋術】

筋長一寸，壽延十年——人人可學的簡易拉筋治病法

俗話說：“老筋長，壽命長。”“運動強筋骨，吐納肺腑良。”中國民間很早就把筋與人的健康、壽命緊密聯繫起來。人過久不動就容易筋縮，而筋縮是導致各類疾病的根源。



























拉筋的直接療效是祛痛、排毒、增強性功能，間接療效則數不勝數。其原理何在？

首先，十二筋經的走向與十二經絡相同，故筋縮處經絡也不通，不通則痛。



拉筋過程中，胯部、大腿內側、膕窩等處會有疼痛感，說明這些部位筋縮，則相應的經絡不暢。

拉筋使筋變柔，令脊椎上的錯位得以復位，於是“骨正筋柔，氣血自流”，腰膝、四肢及全身各處的痛、麻、脹等病症因此消除、減緩；

其次，拉筋可打通背部的督脈和膀胱經，這對健康具有重大意義。



因為督脈是諸陽之會，元氣的通道，此脈通則腎功加強，而腎乃先天之本，精氣源泉，人的精力、性能力旺盛都仰賴於腎功能的強大。

督脈就在脊椎上，而脊髓直通腦髓，故脊椎與腦部疾病有千絲萬縷的聯繫。任督二脈在人體上是個循環的圈，各種功法要打通的任督二脈即是此意。膀胱經是人體最大的排毒系統，也是抵御風寒的重要屏障，膀胱經通暢，則風寒難以入侵，內毒隨時排出，肥胖、便秘、粉刺、色斑等症狀自然消除、減緩。

膀胱經又是臟腑的俞穴所在，即脊椎兩旁膀胱經上每一個與臟腑同名的穴位，疏通膀胱經自然有利於所有的髒腑。按西醫理論解釋，​​連接大腦和臟腑的主要神經、血管都依附在脊椎及其兩邊的骨頭上。疏通脊椎上下，自然就掃清了很多看得見的堡壘、障礙和看不見的地雷、陷阱。

第三，拉筋拉軟並改善了大腿內側的肝脾腎三條經。



許多醫書都介紹，此三條經通暢則人的性功能強悍。因此有的書鼓勵人練習劈叉，但這對普通人畢竟難度太大，還是拉筋最方便。

這三條經的不暢也是生殖、泌尿系統病的原因，比如男人的陽痿、早瀉、前列腺炎，女人的痛經、月經不調、色斑、子宮肌瘤、乳腺增生等等，皆因此而生。

這三條經的不暢也是生殖、泌尿系統病的原因，比如男人的陽痿、早瀉、前列腺炎，女人的痛經、月經不調、色斑、子宮肌瘤、乳腺增生等等，皆因此而生。

所以男人要想增強能力，女人要想治愈各種婦科病，最簡便有效的辦法之一就是拉筋。此法簡單有效，在家和辦公室皆可實施，不受天氣、場地限制。

How an individual can turn $40 into millions!

Warren Buffett Tells You How to Turn $40 Into $10 Million

By Patrick Morris

Warren Buffett is perhaps the greatest investor of all time, and he has a simple solution that could help an individual turn $40 into $10 million.

A few years ago, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) CEO and Chairman Warren Buffett spoke about one of his favorite companies, Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), and how after dividends, stock splits, and patient reinvestment, someone who bought just $40 worth of the company's stock when it went public in 1919 would now have more than $5 million.

Source: Coca-Cola.

 Yet in April 2012, when the board of directors proposed a stock split of the beloved soft-drink manufacturer, that figure was updated and the company noted that original $40 would now be worth $9.8 million. A little back-of-the-envelope math of the total return of Coke since May 2012 would mean that $9.8 million is now worth about $10.8 million.

Source: Microsoft.

 

The power of patience
I know that $40 in 1919 is very different from $40 today. However, even after factoring for inflation, it turns out to be $540 in today's money. Put differently, would you rather have an Xbox One, or almost $11 million?

But the thing is, it isn't even as though an investment in Coca-Cola was a no-brainer at that point, or in the near century since then. Sugar prices were rising. World War I had just ended a year prior. The Great Depression happened a few years later. World War II resulted in sugar rationing. And there have been countless other things over the past 100 years that would cause someone to question whether their money should be in stocks, much less one of a consumer-goods company like Coca-Cola.

The dangers of timing
Yet as Buffett has noted continually, it's terribly dangerous to attempt to time the market:

"With a wonderful business, you can figure out what will happen; you can't figure out when it will happen. You don't want to focus on when, you want to focus on what. If you're right about what, you don't have to worry about when" 

So often investors are told they must attempt to time the market, and begin investing when the market is on the rise, and sell when the market is falling.

