2015年CRI 深圳至香港高铁推迟至2017年通车

 

The Mass Transit¹ Railway Corporation submitted its latest assessment² report for the railway project to the Hong Kong SAR government, saying spending will reach 85 billion HK dollars, exceeding the budget by about 30 percent.

MTR Chief Executive Officer Leong Kwok-kuen explains reasons for the increased budget.

"There are three reasons behind the overspending: first, the construction period is longer than scheduled; second, it includes unplanned costs such as extra projects caused by geological conditions that we did not expect; third, the construction cost has been increased, including both manpower costs and prices for materials."

According to the report, the project will be completed by the third quarter of 2018. Completion of the project, originally planned for 2015, previously³ had been delayed until 2017.

Cheung Bing-leung, head of Hong Kong's Transport and Housing Bureau, says the additional delay is unacceptable.

"The Highways Department, along with audit⁴ consultants⁵, will strictly⁶ review the assessment report. The government, I'd like to repeat, the government will not easily accept any revised completion date or increased budget."

Cheung says the government will conduct a thorough review of MTR's performance to see if someone should be held accountable for the delay and the deficit⁷.

The Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link is an important high-speed railway connecting the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong.

The mainland section between Guangzhou and Shenzhen has been in use since December, 2011.

The 26-km long Hong Kong Section, also known as the XRL, will connect West Kowloon in Hong Kong with Shenzhen at a speed of 250km per hour.

For CRI, I am Niu Honglin.

1 transit   

n.经过，运输；vt.穿越，旋转；vi.越过

参考例句：

• His luggage was lost in transit.他的行李在运送中丢失。
• The canal can transit a total of 50 ships daily.这条运河每天能通过50条船。

2 assessment   

n.评价；评估；对财产的估价，被估定的金额

参考例句：

• This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.这是一个对该情况的极富洞察力的评价。
• What is your assessment of the situation?你对时局的看法如何？

3 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

4 audit   

v.审计；查帐；核对；旁听

参考例句：

• Each year they audit our accounts and certify them as being true and fair.他们每年对我们进行账务审核，以确保其真实无误。
• As usual,the yearly audit will take place in December.跟往常一样，年度审计将在十二月份进行。

5 consultants   

顾问( consultant的名词复数 )； 高级顾问医生，会诊医生

参考例句：

• a firm of management consultants 管理咨询公司
• There're many consultants in hospital. 医院里有很多会诊医生。

6 strictly   

adv.严厉地，严格地；严密地

参考例句：

• His doctor is dieting him strictly.他的医生严格规定他的饮食。
• The guests were seated strictly in order of precedence.客人严格按照地位高低就座。

7 deficit   

n.亏空，亏损；赤字，逆差

参考例句：

• The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
• We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。