中英对照:改善唐人街的几个项目都是啥?
What are those projects to improve Chinatown?
来源: Bob Mok
多伦多中区唐人街华埠商业促进区 (CBIA)是多伦多市于2007年成立的非谋利社区组织。CBIA与各级政府、唐人街周围居民、社区团体、唐人街的商家、其他商业促进区和私营机构合作,打造中区唐人街的美好未来。
The Toronto Chinatown Business Improvement Area (CBIA) is a not-for-profit community based City of Toronto agency established in 2007. CBIA works closely with all three levels of the government, area residents, community groups, other BIA’s and the private sector to build a strong Chinatown community. CBIA aims to build a better future for Chinatown together with Chinatown Businesses.
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CBIA的使命和任务是保护唐人街的遗产、改善景观和保持街道整洁,并促进唐人街的商业发展。在过去的 18个月中,新冠疫情摧毁了多伦多唐人街的商业,并阻碍了CBIA的工作。疫情导致2020年和2021年唐人街夏日的街头活动,以及2021年和2022年的春节庆祝活动取消。随着疫苗接种让疫情日益缓和,唐人街的日常生活和工作正缓慢恢复。CBIA也在制定计划,尽快恢复唐人街往日的繁荣。
The mission and mandate of the CBIA are to preserve heritage, improve landscape and street cleanliness, and to promote businesses in Chinatown. Over the last 18 months, the pandemic devastated the businesses in Toronto's Chinatown and hindered the work of the CBIA. The pandemic cancelled the Summer Street festivals for 2020 and 2021 as well as the Chinese New Year celebrations for 2021 and 2022. With the slow return of daily lives and work routines recently through the effectiveness of increased vaccinations against the coronavirus, CBIA is putting its plans into action once again.
作为“恢复正常”工作的一部分,CBIA开始以“混合”模式召开会议,取代过去18个月实行的视频会议。这意味着管理委员会中已接种疫苗的董事可以面对面开会,而其他参与者则通过视频参加会议。
As part of the “return-to-normal” effort, CBIA started conducting its meetings in a “Hybrid” mode replacing video conferencing practiced over the last 18 months. This means that vaccinated directors on the Board of Management met physically while other participants joined by video conferencing.
在上个月的年会上,CBIA向会员宣布了总额接近20万元的唐人街创新项目,包括:视频监控、街道保安巡逻、微型公园、主题壁画、网站改进和巷道改造。
During the annual general meeting (AGM) last month, CBIA announced major innovative programs for its business members totaling close to $200K. These programs are identified as: Surveillance video camera program, Street guard Patrol Program, Parklet Program, Themed Mural Project, Website Improvement Project, and Laneway Project.
以下是每个项目的细节:
Let us look at each one of these programs in detail:
视频监控:唐人街没有安装足够的监控摄像头,是警方认定的犯罪“热点”。部分原因显而易见的——对于做小生意的商家来说,视频监控及其安装费用昂贵。除此之外,商家对隐私法的要求感到不舒服。这两个因素是安装和运行视频监控的主要障碍。
Surveillance video camera program: Chinatown does not have enough surveillance cameras, at the crime “hotspots” identified by the police. Part of the reason is obvious – surveillance cameras and their installations are expensive for small businesses. In addition to that, business owners feel uncomfortable with the requirement of the Privacy Act. These two factors are major obstacles toward getting surveillance cameras installed and operational.
CBIA将通过选定的承包商为其会员提供免费咨询和安装视频监控系统。会员可以用自己的供应商购买监控设备或以成本价从承包商手中购买。通常,商家在使用监控系统时很难满足隐私法的要求。CBIA工作人员将向会员提供张贴告示和政策文件,以遵守隐私法。即使会员已经在用自己的监控系统,他们也可以获得此服务。
CBIA will supply free consultation and installation of surveillance video systems to its members through a selected contractor. The members can purchase their own video equipment from their own vendor or buy them for the contractor at cost. Typically, businesses running surveillance systems are not addressing the Privacy Act requirements. The CBIA staff will provide signage and policy documents to members for compliance with the Privacy Acts. Members can get this service even if they are already running their own surveillance systems and will not be involved in the installation program.
街头保安巡逻:破窗/门而入偷盗,不戴口罩、流浪汉对唐人街商家的干扰和威胁表明,当这些事件发生时,需要有街头保安人员来帮助会员解决问题。
Street guard Patrol Program: Break-ins, non-compliance with mask wearing; disturbances and threats from homeless people to our business members point to the need for the presence of street security personnel to respond to members' plight when these incidents occur.
根据会员的经验,遇到保安问题时,警方无法做到随叫随到。因此,CBIA将向会员会员提供保安人员,以缓解不愉快的情况或加快警方介入的速度。
In the experience of our members, the police cannot arrive at the scene expeditiously to deal with the incidents in real time. It is therefore prudent for CBIA to help them with personnel that can defuse the unpleasant situations or to expedite help from the police.
这些穿制服的街头保安巡逻人员的出现将有助于减轻会员的恐惧,并阻止和防止骚扰的事情发生。在去年CBIA的调查中,会员门将“保安”列为他们最关心的三个问题之一,这也是唐人街需要做的主要事情之一。
The mere presence of these uniformed street patrolling personnel will help to allay the fears of our business members and deter and prevent the occurrences of these harassments. In CBIA’s survey last year, its members listed “Security” as one of their top three concerns and priorities for opportunities for improvement to the area.
选有信誉的保安公司将提供穿制服的保安服务。这些训练有素、身着制服的保安将处理骚乱以缓和局势,并在必要时寻求警方的帮助。他们将在唐人街商业改善区的街道上巡逻,并经常访问和逗留在那些经常出事的地点。保安公司将记录每日的问题报告,供CBIA审查、研究。
A selected and qualified contractor will supply the uniformed guard services. These trained and uniformed guards will deal with disturbances to defuse the situations and to summon police help where warranted. They will patrol the streets within the Chinatown BIA’s boundaries and make frequent visits and stop by the hot spots of reported disturbances. The contractor will produce Daily Incident Reports for CBIA’s review, study, and records.
我将在下一篇文章里介绍其他改善唐人街的项目。
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