Chapter 837: Mutual Pressure

Time is like a horse, and in the blink of an eye, it has come to May.

During this period, Lee Kwang Yu, Governor Youde and England had many negotiations on the right to issue Hong Kong dollars, but unfortunately the two sides could not reach an agreement.

This time, the British government is estimated to be forced by the domestic economic situation, and actually proposed that the Lee consortium should invest 10 billion US dollars in Britain at one time, so that Tianyu Bank or the Bank of Hong Kong can get the rights and interests of the right to issue Hong Kong dollars.

Li Guangyu naturally would not agree to such conditions, what are you kidding, he has so much money, it is better to directly acquire Standard Chartered or HSBC, why bother.

At present, public opinion in Hong Kong is also in an uproar, and Youde announced that the construction of the subway from Hung Hom to Tin Shui Wai, and the road from Tsuen Wan to Tin Shui Wai from Lam Shan to Lam Shan has not started for a long time, which has aroused strong dissatisfaction among the citizens of the Tin Shui Wai area, and some real estate developers who have invested here are even more dissatisfied.

While communicating with the Heung Kong Councillors and government departments in the hope of agreeing to the construction of the project, Youde contacted the major groups in Heung Kong to ask if they were interested in building the two projects.

Interestingly, some departments in Xiangjiang did not agree to allow more land to be used by subway investors, which led to the indefinite delay in this matter.

Now the worst thing is that the people who are following the Wharf to get the land, some of their group capital is not very strong, and some of the slogans shouted by Youde have not been able to be fulfilled for a long time, which makes them in a dilemma.

Lee also purchased 100 hectares of industrial land in Tin Shui Wai, while Wheelock Group and Starlight Property Group each purchased 50 hectares of commercial land.

Cheung Kong Industrial, Shau Kee Group, Sun Hung Kai Properties, New World Development Group, Wanbang Real Estate Group, Hongji Real Estate, Chinese Real Estate, etc., have all taken action here.

This is also what Youde is most unhappy about, there is so much money for the sale of land here, and the Financial Secretary actually opposes the construction of the subway to Tin Shui Wai, and also says that the government has no money, and the money from the sale of these land is gone.

In Youde's office, the Financial Secretary of Hong Kong, Xia Tingming, is bearing the wrath of Youde, and he has no choice but to bear it.

After his anger subsided, Youde said to him: "You must know that there are currently more than 100,000 people in Tin Shui Wai, and now these people are quite emotionally unstable, and they are eager to improve their transportation conditions, do you want to wait for them to surround our governor's palace?"

Xia Dingming didn't believe that these people would do this, and Youde was too exaggerated, this time it wasn't Youde himself who wanted to announce these things to the outside, so he gave the citizens of the Tin Shui Wai area extra ideas, and when he didn't mention this before, why didn't he see them have opinions.

This time, he could not agree with this opinion, and the construction of this subway was not in their interests, and it would only cheapen the Chinese-funded group.

Moreover, many people in Britain vaguely said that they would not agree to build this subway for the time being, and the local side was negotiating with the Li consortium, which would also be a bargaining chip for them.

As for the outburst of emotions among the citizens of Tin Shui Wai and their dissatisfaction with the government, Xia Dingming believes that there must be some forces supporting it, especially the Li Foundation, and the establishment of the subway is the greatest benefit to the Li Foundation.

Moreover, the negotiations between the Lee consortium and the British government have still not reached a consensus, and now this is just putting pressure on them, and he believes that with Li Guangyu's intelligence, he will not do something out of the ordinary.

This time it's just some of the usual tricks of the Li consortium, and in the past two days, Jiayi TV and Xiangyu Daily have reported the most, interview this today, interview that tomorrow. Expressing dissatisfaction with the government's lack of construction of the subway and the lack of consideration for their travel.

Xia Dingming said: "Governor, I am not alone in opposing this matter. The officers of the Department of Justice, the Administration Department, the Hong Kong Police Force, and the Garrison Headquarters are all opposed, Tin Shui Wai is too far north, and it is very close to the mainland, so we should speed up the development of Sham Shui Po, Tsuen Wan, Tseung Kwan O and other places, and the Tin Shui Wai area can be let go for the time being. ”

Youde was also very helpless, a large number of officials and parliamentarians in Xiangjiang opposed this matter, and he had no way to forcibly implement the plan.

Youde also knew that there was a tug-of-war between the Lee Consortium and the British mainland, and he had also received a request from some people to create some pressure on the Lee Consortium here, hoping that Lee Guangyu would agree to the British government's request.

Now the problem is that he has not put pressure on the Lee consortium, and they themselves are feeling the great pressure, and now the citizens of Tin Shui Wai are asking the government to build a subway to the city for them, and at the same time improve their road transport and transportation, so as to promote the better development of the Tin Shui Wai area.

Now that Youde has planned, there are a lot of land transfers in Tin Shui Wai and Yuen Long, which has a lot of financial revenue, and now the government is not ready to build, and public opinion is naturally rising.

In particular, some radical citizens have asked the Hong Kong Independent Commission Against Corruption to strictly investigate the Financial Secretary and the Administration Department, believing that the government departments have been greedy for the money, so they have no money to build these two projects.

Xiangjiang is financially independent, and Xiangjiang's taxes belong to Xiangjiang itself, and the huge amount of money from the transfer of land this time is in their hands.

Youde said: "I know some of your thoughts, you just think that the main interest of the Tin Shui Wai area is the Chinese-funded group headed by the Li consortium, so you will refuse so simply, HSBC and Standard Chartered have contributed a lot." Purely from a work point of view, you tell me, is it worth it to build a subway from the urban area to the Tin Shui Wai area?"

This time, the Lee consortium wants to move the cheese of HSBC and Standard Chartered, how can they sit idly by, the Lee consortium and the British government have been deadlocked until now, and there is a lot of credit for these two banks.

The shareholders behind the two banks were not idle in England, and they were running around in all directions, doing ideological work for the British parliamentarians, so that they could turn away the Lee consortium's desire to get a share of the Hong Kong dollar banknotes.

Xia Dingming naturally knows the benefits of building this subway, Tin Shui Wai has several universities, has a huge Li Industrial Park, and has a lot of capital overcapital, the development there is not a problem at all, the construction of the subway will speed up the development of Tin Shui Wai, and the government will be able to get more taxes.

It's just that at present, it is not only about development, but also about many games behind, which he cannot decide.

Xia Dingming said: "I think we still have to respect the local opinions, at present, we are not very suitable for the construction of this subway, and at the same time can not give up too many interests, for the time being, we can invest in some other aspects, such as strengthening the hardware configuration of the police department, such as the salary of civil servants, this aspect of the opinion is not small, the Li consortium has raised wages because of the exchange rate problem, we also need to keep up." ”

You De didn't bother to continue talking to Xia Dingming, he knew that Xia Dingming would not agree to the construction of the subway from Hung Hom to Tin Shui Wai at present.

This matter still needs to wait for the results of the negotiations between the Li consortium and the local government in the United Kingdom, and only after the results are there, some of his plans will be convenient to implement.

This made Youde feel a little aggrieved, as the governor of Xiangjiang, he couldn't make the decision to build two projects, and he was quite unhappy about this.

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