Chapter 1513: The last great gift from the Governor's Office to Hong Kong?

Now there is only one year left before 97.

Zhong Yijie has more than a year left in this position, but Zhong Yijie knows that Yang Ming decides the important things now.

He is just the nominal governor of Xiangjiang.

"Mr. Governor, I came here to talk to you about three important things."

"Sir Yang, tell me."

"First, build eight bridges."

Build eight bridges?

Zhong Yijie was really shocked.

When Yang Ming pointed directly to the map of Hong Kong in the study room, five bridges were built on Victoria Harbor and three bridges were built on Deep Bay and Pengcheng.

In Zhong Yijie's opinion, this is indeed a generous move.

However, since the construction of three tunnels in Victoria Harbor, it means that it is impossible to build a bridge.

Now, Yang Ming directly proposes to build five bridges on Victoria Harbor. This is probably a big objection from the outside world.

"Sir Yang, I'm afraid this won't work!" Zhong Yijie said.

"Mr. Governor, why not?"

"I'm afraid those people will object."

"reason?"

"Those people may think that building a bridge over Victoria Harbor will affect the scenery on both sides of Victoria Harbor. In addition, they may even think that it will affect the feng shui of Hong Kong."

landscape?

If you want to talk about scenery, it's still fair.

It may even affect the overall beauty of Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong.

But, you want to talk about Feng Shui?

This is just a reason.

In history, haven’t there been many objections to large-scale land reclamation on the grounds of Feng Shui?

As a result, brother Dong like Yang Ming couldn't do anything he wanted to do. Later, several people in charge also wanted to propose it, but in the end they objected.

In Yang Ming's view, this is just the opposition of those capitals who control a large amount of land.

If you want to oppose it now, the one you should oppose the most is him.

"Mr. Governor, now in Xiangjiang, the Imperial Group and I control the largest land. If we want to object, it should be me, not others."

After Zhong Yijie reacted, he found that it was really like that.

"Sir Yang, if it's okay with you, of course it's okay with me."

"Mr. Governor, in fact, I have traveled to and from the Hung Hom Tunnel many times, and I have found that the Hung Hom Tunnel is getting more and more congested, and it is difficult to meet the current traffic problems in Hong Kong. In addition, the population of Hong Kong will continue to increase, and in the future, Hong Kong will become Do you think it’s feasible to build a big city worth 20 million or even 30 million people in Central and Kowloon areas, which are the most prosperous areas in Hong Kong?”

Many years ago, Yang Ming proposed the super city plan.

In addition to Governor Mailihao knowing it very well, Zhong Yijie also knows it, and it is indeed developing in this direction.

In other words, Xiangjiang’s population is still skyrocketing.

"Also, look at Shanghai. There were no bridges on the Huangpu River in Shanghai, which caused the development of Pudong to lag behind. However, after the Imperial Group built ten bridges on the Huangpu River, it seriously promoted the development of Pudong. And Xiangjiang If we still hold on to the old backward ideas here, we will fall behind the big cities in China sooner or later.”

Zhong Yijie was even more surprised when he heard it.

He originally just wanted to spend the last year or so in peace. Whether Xiangjiang will be prosperous in the future has nothing to do with him.

However, Zhong Yijie also knows that if the Wutiao Bridge on Victoria Harbor was proposed when he was in office, it would naturally be different.

"Sir Yang, consider this my last big gift to the people of Xiangjiang!" Zhong Yijie said.

For him, this is really all he can do now.

"Mr. Governor, you are right. People in Xiangjiang will remember your name in the future."

"It's just that the construction of the three bridges in Deep Bay will require communication with the country?"

Because it belongs to Xiangjiang and Pengcheng, it must have the support of Pengcheng, Guangdong Province, and even Yanjing.

"This is inevitable. However, Xiangjiang needs to be integrated into the country. The construction of these three bridges is also very necessary. I think Yanjing will agree."

"Sir Yang, are you afraid that a lot of funds will be needed to build the five bridges? Are you planning to reserve funds from the Governor's Mansion or invest in other aspects?"

historically.

As the Government-General's Office in Hong Kong got closer to 97, it began to support various infrastructure projects on a large scale.

Among them, the most expensive one is the new international airport.

It is precisely because of that that the country is worried that after 1997, when a new person in charge comes to power, there will be no reserve funds and tax revenue.

Moreover, according to the plan of the Hong Kong Governor's Office at that time, it was only prepared to leave 5 billion Hong Kong dollars in reserve funds. It was obvious that the rest would be invested.

In fact, it was country Y who transferred all the money to country Y.

But, it's different now.

Now the Government-General's Office in Hong Kong has more tax revenue. Without the need to sell land, the Government-General's Office in Hong Kong alone relies on tax revenue from the Hong Kong Science and Technology Park, which is more than ten times higher than the same period in history.

There are also other aspects of taxation. Now the tax revenue of the Xiangjiang Governor's Palace is very abundant, and it can be regarded as one of the richest management organizations in the world.

In addition, the Hong Kong Mandatory Provident Fund Fund under the management of Yang Mingrang Kaila is also one of the richest institutions.

However, this money belongs to the people of Hong Kong. As long as they have paid MPF during the period, when they retire, they will have a pension far beyond their imagination.

In other words, the income of retired people in Xiangjiang is much higher than imagined.

This is also thanks to Yang Ming’s investment in the Hong Kong Mandatory Provident Fund Fund.

According to the current income of the Hong Kong MPF fund, it is stable at more than 10% every year, which can be said to be increasing. In ten years, this MPF will be even more.

Of course, these MPFs cannot be used by the Governor's Office or the new person in charge in the future.

However, for the world, this amount of money is still very scary.

Nowadays, the Governor's Office has very high taxes every year. If it is used to build the bridge in Victoria Harbor, the Governor's Office certainly has enough money to invest in it.

"Mr. Governor, regarding the cost of building the bridge, this is what I think. The Governor's Office does not need to pay, but invests through social fundraising. After several years, after the investment funds and interest are paid off, these bridges can also be provided to Hong Kong citizens and tourists for free."

No need for the Governor's Office to pay?

After all, if eight bridges are built at the same time, a lot of funds will be needed.

Yang Ming does not want to give the outside world the impression that the Governor's Office is going to empty the reserve funds inside.

Moreover, Yang Ming thinks that it is very feasible to raise funds from the public for investment. Even the Empire Group can invest in a portion of the shares. In addition, there are other large companies in Hong Kong, and even ordinary people can buy a portion of the shares. After all, they can earn a certain amount of interest. (End of this chapter)