A fire left thousands of people homeless. Although this incident did not occur in the Xinjian Department, it still attracted Li Jianhui's great attention. He specially convened a high-level meeting of the Xinjian Department and requested to focus on inspecting the company's possible safety hazards in the near future. , so that every time you find something, you can rectify it.
On the second day after the fire, that is, October 7, Li Jianhui asked temporary assistant Zhou Jiayi to donate materials worth HK$5 million to the citizens who were homeless due to the fire on behalf of the Xin Jian Department.
At the same time, Jiashi broadcast live broadcasts on Longxiang Road from time to time, calling on all walks of life in Hong Kong to pay more attention to and help the more than 5,000 citizens who are facing difficulties due to fires.
As a qualified businessman, Li Jianhui would naturally not just act as a good person. This sudden accident made him focus on the territory there.
Next, he will ask Jiashi to build momentum, learn from the previous follow-up treatment of Shek Kip Mei, and hope that the government will build a public housing estate on Lung Cheung Road.
On the one hand, it will improve the living environment of the citizens of Lung Cheung Road, and at the same time, it can also free up a large amount of land.
Unfortunately, he is not the only one who is smart. Today, with the rapid development of the real estate industry in Xiangjiang, land reserves have become an important indicator of the future potential of major real estate companies.
Lung Cheung Road, located in Wong Tai Sin District, is far superior to Tin Shui Wai, Yuen Long and other places. It is closer to the 9LC area and has great development value.
On the day of Li Jianhui's donation, Jardine Matheson, Swire, Wharf, Sun Hung Kai Properties, Hang Lung Group, etc. took action one after another.
Because of the generous donations from all walks of life, the pressure on the MacLehose government was greatly relieved, and the disaster-stricken citizens received the fastest temporary resettlement.
In the Office of the Government House, after listening to the report of the Administration Department, MacLehose said: "The impact of this accident is very great. Fortunately, all the houses were burned down and no citizens were killed. You must do a good job in the aftermath. Avoid public opinion that is unfavorable to us."
"There is no problem with temporary assistance, but how long will it last? In addition, there is now a public opinion in the market that our government will follow the approach of Shek Kip Mei and build a public housing estate on Lung Cheung Road."
As the Governor-General, MacLehose naturally has the support of his own intelligence agency, and he can know the trends in the Hong Kong market at any time.
He can also guess what these people are planning. There are four wooden house villages on Lung Cheung Road. The area of one wooden house village required to build a public housing village is more than wrong. The other three can be developed for commercial use. These capitalists are targeting This is what's up.
Since these people want to enter the market, MacLehose has no intention of driving them away. If they want to get benefits, they have to pay some price.
He told the Chief Executive: "These behind-the-scenes promoters are nothing more than the land on Lung Cheung Road. In this regard, you should make plans in the near future to invite major real estate companies in Hong Kong to participate in the development of Lung Cheung Road.
There are three conditions. The first is that the development company must build a public housing estate on Lung Cheung Road for the government free of charge that is sufficient for the residents of Lung Cheung Road.
Second, a school including primary and secondary schools must be built free of charge on Lung Cheung Road.
Third, construct a Lung Cheung Road free of charge to connect to the main urban main road in Wong Tai Sin urban first-class road.
When the three conditions are met, the Lung Cheung Road land will be auctioned starting at HK$1, and the higher bidder will win."
After hearing MacLehose's conditions, Chief Executive Xia Dingji felt that there was no need to invite him. As soon as the news was released, the market would immediately calm down.
The initial investment required here is too great. For example, the Lung Cheung Road public housing estate requires 1,253 households. Even if it is built according to Li Jianhui's construction method in Tianshui City, it will still require hundreds of millions of funds.
At the same time, schools and roads also require at least hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars. In such a period, I am afraid that no one will come back to take advantage of this.
"MacLehose, is this request too high? I think our government should still be responsible for schools and roads, and let these businessmen fund the construction of public housing estates as much as possible."
"You don't have to worry about no one coming. Although the cost is a bit high, it is still within their tolerance. You should focus on communicating with the leaders of Xinjian Department, Wharf, China Resources, Sun Hung Kai Properties, Hang Lung and other companies. .
Maybe someone will invest hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars to get land to grow vegetables. It is said that vegetables in Tin Shui Wai and Tseung Kwan O are growing well, and vegetables from these two places are available in Lane Crawford supermarket."
Xia Dingji still didn't understand. It seemed that the governor was preparing to embarrass Li Jianhui again. It could be said that Tianshuiwei had led the Xin Jian Department into a trap and kept pouring money into it, but the opening sales were extremely bleak.
As a result, the Xinjian Department has been unable to develop Tseung Kwan O, and the land there can only be used to grow vegetables.
The Xinjian Department has been very active these days, donating 5 million Hong Kong dollars in supplies, and Jiashi is full of news about the people affected by the disaster in the wooden house area on Lung Cheung Road at noon and evening.
Those calling on the government to build public housing estates for them are also the most vocal ones from Jiashi. Li Jianhui's instructions are clearly behind this, and the purpose is nothing more than the land in the wooden house area on Lung Cheung Road.
"I'm afraid that the cost this time will be too high, and Li Jianhui will not choose to enter the market again. Currently, the Xinjian Department has insufficient funds. If the Tianshui City project had not been supported by Huihong Group, it would have been impossible to achieve the current construction speed."
MacLehose also wanted to test the financial chain of Li Jianhui's Xinjian Department this time. The Tin Shui Wai project is a bottomless pit, and the Fai Hung City project in Tseung Kwan O will also start full construction next year, with a planned investment of HK$1.5 billion.
Now he actually dares to come out to make trouble and plans to intervene in the wooden house area on Lung Cheung Road. Now he is laying out the conditions to see if Li Jianhui dares to take it.
He also wanted to see how optimistic Li Jianhui was about the future of Xiangjiang. He was still not satisfied with having so much land reserves and was still adding commercial and industrial land.
MacLehose insisted on transferring the land in the Lung Cheung Road wooden house area on such terms, and Xia Dingji had no choice but to comply.
After returning to the office, he immediately contacted the Land Planning Department by phone and asked them to sort out the land area of the wooden house area on Lung Cheung Road.
At the same time, the spokesperson of the Administration Department held a press conference to explain the follow-up arrangements for the fire situation in the wooden house area on Lung Cheung Road.
Focusing on announcing the three regulations set by MacLehose, it was also announced that the government would formally auction the land in the Lung Cheung Road wooden house area in three days.
No reporter paid much attention to the starting price of one Hong Kong dollar. These conditions became the subjects of reporters' inquiries.
Especially the standards for public housing estates, specific road planning, and a standard for schools.
If we look at Shek Kip Mei, the cost is relatively low. It is estimated that a maximum of HK$120 million can be used to complete the construction of a public housing estate.
But if we start from saving land and learn from the construction of Tianshui City, the cost will be much higher, and it will be impossible to do it without even 200 million yuan.
If the school is a little better, tens of millions is already an excellent school.
But the road is a pit. How many lanes and lengths are planned directly affect the amount of investment.
Although the wooden house area on Lung Cheung Road is known as the Four Villages, its area is actually not too large. It is less than one-tenth the area of the Tian Shui City project. Although the location is better than that of Tin Shui Wai, it is also a relatively remote area and the government charges a high price.
With such a high price, it would be difficult to attract investment from real estate companies.