There are a number of obvious similarities between Singapore and Hong Kong.

新加坡和香港有一些明顯相似的地方

In terms of physical size they're not greatly different.

以實際大小來說他們並沒有明顯的差異

Although the total area of Hong Kong is about twice that of Singapore,

雖然香港的總面積大約是新加坡的兩倍

the amount of land that is actually usable is more or less the same.

但是可用土地面積大小差不多

Both cities were born as British colonies in the first half of the 19th century

兩個城市在19 世紀上半葉都是英國的殖民地，

and are mainly populated by migrants from southern China.

而主要的人口由中國南方的移民所組成

However, while Hong Kong's population of around seven million is overwhelmingly Chinese (98%, in fact),

然而，相比香港的人口中有高達七百萬的中國人（事實上，約佔了98%）

Singapore's population of around 2.8 million is made up of 76% Chinese, 15% Malay, and 7% Indian.

新加坡有大約二百八十萬的人口，其中 76% 是中國人，15% 是馬來人，7% 是印度人

In both cities there are slightly more men than women.

在兩個城市男生的數量都略多於女生

Both cities witnessed very rapid economic development in the 1960s and 1970s,

在 1960 和1970 年代，兩個城市都見證了非常快速的經濟發展

and are now important international financial centres.

而現在都是重要的國際金融中心

However, there are a number of differences between the two cities.

然而，這兩個城市之間有一些差異

Hong Kong's population density - 5,590 persons per square kilometre,

香港的人口密度是每一平方公里有 5590 人

is much higher than Singapore's 4,323 per square kilometre.

這個數字高於新加坡的每一平方公里 4323 人

It is well known that Singapore is quieter, cleaner and greener than Hong Kong.

一般大家都知道新加坡在環境噪音、整潔和綠化程度方面都優於香港

One reason for this is that Singapore's roads are much less congested than Hong Kong's.

其中一個原因是新加坡的道路遠遠沒有香港來得擁擠

Whereas the Singapore government has taken measures to

鑑於新加坡政府實施一些政策

restrict the number of private cars allowed on the roads and encouraged citizens to use public transport,

來限制道路上私人車輛的數量並且鼓勵市民搭乘大眾運輸工具

Hong Kong has done little to discourage car ownership

香港並不太限制車輛的所有權

and has simply continued to build more roads to carry the ever increasing number of vehicles.

而只是單純地建造更多的道路來承載不斷增加的車子數量