Faced with the heads of the Chinese-owned family collectively choosing to avoid this, Kesos could only let go of some of his inner thoughts.
However, some momentum still needed to be built. Shortly after the meeting ended, Kesos specially accepted interviews with many media outside the Yanhui Hotel in Tseung Kwan O, including world-class media such as Xinghua News Agency and The Times.
When reporters asked about the purpose of holding discussions with the leaders of the Hong Kong business community during such a period, Kesos said:
"Everyone is also aware that the current situation is somewhat uneasy. In order to maintain social stability and normal economic development, I have specially communicated with many outstanding elites in the business community today.
They are very supportive of our work and are confident in future development. They will increase investment in the future to promote the stable and prosperous development of our economy.
At the same time, our government also plans to build a number of subway lines and new airports, including the subway line from Tsuen Wan to Tin Shui City via Tai Lam Shan that we have mentioned before, the subway line from Tsuen Wan to Tin Shui City via Tuen Mun, and the subway line from Central via Eastern District.
MTR line from Hoi to Tseung Kwan O.
The new airport is also initially planned to be located on an outlying island, using part of the existing land and land reclamation to build our new aviation hub.
Good education is the future of a region. In order to provide students in Xiangjiang with better educational conditions, our government plans to establish two public universities again.
One is a comprehensive university, initially planned to be named Yuen Long University, while the other is more focused on science and engineering, cultivating technical talents for Hong Kong, and is planned to be named Yuen Long Polytechnic University.
I believe you can tell from the names that these two universities will be built in Yuen Long, and they are in the new urban area of Tianshui City. Together with the Hong Kong Film and Television University, the Hong Kong Aviation College, Tian Shui University and Guanghua University, they form the Hong Kong Higher Education Institutions.
The second largest gathering area.
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Kesos's answer was a bit long, and it revealed a lot of information. Many media reporters believed that Kesos must have reached a cooperation agreement with the Donghua Association, otherwise it would be impossible to take care of the Donghua Association with a large number of projects.
You must know that in the past few years, the development of Donghua Association has basically relied on its own investment to drive development, and has basically enjoyed no policy dividends.
Even the subway line that opened to traffic today was several years ago. Whether it is the Tai Lam Tunnel or the Eastern Harbor Crossing that started construction this year, it was all invested by the Tung Wah Association itself.
And due to some reasons, the Tung Wah Association's affiliated institutions including Xin Jian University, Heung Kong University of Finance and Economics, and Heung Kong Medical University have not been able to place them in their own key development areas.
On the contrary, several other parties have enjoyed quite a lot of policy dividends, such as the Far Eastern Club and the Nan Kong Club with Sha Tin as the focus, the Sun Hung Club with Sham Shui Po in Tsuen Wan as the focus, and the New Asia Club with Kwun Tong and Wong Tai Sin as the focus.
Now the attitude of the Bryan government has suddenly taken a 90-degree turn. If there is no agreement, absolutely no one will believe it.
You must know that the industries in Yuen Long are basically laid out under the Tung Wah Association. This time there are two subway lines at once, plus two universities. It is difficult to even think about taking off.
The same is true here in Tseung Kwan O. Originally, the Tung Wah Association was building the Eastern Harbor Crossing to make it more convenient for vehicles from Hong Kong Island to go to Tseung Kwan O.
Now the government is planning to build a subway line across the harbor in the Eastern District, which will greatly facilitate travel between Hong Kong Island and Tseung Kwan O residents.
As for the new airport, Tung Wah will benefit the most, and its subsidiary Xiangjiang Airlines is currently stronger than Cathay Pacific and Hongya Airlines combined.
Especially when Cathay Pacific Airways will relocate its headquarters to Sydney and Hongya Airlines will shift its focus to Southeast Asia, the new airport will mainly be the base airport of Xiangjiang Airlines.
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"Mr. Kessos, we can see that many of the government's projects this time are focused on the two new urban areas of Tseung Kwan O and Tin Shui City.
