星馬踩線團小三通考察旅遊

On May 16th morning, 7 of the Singaporean and Malaysian Overseas Chinese Travel Agencies (exploring group) visited the Kinmen County Magistrate, Li Zhu Feng, in the Kinmen County Government. Li Zhu Feng welcomed them to travel along the Mini-Three-Link route, and he expressed his hope that in the future more generations of overseas Chinese who reside(1) abroad in the Southeast Asia can return and visit their hometowns.
來自新加坡、馬來西亞華僑組團旅行社（踩線團）一行七人，5月16上午前往金門縣政府拜會縣長李炷烽。李炷烽歡迎新加坡、馬來西亞華僑組團旅行社走金門小三通這條新旅遊路線，希望未來有更多旅居東南亞的華僑從第一代、第二代、第三代、第四代…，都能回家鄉走走、看看。
In the Magistrate Office, Li Zhu Feng received the 7 bosses of the Singaporean and Malaysian Overseas Chinese Travel Agencies (exploring group) who came from Xiamen by ship along the Mini-Three-Links to explore the traveling routes in Kinmen. In addition to showing warm welcome, he presented them with booklets such as Classic Kinmen for their reference.
李炷烽在縣長室接見循小三通從廈門搭船班來金考察旅遊路線的新加坡、馬來西亞華僑組團旅行社（踩線團）七位老闆，除了表示竭誠歡迎外，並贈送經典金門等輯冊供參考。

These travel agency bosses looked up on(2) the potential for further development of the market operations on this golden Mini-Three-Links. They hoped to have a deeper insight into this route by experiencing on their own. To spend more time understanding the tourism market in Kinmen, they will formally travel through it again in the future.
這些旅行社老闆對於小三通這條黃金廊道，市場操作很有條件，希望透過親自走一趟了解，未來會正式再走一趟，以停留更多時間了解金門旅遊市場。

Li Zhu Feng said, "There are more than 38 countries under visa waiver(3) program and Taiwanese passport holders are allowed to travel across-strait through the Mini-Three-Links. They only need a valid identity document to travel between cross-strait. The transportation between cross-strait is very convenient now and the environment in Kinmen is really nice, so the overseas Chinese are very welcome for homecoming, investments and traveling. Besides, the Singaporean and Malaysian Overseas Chinese Travel Agencies (exploring group) may cooperate or contact more frequently with the tourism in Kinmen. As long as their service wins public praise, they will find them hundreds and thousands of customers.
李炷烽表示，政府已開放三十八個國家可以免簽證，只要持有效證件即可經小三通進出兩岸，現在往返兩岸很方便，且金門環境很不錯，歡迎旅居海外華僑回鄉探親、投資、旅遊。而新加坡、馬來西亞華僑組團旅行社（踩線團）也可以和金門旅行業多接觸或合作，只要服務做出口碑，就有源源不絕的客源上門。

Li Zhu Feng pointed out, "The number of people coming in and out of the Mini-Three-Links has reached a certain amount. The facilities in Shueitou Tourist Center and Harbor still need to be improved, and to increase night service sailings will be a trend in the future."
　 李炷烽指出，小三通進出人數已達到一定的量，水頭旅客通關服務中心和碼頭設施需再做改善，未來增開夜航船班是趨勢。

1. reside-(vi.)居住、住在。
2. look up on-看好。
3. waiver-(n)免除、棄權。此處指不需要簽證（visa），即visa waiver（免簽證）。

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本文原刊載於《金門日報》98年5月17日