Wenzhou businessmen bought three islands in UAE |
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Chinanews, Hangzhou, Dec. 11 – Last Saturday, two businessmen from Wenzhou signed an agreement with local government in the United Arab Emirates on the purchase of some pieces of land in UAE. The land, which covers a total area of 800,000 square meters, will be used for developing real estate projects. It is expected that more businesspeople from Wenzhou will swarm1 into UAE in future vying2 with their foreign counterparts in trying to take a share in local property market, the Hangzhou-based Dushikuaibao reported.
In the agreement signed this time, both the two projects are located in Ras al-Khaimah in the northern part of UAE. One project, the Dana Island, is a man-made island being built by reclaiming3 land from the sea. The land covers a total area of 500,000 square meters and is bought by Zhang Jinyun, chairman of the Canadian Wenzhou Businesspeople's Chamber4 of Commerce. He plans to build some villas5 and apartments on the island. The other project is a piece of land bought by Wenzhou housing developer Zhou Jianzhi. The land covers an area of 300,000 square meters and Zhou has bought the land's permanent ownership right, hoping to build some houses for vacation use.
Dana Island consists of five islets and Zhang has bought three of them. He can develop them at his discretion6 and land reclamation7 work will start in August next year and will be finished by 2009. Once the land reclamation work is completed, Zhou can start to build houses on the island. The lot bought by Zhou can be used right after local construction bureau has approved the project development feasibility report. The two businessmen have developed some housing projects in China and they also have invested in the property market in some other foreign countries. So they had had rich experiences in property market before making investment in UAE, said executive president of Asia Business TV.
Before making the deal, Zhang invited nine other businesspeople, who were also from Wenzhou, to go with him in a commercial inspection8 to UAE. During the inspection, one of the businessmen, Zheng Kelong, planned to develop some housing project in Maji'an Island, which is also a man-made island. He has already signed a letter of intent with local government for the development of a plot with an area of 40,000 square meters.
Another Wenzhou businessman, Hu Mingliang, formerly9 worked in the IT sector10 in Shenzhen. Seeing that so many millionaires had gathered in UAE, he applied11 to local government for the purchase of a piece of land with an area of 130,000 square meters, where he wanted to build a yacht manufacturing plant.
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swarm
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| n.(昆虫)等一大群；vi.成群飞舞；蜂拥而入 |
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- There is a swarm of bees in the tree.这树上有一窝蜜蜂。
- A swarm of ants are moving busily.一群蚂蚁正在忙碌地搬家。
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vying
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| adj.竞争的；比赛的 |
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- California is vying with other states to capture a piece of the growing communications market.为了在日渐扩大的通讯市场分得一杯羹，加利福尼亚正在和其他州展开竞争。
- Four rescue plans are vying to save the zoo.4个拯救动物园的方案正争得不可开交。
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reclaiming
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| v.开拓( reclaim的现在分词 )；要求收回；从废料中回收（有用的材料）；挽救 |
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- People here are reclaiming land from the sea. 这儿的人们正在填海拓地。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- How could such a man need reclaiming? 这么一个了不起的人怎么还需要别人拯救呢？ 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
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chamber
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| n.房间，寝室；会议厅；议院；会所 |
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- For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.对许多人来说，牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
- The chamber was ablaze with light.会议厅里灯火辉煌。
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villas
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| 别墅，公馆( villa的名词复数 )； （城郊）住宅 |
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- Magnificent villas are found throughout Italy. 在意大利到处可看到豪华的别墅。
- Rich men came down from wealthy Rome to build sea-side villas. 有钱人从富有的罗马来到这儿建造海滨别墅。
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discretion
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| n.谨慎；随意处理 |
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- You must show discretion in choosing your friend.你择友时必须慎重。
- Please use your best discretion to handle the matter.请慎重处理此事。
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reclamation
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| n.开垦；改造；（废料等的）回收 |
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- We should encourage reclamation and recycling.我们应当鼓励废物的回收和利用。
- The area is needed for a land reclamation project.一个土地开垦项目要在这一地区进行。
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inspection
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| n.检查，审查，检阅 |
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- On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。
- The soldiers lined up for their daily inspection by their officers.士兵们列队接受军官的日常检阅。
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| adv.从前，以前 |
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- We now enjoy these comforts of which formerly we had only heard.我们现在享受到了过去只是听说过的那些舒适条件。
- This boat was formerly used on the rivers of China.这船从前航行在中国内河里。
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sector
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| n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形 |
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- The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
- The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。
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applied
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| adj.应用的；v.应用，适用 |
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- She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
- This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。
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