Frontpage words - February 24, 2010

by Kandy Wong

SCMP, page A1 February 24, 2010


Understand the title:
A subsidy is money given, usually by the government, to help someone or a project

1. If the central government can't substantiate the supportive policies and safety benchmarks, we can't launch the E6
- financially and legally back up -

2. analysts said the government had baulked at that level of support
- hesitated about agreeing to -

3. Wang Gang has been a strong advocate of electric cars
- supporter -

4. E6 had been considered the leading contender to meet that target
- contestant, challenger -

5. even when the country's first electric car materialises, the nation faces a shortage of recharging stations
- becomes a reality -