Guidance
Building, construction and property services: international trade regulations
This replaces Business Link
Regulations on the trade in construction sector goods and services, including temporary export or imports and VAT rules.
Introduction
Regulations, charges or other restrictions may apply to export goods in the sector as they leave the UK and when they arrive at their destination country. It is important that you research both sides of the transaction.
For more information, see the guides on dispatching your goods within the EU and exporting your goods from the EU to a third country, where ‘third country’ means a country outside the EU.
You need to be aware of procedures and rules for the temporary export of construction equipment and tools of trade, selling services overseas and the ‘CE’ quality mark.
Find commodity codes and other measures applying to imports and exports by accessing the online UK Trade Tariff tool.
Export regulations in the building, construction and property services sector
First, you need to classify your goods. Use of standardised classification codes makes it easier to check if any restrictions or charges apply. You can use the Integrated Tariff of the UK to classify your goods. For more information, see the guide on the classification of goods.
Remember that in general it is much simpler to trade with other EU countries than with countries outside the EU. This is because the goods are in free circulation. The EU is a single market and the UK is in a customs union, so you can trade with other EU countries without restriction (although some local charges may still apply).
HMRC runs the Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) scheme for businesses. While the scheme is not compulsory, companies that meet the requirements will be registered as AEOs and can take advantage of simplified customs procedures that relate to the security and safety of their goods in transit. Read the guide on authorised economic operators
Export licensing and certification
An export licence is required in order to export specified goods and technology that may have a dual use (in other words goods and technology which may have both civil and military applications). You may require an export licence for goods with a potential military use - such as steel tubes or some building plans. You may also need a licence to export services, such as fulfilling a contract to build a military installation abroad. To find out more about strategic export controls, see strategic exports: when to request an export licence.
Email the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) Export Control Organisation for help at<EMAIL_ADDRESS>For information on export licences, read the guide on Do your goods need an export licence?
Controls apply to the brokering (which can include warehousing and shipping) of dual-use goods. For clarification, download guidance on trade of dual-use items from the BIS website (PDF, 168KB)
Export regulations for services
Services in this sector have different tax and export regulations. These rules depend on the country of export, and you may find that procurement and employment regulations also vary. You should check with your customer or the relevant authority representing the destination country. Find a list of international Chambers of Commerce in the UK on the British Chambers of Commerce website.
The EU Services Directive applies to service exports in Europe. While you have obligations, such as providing information about your business to consumers, the burden of other regulations has eased. For example, you typically will not need work permits for your non-EU staff working temporarily in another country as long as your non-EU staff already have work permits from one EU country.
Specific rules for exports
You must be aware of specific rules and procedures if you:
- sell services overseas
- undertake warranty or maintenance work
- export products that require a CE quality mark
A CE mark is a visible declaration by the manufacturer or trader that the marked goods comply with all relevant EU requirements. While CE standards are principally used within the EU, third (non-EU) countries may have their own standards and it is up to the exporter to check import requirements in each destination country.
International codes of practice for designing buildings (Eurocodes) are in place for buildings within the EU. Now fully launched, these standards will eventually replace national standards. Read about Eurocodes on the Eurocodes website. Building standards within third countries may differ.
The EU Services Directive applies to service exports in Europe, providing some obligations and many opportunities for firms across Europe. Other rules due over the next few years deal largely with environmental issues, including waste and landfill restrictions.
VAT and export declarations on warranty and maintenance work
Traders who need to export equipment for warranty and maintenance work outside the EU may need to complete part of the Standard Administrative Document (SAD) or C88. This post-shipment declaration allows HMRC to work out the duty you owe for individual consignments, as well as to gather statistical data on international trade.
For the purposes of charging VAT, the place of supply (where the goods or services are delivered), is the place where it is liable to any VAT. However, VAT rules in this area are complicated and traders must seek advice about what may be chargeable.
If the building on which you’re working is within the EU, you must charge VAT. If the building is outside the EU, you can zero-rate the work, which means that you don’t have to charge VAT. However, if the value of the work goes over the current VAT threshold in the country in which you’re working, you may have to register for and charge VAT or general sales tax in that country as well.
Leasing equipment to and from third countries
Generally, you must charge VAT on leased goods and pay VAT on goods that you hire in a third country. If you lease or hire equipment in the country where the job is taking place, you or your customer will be liable for any VAT due to the tax authorities of that country. Separate rules apply for leased vehicles.
Selling services overseas
If you send staff to work abroad, or use overseas subcontractors, you must comply with local employment regulations, including labour and tax laws, as well as ensuring they have the necessary visas or work permits.
There can be UK tax implications if you send someone overseas to work or provide a service on goods you have exported, eg sending an engineer to assemble a crane. Read the guide on how to work out your place of supply of services for VAT.
Temporary exports of construction equipment and tools of trade
You need to be aware of specific rules and procedures if you temporarily export construction equipment or tools of trade.
Temporary exports of construction equipment
Construction projects often involve temporary export of construction equipment. Simply exporting and re-importing these items can be complicated and involve the risk of paying duty, both overseas and when bringing the goods back to the UK. Special procedures can be efficient ways to avoid being taxed twice.
Special rules apply to using leased equipment overseas, and may reduce the capital allowances you can claim. Read about overseas leasing on the HMRC website.
Temporary exports and tools of trade
Traders can use an ATA carnet or a temporary import declaration for some types of temporary imports and exports, including tools and some equipment. But remember that the ATA carnet is not an export licence for controlled goods. For more information, see the guide to ATA and CPD carnets.
The Duplicate List procedure also helps workers who take tools abroad to cut red tape. Workers need two copies of a list of the goods and their description, quantity, and value on business stationery. The list must declare the type of goods, eg tools, the reason why you’re taking them abroad and, if known, your return date. Workers must also complete customs form C&E 1246 and take the form and both copies of the list on their journey.
When leaving the UK, the goods must travel with you. You must also show customs officers the paperwork. Officers will endorse it and give you back the C&E 1246 and one copy of the list to be kept with the goods. When you come back to the UK, present the C&E 1246 and the list with the goods to the Red Point (or in the Red Channel) on passing through customs. If you have left any goods in the country you have visited, you must declare this to the customs officer, who will let you know about further proper procedures. Read about the Duplicate List procedure scheme in the guide on temporary exportation from the UK.
Customs procedures for sending equipment to third (non EU) countries in separate containers follow the same principles as those for single consignments. Even if the equipment travels by separate means of transport, the consignment is still treated as one entry.
 In some countries, duty payment may be suspended for temporary imports. You should check with your customer or the consulate of the destination country for specific arrangements, which vary from state to state.
Returned goods
Traders may also be able to claim returned goods relief on exported tools and equipment returned to the country within three years. Traders must keep paperwork to prove that the goods have left and been returned to the UK.
Outward Processing Relief - split consignments
If you export goods for processing or manufacturing outside the EC, you may be eligible to claim outward processing relief (OPR). Often your products will be re-imported in more than one consignment, or to different locations. So that HMRC can track the goods, importers are normally required to produce a copy of the export declaration and/or a copy of the departure message. When the products are re-imported, HMRC check that the correct amount of duty is declared and that the re-imported goods are deducted or ‘exhausted’ from the quantity exported.
When compensating products are re-imported in more than one consignment, a balance of exported goods will remain on the export declaration after the first consignment is cleared. HMRC keep the declaration to check that ineligible goods are not being imported. Traders must also give HMRC one completed INF2 form for the balance of each type of product.
Traders authorised under the Customs Freight Simplified Procedures (CFSP) scheme can reduce paperwork using the self-certification arrangements. OPR users who import split consignments on a regular basis may agree simplified arrangements with their supervising office. To qualify, traders must prove to HMRC that the exported goods are actually used to produce the compensating products. Traders must also be able to maintain accurate tracking records. HMRC can then authorise a ‘globalised’ INF2 procedure, which avoids producing individual INF2s.
Researching your export destination
You should thoroughly research your export destination country when planning to export.
There are a number of issues that you ought to consider. As a starting point, you may wish to seek advice from UK Trade & Investment (UKTI). Find your local international trade team on the UKTI website.
There are also various ways that you can research a potential export destination. These include trade associations.
Find commodity codes and other measures applying to imports and exports by accessing the online UK Trade Tariff tool.
Key things to check include:
- prohibitions or quotas on your products
- import licensing restrictions
- rates of duty payable when your goods enter your export market
You should also consider product safety and other technical standards in your export market. Your goods may need to be adapted to comply with these. Rules in your export market may be less or more strict than in the UK.
