"Good afternoon, gentlemen and ladies, I am very honored to stand in front of this stage as a corporate representative of the ASEAN-Hong Kong Economic Cooperation Forum.
Previously, leaders of ASEAN, Hong Kong and even ASEAN countries have talked about the significant changes brought about by the close cooperation between ASEAN and Hong Kong in recent years.
We can clearly see that the capital industries of Hong Kong and ASEAN are complementary, mutually beneficial and win-win, and the economic development speed is among the highest in the world.
As a businessman, today I will focus on the industrial development in the future and the opportunities for greater cooperation between Hong Kong and ASEAN.
With the rapid development of new technologies, the information age has arrived, represented by mobile communications and computer hardware and software.
With the continuous development of mobile communications, I believe that in the near future, everyone will be able to make and receive calls through mobile phones anytime, anywhere.
With the rise of computers and the continuous construction of communication infrastructure, an epoch-making industry has emerged.
This is an extremely large industry that requires extremely high capital, and it also needs a strong market to support it.
We in Xiangjiang do not lack capital, because colleges and universities have continued to build over the years, and there is no shortage of innovative elites.
But because our population in Xiangjiang is only seven million, there is simply not enough market to support the development of this industry.
Looking back at ASEAN, due to economic development reasons, there are still some shortcomings in capital. At present, except for Sinzhou, most of them are still transforming from agricultural countries to industrial countries. The current focus is on supplementing their own basic industries rather than spending huge sums of money.
Entering forward-looking industries that are less certain.
This is also an opportunity for Hong Kong and ASEAN to complement each other and develop together. Hong Kong has capital, R&D and innovation capabilities, and ASEAN has the manpower and land available for production, as well as a huge market.
This not only involves cutting-edge high-tech industries, but also applies to traditional industries. From the continuous increase of investment by Heung Kong Capital in ASEAN in recent years, as well as the rapid development of Heung Kong Enterprises in recent years, we can also see the development of traditional industries in ASEAN.
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Li Jianhui's speech lasted nearly 20 minutes, focusing on the complementarity between Xiangjiang Capital and the ASEAN market.
The highlight today is not the speeches of these people, but the signing ceremony of the cooperation agreement between Hong Kong and ASEAN.
The investment that attracted the most attention this time was made by Rose Financial Holdings Group, British Railways, HSBC, Xinjian Holdings, East Asia Holdings, Nanjiang Hang Seng Bank, Sun Hung Financial Holdings Group, New Asia Investment Company, and Hong Kong Bank
, Nanlong Holdings, Whampoa Holdings, the State Railways of Thailand, the Malay National Railways, and the Sin Chew Railway Company are jointly invested.
Establish a double-track electrified high-speed railway with a design speed of 200 kilometers per hour for both passengers and freight.
Starting from Qinglai, it goes all the way south through Chiang Mai, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Johor Bahru, and across the sea to Sin Chau. The total length is more than 2,500 kilometers. With the construction of dozens of stations along the way, the total investment is estimated to be HK$85 billion.
In order to continue the management and operation of this railway, the ASEAN Railway Company was specially established. The first president of the company was the general manager of the Malayan National Railway Company.
Of course, there are two project signings this time that have also attracted considerable attention. One is that Xinjian, Cheung Kong, Hang Lung, Hysan, Swire, Jardine and other groups have signed cooperation agreements with the Cebu City Government of the Philippines. Several major groups have jointly invested in five projects.
Ten billion to build a city central business district in Cebu.
The other group is Hutchison Land, Henderson Land, Sun Hung Kai, Chow Hing Land, New World Development, Shun Tak and other groups signed cooperation agreements with the Bandung Municipal Government in Indonesia, also investing 50 billion to build the city's central business district.
Compared with these projects, some other signings are not worth mentioning.
Even if Wheelock Land Group has signed investment agreements with the three municipal governments of Penang, Malacca and Ipoh this time, it will build a Wheelock Plaza in each of the three cities this year. The total investment is expected to be as high as 6 billion Hong Kong dollars. With the first three
With the project in front of me, I can't make any waves at all.
In fact, there are several investments this time that have attracted the attention of some interested people. First, Huaxin Group has signed an agreement with the Johor Bahru City Government to invest in the construction of a wafer production base and a chip packaging and testing base.
In addition, Jinghua Technology has also signed an investment agreement with the Johor Bahru City Government to establish a display (screen) production base in Johor Bahru.
In addition, Huahong Group has also signed an investment agreement to establish a computer and mobile phone assembly production base in Johor Bahru.
It can be seen from this that the Xinjian industry continues to transfer to ASEAN. Currently, due to technical talent reasons, the headquarters and R&D bases have not been moved. It is uncertain when in the future, the R&D bases and headquarters of these enterprises will also be moved.
Faced with this situation, Huo Yingdong whispered to the chartering king on the side: "We can no longer sit back and wait for death, and we absolutely cannot allow Li Jianhui to coerce the entire Xiangjiang capital to transfer to ASEAN for his own selfish interests.
If this continues, ASEAN will rise with the help of the British and Donghua Associations, and the threat to the north will be huge in the future."
The charter king also understood that he had heard some news. The British side obviously hoped to arm Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and even Indonesia and the Philippines to enhance its influence in ASEAN.
