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Chinese workers get paid 21.75 days per monthPosted by Banyue on Friday, January 11, 2008 at 5:00 PM
 Beijing Daily Messenger January 11, 2008 The top headline of today's Beijing Daily Messenger has a good news for people who frequently use bus routes starting with the number 9. The city government published new rules yesterday that give a 60% discount to people who pay by farecard on those routes, and 80% to student card holders. But the policy only affects trips in the city proper; further out, farecards only give a 20% discount over cash fares. Today's photo shows pop duo Twins moved to tears at the release of their new album, which took place at a press conference in Beijing yesterday. The cute faces and energetic performing style of the Hong Kong singers has made them very popular with mainland teenagers. Other headlines: • The Ministry of Labor and Social Security announced a revised figure for calculating salaries of hourly and daily workers. Because of recent adjustments to the national holiday schedule that increased the number of annual legal holidays from 10 to 11 days, average monthly workdays have fallen from 20.92 to 20.83. The Ministry's announcement describes how to calculate daily and hourly wages from a monthly figure using 21.75 for the number of "salaried days" in a month. • Beijing will set up 126 Olympic Cultural Squares during the Olympics and Paralympics. These attractions will include art galleries, exhibitions, and Olympic-themed activities. Oddly, as recently as last month, the number of Olympic Cultural Squares was reported to be just 26 (links: Chinese, English). |
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"But the policy only affects downtown trips; further out, farecards only give a 20% discount over cash fares."
I'm afraid this is a mis-translation. The original story I read says that the change only applies to the part of routes within Beijing. I'm not sure if I explained it clearly.
Actually, Tungwen, that was a sticking point for us; I probably should change it to "the city proper." Does 市界 and 域内外 in the article mean that the discount applies to routes anywhere within the inner districts, while crossing into outlying counties costs more?
The story I read yesterday was not the one on 信报, but I managed to find it (link here: http://www.stardaily.com.cn/PDF/2008-1-11/5.pdf). "市界" here means the border line that Beijing shares with neighboring provinces.
Further proof: (link here: http://epaper.jinghua.cn/html/2008-01/11/content_201587.htm) "9字头线路延伸到北京市界外的线路，在市界内路段将执行普通卡4折、学生卡2折的优惠政策，市界外路段将维持现有8折的折扣优惠政策不变。目前9字头一共有11条公交线路延伸到市界外，分别开往香河、涿州等地。"
BTW, "信报" is translated as Star Daily according to its website address.
hehehe ... Probably you've figured out that I'm a translator. I wonder if you guys at danwei.org are interested in opening a translation service operation in China. This is a formal invitation.
Thanks, Tungwen. That makes things clearer.
Beijing Daily Messenger was once known as "Star Daily" back in an earlier incarnation; it changed the name on its masthead without changing websites a few years ago.