You can ask for information about your export destination country from a range of organisations, including:
- your local UKTI trade team
- your UKTI team within the commercial section of the UK embassy in your destination country
- building, construction and property services trade associations
- the Chambers of Commerce in the UK and in your destination country
UKTI is a government organisation that supports UK businesses trading internationally and overseas enterprises seeking to set up or expand in the UK. UKTI has an impartial global presence in countries throughout the world and helps businesses realise their international potential through knowledge transfer and ongoing partnership support.
Tariffs and duties
A range of import-specific regulations must be complied with by all businesses in this sector. Key issues relate to the Tariff, preferential duty rates and import duty reductions.
The rules for VAT on selling services have changed. The services you provide to other businesses are now charged VAT where your customer is based, not where your business is established. If you are supplying services to private customers, the rule continues to be that VAT is charged where the customer is based. Specific rules apply to the VAT treatment of certain types of construction businesses and services. Download guidance on changes to the place and time of supply of services rules for construction firms on the HMRC website. (PDF, 73KB)
Using the Tariff
A common customs tariff is applied across all EU countries on goods imported from outside the EU. Details of specific tariff duties and measures are contained in the Integrated Tariff of the United Kingdom.
Find commodity codes and other measures applying to imports and exports by accessing the online UK Trade Tariff tool.
The Tariff is used to determine the specific classification code of your goods and to find:
- any licensing requirements that apply
- rates of duty and import VAT that apply
- any additional charges, such as anti-dumping duties
- any reductions in duty that may be available
Preferential duty rates
The Generalised System of Preferences allows products from many countries to be imported within the EU at a reduced or zero duty rate. See the guide on using trade preferences.
The EC has a number of other trade agreements with third countries, as a result of which goods may attract preferential duty rates. Find out if your goods qualify for a preferential duty rate and meet appropriate rules of origin on the HMRC website.
Intrastat
If you are VAT registered and the goods you acquire from or supply to VAT-registered businesses in other EU countries reach the Intrastat exemption threshold for the year, you must submit monthly supplementary declarations to HMRC. Intrastat thresholds are reviewed annually. The thresholds are £600,000 for Arrivals and £250,000 for Dispatches.
Intrastat is the method of collecting information and producing statistics on goods traded between EU member states. See the guide on Intrastat - reporting the value and volume of intra-EU trade. Intrastat is only applicable to VAT-registered traders.
Intellectual property (IP)
Ensure that imported goods don’t breach IP rights of other businesses - watch out for counterfeit goods and design infringements. Infringing goods can be seized and destroyed by HMRC. If you suspect IP fraud of your goods, you can ask HMRC to check for imported counterfeit versions of your goods. Read how HMRC can help protect IP rights on the HMRC website.
Equally, ensure that you have the necessary patents or design registrations in place for each destination country before you begin exporting.
Import regulations in the building, construction and property services sector
As the EU is a customs union, you can buy most goods from other member countries without restrictions - although VAT and excise duty can still apply. For more information, see the guide on trading in the EU.
If you import from outside the EU, you may have to comply with import licensing requirements and with common customs tariffs that apply across the EU. See the guide on importing your goods from outside the EU
Import licences
Import restrictions can be product-specific or trade-specific. Many products are subject to product-specific standards and need to be supported by applicable certificates, product-specific licences and documentation.
Restrictions or limitations and anti-dumping duties may apply to certain imported commodities - see the guide to protecting EU businesses against cheap imports
For help identifying whether you require an import licence see the guide: do you need an export or import licence?
Use the Tariff for classifying your goods in order to find out which duties and measures apply.
HMRC operates the AEO scheme. While the scheme is not compulsory, companies that meet the requirements of the scheme will be registered as AEOs and can take advantage of simplified customs procedures that relate to the security and safety of their goods in transit. Read the guide on authorised economic operators.
Industry standards in the UK
Goods imported to the UK must comply with domestic business standards. Find out which regulations and licences apply to the building, construction and property services area in the UK in your business sector. You can also find guidance on building regulations on the Communities and Local Government website.
Property management standards
Standards also exist for property management:
- Fire safety standards cover issues such as maintenance, planning for emergencies and installation and design of suitable systems. Find out about fire safety on the Fire Protection Association website.
- Security standards cover all the key aspects of securing premises. Download a guide to securing premises from the British Securities Industry Association website (PDF, 1.12MB).
Using overseas service providers
Overseas construction and property service providers must comply with HMRC’s Construction Industry Scheme (CIS), which applies to payments made by contractors to subcontractors for construction operations carried out in the UK. Read about the new CIS on the HMRC website.
Overseas service providers may also need work permits to operate in the UK. You can find out about work permits on the UK Border Agency website.
Import relief schemes for traders
HMRC run several schemes that offer traders relief of duty, suspension of duty, or repayment of duty. These may be particularly useful when planning logistics in the sector.
Sources of help and support
As an importer or exporter in the building, construction and property services sector, you can turn to a range of bodies for help and information.
The government organisation with primary responsibility for providing trade support on export marketing and procedures is UKTI. You can find information on the services they offer to exporters on the UKTI website.
You can also find details of your local trade team using a postcode search on the UKTI website.
For imports, contact the relevant foreign embassy. You can find a list of foreign embassies on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office website.
Government sources of help and information
In addition to UKTI, other government bodies that provide business support in the building, construction and property services sector include HMRC - you can find information about importing and exporting on the HMRC website.
Further information
BIS ECO helpline
020 7215 4594
HMRC CIS helpline
0845 366 7899
UK Trade & Investment enquiry line
020 7215 8000
HMRC Tariff Classification Service enquiry line
01702 366 077
International trade team search on the UKTI website
Trade data information on the uktradeinfo website
Export restriction checker on the BIS Goods Checker website (registration required)
Overseas leasing advice on the HMRC website
Download the harmonised construction standards list from the Europa website (PDF, 93KB)
Eurocodes guidance on the Eurocodes website
Tariffs and import procedure guidance on the HMRC website
European trade requirements explained on the Market Access Database website
CIS guidance on the HMRC website
Building, construction and property services sector information on the UK Trade & Investment website


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West Brom boss Slaven Bilic has his say on midfield conundrum
Albion manager Slaven Bilic says he has made his mind up on his midfield partnership ahead of their clash with Sheffield Wednesday.
by Liam KeenThe Yorkshire club travel to the Black Country tomorrow and face an Albion side missing stalwart midfielders Romaine Sawyers and Jake Livermore.
The pair will miss the match through suspension, opening the door for several team-mates to fill the void.
Gareth Barry, Chris Brunt, Semi Ajayi and Rekeem Harper are all bidding for a place in Bilic's starting XI but the Croatian insists his mind is already made up on who will get an opportunity.
"Yes I am (clear on decision), I've had enough time here," he said.
"The game against Hull was two weeks ago and I went through all the combinations.
"Unfortunately I couldn't do them on the pitch because some of the players were missing and on internationals.
"But it isn't going to be a massive difference, I'm going to try and make as less changes as possible.
"Not in personnel because we have to, but in the way we play.
"You don't want a confusion – sometimes it surprises the opponents but shocks your players.
"We want to keep the players quite comfortable.
"It's true that we are without a couple of players that have been instrumental for us.
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"But there's no time to cry, there's no reason to cry.
"Yes it's a blow but it's all about the squad.
"I don't want to talk about players that are not playing or the negatives.
"We have a good team, we are fit enough and we are ready for them."
Ahmed Hegazi, Grady Diangana and Ajayi all played international games during the break and Bilic also confirmed that they returned injury free.
"They all came back, no injuries," he added.
"All of them played, Ahmed played a couple of games which was important for him.
"Semi played a couple of games that maybe he didn't need to.
"But like every other situation it's good.
"On one hand you have your players with you but being an international player it gives you another dimension, another motivation.
"There are a lot of positives in that."
While several first team players got minutes under their belt in a reserve game earlier this week, adding to Bilic's options for the weekend.
He added: "It was Kieran (Gibbs), Gareth (Barry), Chris (Brunt) and Rekeem (Harper) also.
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"He (Barry) played 60 minutes.
"If you look at a player that was out for so long, is 60 minutes enough.
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"I'm glad he's giving me opportunities and we'll see.
"He is also (an option).
"Not just because of Semi, but because of Ahmed.