The Malacca Shipyard in Malacca City is just the beginning, and there will be more support for Malaysia in the future.
In Huo Bao's eyes, Li Jianhui is now not only a businessman capitalist, but also an ambitious man who has completely ignored the interests of the motherland and the nation for his own interests.
Western capital and Xiangjiang Baodao capital are relatively constant, but currently the North and Nanyang are more competitive, and both need a large amount of foreign capital to promote their own economic development. If there is more on one side, there will naturally be less on the other.
Originally, according to the close relationship, Xiangjiang Capital should be the vanguard to enter the north. In the past few years, the market value was indeed like this, so it attracted a lot of Western capital to enter.
However, in the past two years, the situation has taken a turn for the worse. The vanguard that was supposed to enter the north has become the main force entering the South Seas. The impact of this change is extremely terrifying.
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However, the Charter King has no choice in this matter. The reason why he participated in the election for the president of the Industrial and Commercial Association a few days ago is that he hopes that he can influence the current concepts of the business community after becoming the president.
But it is clear that his influence can no longer be compared with that of Li Jianhui and others. His votes were less than one-fifth of Li Guobao's, which can be said to be a disastrous defeat.
"Yingdong, we can only resign ourselves to fate now. No one can know what Li Jianhui and even Donghua Society think.
The other party is indeed moving to ASEAN on a large scale, but Donghua Society's investment in the north has not stopped. So far, Donghua Society is still the largest foreign investment force in the north.
And just the day before yesterday, Zhou Bingqian had gone to Shanghai again to communicate on the high-speed investment from Jinling to Shanghai.
Northern Capital and Donghua Hui have agreed to discuss business, so why do you have to worry about it? Our main focus now is on how to develop the industries under Xianghua Hui."
Huo Yingdong fell silent after listening to the charter king's words. In fact, he had known for a long time that this old friend's ideas were not exactly the same as his own.
This can be seen from his four sons-in-law, the eldest son-in-law is from Austria, the second son-in-law is from Xiangjiang, the third son-in-law is from Japan, and the fourth son-in-law is from Xingzhou.
Although due to various reasons in recent years, the chartered shipping king sold Global Shipping and Wharf, and most of its assets have entered the mainland market.
But this is all on the surface, and it can only be said that his second daughter should inherit it. After the sale of Global Shipping, his eldest son-in-law's family received HK$500 million from Pao Yugang and went to Austria for development.
Because Xin Jian has made large-scale investments in Austria in recent years, the local development has been quite good, and his eldest son-in-law's family is currently doing a prosperous business.
The family of his third daughter is also doing well in Japan, especially due to the rapid increase in domestic property prices in Japan, and therefore has caught up with the rapid rise in assets.
The fourth daughter and her husband are developing equally well in Sin Chew, and their property assets also exceed one billion Hong Kong dollars.
But compared to Li Jianhui, the Charter King focuses more on the north, trusts the country and the nation, and is willing to speak for the north from the standpoint of the north.
Li Jianhui, on the other hand, was full of defensiveness and resistance. He only trusted himself. In order to firmly control the initiative, even though he knew that it might harm the interests of the country and the nation, he still chose to shift his focus to Nanyang.
Although there are still some thoughts and unwillingness in his heart, Huo Yingdong has to admit that he does not have the strength and qualifications to intervene in some things. Perhaps the old friend next to him also understands this, so he said that he will focus on the development of Xianghuahui industry.
superior.
After all, the world is still judged by strength, no matter from the size of the country to the business world, this is the case. The reason why Donghua Association can have such a strong influence is because of its strong capital strength.
On the other hand, if we look at ourselves, what kind of capital we have to spend, compared with industry, we may not even be as good as some second-rate wealthy families now.
Compared with Zhengzhi's resources, those who are willing to give face to the north are still considered figures, while those who do not want to give face are nothing.
The conference was in full swing, but Huo Yingdong was reflecting on what he had done over the years.
The more I think about it, the more confused I feel. The more I think about it, the more I feel that I may have been wrong all these years.
In his mind, he was assuming that if he did not care about Zhengzhi and focused on developing his own industry, would he now make a greater contribution to the development of the north?
As soon as Bao Yu saw that the meeting was over, everyone started to get up and leave the conference room, while Huo Yingdong was still in a daze.
He specifically said: "Yingdong, don't think about the Donghua Club. Mr. Liao, President Li and the senior management of the North will consider this matter."
"Yugang, I don't know if you regret it now. Imagine that in the 1970s, you were the world's shipping king, and you were a VIP wherever you went.
But now, you attend such a conference but you don’t even get a chance to speak, and your position is no longer in an ordinary place.”
Bao Yugang was quite shocked. He didn't expect these words to come from Huo Yingdong's mouth.
"It doesn't matter whether you regret it now or not, and it's not the final result now. Life has its ups and downs, and who knows what the future will bring.
Now we are not thinking about the past, but looking at the present. Xinjian's large-scale entry into the ASEAN market is actually a good opportunity for our Xianghua Club. The competitive pressure we face in the north from the Donghua Club will be greatly reduced.
After returning to Xiangjiang, I will go to the north with Guangbiao, Kuancheng and others to promote our industry to a higher level in the northern market."
Because the meeting had ended and everyone had left the conference hall, Huo Yingdong did not chat much and walked towards the door of the conference hall with the chartered boat king.