The Wealth Empire Crossing the Hong Kong

Chapter 642 Interests Determine Position
At the end of March, Bryan convened a special session of the Executive Council again, with all non-official members in attendance.

At the meeting, Xoss once again explained some policies, one of which was the right to issue banknotes in Hong Kong dollars that Tung Wah Association has always been concerned about.

In addition, in order to promote the economic development of Xiangjiang, it has come up with an extremely large infrastructure plan, including urban roads, subway lines, and a new airport.

It also mentioned again that Xiangjiang will be built into an Asian and even international higher education center, and the plan for [-] colleges and universities will be completed in the initial stage.

On the introduction of talents to settle down, it still firmly implements its policy, and the annual population growth plan of [-] is changed to [-]. One of the reasons is that the number of international students in Xiangjiang has increased significantly. The elites who come to Xiangjiang, so the number of places is increased by [-] every year.

The project of affordable housing for villagers in squatter areas will also be speeded up, striving to completely solve this historical problem within ten years.

Official lawmakers have not yet spoken, and the non-official lawmakers present immediately expressed their views on several major issues.

As the chief non-official member of parliament, Li Jianhui was the first to speak out: "In the past, three banks had the right to issue banknotes in Hong Kong dollars, but after Hang Seng was acquired by HSBC, it has always been only Standard Chartered and HSBC.

Hong Kong is a Hong Kong with [-] million citizens. For the benefit of all citizens, the right to issue Hong Kong dollar banknotes should not and cannot be monopolized by two British banks.

At present, Xinjian Bank, as the largest Chinese-owned bank in Hong Kong, is fully capable of taking on this important task. It has become the third bank with the right to issue banknotes in Hong Kong dollars, in order to maintain the stability of the Hong Kong dollar and the interests of more than six million citizens.

As for the infrastructure projects mentioned by Mr. Kesos, I firmly support them. I believe that after these projects are put into use, the travel of Hong Kong citizens will be more convenient, and the economic development will be further improved.

However, I hope that the government can fully consider its own financial problems. Each project should have a timetable and be advanced according to priorities to avoid financial bankruptcy.

In terms of higher education, I have always been more supportive. Through joint ventures or sole proprietorships, my Xinjian Education Group has successively established Xiangjiang Film and Television University, Xiangjiang Aviation Academy, Xinjian University, Xiangjiang University of Finance and Economics, Xiangjiang Institute of Architectural Engineering, Xiangjiang The University of Electronics and Information Engineering and Xiangjiang Medical University can also be regarded as contributing to the education of Xiangjiang.

It’s just that I think it’s not enough to have a huge number of higher education universities if we want to build Xiangjiang into a higher education center in Asia and even the world. What we need now is to improve the quality of higher education institutions rather than the pursuit of quantity.

As for increasing the number of immigrants and resident population, I think that instead of increasing the number, it should be reduced. The area of ​​the Xiangjiang River is so large. Overpopulation will not only fail to promote stable development, but will cause huge conflicts. "

Today Li Jianhui is not the only one to speak. On several issues, the opinions of all parties are completely different. Regarding the right to issue Hong Kong dollar banknotes, Shen Bi is unequivocally opposed to it, but fully supports it on several other issues.

Bao Yugang, Li Zhaoji, Zheng Yutong, Li Chaoren, etc. also have different opinions. Regarding the right to issue banknotes in Hong Kong dollars, because they know that their own financial banks cannot compare with banks such as Xinjian, Dongya, Daoheng, Kawah, and Wing On, so they Neither for nor against.

They also expressed their support for infrastructure construction, especially urban roads and subway lines, which are beneficial to all parties.

Their attitudes are quite different from those of Li Jianhui when it comes to colleges and universities, immigrants, and the increase in resident population. All parties support the policies proposed by the Bryan government.

Zheng Yutong even said that the Far East Film and Television Media Group and Xinhong Film and Television Media Group plan to jointly establish the Far East Film and Television Media University with a number of film companies. If the government can approve it, this will be the twenty-fifth university in Hong Kong.

Listening to everyone's speech, Brian, Xoss and the others were very happy. Their work in the past few years has not been in vain. As long as these Chinese representatives have differences, they can easily handle many things.

Brian said: "As the center of Asian film and television media, Xiangjiang has developed rapidly in recent years, and the demand for talents is also increasing.

Although there are already Xiangjiang Film and Television University and Xiangjiang Academy of Drama, it is difficult for these two excellent talents to flow out to the outside world for some reasons, so that some of our enterprises are in the dilemma of lack of talents.

For the establishment of the Far East Film and Television University mentioned by Mr. Zheng, our government is very supportive. As long as you submit your application to the Education Department, it will be approved on the same day.

Moreover, our government will do its best to make the degrees of Far East Film and Television University recognized by many countries within the Commonwealth, so that it can be on the same platform as other universities in Hong Kong, so as to avoid affecting the recruitment of students. "

Regarding the right to issue banknotes in Hong Kong dollars, Financial Secretary Ross said that a Hong Kong local financial conference will be held in the near future, and a bank will be selected as the third bank with the right to issue banknotes in Hong Kong dollars based on the comprehensive strength of the banks.

Xoss also responded to urban transportation infrastructure, college planning, foreign immigrants, and affordable housing for villagers in squatter areas.

In terms of transportation, priority will be given to the construction of the line from Tsuen Wan to Tianshui new urban area.

On the road, priority will be given to the construction of the project from Shatian to Dapu to the new urban area of ​​Fenshui, mainly to widen the road to meet the increasing traffic flow.

The other is the new airport project, which is initially planned to be placed on outlying islands. Part of it is the coastal area of ​​the island, and the other part is land reclamation, especially the airport runway. The initial planned investment is 700 billion Hong Kong dollars.

Hearing this number, even Li Jianhui, who has a huge wealth, took a breath.

However, Xoss was not finished yet. He continued to announce that the government would establish the Hong Kong Academy of Fine Arts and the Hong Kong Conservatory of Music in Yuen Long and North District respectively to help the better development of Hong Kong's film and television record industry.

At the same time, he also stated that Baptist College and Lingnan College will also actively improve their teaching quality. Not surprisingly, these two colleges will become the 28th and 29th higher education institutions in Hong Kong.

Among them, Baptist College is a church college, which is a private institution, while Lingnan College is a public institution.

I don’t know if there was a discussion earlier. After Kesos’ introduction, Kesos and Shi Huaiya also said that Swire, Jardines, CLP Power, and Hang Seng Bank plan to jointly invest in the establishment of Hang Seng University.

In this way, the [-] colleges and universities plan proposed by the government can be said to have been basically completed. After two years, all [-] colleges and universities will recruit students from abroad, forming a situation of [-] public colleges, [-] and [-] private colleges.

Xiangjiang has a small land and a large population, and now so many colleges and universities need enough land for their development, which will inevitably lead to more tension in Xiangjiang's construction land and industrial land.

Moreover, the annual enrollment of [-] colleges and universities may be close to [-]. This is also a huge challenge, and it is bound to further increase the number of international students.

Although many people present understood that the implementation of these policies of the Bryan government would cause a series of problems, some people pretended to be confused for their own benefit, instead of speaking out against it, they actively participated in expressing their support.

(End of this chapter)