"Then again, like everyone other situation, there's pluses and minuses.
"We have a few options and we'll see tomorrow."
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And Bilic is aware of the threat they pose.
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"They are men, there are no kids in that team.
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"Every game is difficult but this is a difficult game, not because of the players we are missing, but because of the strength of the opponent."


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From
Destination
At Last
01
ISLAMABAD
NEELUM POINT
KASHMIR WATERFALL
MUZAFFARABAD
NIGHT STAY IN KERAN
02
KERAN
KEL
ARANG KEL
SHARDA
NIGHT STAY IN SHARDA
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SHARDA
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KERAN
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UPPER NEELUM
KUNDAL SHAHI WATERFALL
8 MUQAM
DOMAL RIVER
NIGHT STAY IN UPPER NEELUM
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MURREE
JANNAT WATERFALL
MURREE MALLROAD
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NATHIA GALI
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BACK TO ISLAMABAD
Tour Details
Pick from Islamabad and travel to Keran, short time stay at Neelum Point, visit Kashmir Waterfall, Muzaffarabad view and move towards Keran, check in hotel and overnight stay in Keran.
After breakfast, travel to Sharda, visit Sharda, Kel, shift into cable car, visit Arang Kel, back to Sharda, check in hotel and overnight Stay in Sharda.
After breakfast, travel back to Keran, visit Ratti Gali Lake (jeep track) and move towards Keran, visit Upper Neelum, check in hotel and night stay in Upper Neelum.
After breakfast, travel to Muzaffarabad, visit Kundal Shahi Waterfall and Ath-Muqam, move towards Muzaffarabad, check in hotel, visit Domal River, back to hotel and night stay in Upper Neelum.
After breakfast, visit Peer Chanasi and travel to Murree, visit Jannat Waterfall, move towards Murree, visit Murree Mall Road, check in hotel and overnight stay in Murree Mall road.
After breakfast, visit Monkey Point, Ayubia, Nathia Gali and new Murree Patriata Chair Lifts and then move back to Islamabad for end of tour.


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Text 17.1
*wungunu-wa:=jadhi-ny,
they (FDu) reserved for himp
wungunu-wa:=jadhi-ny,
they (FDu) reserved for himp
wini=wuldha-ngi
they (MDu) cut itc
wini-wuldhu=wuldha-ngi
they cut itc
wini-wuldhu=wuldha-ngi
they cut itc
wa:='dbar-wi-'-ny,
it spilledp
That honey was for the man Mununyulu. The two women had reserved it for him (by marking the tree). Meanwhile, two other men unrelated to Mununyulu were cutting down that stringybark tree (Eucalyptus tetradonta). It fell. Then the honey dripped out.
Note: Local honey bees (Trigona spp.) nest in hellow trees, among other locations. Because the bees are rather small and inconspicuous, and because their hives are not exceptionally abundant, the Aboriginals often mark a tree when they notice bees entering a hive. This marking (verb =yadha-) not only enables them to find the correct tree later, it also warns other people that that tree is reserved for the original finder (or someone designated by the finder). Taking honey from someone else's marked tree is a flagrant offense.
* =yadha- (see note above) with long form of Benefactive prefix, /-wa:G-
Text 17.2
wu-gu-rngi:-'yung
as for them (FDu)
wingi-yangga=ya-nggi
they wentc
wingi-yangga=ya-nggi
they wentc
wingi-yangga=ya-nggi
they wentc
wingi-yangga=ya-nggi
they wentc
ngar-ubi-rngi
those (FDu)
"ru:ngunu-wa:=jadhi-ny
we (ExFDu) reserved it for himp
nga:-yabadi-nyung,
second-born (FSg)
na-mala:mari-jung,
first-born (MSg)
Now they (two women) went along and along. There, those two women. "We have reserved the honey for Mununyulu, it is his." The second-born man and woman had a fight then. The first-born man and woman did not fight.
Text 17.3
they (Pl) chased each otherp
wu-gu-ni:-'yung
as for them (MDu)
wini=ya-nggi,
they (MDu) wentc
wa:ni-mun=dharma-ngi,
they followed their footprintsc
wu-gu-ni:-'yung,
as for them (MDu)
they (MDu) chased each otherp
they were chasing each otherc
They got into a chase. The two of them (first-born) came behind, following the tracks of the other two. As for them, the two second-born, they were in a chase (the man chasing the woman). He speared her with a shovel spear. Her heart jumped out. He burned her. Her heart jumped out, over there.
Note: ngura 'fire' can also mean 'firewood'.
Text 17.4
have.a.spell,
take a rest
niwu=lhalmba:ri-ga:-'-wugij
he lit it onlyc
As for that man (the one chasing the woman), he ran along. There, a little farther on, he stopped and waited for her. When she was getting close he speared her. He burned her (with) fire. He lit it and burned her. She was burning there. Then he ran away a little bit further on. Again he stopped for a while and waited for her.
Note: The woman comes back to life after being 'killed'.
Text 17.5
ngi=ngawi:-'-ni
she diedc
niwu=la:dhi-ga:-',
he set itc
ni=yayama-ngi,
he proceededc
ni=yayama-ngi
he proceededc
When she was getting close he speared her (with) a shovel spear. She died. He got some fire, he lit it. (He burned her.) He kept running along. Further on he stopped and waited for her.
Text 17.6
niwu=la:dhi-ga:-',
he lit itc
ni-yaya=wayama-ngi:::,
he proceededc
ni-ngalba=walga-ny
he dived inp
He waited for her. When she was coming near he speared her. He burned her with fire, he lit it. He ran along. At Langgalayaji he jumped into the water.
Text 17.7
ni=lhidi-ny-bindi:yung
he went through reallyp
ni=lhidi-ny
he went throughp
na-ni-jina-jung,
his head
na-ni-jina-jung,
his head
ni=lhidi-ny,
he went throughp
wu=yabi-'-ny,
he went inp
wa:-'r=yabi-'-ny,
water went inp
He went all the way through (the surface of the water), to there. He went through there. His head went through (i.e. he was totally underwater). He died (by drowning). The water went in through her, through his nose. The water went in, which he breathed.
Note: The relative clause ni=nganyga-ny-jinyung is difficult to translate exactly. It may well be in apposition to 'nose', hence 'which he breathed with', though it could also be in apposition to 'water', hence 'which he breathed in'. Relative clauses need not be in apposition to a particular head noun and are often difficult to render precisely in English.
Text 17.8
ni=yayama-ngi
he proceededc
ngunu-mun=na-ny,
she saw his footp
nguna:='dhuga-ny,
she stabbed himp
ngunu=murgulhi-ny,
she laid him downp
ni=murgulhi-Ø,
he lay downc
wu-gu-ni:-'yung
as for them (MDu)
nu:-'bi-ni-yung,
those (MDu)
wa:ni-mun=dharma-ngi
they followed their (MDu) tracksc
wini-yangga=ya-nggi,
they (MDu) wentc
He kept going. She was looking for him. There! She saw his foot (sticking out of the water, or visible just under the surface). His foot was clearly visible. She stabbed him (with) a sharp fighting stick. She pulled him out of the water and set him down. He was lying down this way. The other two, the older man and woman, came after the first two, following their tracks. They came and saw the marks (where the attacks had occurred).
 they said. Then they kept going. They went along and caught up with her (the woman who had killed the man). Those two (the first-born man and woman) reached her. They (the three of them) stayed there together. (They said,) "Let's eat him!" They ate that man. That woman. The Catfish people (yirija moiety). They put him up on a platform there.
Text 17.10
wani=manda:gi:-ni,
he assembled themc
wani=munduga:-',
he assembled themc
wani=manda:gi:-ni,
he assembled themc
Then he (the first-born man), that man, went. He got a group of people together. Catfish. Those people were called Catfish people. He (also) got the Sleepy Cod (people) together. That group.
Note: The Catfish people were of the Yirija moiety, the Sleepy Cod people were of the Mandha:yung moiety.
