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A |     　　香港8月11日电（奚天麒）以“穗港协同·打造湾区游艇生活圈”为主题的第18期“粤港月讲”研讨交流活动11日在香港举行，活动由广州南沙粤港合作咨询委员会主办，聚焦粤港澳大湾区游艇全产业链协同发展，深入探讨蓝色经济融合发展新路径。

B | 　　广州市委常委、南沙区委书记刘炜表示，作为国家游艇自由行政策落地实施首批区域，南沙肩负着先行先试的重要使命，必须敢于探索创新，为大湾区游艇产业发展探路。    Canberra, Oct 11 (UNI) Two Australian men have been charged with bribing Sri Lankan officials to secure infrastructure contracts worth millions of dollars.
Australian police arrested the pair last month after a decade-long investigation spanning several countries, BBC reported.
The men, aged 67 and 71, worked for a company which has been accused of misconduct in South Asian countries, it said.
They are yet to respond to the charges and will face court.
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) say the men arranged bribes of more than A$304,000 ($190,000) to government officials between 2009 and 2016.
The bribes were allegedly made in the pursuit of two Sri Lankan projects -- which police did not name -- worth A$14m.
The charges follow an investigation into SMEC International Pty Ltd, an Australian-based engineering firm, which involved authorities from the US, Canada, India and elsewhere, the BBC reported.
More arrests and charges are possible, the AFP said.
"Corruption undermines fair competition and can have disastrous consequences for developing economies, global anti-poverty and development efforts," Detective Supt Helen Schneider said.
Originally known as the Snowy Mountains Engineering Corp, SMEC was formed in 1949 to build an iconic Australian infrastructure project. It has since grown to employ 5,400 staff in many countries.
In 2017, the World Bank temporarily barred SMEC and four subsidiaries in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka from bidding for any of its contracts, the report said.
The World Bank said it had discovered evidence linking the company to suspected "inappropriate payments" in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
At the time, a spokesperson for SMEC said the allegations did not relate to any Australian projects, and that the company would continue to strengthen its corporate integrity compliance programmes.
Protests erupted in Sri Lanka this year over corruption allegations and the country's worst economic crisis in history, it said.
UNI MR。最终目标是深化粤港澳游艇市场协同，当前仅仅是破冰起步阶段，后续还要持续推动跨境通行更加便利、产业供给更加充实、运行监管更加安全、办事流程更加高效，真正让普通大众能够共享游艇发展带来的海洋文旅红利，而这一愿景，需要粤港澳各方携手合作才能够实现。　　全国政协副主席、广州南沙粤港合作咨询委员会顾问梁振英表示，香港市民酷爱海上活动，若能大幅降低活动成本，同时拓展可活动海域，香港的游艇休闲、体育赛事等水上活动将有望实现普及化。

C | 这不仅是满足市民对美好生活的向往、提升香港生活质量的重要举措，也是培育旅游相关新兴产业、打造未来经济增长点的有效路径。游艇产业链涵盖修造、船用设备生产、融资租赁、保险经纪、注册登记、培训教练，以及面向本地与外来游客的旅游服务，未来还可拓展至游艇贸易出口等领域。　　南沙开发区管委会副主任袁飚表示，粤港澳大湾区海洋资源得天独厚，粤港澳游艇自由行政策持续落地，为游艇产业发展打开广阔空间。香港拥有国际化成熟游艇产业链与运营服务经验，南沙坐拥完整造船产能、维修实力、游艇出入境口岸与创新扶持政策，两地资源互补、机遇叠加，携手共建湾区游艇生活圈恰逢其时。　　在研讨环节，嘉宾围绕游艇修造、金融创新、游艇销售、海洋旅游、码头设计等全产业链议题展开深入交流。据介绍，今年10月，南沙将举办“百名船东聚南沙”游艇嘉年华活动，整合江海观光、湿地生态、非遗体验等多元文旅休闲资源，进一步激发湾区海洋经济活力。

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