一週大事 07/26～08/01

●DPP's Service Center Made Its Debut(1) in Eastern Kinmen
●民進黨金東服務處揭牌
DPP's Kinmen headquarters officially opened its service center in eastern Kinmen on July 31st. The vice-executive for the party headquarters, Hong, Hai-Shui (洪海水) will act as the director of the service center. Weng, Ming-Zhi, (翁明志) chairman of Committee in DPP's Party Headquarters in Kinmen, hoped that with the establishment of the Eastern Kinmen Service Center, the scope of the DPP's service will expand, helping the party become more integrated and involved in the eastern Kinmen area.
　 民進黨金門縣黨部金東服務處於7月31日揭牌成立。由黨部副執行長洪海水出任服務處主任。民進黨金門縣黨部主委翁明志表示，希望藉著金東服務處的成立，擴大服務，紮根金東地區。

●Clearance of Lieyu Xihu Mine Field Completed
●烈嶼西湖雷區排雷工程完工
The military conducted an advanced mine clearance in Lieyu Xihu Mine Field to cooperate with the 2010 Swim Across Kinmen-Xiamen Strait scheduled on August 8th. After an exerted (2) effort for one month, the mine clearance was completed with an inspection scheduled on July 30th. The total mine area cleared was 7,258 square meters. This was the first mine clearance conducted by the ROC military had done during the second stage.
　 為配合即將在8月8日舉行的2010金廈海域泳渡活動，軍方提前對烈嶼鄉西湖雷區進行。經過一個月的努力，排雷工程已告一段落，7月30日驗收，排雷總面積七千二百五十八平方公尺，也是國軍第二階段排雷第一個完成的自力排雷工程。

●Sampling of Water at Houhu Beach by EPA Show Satisfactory Quality
●環保署採樣檢測 后湖海灘水質優良
　 According to the Environment Protection Administration (EPA), Executive Yuan, the sample detection taken from twenty three beaches during the second half of July showed that the water quality of sixteen beaches, including Mazu (Tanghou) and Kinmen (Houhu) was satisfactory.
根據環保署7月下旬對全國二十三處海灘水質進行採樣的檢測結果，包括馬祖（塘后）、金門（后湖）等十六處海灘，水質均為優良等級。

●The Election of Two Councilors Adjudged Invalid
●兩議員一審判當選無效
County councilors Hong, Yun-Dian (洪允典) and Ou-Yang, Yi-Xiong (歐陽儀雄) were both accused of election bribery (3) during the campaigns. The Kinmen District Court reached its verdict (4) on July 30th in the first trial for these cases and adjudged (5) their election invalid. Nevertheless, the case could still be appealed to a higher court.
　 縣議員洪允典、歐陽儀雄競選期間涉及賄選案，金門地方法院7月30日做出一審當選無效判決。不過，全案仍可上訴。

●SolarGate Increased Its Investment in Green Energy in Kinmen
●茂鑫加碼在金投資綠能產業
Taiwan's first offshore green energy technology firm, SolarGate Technology Corp., attracted the investors of United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC) in April. Subsequently, the firm integrated the corporation's resources and facilitated the low-carbon plan in Kinmen. The firm was prepared to turn Kinmen from a well-known historical battlefield into an international low-carbon resort island.
　 台灣首家離島綠色能源科技廠茂鑫能源科技，四月中獲聯電集團投資，隨即整合集團資源，著手推動金門低碳島計畫，欲將原先充滿戰地色彩的金門，打造為具有低碳特色的國際級觀光休閒島嶼。

●Lottery Winner from Kinmen Wins 8 Million NT Dollars
●今彩頭彩落金門 獎金800萬
The Jincai Lottery announced the results of the July 26th lottery. The winner of the first prize purchased the lottery ticket at the betting station located at number 93, Juguang Road, Jincheng Township and will receive 8 million NT dollars. The manager of the betting station revealed that since many customers bought lottery tickets that day, it would be uncertain who will be the lucky winner.
第099000147期今彩539本月26日開獎，頭獎是由金門金城鎮莒光路93號新助發投注站開出，中頭彩的幸運者可以領到新台幣八百萬元的彩金。投注站的老闆說，當天買彩券的人很多，不知道幸運彩券落在那一位幸運者身上。

●Terry Gou Donated One Million USD To NQU After Yeoh, Tiong-Lay's Introduction
●楊忠禮牽線 郭台銘將捐贈金門大學一百萬美元
National Kinmen Institute of Technology will be renamed National Quemoy University (NQU) on August 1st. After the introduction of the Malaysian Chinese leader Yeoh, Tiong-Lay （楊忠禮）, Terry Gou（郭台銘）, Chairman of Foxconn Technology Group announced that he will donate one million US dollars to NQU under the name of Yonglin Foundation to promote the affairs of the school. Future university graduates with outstanding academic performance may also be recruited to work with the Foxconn Technology Group .
金門技術學院將於8月1日改制為金門大學，經由馬來西亞金門僑領楊忠禮博士的牽線，鴻海集團董事長郭台銘將以旗下永齡基金會的名義，捐助金門大學一百萬美元（約台幣三千二百萬元）推展校務，而未來學生畢業後也可能將擇優進入鴻海集團工作。

●Passenger Load Rate During High Season Reaches 80%
●旺季台金航班載客率逾八成
According to the statistics of Kinmen Airport, Civil Aeronautics Administration, the passenger load of all three airline companies was 70,0360 of an availability of 84,225 seats. The average passenger load rate of the route from Jiayi to Kinmen was 95.4%, the highest of all. The route from Kinmen to Taizhong had the lowest passenger load rate of 72.6%.
民航局金門航空站統計7月1日至20日旅客載運資料，三家航空公司各航線共提供8萬4225個座位數，實際載客人數7萬0360人。其中以嘉義往金門航線平均載客率95.4％最高，金門至台中航線72.6％最低。

●60th Anniversary of Dadan, Erdan Battles Salutes (6) Veteran Heroes
●大二膽戰役六十週年紀念大會向老英雄表達敬意
The 60th anniversary of the Dadan and Erdan Battles was solemnly held in Lieyu Township on July 26th, and emceed (7) by Deputy Minister of Ministry of National Defense, Zhao, Shi-Zhang (趙世璋). Battalion (8) Commander Shi, Heng-Feng (史恆豐) and five hundred surviving veteran soldiers who had participated in the war attended the anniversary. After the assembly, the veterans were to land on Dadan Island once again to unveil (9) the Dadan, Erdan Battle Memorial.
紀念大二膽戰役六十週年大會活動7月26日假烈嶼鄉隆重舉行，由國防部副部長趙世璋上將主持，當年參戰的營長史恆豐和參戰官兵代表五百多人參加；大會結束後並安排老兵重登大二膽島，為島上豎立的「大二膽戰役紀念碑文」揭幕。

【註解】
●1. debut-(n)初次露面；初次登台。初次進入社交圈。常配合片語make one's debut。
●2. exert-(vt.)用力、盡力；運用、發揮、施加。此處形容軍方的努力。
●3. election bribery-賄選。如專指「買票」，亦可用vote-buying。
●4. verdict-(n)裁定、判決。通常搭配動詞reach。
●5. adjudge-(vt.)判決；宣判。
●6. salute-(vt.)向～致敬；向～行禮。
●7. emcee-(vt.)主持；擔任司儀。亦可當名詞，指司儀或主持人。
●8. battalion-(n)部隊編制裡的「營」。battalion commander就是營長。
●9. unveil-(vt.)揭開～的幕；揭去～的面紗。