Text 17.11
wu-gu-rngi:-'yung,
as for them (FDu)
they (FDu) crushed his bonec
ana-langgalayaji,
(place n.)
wungunu=ja:du-ga-ny,
they finished himp
wungunu=ja:du-ga-ny,
they finished himp
wani=manda:gi:-ni,
he assembled themc
ngara-n
gari-n
yi
na-yum-bi:yun
g,
two aunts (FaSi-s)
ngara-n
gari-n
yi
na-yum-bi:yun
g
two aunts (FaSi-s)
wani=manda:gi:-ni,
he assembled themc
wu-gu-rngi:-'yung
as for them (FDu)
wingi-wara:-'ra=yabi:-'-ni:::,
they (FDu) put on own armc
ngi-wara:-'ra=yabi:-'-ni:::,
she put on own armc
wingi=ya-nggi,
they (FDu) went
wingi=ya-nggi
they (FDu) wentc
As for them (the two women), they ate him (the dead man) then. They smashed his bones (to eat the marrow). They ate him at the place Langgalayaji.  As for him (the other man), he gathered them, his two father's sisters. He went (with them). As for the two women, they put (armbands) around their arms. She (one of them) put them around her arms. The two women went there, to the ritual ground.
Text 17.12
wingi-yangga=ya-nggi
they (FDu) wentc
ngana=warngayu-ny
I pitied you (Pl)
They (two women) went. There (he said to them,) "You (Sg) stand over here, and you (the other woman) stand over here. They (the relatives of the dead man) will throw spears at you. I will stand over here. I will look at you two, because I feel sorry for you. I am very sad. I will look at you."
Text 17.13
na-landhur-jung
dog (MSg form)
yuwa-ga-ga:-'la,
that side
anyja:-'nyja:-'nyja:-'nyja:bugij-gaj
one at a time
anyja:-'nyja:-'nyja:bugij-gaj
one by one
wara:-'ja:='jarga:-',
they missed themc
wara:-'ja:='jarga:-',
they missed themc
da-gu:-'-wugij,
there she is only
da-gu:-'-wugij
there she is only
we (ExPl) will spear herc
wuru=yama-ny,
they did that
Dog (name of the still living first-born man) was on the other side (out of the firing line). As for him (the dead man), they (the two women) tied him (i.e. his bones) up (and gave them to the relatives). Then they (the relatives) speared them, one at a time. They threw spears at them and missed them. They said to one of the women, "I will not throw spears at you, because you did not spear him. Just that woman there, we will spear her."
Note: This is a standard ordeal by spearing, where the victim stands some distance away from the vengeful attackers and allows them to throw spears at him/her.
 Then they killed her. The left-handed man threw a boomerang and killed her. Along here (speaker indicates where boomerang hit the woman). She died. Then her elder sister said to the people, "Me too! Her elder sister! The two of us will die together!"
Text 17.15
na-mangandayayagu-nyung,
left-handed (MSg)
ya:-ji:-'la-yung,
here coming
ngi=ngawi-Ø-ny,
she diedp
The left-handed man picked up and threw the boomerang. He killed her (the second woman). He cut her across the neck with the boomerang, along here. Then she died. The son (i.e. the brother's son of the two father's sisters) was standing over there, and he saw them. Then the people went off in another direction.
Text 17.16
wu-gu-ra:-'yung
as for them
Over here they stood. Over here, on one spot, were the people who were just watching and not throwing spears. Over here, at another spot, were the people who were throwing the spears, another bunch. That is all.


Foreground
A foreground color should be translucent to transparent so that you can see something of the actual graphic. The same applies to the foreground image. To try out this effect, we first load an animated beach ball into the working memory. The image is located at RunPNG/doc/samples/various/Beach ball 256x256.png. It is an APNG file and consists of 20 individual images. We don't need to change any setting. Or we continue to use the picture from the Background section, as shown here.
The Foreground effect can be found under the Effects tab. Let's start with the Foreground color. To do this, click on the color selector and choose any color. E.g. black. And we see that we see no picture anymore. The reason is already explained above. The foreground color needs to be made translucent using the Opacity slider. 100% corresponds to full coverage, 0% is completely transparent.
With only 10% opacity, there is now a slight haze over the image. The selected color foreground has an immediate effect on all individual images and is blended over the colors behind it.
Now a foreground image is added. It's located at RunPNG/doc/samples/various/net orange.png. Beach, beach ball, net seems to be a suitable combination. But you can see that the foreground image is too big. It has 512 x 512 pixels. Whoever likes it can leave it that way. The protruding parts are removed by the application when the images are put together.
Or you can scale the foreground image symmetrically with the button . This would make the net finer-meshed.


This dataset contains information about people and heart attack risk.
APA citation
Rahman, R. (2021, March 22). Heart Attack Analysis & Prediction Dataset. Kaggle. Retrieved from https://www.kaggle.com/rashikrahmanpritom/heart-attack-analysis-prediction-dataset
Overview
With the dataset provided for heart analysis, I will analyse the possibilities of heart attack on the these features: Age, Gender, Resting Blood Pressure, Cholesterol, and Fasting Blood Sugar. That means I will use data from 165 people who are at high risk and figure out the relationship between these characteristics and the high risk of heart attack.
Questions to be answered:
1. Does the age of a person contribute towards heart attack?
2. Does gender (male/female) increase the risk of heart attack?
3. Are the resting blood pressure, cholesterol, and fasting blood sugar related to the high risk of heart attack?
Findings (Click here to see the full analysis: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_U3SPVF13jeueKrKYFFYWYpIB-HEjGSfpjfQPYRUypc/edit?usp=sharing)


public class WebCrawler
extends java.lang.Object
It is a singleton. This design decision allows it to keep a consistent state.
It uses several helper threads of a nested runnable class called CrawlerThreads. Each one crawls a specific set of hosts (which are assigned by the main thread, running the innerCrawl function), with a wait time between requests to the same host.
The WebCrawler object acts as manager, loading/creating the index and starting/restarting the threads to run over the seeds and newly found URLs. Additionally it oversees the assignment of hostnames to threads, and the checking of URLs before visiting.
The processing overall begins with the Main Thread loading the lists of visited and excluded pages. Then, it validates that the seeds are correct and visits the first one, indexing it. This visit is distinguished from others, because if an index must be created, it is done at this point. After visiting the first page, the main thread extracts from it a set of normalized tentativeUrls. Then it further checks them and adds them to a queue of sorts, called nextUrls.
Then it starts threads, assigning each one to a hostname from nextUrls, so each helper thread can index a page and in turn extract a set of normalized tentativeUrls from each page.
Then these are then checked by the main thread (WebCrawler), and inserted in nextUrls.
This queue can then be scanned by each helper thread, in search of URLs from their assigned hostnames.
More specifically the helper threads themselves request a connection to a host, in order to get a page from each URL (using Jsoup) and/or to get a robots.txt file for complying with exclusion requests from servers. They index the pages found (using a Lucene Index), and according to depth restrictions, they crawl outlinks, adding them to the list of tentativeUrls. They also mark each page as visited. To do this they remove it from the queue of nextUrls and insert it into a list called visitedUrls.
The processing stops in the main thread when all threads are finished and the lists for tentativeUrls and nextUrls are empty. Then the thread joins the helper threads.
In general, before attempting to access a URLs from a list, we carry out the following 5 steps: 1) check if they are repeated in the current list or when joined with another list, 2) check if they are already visited, 3) normalize them: in our code, this means to remove text preceeded by ?,#, javascript:, " ", and checking for malformed exceptions for urls. 4) check if they are valid & 5) check if they are to be excluded.*This has to be done in the updated list.
Support for interacting with servers using the robots.txt protocol is provided, although in a very simple way, and not parsing complex disallow expressions that use wildcards, such as "Disallow: /?This#Line%20/*+*OrThis"
By accessing the source code, the VERBOSE and DEBUG_MODE flags can be changed so as to print status messages during the run.
Some suggestions for future work:
ADD URL VALIDATION. This refers to: A validation of the URL itself. This refers to a path been exceedingly long, or a bot trap which can be seen in the form of the URL. This could be done in a function that is called isValid, set up below. Other verifications could be easily embedded by using this function. Other forms of validation could also be added as part of the normalization processing.
Avoiding bot traps in other forms.
STORE AND USE STATS: As part of this validation analysis, it could also be suggested to develop an object for storing providing, and using Stats about the crawling.
IMPROVE PARSING OF ROBOTS.TXT FILE. AVOID EXCEPTION WHEN ROBOTS.TXT NOT FOUND.
MORE INTERACTIVE HANDLING OF THE "NO INDEX FOUND IN DIRECTORY" SCENARIO: As it is, only a System.out message is shown. This could be improved via the GUI.