This type of technical analysis of watching stock movements and buying based on how the prices fluctuate over 200-day moving averages or other seemingly arbitrary fluctuations often receives a lot of media attention, but it has been proved to simply be no better than random chance.

Photo: Flickr/J Greer.

 

Investing for the long term
Individuals need to see that investing is not like placing a wager on the 49ers to cover the spread against the Panthers, but instead it's buying a tangible piece of a business.

It is absolutely important to understand the relative price you are paying for that business, but what isn't important is attempting to understand whether you're buying in at the "right time," as that is so often just an arbitrary imagination.

In Buffett's own words, "if you're right about the business, you'll make a lot of money," so don't bother about attempting to buy stocks based on how their stock charts have looked over the past 200 days. Instead always remember that "it's far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price."

How About Three Wonderful Companies?
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One bleeding-edge technology is about to put the World-Wide-Web to bed. And if you act right away, it could make you wildly rich. Experts are calling it the single largest business opportunity in the history of capitalism... The Economist is calling it "transformative"... But you’ll probably just call it "how I made my millions."

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A lovely UK family get together

     Leung Chung-yan was a student at Cambridge University, SCMP. Local media sites such as Bastille Post and Speak Out Hong Kong later uploaded images showing Chai-yan sitting on a park bench, smiling, with her father and mother.


The chief executive. "Leung seldom talks about his daughters and son [Leung Chuen-yan] as it is personal."

CY Leung -- From a humble boy to an aspiring leader

Leung Chun-ying, newly-elected Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), speaks in an exclusive interview with Xinhua in Hong Kong, south China, March 30, 2012. The HKSAR held the election for the fourth-term chief executive on March 25. In the first round of the voting, Leung garnered 689 votes, a majority of the 1,132 votes cast by members of the 1,200- member Election Committee. (Xinhua/Lui Siu Wai)

HONG KONG, April 11 (Xinhua) -- There is a tiny place on the planet with abundant inspiring stories that ladder up an international city of more than 7 million people and an economy that reached 243 billion U.S. dollars in 2011.

This is Hong Kong, home to Leung Chun-ying (known as CY Leung), the elected fourth-term Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR).

HUMBLE ORIGINS

Leung officially announced his candidacy for the post in October 2011, focusing on housing, poverty reduction, medical services, education and other social issues, since he developed his political career mainly around the well-being of the Hong Kong people.

For Leung, family means a lot. Eighty years ago, his penniless parents came to Hong Kong from Shandong Province. Little Leung, born on Aug. 12, 1954, and his two sisters lived in their father's cramped police dormitory with one communal washroom shared by a dozen households for years until they could afford their own apartment.

"My mom is a bound-feet woman. When I was in primary school, I accompanied my mom to work on an assembly line making plastic flowers," he choked up in a stump speech.

"I still remember the last time we delivered plastic flowers. My mom kept the last wrapping bag in a box, saying it was to be passed down to her grandson."

Till now, Leung's right shoulder is still sturdier than the left as the only boy of the family had to do such heavy labor as carrying raw materials and bags of plastic flowers after school. But it was recalled as the first lesson in life for him: Earn your own living no matter how bad the times may be.

With a five-year scholarship from the Police Force, Leung went on to the King's College, one of Hong Kong's oldest government secondary schools before he was admitted to study Surveying at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Between 1974 and 1977, he studied Estate Management at Bristol Polytechnic, UK. To cover expenses, he worked 20 hours a week at a Chinese takeaway shop, sometimes back to the residence in the wee hours. Everyday he walked 55 minutes each way to college just to save the bus fare. On weekends, he and other Hong Kong students taught Chinese to the children of Hong Kong immigrants.

The difficult life in his youth not only taught Leung the importance of determination and perseverance which has been integrated into his personality, but also gave him a basic understanding of Hong Kong society, as well as the needs and expectations of the general public.

PATRIOTISM IS CITIZENS' RESPONSIBILITY

The first time the notion of the motherland struck Leung was in the 1970s when a Chinese national basketball team visited England. He was deeply impressed by the respectfulness and solemnity displayed by the British supporters when "God Save the Queen" was played.

In Bristol Polytechnic, Leung bonded with other Chinese students to discuss life planning, social progress, development and the future of the motherland.

"The experiences were invaluable wealth in my life," Leung said. "Since then, I began to ponder the relationship between individual, society and nation, and think about what I can do for my country."

