"the implementation of the new system is an important step in modernising the cheque processing infrastructure in hong kong, " said mr joseph yam, chief executive of the hkma 金管局总裁任志刚表示：推行这个新系统，代表了本港支票处理基建进行现代化的重要一步。
Also this week he told french ambassadors to go out and tell the world that he is determined to modernise france and efface its image as rigid and protectionist 也是在这周，他告诉法国的大使们到世界各国向全世界宣讲他推进法国现代化的决心，并淡化法国顽固不化和贸易保护主义的固有形象。
From the day when he was elected in may, promising a rupture with the past to modernise france, mr sarkozy was always likely to face a showdown with the unions 萨科齐总统在今年五月当选为法国总统，并承诺要与过去决裂以实现法国的现代化；自从那时，萨科齐总统就可能陷入与各大工会摊牌的境地。
China's push to modernise its creaking railway system, which is being increasingly strained by breakneck economic growth, has attracted many international firms, including germany's siemens ag 中国叽叽喳喳的铁路系统，严重的制约了经济的增长。中国对铁路的现代化的推动，引起了包括德国西门子ag在内的国际大公司的注意。
China's push to modernise its creaking railway system, which is being increasingly strained by breakneck economic growth, has attracted many international firms, including germany's siemens ag 中国吓人的经济增长给铁路带来持续增加的压力，中国正致力于把他破旧不堪的铁路系统推向现代化。这吸引了很多国际公司，包括西门子等。
On the other hand, there is a strong desire to modernise management and move towards the observation of international standards, to facilitate the ongoing commercialisation and the eventual privatisation of the banks 另一方面，中国内地又渴望能将管理现代化，迈向遵守国际标准，从而可促进银行商业化及最终达到私有化的目标。
This change from well water supplies to tap water from shek pik reservoir assisted in modernising the lives of the island s residents . the plover cove scheme was introduced in the spring of 1961 在1970年代初期，透过石壁水塘，主要的离岛供水网络基本上完成，改变了离岛居民以地下水为主要食水水源的习惯，生活得以迈向现代化。