LOAD BALANCING TO DISTRIBUTE THE WORK AMONG THE THREADS
ADDING COMPRESSION AND FORMATTING TO VISITED AND EXCLUDED FILES, SO AS TO REDUCE RUNTIME FOR LOADING THEM
IMPROVEMENTS TO QUERY AND INDEXING, SO AS TO SUPPORT SEARCH WITHIN A SPECIFIC SITE, AMONG OTHER OPTIONS.
PERFORM MORE TESTS OF THE CHECK FAIL-SAFE PROPERTIES OF ERRORS WHILE VISITING THE FIRST URL IN THE SEEDS LIST. These properties are present in the remaining URLS, as they are handled in helper threads.
ADD MORE SITE-SPECIFIC CHECKS FOR DUPLICATE PAGES. THIS COULD BE DONE IN THE isVisited FUNCTION, FOLLOWING OUR APPROACH FOR STACKOVERFLOW. ADDITIONALLY THE SAME COULD BE DONE FOR NORMALIZING.
IMPROVE USE OF LUCENE LOCKS TO AVOID org.apache.lucene.store.LockObtainFailedExceptions AND THUS AVOID STALLS OR NOT INDEXING OF SOME PAGES.
WORK ON SITE INDPENDENT DUPLICATE URL OR PAGE DETECTION
LIST ALL PAGES NOT INDEXED BECAUSE OF EXCEPTIONS, NEXT TO THE EXCEPTIONS FOR FURTHER ANALYSIS ON THE CAUSES AND IMPROVEMENTS
IMPROVE THE PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE DETECTION So far our program just searches for the name of some programming languages in the content. If it finds any then it adds a programming language field and boosts it by 1.5. The benefits of this have not been fully tested. Additionally this might be improved with better detection mechanisms, and a more complete domain description.
| Modifier and Type | Class and Description |
|---|---|
private class |
WebCrawler.CrawlerThread
CrawlerThread class implementing Runnable.
|
| Modifier and Type | Field and Description |
|---|---|
private java.lang.String |
currentIndexFolder
Current index folder.
|
private static boolean |
DEBUG_MODE
For debugging and studied runs.
|
private static java.lang.String |
DEFAULT_INDEX_FOLDER
Name of location for default index.
|
private static java.lang.String |
EXCLUDED_FILE
Name of excluded file.
|
private java.util.List<java.net.URL> |
excludedUrls
List of excluded URLs, built by complying with robots.txt standard.
|
private java.lang.Object |
excludedUrls_lock
Lock for synchronized access to excludedUrls
|
private java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Integer> |
hostIndex
Map to connect hostname to index of specialized thread, in charge of visiting pages in this domain.
|
private java.lang.Object |
index_lock
Lock for granting all threads concurrent access to the stored index.
|
private static WebCrawler |
instance
Singleton instance of type WebCrawler
|
private boolean |
isCrawling
Flag that indicates if the system is currently crawling.
|
private static int |
MAX_NUM_THREADS
Maximum number of threads.
|
private int |
maxCrawlDepth
Maximum crawl depth for a given run.
|
private static int |
MINIMUM_DOC_LENGTH_FOR_INDEXING
Minimum document length for indexing.
|
private java.util.List<ItemUrl> |
nextUrls
Pool of validated URLs for crawling.
|
private java.lang.Object |
nextUrls_lock
Lock for synchronized access to nextUrls
|
private java.util.Random |
rand
Seed for randomization
|
private static java.lang.String |
REFERRER
Referrer name, for Jsoup.
|
private java.util.List<ItemUrl> |
tentativeUrls
Pool of URLs that could be used, tentatively, for crawling.
|
private java.lang.Object |
tentativeUrls_lock
Lock for synchronized access to tentativeUrls
|
private java.util.List<WebCrawler.CrawlerThread> |
threads
Thread in charge of the crawling.
|
private static java.lang.String |
USER_AGENT
User agent name, for Jsoup.
|
private boolean |
usingNonDefaultIndex
Flag that indicates if the system uses a non-default index.
|
private static boolean |
VERBOSE
For debugging and studied runs.
|
private static java.lang.String |
VISITED_FILE
Name of visited file.
|
private java.util.List<java.net.URL> |
visitedUrls
List of visited URLs
|
private java.lang.Object |
visitedUrls_lock
Lock for synchronized access to visitedUrls
|
private static int |
WAIT_TIME_IN_MILLISECONDS_MAIN_THREAD
Wait time for main thread before attempting to join an apparently idle thread and then restart it.
|
private static int |
WAIT_TIME_IN_MILLISECONDS_THREADS
Wait time for each thread between requests to a host.
|
| Modifier | Constructor and Description |
|---|---|
protected |
WebCrawler()
Protected constructor function, to defeat instantiation.
|
| Modifier and Type | Method and Description |
|---|---|
private java.util.List<ItemUrl> |
cleanUrlList(java.util.List<ItemUrl> list)
Helper function that takes a list of ItemUrl and returns a list without repeated ItemURL.urls,
storing only the one with lowest depth (as this has a higher coverage, causing more crawling).
|
void |
crawl(java.util.List<java.net.URL> seeds,
int crawlDepth,
java.lang.String indexFolderAddress,
boolean resetIndex)
Function to monitor the crawling for exceptions, and keep consistency.
|
java.lang.String |
getCurrentIndex()
Function to get the location of the current index
|
java.util.List<java.lang.String> |
getExcludedPages(java.lang.String address)
Function to get list of excluded pages
|
private int |
getFreeThread()
Function to retrieve the position of the first free thread, if any
Note: Uses isBusy_lock from all existing threads.
|
static WebCrawler |
getInstance()
getInstance function, for singleton use
|
boolean |
getUsingNonDefaultIndex()
Function to check if crawler is using a non-default index
|
java.util.List<java.lang.String> |
getVisitedPages(java.lang.String address)
Function to get list of visited pages
|
private void |
innerCrawl(java.util.List<java.net.URL> seeds,
int crawlDepth,
java.lang.String indexFolderAddress,
boolean resetIndex)
Function that implements the crawling over a set of seeds
|
boolean |
isCrawling()
Function to assert if crawler is busy crawling
|
private boolean |
isExcluded(java.net.URL pageLink)
Function to check if a URL has been marked as excluded
|
private boolean |
isValid(java.net.URL pageLink)
Function to check if a URL is valid
At this point the function only returns true, but it's left as an easy alternative
for embedding additional URL verifications, in the future.
|
private boolean |
isVisited(java.net.URL pageLink)
Function to check if a URL has been visited
Note: Uses visitedUrls_lock
Additionally we perform some special checks so as to prevent visiting the same page when it has different URLS.
|
private boolean |
isVisitedHost(java.net.URL pageLink)
Function to check if a URLs host has been visited.
|
private void |
markAsVisited(java.net.URL pageLink)
Function to mark a URL as visited, using locks
Note: Uses visitedUrls_lock
|
private java.util.List<ItemUrl> |
removeExcluded(java.util.List<ItemUrl> nextUrls2,
java.util.List<java.net.URL> visitedUrls2)
Helper function that takes a list of nextUrls and returns a list with the same items, but
without excluded URLs, according to the visitedUrls2 list passed as input.
|
private java.util.List<java.net.URL> |
removeIfExistsInOtherList(java.util.List<java.net.URL> list,
java.util.List<java.net.URL> blocked)
Helper function that removes elements from one list if they exist in another list
|
private java.util.List<java.net.URL> |
removeRepeated(java.util.List<java.net.URL> list)
Helper function that removes repeated URLs from a list
|
private java.util.List<ItemUrl> |
removeVisited(java.util.List<ItemUrl> nextUrls2,
java.util.List<java.net.URL> visitedUrls2)
Helper function that takes a list of nextUrls and returns a list with the same items, but
without visited URLs, according to the visitedUrls2 list passed as input.
|
void |
setNewIndex(java.lang.String index)
Function that allows to set the location for a new index
Can pass "DEFAULT" to set it to default location.
|
private boolean |
threadsBusy()
Function similar to getFreeThread.
