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Daily News 2010-10-21
广州将通无人驾驶地铁

The world's first underground Automated People Mover System (APM) is set to meet the public in about 10 days. Guangzhou citizens can travel within the center of the city's central business district with only 2 yuan.

The world's first underground Automated People Mover System (APM) is set to meet the public in about 10 days. Guangzhou citizens can travel within the center of the city's central business district with only 2 yuan.
Unmanned subway set to open 广州将通无人驾驶地铁
The world's first underground Automated People Mover System (APM) is set to meet the public in about 10 days, the Guangzhou Daily reports. Guangzhou citizens can travel within the center of the city's central business district with only 2 yuan. The route is 3.94km long and has 9 stops. Its subway trains are imported from the United States, with the fastest speed reaching 60km/h. Having no cab, each subway train has two carriages and can carry 276 people each time. The interval between two trains hasn't been publicized yet. 据《广州日报》报道,世界上第一条全地下的旅客自动输送系统(简称APM系统)再过10多天就可与广州市民见面了。届时,只需2元,市民便可以乘坐这条地铁线穿行于广州CBD商圈中心。据介绍,该线路总长约3.94公里,共设9座车站。列车为原装美国进口,最高运行速度为60公里/时。每列车有两节车厢,无驾驶室, 每次可搭载276人。目前为止,行车间隔时间尚未公布。
GDP growth slows in third quarter 第三季度经济数据发布
China's GDP is 9.6% greater than it was this time last year, Xinhua reports, citing China's National Bureau of Statistics. The growth rate slowed from 11.9% in the first quarter and 10.3% in the second quarter. The consumer price index, the main gauge for inflation, rose to a two-year high of 3.6% in September, or 0.1% higher than in August. 据新华社引述国家统计局消息,第三季度中国国内生产总值(GDP)同比增长9.6%,增长势头比起一季度的11.9%和二季度的10.3%有所回落。作为通货膨胀指示灯的消费者价格指数(CPI),今年9月上浮3.6%,为2年以来的最高增幅,环比8月,该指数上扬0.1个百分点。
Visa policy won't be tightened 韩不收紧对华签证政策
Eleven of the 44 Chinese tourists who deserted a cruise ship at South Korea's Jeju Island were deported and arrived in Shanghai yesterday afternoon; 33 others are still missing, the Beijing Morning Post reports. The incidents will not lead to a tightening of South Korea's visa policy for Chinese travelers, a staff member at South Korea's embassy in Beijing told the newspaper. 据《北京晨报》报道,44名中国游客赴韩国济州岛后非法脱离旅游团,其中11名昨天下午被驱逐回上海,其余33名仍下落不明。韩国驻华大使馆官员就此表示,该事件不会导致韩对华签证政策收紧。
Professors to play central role 南科大获教育部批准
A reliable source told the Beijing News that the Ministry of Education has approved establishing South University of Science and Technology of China. The university, whose campus is now under construction in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, will adopt a new type of management mode in which professors are set to play a central role. It will be the first professor-governed higher education institution in China. 《新京报》从可靠渠道获悉,教育部已批准建立南方科技大学。这所大学将采用新型管理模式,教授将在管理中扮演核心角色。该校坐落在广东深圳,校园还处于建设阶段。它将是中国第一所“教授治校”的高等教育机构。
Astronomers find oldest galaxy yet 迄今最古老星系现身
Astronomers have spotted the oldest galaxy ever seen, one born just 600 million years after the Big Bang, Reuters reports. Their report, published in the journal Nature Wednesday, confirms that the distant smudge first spotted by the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope is the farthest and thus oldest object ever imaged. The galaxy is named UDFy-38135539. 据路透社报道,天文学家观测到一个大爆炸之后6亿年后产生的星系,为迄今为止观测到的最古老星系。他们于周三在《自然》杂志上发表了相关报道,证实最先由哈勃太空望远镜观测到的小点是迄今离地球最远,也是最古老的天体。此星系名为UDFy-38135539。
Rooney wishes to leave Man United 鲁尼表达去意
Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney has said he wants to leave the club, citing a lack of assurances over the club's ambitions as the reason, the BBC reports. At a news conference Tuesday, the club's manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, revealed that Rooney had decided against renewing a contract that runs out in the summer of 2012. But Ferguson refuted the possibility of suspending Rooney, who's currently out with an ankle injury. 据英国广播公司报道,曼联前锋韦恩·鲁尼表达了他想转会的意愿,并称对俱乐部本赛季的前景没有信心。曼联周二召开新闻发布会,主教练老爵爷弗格森透露鲁尼已经决定不与球队续约至2012年夏天。但同时表示目前因脚踝受伤休息的鲁尼不会因为这一事件遭停赛。


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