The Wealth Empire Crossing the Hong Kong

Chapter 219 Ap Lei Chau

The opening of the Ap Lei Chau Bridge helped the share prices of Wheelock Land and Jardine Land soar again.

The area of ​​this island is only 1.35 square kilometers, which is 135 hectares. Several foreign companies have laid out here many years ago. Wheelock Land currently has about 5 hectares of land here, and Hutchison Land has more land than Wheelock. About eight hectares.

With the opening of the bridge, the price of land has soared further. Even if they just sell the land in their hands, the land they won six years ago can make twenty times the profit.

At the beginning, they only paid 30 Hong Kong dollars per square foot, but now it has risen to 600 Hong Kong dollars per square foot.

And as the Kowloon Bus and other routes are opened here to improve the traffic here, the price will continue to rise.

The stock price of Jardine Swire, one of the four major foreign firms, also rose due to this benefit, and the stock price of Xiangjiang Electric Company also soared sharply.

At present, the main power plant of Heung Kong Electric is located on Ap Lei Chau. The increase in its land price has also given it a greater market value.

Brian and Kesos attended the opening ceremony in person, as well as business elites such as Nubijian, Shi Huaiya, Kelun Standard Chartered, Li Jianhui, Chen Zengxi, and Chartered Ship King.

After the opening ceremony, Brian deliberately communicated with everyone about the development of Ap Lei Chau, which is the main reason why so many people were invited to attend the opening ceremony today.

High-quality development requires the relocation of the Xiangjiang Electric Power Plant. The government plans to relocate it to Lamma Island, where high-end residences, leisure, shopping and entertainment areas will be built.

Li Jianhui is supportive of this aspect, and he said: "Our Tesco Group is willing to build a Wheelock Plaza here to meet the shopping needs of citizens in the southern, eastern, central and western districts.

At the same time, Hutchison Properties will build a high-quality sea view villa area here to provide high-quality housing for the citizens of Xiangjiang. "

Both Brian and Xoss were very happy with Li Jianhui's statement. As long as Li Jianhui took the lead and supported it, the development of Ap Lei Chau would not be a problem.

"Mr. Lee's plan is very good. Our government expects Ap Lei Chau to become the back garden of Hong Kong Island. The focus here is on comfort and high quality. I hope that everyone will not plan for a floor area ratio of more than five to eight.

Our government specifically stipulates that the floor area ratio must not exceed [-], and as long as it exceeds this regulation, it will not be approved. "

As Jardine, which owns a lot of land here, Newbigan also said that Jardine will build a Wellcome shopping center here, a high-quality luxury residential area.

With Si Huaiya and Kelun Standard Chartered also expressing their views, the main tone of the development of Ap Lei Chau has been set in this way.

If Li Jianhui got nervous and asked Xin Jian Real Estate to come to build a project like Tin Shui Wai or Tseung Kwan O, not to mention that the government would not approve it, he would also become a public enemy of all parties.

Since the high-quality residential area and shopping, entertainment and leisure area have been positioned here, it is impossible to allow dozens of densely populated residential areas to enter.

In addition to shopping malls and mansions, there are mainly golf courses, amusement parks and the like.

Xoss said: "In order to speed up the development of Ap Lei Chau, our government will organize a land auction in the near future, but there are three requirements.

From the date of acquiring the land, construction and development must start within two years, and from the date of construction, the development plan must be completed within five years.

Projects should focus on high-quality residences, shopping centers, hotels, entertainment projects, etc., and should not be used to build housing estates or factories. "

The reason why the Bryan government made such a request is for the government's finances. Land sales are the biggest source of income for the Bryan government.

The second is to stimulate the economic development of Xiangjiang. This is for Xoss's own benefit. Only the brighter Xiangjiang's economy is, the greater the chance of him being transferred back to London.

At present, inflation in the UK is quite serious, and the internal economic pressure is very high. Xia Dingji has become the deputy director of the British Economic Reform Policy Advisory Committee, and also serves as the Deputy Minister of the British Ministry of Industry.

The reason why he was able to reach this high position is mainly because of the achievements he had made in Xiangjiang's administrative division and Xiangjiang's economy.

Xoss also hopes to be able to serve as a senior executive in the local department like Xia Dingji.

The third is that some news from England has already made Xoss feel a little bad. He hopes to sell as much land as possible in the past two years.

And let the business community of Xiangjiang invest more funds in real estate, high-tech industries such as electronic semiconductors, it is better not to develop on a large scale in Xiangjiang for the time being.

This is a typical example of burying pits for the future, so that Hong Kong’s business community can enter more real estate, service industries, and financial industries. Once Hong Kong’s industries become hollow and there are no large-scale manufacturing companies, once there is a large-scale financial crisis in the future, the economy is bound to severely impacted.

Especially for the Donghua Consortium, this group does not play cards according to common sense at all. When everyone is focusing on real estate, finance and even hotels, the Donghua Consortium has entered electronic semiconductors, home appliances, clothing, shipbuilding, and steel on a large scale. , condiments and other manufacturing industries.

This is indeed good for the future. If it were in England, Brian and Xoss would definitely support the development of the Donghua Consortium.

It's a pity that this is not England, and there is news from the mainland that the issue of Xiangjiang is not ideal.

This made them change some strategies. Before, some industries were fully liberalized in order to strengthen the strength of these consortiums and let them have their own media and be able to make their own voices.

At the same time, try to guide the funds of several major consortiums to invest in the real estate industry, and put all these family funds into the real estate.

Although the people present wanted to develop slowly, it was a pity that their arms could not twist their thighs. In addition, Li Jianhui, Niu Bijian, and Shi Huaiya, who own a lot of land, have already agreed, and they can only agree with Xoss. Require.

"Thank you very much for your understanding of the government's decision. I believe that with your support, Ap Lei Chau will become the largest wealthy district in Hong Kong in the future.

I believe everyone is aware of the difference between Ap Lei Chau and the New Territories. We are confident that the economic policies of Kowloon, Hong Kong Island, Ap Lei Chau and Lamma Island can be maintained for a long time. "

Brian still didn't give up on tying these people to their chariots as much as possible, and every time he publicly mentioned the economic system and the interests of the major families.

Separation by ideology makes these people have to favor them for the benefit of themselves and their families.

On the way back, Li Guobao and Li Jianhui were in the same car and asked Li Jianhui's opinion on the recent change of Bryan's government.

Li Jianhui said with a smile: "I'm afraid you guessed it, otherwise Brian would not have mentioned the difference between the New Territories and Ap Lei Chau today, it seems that the communication between the two parties is not smooth.

We don’t have to pay too much attention to this matter, what should we do? The sky won’t fall, and even if we switch sides, it won’t affect our development. I believe the economic system here will not change. "

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(End of this chapter)