|
private static WebCrawler instance
private static boolean VERBOSE
private static boolean DEBUG_MODE
private static int MAX_NUM_THREADS
private static int MINIMUM_DOC_LENGTH_FOR_INDEXING
private static int WAIT_TIME_IN_MILLISECONDS_THREADS
private static int WAIT_TIME_IN_MILLISECONDS_MAIN_THREAD
private static java.lang.String VISITED_FILE
private static java.lang.String EXCLUDED_FILE
private static java.lang.String DEFAULT_INDEX_FOLDER
private static java.lang.String USER_AGENT
private static java.lang.String REFERRER
private java.util.Random rand
private java.lang.String currentIndexFolder
private boolean usingNonDefaultIndex
private boolean isCrawling
private int maxCrawlDepth
private java.util.List<ItemUrl> tentativeUrls
private java.lang.Object tentativeUrls_lock
private java.util.List<ItemUrl> nextUrls
private java.lang.Object nextUrls_lock
private java.util.List<java.net.URL> visitedUrls
private java.lang.Object visitedUrls_lock
private java.util.List<java.net.URL> excludedUrls
private java.lang.Object excludedUrls_lock
private java.lang.Object index_lock
private java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Integer> hostIndex
private java.util.List<WebCrawler.CrawlerThread> threads
protected WebCrawler()
public static WebCrawler getInstance()
public void crawl(java.util.List<java.net.URL> seeds, int crawlDepth, java.lang.String indexFolderAddress, boolean resetIndex) throws java.lang.InterruptedException
seeds
- list of URLs corresponding to non-validated seeds. They are already checked for MalformedExpression.crawlDepth
- crawling depthindexFolderAddress
- index locationresetIndex
- boolean flag indicating if the crawler should reset or create the indexjava.lang.InterruptedException
private void innerCrawl(java.util.List<java.net.URL> seeds, int crawlDepth, java.lang.String indexFolderAddress, boolean resetIndex) throws java.lang.InterruptedException
seeds
- list of URLs corresponding to non-validated seeds. They are already checked for MalformedExpression.crawlDepth
- crawling depthindexFolderAddress
- index locationresetIndex
- boolean flag indicating if the crawler should reset or create the indexjava.lang.InterruptedException
public boolean isCrawling()
public java.lang.String getCurrentIndex()
public void setNewIndex(java.lang.String index)
index
- string with location of new index. Can pass "DEFAULT" to set it to default location.
As shipped the default location is "default_index".public boolean getUsingNonDefaultIndex()
public java.util.List<java.lang.String> getVisitedPages(java.lang.String address)
address
- index locationpublic java.util.List<java.lang.String> getExcludedPages(java.lang.String address)
address
- index locationprivate boolean isExcluded(java.net.URL pageLink)
pageLink
- url of page to checkprivate boolean isValid(java.net.URL pageLink)
pageLink
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We use a ManualUniverseSelectionModel to subscribe to the SPY ETF. The algorithm is designed to work with minute and second data resolutions. In our implementation, we use data on a minute resolution.
symbols = [ Symbol.Create("SPY", SecurityType.Equity, Market.USA) ] self.SetUniverseSelection( ManualUniverseSelectionModel(symbols) ) self.UniverseSettings.Resolution = Resolution.Minute
The GradientBoostingAlphaModel predicts the direction of the SPY at each timestep. Each position taken is held for 10 minutes, although this duration is customizable in the constructor. During construction of this alpha model, we simply set up a dictionary to hold a SymbolData object for each symbol in the universe. In the case where the universe consists of multiple securities, the alpha model holds each with equal weighting.
class GradientBoostingAlphaModel(AlphaModel): symbol_data_by_symbol = {} def __init__(self, hold_duration = 10): self.hold_duration = hold_duration self.weight = 1
When a new security is added to the universe, we create a SymbolData object for it to store information unique to the security. The management of the SymbolData objects occurs in the alpha model's OnSecuritiesChanged method.
def OnSecuritiesChanged(self, algorithm, changes): for security in changes.AddedSecurities: symbol = security.Symbol self.symbol_data_by_symbol[symbol] = SymbolData(symbol, algorithm, self.hold_duration) for security in changes.RemovedSecurities: symbol_data = self.symbol_data_by_symbol.pop(security.Symbol, None) if symbol_data: symbol_data.dispose() self.weight = 1 / len(self.symbol_data_by_symbol)
The SymbolData class is used in this algorithm to manage indicators, train the GBM, and produce trading predictions. The constructor definition is shown below. The class is designed to train at the end of each month, using the previous 4 weeks of data to fit the GBM that consists of 20 stumps (regression trees with 2 leaves). To ensure overnight holds are avoided, the class uses Scheduled Events to stop trading near the market close.
class SymbolData: def __init__(self, symbol, algorithm, hold_duration, k_start=0.5, k_end=5, k_step=0.25, training_weeks=4, max_depth=1, num_leaves=2, num_trees=20, commission=0.02, spread_cost=0.03): self.symbol = symbol self.algorithm = algorithm self.hold_duration = hold_duration self.resolution = algorithm.UniverseSettings.Resolution self.training_length = int(training_weeks * 5 * 6.5 * 60) # training_weeks in minutes self.max_depth = max_depth self.num_leaves = num_leaves self.num_trees = num_trees self.cost = commission + spread_cost self.indicator_consolidators = [] # Train a model at the end of each month self.model = None algorithm.Train(algorithm.DateRules.MonthEnd(symbol), algorithm.TimeRules.BeforeMarketClose(symbol), self.train) # Avoid overnight holds self.allow_predictions = False self.events = [ algorithm.Schedule.On(algorithm.DateRules.EveryDay(symbol), algorithm.TimeRules.AfterMarketOpen(symbol, 0), self.start_predicting), algorithm.Schedule.On(algorithm.DateRules.EveryDay(symbol), algorithm.TimeRules.BeforeMarketClose(symbol, hold_duration + 1), self.stop_predicting) ] self.setup_indicators(k_start, k_end, k_step) self.train()
For brevity, we omit the model training logic. Although, the code can be seen in the attached backtest. To make predictions, we define the following method inside the SymbolData class. A position is held in the predicted direction only if the predicted return in that direction exceeds the cost of the trade.
def predict_direction(self): if self.model is None or not self.allow_predictions: return 0 input_data = [[]] for _, indicators in self.indicators_by_indicator_type.items(): for indicator in indicators: input_data[0].append(indicator.Current.Value) return_prediction = self.model.predict(input_data) if return_prediction > self.cost: return 1 if return_prediction < -self.cost: return -1 return 0
As new TradeBars are provided to the alpha model's Update method, each SymbolData object makes a directional prediction for its security. If the prediction is not flat, the alpha model emits an insight in that direction with a duration of 10 minutes.
def Update(self, algorithm, data): insights = [] for symbol, symbol_data in self.symbol_data_by_symbol.items(): direction = symbol_data.predict_direction() if direction: hold_duration = timedelta(minutes=self.hold_duration) # Should match universe resolution insights.append(Insight.Price(symbol, hold_duration, direction, None, None, None, self.weight)) return insights
Following the guidelines of Alpha Streams and the Quant League competition, we utilize the InsightWeightingPortfolioConstructionModel and the ImmediateExecutionModel.


HONG KONG - With the digital innovation in the financial industry, the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority (MPFA) has announced the launch of eMPF, a ‘paper-less’ and streamlined online platform for processing MPF.
On 26 November, the MPFA held the “MPF e-Tools Experience Day” at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, aiming to provide a sneak peek about the MPFA to the public before officially launching in 2022.
This move is considered to be one of the largest transformations of the MPF, the MPFA hopes its users will have a more user-friendly experience. Currently, there are about 2,639,000 users covered under the MPF scheme, which accounts for 74 per cent of the employed population.
“It will digitally handle MPF instead of filling out forms, doing human resources management, and even wage earners have many benefits,” said Alice Law, the Deputy Chairman and Managing Director of MPFA in the event.
This e-platform will let its members use MPF via the internet’s one-stop service, avoiding repetitive processes and improving work efficiency. Last year, the MPFA issued fines to over 200,000 employers who are overdue or owed contributions.
“I think the government should have done it before, I don’t like the feeling of checking the mailbox every day,” said Ms Ngan, a cleaning services company owner.
Users will have a ‘one-click’ approach to see where accounts are within the 45 years in the system, which is in part due to a common criticism of the MPF not only having higher fees but users having to wait 2-3 weeks to transfer and consolidate accounts.
With the ambition of promoting Hong Kong as a smart city, the Hong Kong government has been launching several projects such as the Faster Payment System (FPS). But not all people in Hong Kong feel positive about these innovations.
Since August, many lamp posts were destroyed by protesters concerning the privacy issues, the Hong Kong government said in a press release they were only used for city data to facilitate smart city development through open data and the upcoming 5G technology.
