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一 |     Renee 编译          今天，新西兰教育部和儿童部（Oranga Tamariki）宣布了拟裁员逾千人的计划，被公务员工会称为“黑暗的一天”。         Advertise with us          其中，教育部拟裁掉565个岗位；儿童部拟裁掉447个岗位。

二 |     JERUSALEM -- It's a far cry from the usual hustle and bustle, so typical of Jerusalem's Old City.The steps of the Damascus Gate have been cleared out. Gone are the fruit and sumac vendors. And inside the Old City: rows and rows of shops have shut down."This is the worst days we've ever seen in our lives. Even when the corona[virus] was here it was better than this," said Adnan Jaffa, who runs the Jaffar Sweets shop. "Because of the war ... the situation. In five minutes we're going to close because there is nothing to do."For those who know the Old City, it's an eerie place to be. Even the Church of the Holy Sepulchre -- where Christ is believed to have been buried and resurrected -- was empty on Sunday but for a handful of worshippers. It felt like we were being given a private tour of one of the world's holiest and most visited sites.Ehab Barakat, who was cycling through the deserted Old City, was one of the few customers out there on the city's streets.Asked about the increasing tensions, he said: "We hope it will be quiet."He added, "This is the time to be united. One."But the latest cycle of violence has come has no surprise, he said."The new government of Israel … you would be stupid if you would not guess what is going to happen. And we are not stupid. We were just waiting for the time.""The people get so tied … like a balloon. With a lot of air inside. And then it will…"His English may have failed him -- but it seemed clear what he meant.Israeli police now stand at the entrance to the Damascus Gate, occasionally searching young men. Orthodox Jews occasionally wander through the Old City to worship at the Western Wall. But there is none of the fervour which people associate with Jerusalem. It's been replaced by a strange quiet.In the words of Abushadi Sinjlawi, another shopkeeper we found closing early for the day, "The city is under lockdown."But away from the eerie quiet and melancholy atmosphere in the Old City, the situation is tense. Jerusalem is said to be the most heavily policed city in the country, and that will likely remain the case as the war in the south rages on.Checkpoints have been set up across East Jerusalem. And videos are spreading online appearing to show the harassment of Palestinians at the hands of the police. Cars are being stopped and searched. There are videos of apparent police beatings. In sporadic, individual incidents where locals have clashed with police, the response appears to have been brute force.Already at least 50 Palestinians have been killed in East Jerusalem and the West Bank since the war broke out -- that's more than the highest ever monthly total since the UN began keeping records in 2005.。         近2500个工作岗位在过去几周被裁撤，因为政府希望节省超过10亿纽币的成本。         财政部长Nicola Willis表示，需要削减开支，以结束浪费性支出，恢复财政纪律，重点是削减“后勤部门的支出”。

三 |          代表公务员的工会称今天宣布的裁员是“野蛮的”和“仓促的”。公共服务协会(PSA)助理秘书Fleur Fitzsimons称，周三对受影响机构的员工来说是“黑暗的一天”。         她在一份声明中说，“对于公共服务工作者和他们所支持的儿童和年轻人来说，今天是黑暗的一天，我们认为政府大幅削减预算不会带来政府承诺的更好结果。”          “今天，数百名敬业的公务员被告知他们失去了工作，现在面临着不确定的未来。这给他们和他们的家人带来了难以置信的痛苦。”          PSA工会声称，裁员将影响到两家机构十分之一的员工，并将影响到为公众提供的一线服务。

四 |          新西兰最大的教师工会NZEI主席Mark Potter表示，对教育部工作人员的裁员规模将是“毁灭性的”。         “总理和财长认为有必要削减开支，这样他们就能兑现减税的承诺。”我们现在看到的削减可能会对未来几年的教育和学生产生巨大影响。”          工党党魁Chris Hipkins称儿童部的裁员是“前所未有的”。         “从根本上说，这是关于优先事项的问题，而本届政府的优先事项是错误的。”          “他们已经优先为房东减税29亿纽币，同时他们还削减了一些服务，比如儿童部，一个处理弱势儿童的机构。我认为他们的优先级完全错了。”          财政部长Nicola Willis表示，“我们正在开展广泛的工作，以确保政府机构最大限度地利用纳税人的钱，并最大限度地减少后勤支出，所有机构都有望实现节支。”          与此同时，纳税人联盟（Taxpayers Union）今天表示，高通胀仍然是政府“进一步加快控制浪费”的一个信号。         今天公布的通胀数据显示，尽管经济继续走在降温的轨道上，但年通货膨胀率仍高于央行的目标范围。         “这证明，如果她需要的话， Nicola Willis)必须进一步更快地控制惠灵顿的浪费性开支。”          图源：1News          相关阅读：          被裁公务员的平均遣散费是5万，政府要解雇2000多人……          政府节支路漫漫：38个公共服务部门又增加了数千名新员工          为完成节支目标，政府这一部门将裁员384人          政府今年将节省开支大举减税，有多少公务员会被裁？          政府开始削减经费，这个部门率先裁撤40个职位          在国家党政府上台之前，知道会裁公务员，很多合同工已转为永久员工……          如果国家党上台，这一政府部门开支可能会被削减30%          机构越来越臃肿？工党执政下，这些部门的公关人员增加了50%          注：本文为编译/原创，欢迎转发分享；但严禁复制等未经授权的非法使用。违反上述声明者，本网将追究其相关法律责任。使用授权请联系[email protected]。         chineseherald.co.nz All Rights Reserved 版权所有          (责编：twinkle)          来源 -          相关内容                川航大熊猫飞机落地奥克兰机场，新中航线完全恢复！           今晨新西兰北岛连发地震 多地有震感           被裁公务员的平均遣散费是5万，政府要解雇2000多人……           从天津到奥克兰的草根华人议员           优先党骑劫新西兰外交，对中国强硬是否打算干涉台海？           疫情通报：过去一周新西兰新增2618例           就现在！北岸大桥堵堵堵，1号高速40公里大塞车……           政府顾问日薪2000纽币？财政部长辩护：都是他们的锅！。

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