People in Hong Kong create super chaebols

This subway line will be officially opened on October 10st.

The current trial operation is just for advance publicity, which can be seen from the fact that they invited representatives from all walks of life to take a test ride.

One line, from Tseung Kwan O to Shek Kip Mei, takes about 40 minutes.

Walking out of Shek Kip Mei MTR station, Su Cheng was filled with emotion. He had never expected that he would take the Hong Kong subway in the late 1970s, and this subway had not yet been officially opened.

Outside the subway station, Suzhou's Rolls-Royce had been waiting for a long time.

Under normal circumstances, as long as the road is not congested, it is of course faster to drive.

The official car of the Governor's Office was also waiting.

A stage was also built outside Shek Kip Mei Station.

As the Governor of Hong Kong, Mike Leighton stepped forward to express his gratitude.

Originally, the MTR Corporation invited Su Cheng to give a speech, but he declined as he was not very interested in it.

After MacLehose finished his speech, today's subway ride experience came to an end.

"Mr. Su, do you want to go to the Governor's Mansion to have a chat?" After Mai Lihao stepped down, he said to Su Cheng with a smile.

"Of course. How could I refuse the Governor's invitation?" Su Cheng laughed.

Shek Kip Mei is actually just to the west of Kowloon Tong. Standing outside the Shek Kip Mei subway station, Su Cheng can even see the two more-than-10-story apartment buildings of Hutchison Plaza from afar.

Originally, Su Cheng planned to go to Hutchison Plaza after arriving in Shek Kip Mei to see how they were preparing for their official opening.

However, since Governor MacLehose had personally invited him, he naturally put aside the idea of ​​going to Hutchison Plaza.

Half an hour later, Su Cheng's Rolls-Royce was parked steadily in the parking space outside the Governor's Palace.

Afterwards, he asked the driver to send Chung Chuhong back first, while he walked into the Governor's Mansion by himself.

Governor's Mansion, Su Cheng hasn't been here for a long time, but he is still familiar with the corridors here.

"Mr. Su, I heard that your Tianyuan Investment Company bought a car company in the UK?"

In the Governor's office, after the two sat down, Mai Lihao asked curiously.

As the official in charge of Hong Kong, and with his special status in the UK, it was easy for Mai Lihao to know about this matter.

"That's right. By the way, Mr. Governor, I just want to ask you a question. I want to build a complete automobile industry chain industrial park in Hong Kong. I wonder where is the best place to place this industrial park? As you know, the automobile industry is currently a weak industry in Hong Kong. As a part of Hong Kong, I still hope that Hong Kong can develop comprehensively." Su Cheng thought for a while and said.

In fact, he has been considering where to place the industrial park for some time. The city center is definitely not an option, and it is also difficult to find a suitable place in the suburbs. This is because if the vehicle business develops, large-scale production will inevitably be carried out. At that time, apart from other things, a large area will be required just to park the new cars.

Therefore, it is difficult to find a suitable location even in the suburbs. After Zhang Qizheng came back, Su Cheng discussed this matter with him.

Although the companies under Suzhou currently have a lot of land, none of them are suitable. Either the area is not large enough or they have been used for other purposes.

For example, in Tseung Kwan O, the land has already been fully planned and utilized.

A large film and television city also needs to be built on the Qingshui Bay Peninsula. Apart from that, the area is all mountainous and not suitable for an automobile industrial park.

The land owned by Hutchison Whampoa in Tuen Mun has now been divided to Tianwen Petroleum Company for use as an oil refining base.

The remaining plots of land currently in reserve are basically either in the city center or in the suburbs, and the land area is not large enough.

Therefore, after discussion, Zhang Qizhen and Su Cheng both agreed that it would be best if this matter could get the support of the Hong Kong government. As long as the Hong Kong government supports it, then everything will not be a problem.

"Mr. Su needs a large area?" Mai Lihao asked in surprise.

According to his idea, the sales volume of Austin and Jaguar cars acquired by Tianyuan Investment Company is not large, and the factories in the UK are not large either, so even if the entire production line is moved here, the area occupied will be almost enough to be the area of ​​an ordinary industrial park.

As a member of the United Kingdom, MacLehose did not feel anything about the acquisition of a British car company.

After all, Britain is a major automobile country with countless automobile brands, including Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Aston Martin, McLaren, etc. Although Jaguar is also considered a well-known luxury car brand, the loss of one or two automobile companies will not have much impact on the British automobile industry.

As one of the world's top automobile industrial powers, this is the pride of the British people.

Besides, Hong Kong is still a British colony, so it doesn’t seem to be a big deal if one or two British brands are acquired by Hong Kong companies.

Therefore, MacLehose doesn't care much about Suzhou's acquisition of the British car brand.

Moreover, he, MacLehose, is now the Governor of Hong Kong. As the saying goes, everyone has his own job to do. As the Governor of Hong Kong, he is naturally focusing on how to develop Hong Kong.

Since the British State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission has agreed to the sale, he is still thinking too much, which is just looking for trouble.

"Yes, Mr. Governor. The area of ​​the automobile industrial park we are planning is no less than one million square meters, which is much larger than their current scale. After all, Hong Kong's automobile industry is almost blank, without any parts manufacturers. We can purchase parts from overseas parts stores at the beginning of our vehicle production, but in the long run, we still need to have our own parts manufacturers.

Therefore, in addition to our vehicle production plant and vehicle parking area, this automobile industrial park must have enough area to build a parts factory. One million square meters is already the minimum area we have planned. If it can be larger, it would be the best. "Su Cheng quickly answered Mai Lihao's question.

One million square meters, converted into square kilometers, is an area of ​​one square kilometer. For a city like Hong Kong, which has a land area of ​​only a little over one thousand square kilometers, one square kilometer is already a very large area.

"One million square meters? If such a large area is needed, according to the current land use situation in Hong Kong, we can only consider the New Territories, Tai Po, Yuen Long, Tuen Mun, outlying islands, Shatin and Sai Kung. As for places such as Hong Kong Island, Tsuen Wan, Kwai Chung and the urban area of ​​Kowloon Peninsula, it is definitely impossible.

If Mr. Su really needs it, I can ask the Lands Department to take a look and see where is suitable. However, I would like to make it clear in advance that even if the government has a suitable plot of land, you still need to buy it at the market price, and our government currently does not have any preferential policies for the automotive industry. "Governor MacLehose thought for a while and said.

The automobile industry is different from the oil industry. The Hong Kong government itself has no plans to develop the automobile industry, so they naturally cannot give any special preferential policies. (End of this chapter)