The next morning, the Cao Weiqing Charitable Foundation notified the outside world of the details of last night's donation, and also explained the standards for this assistance.
The charity foundation specifically contacted the Xiangjiang government and obtained information about the victims of this disaster from them. Today they will go to some families who have been particularly severely affected by the disaster and send them assistance funds.
Because Cao Weiqing was pregnant, Li Guangyu arranged for Gan Qin to serve as the representative of the Li Group, and a team of people from the charity fund went to a particularly severely affected family in the Tin Shui Wai area.
This time not only did Li Guangyu arrange for Gan Qin to go, but Li Ka-shing directly sent his wife Zhuang Mingyue and a group of charity foundation personnel to a disaster-stricken family.
Lee Shau Kee, Kwok Desheng, Feng Jingxi, Cao Wenjin and Stanley Ho, etc. all arranged for their children or group executives to go to the affected families to send them aid funds.
This is a show put on by these Chinese families, but no matter how you interpret it, it is undeniable that they have indeed helped these Xiangjiang citizens who are in extremely difficult times.
As for why the major Chinese-owned families in Hong Kong are suddenly making such moves, many top personnel are very clear about it.
Especially Governor Youde of Xiangjiang, he knows very well that Chinese families have always liked to keep a low profile. They always like to hide their clumsiness and are unwilling to show their wealth and strength, let alone be in the limelight.
At this time, these Chinese families were eager to expand their own influence, which reflected the inner worries of these families.
Just the day before yesterday, the naval battle between Britain and Argentina over the Falkland Islands started. This news has spread all over the world, and naturally everyone here in Xiangjiang also knows the news.
Youde also feels tremendous pressure on the development of Hong Kong's economy. If a region's economy wants to develop rapidly, social stability is the most basic condition.
At this time, some middle- and upper-class people in Xiangjiang are full of worries about the future. If their inner concerns cannot be dispelled as soon as possible, the economic development of Xiangjiang will be severely hit.
To this end, Youde specially held a reception on the night of the 2nd. Firstly, he wanted to thank these families for lending a helping hand during this disaster and helping the affected citizens overcome the current difficulties. Secondly, he also held a reception with major cities in Hong Kong.
Communicate with the family to dispel some of their concerns.
Youde did not hope that after taking over from MacLehose, Hong Kong's economy would begin to experience a sharp decline or even regress. In that case, he would become the target of criticism in the future, especially when it came to MacLehose.
received praise, and he himself became a negative example.
Yoder didn't want his career to end with the Governor-General. He also hoped to serve in the center of England and even sit on the throne of Prime Minister one day.
Affected by the financial crisis in Europe and the United States, Xiangjiang's export trade has further declined. At the same time, the continuous increase in labor costs in Xiangjiang has also caused Xiangjiang's manufacturing industry to shift to the mainland and the island. At this time, Xiangjiang's economy is entirely supported by the real estate industry, especially
Even though De himself was mainly engaged in diplomatic work before, he knew how dangerous this development was, but he didn't have much to do about it.
The top families in Xiangjiang now own real estate companies. These families obviously don't care about how Xiangjiang develops in the future. They all focus on profits. The same goes for British-funded consortiums. Whether it is Jardine Matheson or Swire, even if it is not British-funded
The Kadoorie family, a conglomerate, controls real estate groups.
When working in industry for ten years is not as profitable as real estate in one year, it is no wonder that all families and consortiums are rushing into the real estate industry.
Youde is already powerless to change this situation at this time. Now that the situation has been formed, the manufacturing industry has almost been relocated. If the real estate industry also collapses at this time, I don’t know what will happen to Xiangjiang.
And Youde is very clear that many local MPs hope that Hong Kong will continue to develop like this. The government will buy land at a high price and then take a large amount of tax revenue back to the British side. This is simple and hassle-free, and they don't need to think about it.
Too many things.
Youde also knows that in a place as small as Xiangjiang, it is simply unrealistic to develop low-end manufacturing without technical content. The high labor costs in Xiangjiang are enough to deter these companies.
Therefore, he put his mind on high-tech, which requires countless technical talents to support the Xiangjiang High-tech Exhibition. Currently, Hong Kong only has Xiangjiang University and Xiangjiang Chinese University, which is far from enough. He wants to build more universities, especially in engineering.
The university can provide talent support for Xiangjiang’s future development.
At the cocktail party in the evening, when Youde mentioned that he wanted to build several universities, everyone present expressed support for this and hoped that the government could launch this plan as soon as possible.
The government's establishment of universities has only advantages and no disadvantages for them. A large part of the talents trained by these universities in Xiangjiang are trained for them. Every year, graduates from the two universities in Xiangjiang enter their companies.
At the party, Youde said: "I also know that many of us have been confused about the future in the past two days and are very anxious about it. Please rest assured that Hong Kong will maintain its current peace and stability. I also hope that everyone can have full confidence in Hong Kong.
, at the same time, Hong Kong’s economic development also requires everyone’s joint efforts.”
The head of the Chinese-owned family was unconvinced about Yoder's statement. Such a big problem cannot be solved with just a promise from the governor.
Li Guangyu himself had nothing to worry about. Others were anxious, but he was staring at the opportunities inside. He also wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to make a lot of money.
Youde then talked about the development situation of South Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore, which are also the Four Asian Tigers. He emphasized the technology industry, mainly the electronic semiconductor industry. He hoped that everyone can invest more in the exhibition.
He also explained to everyone how big the market and output value of these industries will be in the future.
It's a pity that very few responded to Youde. Even Li Guangyu, who now owns the largest semiconductor company in Taiwan, did not respond to Youde's topic.
Li Guangyu knew this very well. Once Xiangjiang was confirmed to return to the mainland, the British side did not think about developing Xiangjiang's economy. They were more interested in hindering the future development of Xiangjiang and creating a series of problems for the mainland.
The problem is that it is difficult for high-tech industries to develop in Hong Kong.
Xiangjiang mainly focuses on the tertiary industries such as finance, services, and tourism. Without government support, many industries cannot develop at all.
Just like in Hong Kong now, both universities are biased toward liberal arts, and there are very few talents in science and engineering. Most of the talents of Li Guangyu Xingyu Group need to be recruited from Baodao and Japan. There is currently no opportunity for such enterprises to grow.
Soil and talent alone will stymie companies that want to enter this industry.
Seeing this situation, Youde asked Li Guangyu about his views on this aspect. Li Guangyu was the only one who had a relatively large industry in this aspect.
Li Guangyu said: "Mr. Youde, some electronic industries, mainly semiconductors, cannot make money by investing a little money. It not only requires a large amount of research funds, but also requires enough technical talents. In this regard,
Until it is resolved, everything seems unrealistic."
Li Ka-shing, Lee Shau-kee and others are even more silent. They have no plans to engage in high-tech. They also know their own abilities. They are more into traditional industries. In these industries, they can understand their development, and
They don't have much control over those high-tech industries.
Moreover, they do not have as strong capital as the Li Group. Baodao Semiconductor Company alone has invested US$500 million in it. With so much money, they might as well invest in real estate, and maybe double the capital.