卡塔爾爲建設2022世界盃基礎設施每週花費5億美金

Qatar is spending AlMost $500m a week on major infrastructure projects as it prepares for the 2022 Fifa World Cup, its finance minister has said

卡塔爾財政部長日前表示，爲迎接2022年世界盃的到來，卡塔爾將在大型基礎設施建設中每週花費約5億美元。

Ali al-Emadi expected spending to continue at that level for three to four years as new stadiums, motorways, rail links and hospitals are built.

財政部長阿里·阿爾·伊馬迪預計，未來三到四年卡塔爾都會保持這樣一個支出水平，以支持新場館、高速公路、鐵路以及醫院的建設。

More than $200bn will be spent in total by the gas-rich emirate.

這個石油豐厚的國家預計會爲此次盛會投入兩千多億美元。

But Mr Emadi denied that the plans would make the 2022 tournament the most expensive World Cup yet.

但是伊馬迪先生表示，此舉不會使2022年世界盃成爲歷史上最“昂貴”的一次世界盃。

The 2014 World Cup in Brazil is reported to have cost $11bn to host, while Russia increased government spending on the 2018 World Cup by $321m to $10.7bn.

據報道，2014年巴西世界盃共花費了110億美元。此外，俄羅斯政府對2018年世界盃的投入也將上升至107億美元，比原來多了3.21億美元。

Brazil struggled to get many of its stadiums ready, but Mr Emadi told reporters in Doha that Qatar had already awarded 90% of the contracts for 2022 projects and that two-thirds would be delivered within the next 24 months.

巴西政府曾爲了按時完成場館建設而費盡周折，但伊馬迪先生告訴記者，卡塔爾方面已經在首都多哈簽訂了2022年90%的工程合同，其中三分之二都會在未來兩年內完成。

"We are giving ourselves a good chance to deliver things on time," he added. "We don't want to be in a place where we start painting when people are coming to the country."

他補充說道：“這樣可以使我們儘可能地按時交工，我們不希望等到遊客紛至杳來的時候纔開始着急忙活。”