EMPF platform is also facing challenges of privacy issues by some MPF users.
“I don't think it is safe to process MPF over the internet, because there are no regulations on the internet, and your personal information is also on the internet,” said Ms Chan, a telecom company employee.
Besides convenience, MPFA also hopes this progress can make Hong Kong an eco-friendly city. According to the MPFA, they used up to 70 million pieces of paper for handling the MPF administration in 2018, which correlates to about cutting 8,000 trees annually under the current administration.
“So today we are ‘five parties together’ to promote the ‘digital transformation’ of MPF. For companies, employees, and our planet, we can create a ‘three wins’,” said Law.
In May, the Legislative Council has already approved the budget of about HK$ 3.3 billion for the development of the eMPF platform.
Hong Kong has the longest life span for men and women in the world. The retirement life for an individual could presumably last for more than 20 years. Therefore, a retirement plan should always refer back to the latest expenses, like daily expenses and medical expenses.
For most people, the first thing they need to deal with when joining a new company is MPF. MPF is a compulsory retirement scheme created by the Hong Kong government in 2000. Most employees and employers are required to contribute monthly to MPF schemes.
Except for a small number of people exempted, Hong Kong employed people aged 18 to 65 must be required to join MPF schemes. Both employers and employees make joint contributions to establish a fund. To get contributions for retirement, employees must reach the age of 65 or for a specific reason under normal circumstances. In 2014, citizens aged 65 and above made up 15 per cent of the total population. This demographic is predicted to increase by 28 per cent by 2034, followed by 33 per cent by 2064.
Before MPF, only about one-third of the working population had retirement protection. Now, 85 per cent- more than half of the working population has retirement protection.
The launching of eMPF helps to enhance the efficiency of the administrative works and
makes it more user-friendly for both employer and workers
Investment manager
The ORSO scheme provide employee benefits for some large-scale institutions generally - provide retirement benefits through the provident fund and increase employees’ sense of belonging - before the establishment of the MPF system.
Kenny Wen, the investment manager of Everbright Sun Hung Kai, said if the future eMPF platform doesn’t include ORSO schemes, it is believed that this will lead to a further flow of related users to MPF schemes.
“It is estimated that MPF will attract more ORSO users even if there is no such centralized MPF platform,'' said Kenny, “I noticed that some companies provide both MPF and ORSO for employees to choose.”
Jessica, who worked as a marketing executive at a world-wide company, participated in the ORSO schemes for nearly 20 years, “The company would help their employee to pay 15% of their salary, but she was willing to pay 10 more per cent as the preparation of her future retirement plan.”
She evaluated the performance of ORSO scheme and amid that returns were not satisfactory.
“The equity market this year is performing well, leading to the rise of investment return level. In contrast, the returns of ORSO were even lower than that of the saving account, which only contributes 1% raise per year in the past two decades,” Jessica added, "Due to the convenience of eMPF, I may invest more money on it."
Kenny further stated, the launching of eMPF helps to enhance the efficiency of the administrative works and makes it more user-friendly for both employers and employees.


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United Utilities Group PLC 2020 Q2 - Results - Earnings Call Presentation
by SA Transcripts, https://seekingalpha.com/author/sa-transcriptsThe following slide deck was published by United Utilities Group PLC in conjunction with their 2020 Q2 earnings call.


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Initializes the CGI environment. This function has to be called successfully before using any other commands of this library.
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MaxRequestSize (optional) The maximum request size, in bytes (default is 50 MB). When sending big data trough CGI (like binary files), it could be useful to specify a larger value.
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Returns non-zero if the CGI environment has been correctly initialized.
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Tue Nov 6, 2018
I can’t believe six months have flown by since my last post. I’ve experienced some shame over this state of affairs, I’ll admit. But beneath the shame lies… ambivalence.
And lack of time, I suppose. A flimsy excuse, I know, as I could make more time to tap away on my beautiful underused MacBook Pro instead of fruitlessly trying to catch up on an endless and ever-expanding Netflix queue.
And yet - I’m trying not to feel bad about it. It’s okay to take care of your life before you take care of your writing.  We both know that. Of course nobody is cracking a whip here, least of all you, gentle reader.
At the same time, I do think that it’s beneficial to stretch those blogging muscles at least once a month, so I’ll try make more of an effort, or risk stagnation of what I consider a core skill of mine.
It’s time to get those creative juices flowing - to go ahead and try - even if it hurts and the results are terrible. Just starting is the hard part. I can’t even tell you how many times I’ve tried to start writing a post then just given up in a fit of despair. Sounds dramatic, but then, how else do you describe a “fit of despair”?
I can certainly sympathize with those authors that let years, or even decades, stretch between books. Also, it makes me feel a better thinking about how George RR Martin keeps promising The Winds of Winter, but keeps failing to deliver. A Dance with Dragons came out eight years ago and I’ve forgotten most of the characters since then (I don’t watch the show).
Or how about Patrick Rothfuss, whose endless guilt and anger (the anger being directed at anyone who asks about book three) over The Doors of Stone has almost certainly paralyzed him to a point where I can see many years of agonized editing still to come. Coincidentally, The Wise Man’s Fear also came out eight years ago (2011 was a landmark year).
Okay, enough wallowing and snide remarks, let’s catch up. What nerdy shiznit have I been up to?
On a personal level, I’ve been trying to save money, especially in those areas where I’m knowledgeable, such as with “tech stuff”. I’ve always been frugal, but have been influenced lately by minimalist philosophies and practical strategies to saving for retirement. Heh - enter your forties and your mind naturally gravitates towards these things.
For example, I’ve jumped on a couple of migration offers in the last few years to finally get a decent phone plan for $35 a month. My iPhone 6S is all paid for and - along with the discounted battery replacement program Apple is offering for this year only and the excellent speed optimizations in iOS 12 - I think I can squeeze five years of total use out of this phone!
The latest happenings in the gadget world haven’t really inspired me to drop a grand on an upgrade. The September and October hardware announcements from Apple were predictably shiny and expensive - a little too expensive.
As far as the new iPhones go, I’m not really a fan of the notch and am hoping they can solve this thing in the next year or two. Maybe Samsung’s “Under Panel Sensor” technology for OLEDs will take off. The iPhone XR in blue or red is the most compelling product to me, and to a lot of other typical users I expect.
The new iPads seem like absolute spec beasts, but are over-engineered for simple tasks and are perhaps hampered by iOS for more complicated tasks. However, with the iOS 12 optimizations, my original iPad Air works a lot better during the brief times that I use it to browse online or watch YouTube. To be honest, it was almost unusably slow on iOS 11.
Google’s new stuff didn’t really leave me scrambling for the “Buy” button either. The new Pixel phones have thoroughly unremarkable hardware, and in the case of the XL model, a downright offensive notch. On the software side, however, Google’s photo processing algorithms are nothing short of remarkable. Their “Night Sight” mode literally lets you shoot in the dark. It now appears that if you’re looking for the best smartphone camera, the Google Pixel phones have it.
Anyway, long story short - I’m sticking with my iPhone 6S and iPad Air for the foreseeable future.
Another way I’m saving money is by switching to a third-party ISP. The big guys (Shaw and Telus) have promos when you switch, so you could theoretically bounce back and forth between them indefinitely. But I’m tired of playing that game.
I also don’t need the insane speeds they’re trying to push on you these days. Seriously, 300 Mbps is overkill. I don’t even stream 4K. Even 150 Mbps was too much. So, I’ve dropped down to 75 Mbps for $50 a month. That is the sweet spot and a fantastic price (hit me up if you want a referral bonus).
I even upgraded our home’s WAN to a mesh WiFi system. The TP-Link Deco system is really nice, with parental controls, a list of connected devices, antivirus protection, firmware upgrades, and the usual diagnostics all available from the app. The best thing is, I get consistent speeds throughout the home - no more dead zones. I’ve learned that a good wifi setup is almost certainly more important than the speeds you pay for.
At work, I’ve been busy with some ongoing user manual projects. But I’ve also been asked more often to create videos and websites.
You can see some of my videos on YouTube, here and here. In my fledging video production days, I started off using Lightworks, mostly because it was free. But I found it hard to use. Then I got a license for Camtasia, and my video editing game just took off. The UI in Camtasia is really easy to pick up, but you can still do some impressive stuff. I have since discovered that I have licenses for Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects. But I haven’t had time to train up on these more powerful pieces of editing software. A recent video project with a quick turnaround had me running back to Camtasia. I have some ambition to increase my skills in this area though, cause making videos is just plain fun.
