BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand's militarygovernment approved a massive budget to upgrade the country's railwaysincluding high-speed rail that would eventually link with China as part of aneight-year plan to improve infrastructure, officials said Wednesday.

曼谷（美聯(lián)社）——泰國軍政府通過了一項巨大的預(yù)算以升級該國的鐵路系統(tǒng)包括高鐵,，高鐵最終將鏈接到中國,，這是泰國8年期基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施提高計劃中的一部分內(nèi)容，官員周三說,。

The junta approved 741.46 billion baht($23.3 billion) to build two high-speed train routes that will connectThailand's industrialized eastern seaboard with its northern and thenortheastern borders, Transport Ministry permanent secretary Soithip Traisuth said.

軍政府通過了這個7414.6億泰銖（233億美元）的預(yù)算以建造兩條高鐵線路,，將把泰國東部沿海的工業(yè)基地同北部和東北部邊界相連，泰國交通部常務(wù)書記如是說,。

Similar plans initiated last year byThailand's elected government, which was ousted in a May 22 military coup, werescrapped by the Constitutional Court in March. It said the administration'sbill to borrow 2 trillion baht ($63 billion) to fund transport and waterinfrastructure was unconstitutional.

去年泰國的民選政府也提出了類似的計劃,，但是在三月份被憲法法院推翻，而在5月22號民選政府被軍事集團(tuán)政變推翻。在當(dāng)時的判決中憲法法院認(rèn)為政府借款2萬億泰銖（630億美元）來發(fā)展交通和基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施建設(shè)是一種違憲行為,。

The junta's high-speed trains will travelat 160 kilometers (99 miles) per hour, slower than proposed by the oustedgovernment, and will eventually "provide links to the north to China andLaos and down to Malaysia and Singapore," said Soithip, who is also theacting transport minister.

軍政府的這個高鐵項目運(yùn)行時速將達(dá)到160公里,，比被驅(qū)逐的民選政府所提議的時速低，而且將鏈接北部的中國和老撾,，南下則鏈接馬來西亞和新加坡。

China has deepened economic ties with manySoutheast Asia countries despite tensions over Beijing's claims to most of theSouth China Sea. Rail links that extend deep into the region would boost tradeand other commerce with China, the world's No. 2 economy.

盡管中國聲稱對南海大部分地區(qū)擁有主權(quán),，但中國已經(jīng)加深了同很多東南亞國家的經(jīng)濟(jì)關(guān)系,。鐵路的接通將進(jìn)一步加深中國同這些國家的貿(mào)易和商業(yè)往來。

The construction of the two routes, fromNong Khai in the northeast and Chiang Khong in the north, will start in 2015and should be completed by 2021.

連接?xùn)|北部廊開府以及北部清孔的兩條線路的建設(shè)將于2015年動工,，預(yù)計2021年完成,。

The officials didn't explain why the juntashelved the former's government plan for a high-speed rail line that wouldconnect Bangkok with Chiang Mai, a stronghold of ousted prime minister YingluckShinawatra.

官員們并沒有解釋為什么擱置了前政府連接曼谷和清邁的高鐵線路建設(shè)計劃，清邁是被驅(qū)逐總理英拉的大本營,。

The junta has been considering totalspending of 3 trillion baht ($94 billion) on transport and otherinfrastructure.

泰國軍政府考慮花費(fèi)3萬億泰銖（940億美元）用以建設(shè)交通和其他基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施,。

Under the junta's plans, Thailand will alsoexpand dual-track railways. The spending also includes the development ofinter-city trains, public transportation to ease congestion in Bangkok and itsgreater metropolitan area, expansion of nationwide highways to support bordertrade and upgrades of the capacity of ports and airports.

在目前軍政府的計劃下，泰國也會對雙軌鐵路進(jìn)行擴(kuò)張,。還包括發(fā)展城際列車,，發(fā)展公共交通以解決曼谷及其大都會區(qū)的擁擠，擴(kuò)展全國高速公路以支持邊境貿(mào)易,，以及升級港口和機(jī)場的運(yùn)力,。