The backward place has changed into an industrial centre.

那落后的地方变成了工业中心。

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The city, aside from being an industrial centre, enjoys a high moral record.

这座城市不但是个工业中心，道德风气也一向很好。

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The North American Free-Trade Agreement turned the city into a booming industrial centre.

北美自由贸易协定使得这个城市变成繁荣的工业中心。

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In 1959 it still had 1, 800 Jews and was becoming a busy industrial centre.

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In particular, it has not seen the clustering of firms and suppliers that is needed to create a self-sustaining industrial centre.

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Last year, 15, 000 visitors packed into freight elevators and wandered the gritty hallways of the Wah Luen Industrial Centre (15-21 Wong Chuk Yeung Street), the epicentre of the festival's activities.

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