Chapter 572 [Development of Tianshui Wai]
The British Hong Kong government ruled Hong Kong from January 26, 1841, and by the time of MacLehore, it had a total of 25 governors;
MacLeho has served as the governor of Hong Kong since 1971, and this year is his fourth term;
It can be said that this was the moment of MacLeho's ambition. After hearing Wu Guangyao's plan to build a town, he immediately decided to organize the heads of various departments of the Hong Kong government to discuss.
Although MacLeho had no administrative experience before managing Xiangjiang, he lacked bureaucracy and was willing to do practical things for the entire Xiangjiang;
This is true. During MacLeho's term in his previous life, Xiangjiang carried out drastic reforms, involving housing, integrity, education, medical care, infrastructure, transportation, economy and many social welfare. The most famous of them are the development of new towns, the ten-year housing construction plan, nine years of free education, the establishment of the Independent Commission Against Corruption and the construction of underground railways.
However, the plan to "living people have their own houses" has affected the interests of too many people. Even the Governor of Hong Kong is difficult to vigorously promote this plan. In the end, the two sides formed a balance, and the number of cheap houses launched each year has been greatly reduced, which has completely become an "image project!
Although Wu Guangyao decided to support the Hong Kong government in building a large number of public housing units in Tin Shui Wai, Wu Guangyao knew that these public housing units would not have much impact on Hong Kong real estate.
Because of my own appearance, Hong Kong Island has undergone many changes;
First of all, the population increased by tens of thousands or even more during the same period than the population in previous lives; as the population increased, the demand for housing increased.
Secondly, the per capita income level should also increase by about 15% to 20% during the same period. The increase in income level means that there are more people who are able to buy a house.
Finally, the Hong Kong government has implemented the "aggression policy", which means that mainland residents can obtain legal status in Hong Kong as long as they arrive in the city of Hong Kong. During this period of history, Hong Kong's economy exploded and urgently needed a large amount of labor, so it also caused a large number of mainland residents to come to Hong Kong during this period. If Tin Shui Wai is developed, a large number of workers are needed, these people can provide cheap labor and can also become beneficiaries of public housing in the future.
After learning that Wu Guangyao was interested in developing Tin Shui Wai, MacLeho immediately discussed with his staff and some officials from the Hong Kong government department. Everyone agreed that the Wu family had the ability to build a new town that could accommodate 500,000 people, which not only stimulated Hong Kong's economy, but also alleviated some social conflicts in Hong Kong, such as housing issues and employment issues...
From an economic perspective, it is indeed beneficial to the Hong Kong government and Hong Kong Island, and it is even solving the problems of the Hong Kong government;
However, the Hong Kong government has to consider a political issue, that is, will Wu Guangyao's influence continue to expand, thereby affecting Britain's rule over Hong Kong.
In the end, it was MacLeho who made the decision in person and said: "According to the Sixth Military Bureau, the Wu family has never clearly turned to the mainland government; on the contrary, we should win over the Wu family, which will be conducive to future negotiations!"
Winning the Wu family is a strategy in London;
On the issue of Hong Kong Island, London needs to win over the Wu family;
In terms of the British local economy, London also needs to win over the Wu family.
In the following month, Wu Guangyao led his team to meet with the Hong Kong government several times;
The two sides had some discussions on various aspects of Tin Shui Wai's development.
Some detailed discussions were conducted in the Science and Technology Industrial Park, Science and Technology University, public housing and villages, commercial facilities, etc.
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December 25, 1974, Western Christmas.
The Wu Consortium and the Hong Kong government have reached an agreement that the Wu Consortium will invest at least HK$10 billion within 15 years to build a new town in Tin Shui Wai, New Territories that can accommodate 500,000 people.
The news came out, shocking Hong Kong and Kowloon New Zealand!
It is generally believed that the New Territories have always been a forbidden place for real estate developers because they involve sovereignty issues and inconvenient transportation;
Now that Wu’s consortium has invested 10 billion Hong Kong dollars, aren’t you afraid of being wasted?
Just as there was a lot of discussion outside, Wu Guangyao convened the CEOs of all his own companies and held a meeting in the family office of Cheung Kong Building.
"Look at the information you have in hand, Tianshuiwei's development cannot be separated from the support of the company you manage; I will set up a project team to develop Tianshuiwei as soon as possible. The companies under your management must obey the arrangements of the project team!"
In this project team, Wu Guangyao naturally led the position of group leader, and added three deputy group leaders, and then some departments were listed.
Li Xing said happily: "Assisting the Hong Kong government in building 30,000 low-rent housing units is equivalent to solving the living environment of only 100,000 people. In other words, several of our real estate companies may need to solve the living environment of 300,000 people."
The living environment of 300,000 people is equivalent to six Taikoo City, which makes several real estate CEOs excited to think about it!
Wu Guangyao waved his hand and said, "The premise is that the Science and Technology Industrial Park can be successful, otherwise there will be no large number of jobs. How can it attract citizens to live in Tianshuiwei?"
Fu Hongru took over the topic and said: "The boss doesn't need to worry. Baiyou Group can solve the employment problem of 5,000 people in the Tin Shui Wai Technology Industrial Park. The main reason is that the food and beverage company is developing rapidly, and Shau Chi Wan has gradually become a prosperous area. We can completely move the factory in Shau Chi Wan to Tin Shui Wai. The land in Shau Chi Wan can develop real estate and bring a lot of profits."
Li Bing from Zipper Group also said: "The factories in Tsuen Wan can also support relocation!"
Next, everyone made suggestions, but everyone used the relocation of factories as their main resource.
Wu Guangyao said, "If you say it, my original intention will be completely changed! What I want to increase the industrial competitiveness of Hong Kong Island, rather than relocating my own factory and using the original factory to develop real estate. I am dissatisfied with you saying that the Science and Technology Industrial Park is not something you want to enter. I will not let them in some low-end manufacturing industries at all.
Let me give you some clues. In the new science and technology park, I will invest a lot in the electronics industry and machinery production.
And I will not develop real estate projects in your factories!"
In his past life, some industrialists saw that the real estate industry in Hong Kong was booming and used factory skins to develop real estate. In the end, the entire industry disappeared.
Speaking of which, if Wu Guangyao's factory land is really in the 21st century, it is not a problem to estimate that it will exceed 100 billion Hong Kong dollars;
But the key is that the Wu family does not lack 100 billion Hong Kong dollars!
Next, everyone finally became honest and the suggestions made were finally a bit constructive!
For example, Zipper Group has been vigorously developing machinery manufacturing in recent years and plans to invest in a factory with about 3,000 people in Tin Shui Wai;
For example, Master Kong, a subsidiary of Baiyou Group, can invest in a factory with 2,000 people in Tinshuiwei in the future;
The toy factory under Oriental Media Group can also invest in a factory with 2,000 people in Tin Shuiwei;
After some discussion, the employment issues of almost 10,000 people were determined;
Wu Guangyao said: "For the time being, with the electronics factory I expected, there is no problem for about 30,000 people to find employment in the science and technology park. Let's slowly attract investment in the future!"
In fact, Wu Guangyao still has a lot of investments and has not been said!
According to historical progress, the mainland will only be considered a mature factory transfer site in the late 1990s;
Then as long as the Tin Shuiwei Industrial Park completes its transformation before the late 1990s and becomes a high-tech industrial park;
Then, the future Tin Shui Wai will not be affected by the development of the mainland!
Chapter completed!