In this task, we ask you to rewrite a sentence in simple English without changing its general meaning. Essentially, you want to make the sentence easier to read by using simpler words, utilizing more straightforward sentence structures, and omitting non-essential information etc.

[EX Q]: The City of Victoria , often called Victoria City or simply Victoria , was the " de facto " capital of Hong Kong during the British colonial period .
[EX A]: Victoria City is technically the capital of Hong Kong .

[EX Q]: The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority ( abbreviated MBTA and known colloquially as " the T " ) is the public agency responsible for operating most public transportation services in Greater Boston , Massachusetts .
[EX A]: The Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority ( usually called the MBTA or " the T " ) is Massachusetts ' public transportation system .

[EX Q]: While a spokesman initially stated that it was likely that the train entered the station at too high a speed , later estimates indicated that the train entered the station at 25 to , which was not an excessive speed .
[EX A]:
It was later estimated that the train entered the station at 25 to , which was not an excessive speed .