After graduation, he returned to Hong Kong. In 1977, Leung joined the Hong Kong office of Jones Lang Wootton, one of the largest British real estate consultancy firms. Five years later, he became an equity partner, the youngest partner of the firm in its history of 200-odd years.

In the late 1970s, Leung joined a group of professionals -- lawyers, accountants, engineers, architects, planners and surveyors -- who set up the Association of Experts for the Modernization of China aimed at advising Chinese mainland officials on issues such as urban planning, land auctions and property rights.

They traveled at their own expense to Shenzhen -- then a fishing village with just a few thousand residents -- on weekends to help the local authorities prepare a town plan.

It was not popular among young Hong Kongers, especially the high-fliers at that time.

Leung also traveled regularly to Guangzhou and Shanghai to discuss with the locals on land use and development in their modernization drive, contributing to their land policies. His recommendations on dealing with expiring leases on the New Territories, the part of Hong Kong closest to the mainland, eventually found their way into the Sino-British Joint Declaration on the Question of Hong Kong.

"Patriotism is the responsibility of citizens. It is a great honor that I can serve my motherland with what I have learned," Leung said.

EAST, WEST, HOME IS BEST

Leung has been crowned with many honors on his long path to the city's top post. He was awarded "one of the outstanding young persons in Hong Kong" in 1988. He was secretary general of the Basic Law Consultative Committee, leader of the Political Sub- Group of the Preliminary Working Committee, vice chairman of the Preparatory Committee for the HKSAR and member of the Provisional Legislative Council.

Since 1999, Leung had been convenor of the Non-Official Members of the Executive Council of Hong Kong until he resigned the post in Oct. 2011 to stand for the election. On the campaign trail, Leung and his team reached out to the people with "a stool, a notepad and a pen" to listen to their views. "If you are willing to speak, I am ready to listen. I aspire to be a chief executive working whole-heartedly for Hong Kong!" Leung said.

On economic and social policies, Leung proposed a set of measures to tackle the deep-rooted problems of income gap, inflation, housing, medical services and education.

Leung, with his charisma and campaign declaration -- "Seeking Change While Maintaining Stability", secured 689 votes out of 1,132 ballots cast by members of the 1,200-member Election Committee on March 25, 2012 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, winning the election of the fourth-term Chief Executive of the HKSAR. Leung bowed and waved to a wowing audience at the press conference soon after the election.

"I am most grateful to members of the Election Committee for the trust and confidence they have reposed in me. I am accorded the privilege of serving our community for the next five years which I shall accept with humility and gratitude," he said.

Leung also called for unity and inclusion. "We are a family. Hong Kong is not only a residence, but also a family of 7 million Hong Kongers," he said. "Now the contest is over. It is time to reunite. We must work in unison and be inclusive."

The election campaign reaffirmed the core values shared among the people of Hong Kong.

The rule of law, human rights, integrity, clean government and freedom of the press are "part of the way of life for all Hong Kong people," Leung said, adding that they are also the essential components of the principles of "one country, two systems", "Hong Kong people governing Hong Kong" with a high degree of autonomy.

Leung said he upholds Hong Kong's core values and will work to resolve social issues and conflicts in order to maintain prosperity and stability of Hong Kong.

"We are not tenants of a small island; we are one family. We may have different backgrounds, but our next generation has a common future," Leung said. "Hong Kong will succeed as long as we are of one heart and one vision."

An evening out in stylish London hotspot

William and Kate partied with their close friends, including Prince George's godmother Emilia Jardine-Paterson d'Erlanger, at the playful first floor venue which is known as an "Englishman's Italian" and has a pizzeria and karaoke room.

Italian-themed posters, newspaper articles, maps, tourist brochures decorate the kitsch bar, where sensational bruschettas and metre-long pizzas are served on a board.
 

Battersea's Bunga Bunga, where William and Kate enjoyed an evening out

SuperMario Monti and Berlusconi Bellini are just a couple of the tipples from the creative cocktail menu which promise to complete a fun-had night.

Meanwhile, William's younger brother Prince Harry whisked girlfriend Cressida Bonas to exclusive celebrity-favourite The Ivy, situated in the heart of the capital's West End.

 

Prince Harry and Cressida enjoyed dinner at The Ivy

The couple were joined by Cressida's brother-in-law Sam Branson at the famous A-list haunt, where the likes of the Beckhams, Kate Moss Jude Law, Tom Cruise, Elton John and supermodel Elle Macpherson all dine.

The Ivy serve traditional British dishes in cosy surroundings with lashings of style and sophistication. The surprisingly down-to-earth menu offers traditional dishes from dressed crab and shepherd’s pie to steak and the market fish of the day.