Not that it’s all that easy - on that second video, there was a lot that went into just getting to post production. I had to set up a product photo shoot with a DSLR on a tripod and rig up a backdrop. I also shot some impromptu video on my phone during a water test on a particularly nasty wet day in the winter. I also did my own voice-over recording. And I set up a video shoot with the Sales Manager while figuring out how to superimpose her onto a white background for that “Jony Ive” effect.
I also have a web server I can play with now and have been hosting various pages for the sales and service departments. For example, I was asked to create a web form. Web forms are a bit of a stretch for my html skills because you have to be so careful with customer data. I had to get some help generating the back-end scripts, but it turned out nicely. Although, there are some bugs I’ve been trying to get the back-end developer to look into.
I also created a landing page for an upcoming LinkedIn campaign. I used a Bootstrap front-end framework for this one because I wanted it to be mobile-friendly.
And, of course, one of my primary goals when I started my current position at the company was to increase visibility of our documentation. So, our manuals are finally all online.
I have some other wild-west projects in the pipeline, besides from my daily DITA sessions, which is really the meat and potatoes of the job. Unfortunately, anyone who isn’t a Technical Writer cares little about what DITA is or how useful it is. And no, I am not talking about designer sunglasses.
Well, this post started off poorly and is ending poorly, but it’s done. If you’ve read this far, hopefully there were a few nuggets of interest somewhere in there for you. If not, no hard feelings.
I, for one, have an important task ahead of me flushing out some invaders from our home.  She located rats in the walls and bad guys inside the roof. I’d better get busy.


Cash, cigarettes and alcohol stolen in knifepoint shop robbery
Police have launched a witness appeal
by Jamie BarlowCash, cigarettes and alcohol were stolen in a knifepoint robbery at a shop in Carrington.
Police were called to Carrington Stores, Hucknall Road, just before 4.45pm on Sunday (November 24).
A spokesman for Nottinghamshire Police said: "It was reported that two people entered the store with their faces covered and one of them threatened a member of staff with a knife.
"Cash, cigarettes and alcohol were stolen in the incident."
Anyone with information which may help the investigation is asked to call Nottinghamshire Police on 101, quoting incident 613 of November 24.
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My CICD Score
As an organization how have we matured in our Continuous Integration & Continuous Delivery (CICD) practices has been a challenge in the past. This innovation is a framework that allows us to evaluate the CI/CD score for any application , which projects the scores in a journey line graph along with the qualifying badges.
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Sahana BS, Debajit KatakiCustomer pain point
CICD adds Speed to our release cycles , hence , as an organization we think CICD first for any new app. However - we also have legacy apps, where it is more of a cultural mind shift than a technical challenge to adopt and practice CICD. Most of the time we don’t know what areas to target for to be really practicing CICD at scale. At the org level , how do we measure our overall CICD adoption and maturity has been a pain point.Customer benefit
Measurement removes subjectivity , and helps us to focus and strategize in an objective way. With this goal we started designing this assessment framework , which is very lightweight , and comprises of various industry standard CICD recommendations in the form of a checklist. This list can be used to gauge the maturity of our CICD competency and form a baseline for further improvements.Solution
The landing page is the CICD checklist , which we refresh on a regular basis allows us to evaluate the score for any given app. During the assessment the app team will earn points against each qualifying items, and the underlying engine derives a total score and awards a qualifying badge. There is also a live graph which tells about the journey-line of the app on how this application has been maturing over time in their CICD practices. The scores in the backend database for entire org is then used to display the score cards and respective badges via a QlikView dashboard , which gives direction and also builds a momentum creating a healthy Network Effect.Continuous Delivery Principles
Here are seven continuous delivery principles that make highly effective and efficient development and release cycles:
1. Small releases - smaller and multiple releases are usually better than one large one.
2. Code reviews - Many organizations use a hierarchal system for their reviews, which means more and more senior developers have to review the code before it’s approved. A peer-based system in which developers review each other leads to a faster and more efficient process
3. Build quality in - Take the time to invest in your quality metrics. A project with good, targeted quality metrics (we could be talking about unit test coverage, code styling, rules violations, complexity measurements – or preferably, all of the above) will invariably be better than one without, and easier to maintain in the long run.
4. Build only once → practice code promotion.
5. If anything fails, stop the line - Throw it away and start the process again, don’t patch, don’t hack. If a problem arises, no matter where, discard the deployment (i.e. rollback), fix the issue properly, check it in to source control and repeat the deployment process. This will be strictly followed in AWS deployments.
6. Version Control Everything - Not only the code , but also configs, property files. etc.
7. Everyone ( Dev, QE, Ops, RM , RE ) has responsibility for the release process.
Additional note on CI and CD:
Definition: Continuous Integration
Continuous Integration is a software development practice in which you build and unit-test software every time a developer checks in new code. This provides Agile software teams the rapid feedback they need to respond to market demands and eliminate problems quickly. Basically,- Automate the build
- Automatically test the code as often as possible for early detection of errors.
- Any feedback will come back sooner , before the code has left the mind of developer.
- Everyone can see what is happening.
Definition: Continuous Delivery
Continuous Delivery (CD) is a software development practice in which continuous integration, automated testing, and automated deployment capabilities allow high-quality software to be developed and deployed rapidly, reliably and repeatedly with minimal manual overhead.Definition: Continuous Deploymen
Continuous Deployment is a software development practice in which every code change goes through the entire pipeline and is put into production, automatically, resulting in many production deployments every day. With Continuous Delivery your software is always release-ready, yet the timing of when to push it into production is a business decision, and so the final deployment is a manual step. With Continuous Deployment, any updated working version of the application is automatically pushed to production. Continuous Deployment mandates Continuous Delivery, but the opposite is not required.Git branching strategy
So what exactly is a branch in Git? A branch in Git is simply a pointer to a commit. If you look at how a branch is represented in the '.git' directory, you'll find a textfile with the same name as the branch, simply containing the commit identifier of the current 'tip', or newest commit, on that branch.  As from the RARE team, we have been asked about what the 'right' Git branching strategy is. Our suggestion differs from team to team and situations but the following diagram gives an overall picture of the branching stratergy that can be


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Michelle Keegan looks 'unrecognisable' in new photo which stuns fans
The Our Girl star posed with her cute dog Pip
by Sophie McCoidMichelle Keegan stunned fans with her latest photo - with some saying she looks 'unrecognisable'.
Our Girl actress Michelle shared a photo of her glammed up in a black leather corset, with long diamond earrings and her make-up done to perfection.
And she cradled her adorable pet Chihuahua Pip in her arms.
Michelle, who also played Tina McIntyre in Coronation Street, captioned the photo: "Make up & hair did ✅ Beauty light ✅ Dog upstaging me."
And her 4.1m followers were quick to comment on her new look - reports the Manchester Evening News.
Tamara_arabella_x said: Llook how different she looks? Xxx"
m18knk said: "I didn’t even recognise this as you."
And sophiarose10213 said: "you ever seen someone so perfect or na."
Michelle, 32, now plays Erin in the Sky One comedy drama Brassic and army medic Lance Corporal Georgie Lane in the popular BBC One drama Our Girl.
Her soap character Tina McIntyre was brutally murdered by neighbour Rob Donovan in Corrie in 2014.
Barmaid Tina plunged from the balcony of the builders' yard before being beaten to death with a lead pipe by twisted Rob.


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Statistics Canada reports wholesale sales up 1.0 per cent in September
OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says wholesale trade rose 1.0 per cent to $65.1 billion in September, boosted by gains in the machinery, equipment and supplies subsector. The move higher reversed a drop of 1.2 per cent in August.
by Canadian PressOTTAWA — Statistics Canada says wholesale trade rose 1.0 per cent to $65.1 billion in September, boosted by gains in the machinery, equipment and supplies subsector.
The move higher reversed a drop of 1.2 per cent in August.
Economists on average had expected an increase of 0.3 per cent, according to financial markets data firm Refinitiv.
Statistics Canada says the machinery, equipment and supplies subsector reported the largest increase in dollar terms in September as sales rose 4.4 per cent to $13.9 billion.
Sales in the personal and household goods subsector rose 1.0 per cent to $9.6 billion in September.
Wholesale sales increased 0.9 per cent in volume terms.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 25, 2019.
The Canadian Press


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