Because the ASEAN-Hong Kong Economic Cooperation Forum is about to open, Sin Chew Changi International Airport is particularly busy.
At three o'clock in the afternoon on March 14, as six Hong Kong Airlines passenger planes landed one after another, it also marked that the people representing Hong Kong attending this forum had basically arrived here.
On the evening of that day, the person who was meeting with the Hong Kong delegation was neither the top leaders of ASEAN nor the top leaders of ASEAN countries, but the British political and business delegation headed by Thatcher who had arrived in ASEAN a few days ago for a visit.
The size of the British delegation this time is also quite large. In addition to Thatcher, there are also many high-level British officials such as the Foreign Secretary and the Secretary of Commerce.
In addition, the representatives from the business community are all well-known people in England, including Lisa Zhou, President of Grosvenor Group, Cavendish, President of Rose Financial Holdings Group, Spencer, President of Rover Group, and Butt, President of Rio Tinto Group, etc.
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There are also Huang Guangxing, president of Blue Maple Holdings, Li Qungang, president of Yuhui Holdings Group, Peng Kezhi, president of Royal Bank of Scotland, Resker, president of Jaguar Group, Jesse, president of Rose Technology Group, etc.
In the 306 conference hall of Xinhui (Singzhou) Hotel, Thatcher took the lead and said: "I am very happy to meet all the Hong Kong business elites here. Although the joint statement was signed last year, it will not affect the relationship between us.
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There are many elites from Xiangjiang in our delegation, and there are also many elites from our own country in your delegation. From this, we can also see the close relationship between us.
This time we come to ASEAN not only to seek cooperation with ASEAN, but also hope to achieve more cooperation with the business community in Hong Kong."
Because the talks were with Britain, and high-level officials such as Thatcher were present, Kersos did not attend the talks to avoid suspicion.
Therefore, Li Guobao, as a new business leader, became the leader of the Xiangjiang delegation.
After Thatcher finished speaking, Li Guobao said: "With the rapid economic development in Hong Kong in recent years, our business cooperation with the British has become increasingly close.
Although we have many similar industries and even some competition, we both try our best to promote cooperation and reduce competition.
For example, computer operating systems, mobile communications, etc., the technologies of both parties can be said to be shared.
We also sincerely hope to increase cooperation between the two parties, especially in the ASEAN market. This market has experienced extremely rapid economic development in recent years and has become a new growth point for the global economy.
However, ASEAN as a whole still needs to be improved, especially in terms of basic supporting facilities. Our Hong Kong enterprises are determined to help ASEAN develop rapidly, but the capital is too limited."
The two sides later discussed their views on many aspects, and then entered the real theme of tonight's talks, which is the issue of cooperation between the two sides.
This cooperation is also mainly aimed at the ASEAN market, and an important item is the rapid railway from Qinglai all the way south to Sin Chew.
Different from what Li Jianhui and others had discussed before, this time Ying Lun intervened, not only starting the construction from Kuala Lumpur to Johor Bahru in one phase, but also starting construction in multiple tender sections at the same time.
And compared with Li Jianhui and others, England has actually gained a lot of benefits from his visit to ASEAN. Not only has he sold a lot of warships, but he has also reached a lot of military cooperation with Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand.
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Moreover, Britain's renewed ambition is quite scary, because its domestic economy has improved, and the pound's status has continued to rise in recent years, which has also allowed many people in Britain to see the glory of the beginning of the century returning.
Therefore, Britain is not only supporting Canada's Bombardier on a large scale, but also hopes that the Commonwealth will have a civil aviation aircraft manufacturing company that can compete with Boeing and Airbus.
At the same time, Britain is also accelerating the development of a new generation of fighter jets, hoping to get rid of its dependence on the United States and France in this regard.
Moreover, in the past two years, Britain has no longer been as enthusiastic about the European Community as it once was. Instead, it has transferred more energy to the Commonwealth, especially Canada, Australia, and Malaysia, Singapore in ASEAN, India, Sri Lanka in South Asia, etc.
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Therefore, it is not without reason that many countries in the European Community jumped out to help the United States suppress the pound some time ago. Those countries in Western Europe do not want Britain to return to the power it had in the early 20th century.
Fortunately, there was the Soviet Union in the east and the United States in the west. Countries in continental Western Europe cooperated quite happily with Britain.
There are many cooperation projects this time, including Donghua Mobile Communications and British Telecom Group, Nanhua Motors Company and Louvre Group, Grosvenor Group and many real estate groups in Hong Kong, Lane Crawford and many British-funded enterprises, Royal Bank of Scotland and Hong Kong
A number of banks have signed cooperation agreements.
In fact, this cooperation is only part of it. Due to the relocation of many corporate headquarters, some cooperation agreements were already signed when Hachel visited Malaysia and Thailand two days ago.
For example, the industries under the three major holdings of Nanlong, Huangpu and Yihong cooperate with British companies. Among them, the British H&W Shipyard cooperates with Huangpu Shipping Company and Malay to build a dual-use military and civilian shipyard in Malacca City.
Once this shipyard is completed, it will not only be able to build a large transport ship with a load capacity of 200,000 tons, but also a Duke 22 frigate, and even a Type 42 destroyer in the future.
Leyland Motors Company, a subsidiary of Jaguar Group, has also established a joint venture with Yushi Group to establish a heavy truck production base in Penang.
It can be said that the British delegation's trip to ASEAN not only deepened cooperation with ASEAN, but also deepened cooperation with Xiangjiang Capital headed by Donghua Association, and also raised British influence in ASEAN to a higher level.
After the signing of the agreement, Thatcher said with a smile: "The achievement of these cooperations has also brought the relationship between Hong Kong's business community and our UK to a higher level.
Over the past year, I have heard a lot of news about Xiangjiang. I can't do anything else, but here I can assure you that our door in England has always been open to everyone. As long as you are willing, you can become one of us.
With us, you don’t need to worry about restrictions on the development of your own industry, let alone the sudden deprivation of your assets.
When facing external competition, you don't have to settle for compromise without government support. We dare to say no to the government of any country or region. As long as the other party sanctions our companies, our government will inevitably impose counter-sanctions.
At the beginning of this year, many of your corporate headquarters chose to relocate to Malaysia. The Queen is very happy about this. Before I came here, the Queen specifically asked me to express my welcome and thanks to you. This shows that everyone has great trust in the Commonwealth.
At the same time, I also firmly believe that your choice is extremely correct. The Commonwealth market in the future will definitely be the largest market in the world, and companies headquartered in the Commonwealth will also enjoy more preferential policies."
"Thank you to the Queen and Madam for their concern for us, but it is difficult to leave our homeland and we have no plans to transfer our household registration.
The Commonwealth market has always been a market that we attach great importance to, and we sincerely hope that all countries and regions in the Commonwealth can treat our industry equally.
As for the fact that many of our headquarters chose to relocate some time ago, it was mainly for the better development of the industry in the ASEAN market and the Commonwealth market, and had no other meaning.
Xiangjiang is our foundation now and in the future, and we always believe that Xiangjiang will be even more prosperous in the future."
For these Chinese families, Thatcher had long known that it would still be the same this time. No matter how nice Li Guobao's words were, it would not change the nature of the two-sided bet made by the Chinese-owned families in Xiangjiang.