And the key layout in these two new urban areas are the industries under the Donghua Economic Cooperation Association. I wonder if they are taking care of the interests of a certain force, regardless of the overall coordinated development."
When Xosos saw that it was actually a reporter from the Kowloon Film and Television Media Group who was asking the question, he was very happy. He said so much today just to sow discord between the Tung Wah Association and the other side. It seems that the effect is better than he imagined. This has just begun.
, the pawns over there jumped out.
"I believe everyone is well aware that our government has planned six core development areas. Central is our core financial development area, Kowloon City is our core development area for film and television media, Sham Shui Po is our core development area for commerce and consumption, and Fenshui New Urban District is our core development area.
High-tech industry core development zone.
The new urban area of Tseung Kwan O is a gathering place for corporate headquarters. In the future, it will mainly be a gathering place for the headquarters of multinational companies, especially the headquarters of world-class companies in Asia.
The new urban area of Tianshui City is where our Xiangjiang universities gather, as well as the R&D and design center of the clothing, home appliances, food and beverage headquarters.
These universities are just the beginning. In the future, we will try our best to guide more universities to settle in the new urban area of Tianshui City, so that it will surpass Shatin and become the largest gathering place for universities in Hong Kong.
This transportation plan is entirely based on the urban development plan, and there is no such thing as taking care of any particular force.
For example, the three major housing estates previously planned to house 1.5 million residents were chosen to be located in Tuen Mun, Wong Tai Sin, and Kwun Tong because of their development positioning.
In addition, speaking of subway lines, through construction and reconstruction in the past few years, even the North District can now take the subway into the central city due to line reconstruction.
At present, except for the Islands District, Yuen Long District and Tuen Mun District do not have subway connections. This construction is completely to make up for the transportation shortcomings of Yuen Long and Tuen Mun Districts, and also to serve the citizens of Yuen Long and Tuen Mun Districts.
As for the planned MTR line from Eastern District across the harbor to Tseung Kwan O, you should also know that although the Hung Hom to Tseung Kwan O MTR line has been opened to traffic today, if you take the MTR from Hong Kong Island, the line is very roundabout. This new line is also built to facilitate traffic.
Make it more convenient and promote economic development.
Therefore, I hope that some media reporters will not interpret this plan with malicious intentions. Our government is serving more than six million citizens and will never cater to any particular force."
Although many reporters simply did not believe what Kesos said, they did not continue to dwell on it. After all, Kesos had already come up with a more reasonable explanation. If they were to mess around, they would only be considered impure.
However, they did not intend to end it like this. A Ta Kung Pao reporter who hoped to get more information asked: "Mr. Kesos, we noticed that among the business representatives you invited this time, there were no members of the Xianghua Economic Cooperation Association. I don't know.
Do you treat these members differently based on their investment preferences?”
“The reason why I invited these business elite representatives today is mainly to communicate with everyone to stabilize the stable and prosperous development of Hong Kong’s economy. This aspect naturally requires business leaders with strength and reputation in Hong Kong.
For example, Mr. Li Jianhui, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Xinjian Holdings Group, Mr. Li Guobao, Chairman of the Board of Directors of East Asia Holdings Group, Mr. Li Shiuji, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Henderson Land Holdings, Mr. Kwok Desheng, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sun Hung Kai Properties, Mr. Li Ka-shing, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Cheung Kong Holdings, and Director of New World Development
Mr. Zheng Yutong, Chairman of the Bureau, etc.
The companies they control are all well-known companies in Xiangjiang. They are also very strong and have enough capital to increase investment in Xiangjiang, provide more jobs for Xiangjiang, and drive the economic development of Xiangjiang.
As for the fact that there are no members of the Hong Kong Economic Cooperation Association, it only means that the industries owned by these members do not have the strength to provide more jobs for Hong Kong, nor can they make greater contributions to the economy."