李縣長考察香港免稅精品店驚艷

Kinmen County Magistrate Li, Wo-Shi visited the Hong Kong duty-free boutiques (1) on April 10. He was awed (2) by the crowd of people in the DFS flagship (3) store, feeling the intense consumption power held by the mainland tourists. The duty-free shops are just like the "super vegetable market". He extended an earnest invitation to Hong Kong businesses to join the lineup (4) of duty-free shops in Kinmen to provide opportunities for Kinmen to become a true duty-free shopping paradise.
金門縣長李沃士10日考察香港免稅精品店，驚見DFS旗艦店現場人潮川流不息，人聲鼎沸，感受陸客龐大的消費力，免稅店仿如「超級菜市場」一般。他誠意十足邀請香港業者加入金門地區免稅購物商店陣容，共創無限商機，打造金門成為名副其實免稅購物天堂。

To promote tourism development in Kinmen, Li, Wo Shi had previously instructed the KKL to build a bonded (5) warehouse, and study the computer networks and other infrastructure and customs work. On April 10, Magistrate Li, accompanied by Yao, Song-Ling (姚松齡), General Manager of KKL, the Executive Vice Manager, You, Hong-Cheng (游鴻程), the Director of Finance Bureau, Huang, Jing-Shun (黃景舜), the Director of Social Affairs Bureau, Fang Tian-Ji (方天吉), and others went to Kowloon area of Hong Kong specifically to inspect the DFS flagship store.
為促進金門地區觀光發展，李沃士先前已責成金酒公司積極建置保稅倉庫及研議與海關電腦連線等基礎工作。10日在金酒公司總經理姚松齡、行政副總經理游鴻程、財政局長黃景舜、社會局長方天吉等人陪同下，特別前往香港九龍地區的DFS旗艦店考察取經。

As the group witnessed the consumption power of mainland tourists, and watched as some tourists even referred to a shopping list and purchased without asking for prices, the inspectors developed a strong confidence in building duty-free shops in Kinmen.
一行人目睹陸客消費力驚人，甚至有旅客拿出購物清單，不問價格就直接購物，讓考察人員對金門籌設免稅購物商店充滿信心。
The Finance Bureau said the reasons for Mainland tourists going to Hong Kong to shop are to make sure the merchandise (6) is genuine and the prices there are cheaper than prices of the local mainland. Kinmen is not only equipped with both conditions but also the closer location to Xiamen offers a short and inexpensive journey across the straits. Besides, inexpensive shop rental and more competitive staff costing all contribute to the advantages of Kinmen over Hong Kong.
財政局表示，陸客到香港消費主要是確保所購買之商品是真品，價格也比大陸當地便宜。金門如設立免稅購物商店，同樣具備這兩項條件，且金門與廈門近在咫尺，不但旅程短，船票低廉，店租及人事成本也比香港更具優勢。

■1. boutique-(n)精品店。
■2. awe-(vt.-中高級) 使敬畏、使驚嘆。
■3. flagship-(n)旗艦。同類事務中的佼佼者。此處指旗艦店，flagship store。
■4. lineup-(n)隊伍、陣容。
■5. bonded-(adj.-中級) 有擔保的；存入保稅倉庫的。
■6. merchandise-(n-中高級) 商品、貨品。

本文摘譯、改寫自《金門日報》2010年4月11日報導