香港特首梁振英在1月14日发表的《施政报告》中说，香港从1月15日起暂停从2003年10月开始推行的“资本投资者入境计划”。请看本报周五的报道：

    Hong Kong has called a sudden halt to its capital investment immigration program, creating shock waves on both sides of the border.

    In his Policy Address on Wednesday, Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying announced the suspension of the Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES), beginning Thursday. He said Hong Kong no longer has the economic environment that it had in 2003 when the program was introduced.

    报道中的call a halt to就是“叫停”，就是“要求停止某事”的意思，halt是“停止、阻止”，可作名词也可作动词。

    Let’s call a halt to the meeting and continue after lunch.

    会议先到这里，午饭后再接着开。

    The manager called a halt to all overtime.

    经理要求停止一切形式的加班。