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Practical English for Civil Servants

Conversation Openers

We have been discussing this issue about the Smart City and have

been spending a lot on the digital governance. For example, the

integrated application of the Citizen Card.

我們最近正在討論智慧城市這個議題，也投注不少經費在數位治理。例如：

市民卡整合應用等。

To my best knowledge, you are from The Netherlands, and we know

that The Netherlands has been developing the concept of the Smart
City as well, especially on the popular application of long-term

caretaking for elders. Therefore, your professional experiences in this

regard are worth our efforts to study them.

得知您來自荷蘭，我們瞭解荷蘭也正在發展智慧城市，尤其運用在長者的長

期照護方面相當普遍，值得我們學習。

As I know, Estonia has become well-known for effective digital

governance, and Tallinn was awarded top honors as the 2020 Intelligent
Community of the Year. Since you are involved in executing this project,

I wondered if you could share with us your precious experiences.

據我所知，愛沙尼亞在數位治理方面著有成效，且塔林市又於 2020 年榮獲智

慧城市評比首獎，得知您參與計畫執行，能否談談您的寶貴經驗。

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