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Zheng Danrui stood in front of the mirror in the lounge, finally sorted out his appearance, then spit out deeply, and turned around and went out firmly. Today is the first recording of ATV's new current affairs talk show "Qiang Qiang Threesome", and it is also the first time that he has stepped into the front stage from behind the scenes to show his style to 5 million Hong Kong citizens.

ATV has been moving continuously for more than half a year, and several new programs launched in a row have been very successful, which has overwhelmed its competitor TVB. And "Qiang Qiang Threesome" is a new column that ATV once again focuses on. This program has even attracted more attention from the top of the TV station than "Who Can Become a Millionaire", which has become ATV's signature program.

Not only did Ms. Zhou Liang Shuyi, the president of the TV station, personally serve as the chief planner, but even Mr. Huang Xizhao, the chairman of the board of directors, who has not been involved in specific affairs, has also participated in the discussion of program design many times. Originally, several alternative hosts circled by the station for this column were said to have been personally shot by the big boss behind the scenes. In the end, ATV came to an unprecedented internal competition, and all the talented and confident staff who walked in front of the camera to show themselves could sign up for the host of the new column.

After graduating from Baptist College in 1978, Cheng joined the then Li's TV station as a screenwriter. This time I will not miss such a good opportunity. When he participated in the finals, with his amazing memory, broad knowledge, and humorous hosting style, he was successfully selected by Li Shengxiang, the big boss who came to participate in the interview in person. Hand-picked as the host of the new show "Qiang Qiang Threesome".

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to watch Asia TV's new dialogue and talk program - "Qiang Qiang Threesome", which is a ......"

Zheng Danrui sat in the center of the oval talking table. Introducing the idea of this new program to the camera, he was still a little nervous in the first few seconds, but quickly got into the groove. As the camera's focus shifts back, the two guests sitting on either side of him slowly enter the screen.

"Today, we are honored to invite two heavyweight guests to participate in the discussion of the topic of the first episode of "Qiang Qiang Threesome" - "Crisis and Opportunity of Hong Kong Industry". To my left is Sir Chung Sze-yuen, Chief Member of the Executive Council and Legislative Council of Hong Kong, and to my right is Professor Fok Chiu-hang, Vice-President of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Dean of the Institute of Oriental Economics. Welcome to both!

This year has not been a good year for Hong Kong's industrial sector, as the US economy has been in sharp recession since the beginning of the year, and Hong Kong's exports have been declining in the first three quarters. At the same time, the Federal Reserve has implemented monetary tightening. As a result, interest rates in Hong Kong's banking sector have risen sharply.

By the end of September, the banks' prime interest rate had risen to an all-time high of 20 percent, the cost of financing in the industrial sector had risen sharply, and many enterprises were experiencing difficulties in cash turnover. Under this double whammy, Hong Kong's industrial situation is worrying this year!

But there is also a glimmer of brilliance in the clouds. According to the information we have obtained from the relevant authorities. Oriental Game Company, a subsidiary of Oriental Electronics Group, exported a total of 2.98 billion Hong Kong dollars in the first three quarters, and the export volume of another subsidiary, Oriental Software, reached 450 million Hong Kong dollars.

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Professor Fok, as the dean of the Institute of Internal Economics of Dongfang Electronics Corporation, you have the most say in the development research of Dongfang Electronics! What do you think is the reason why Dongfang Electronics can flourish in the entire Hong Kong industry?

After Zheng Danrui introduced the background of this topic, he threw the first question to Huo Qiuxing.

"I think the most important reason for the success of Dongfang Electronics is two words - 'innovation'! or the game industry, Dongfang Electronics is a leader in industry innovation. For example, in the arcade industry. Oriental Games has developed a number of new concepts such as puzzle games and side-scrolling games.

GameBoy has made portable game consoles the ultimate of this era! And the ABC-3 computer launched by Aikang Company has advanced personal computers from the 8-bit era to the 32-bit era in one fell swoop. It can be said that Dongfang Electronics has been leading the trend in their respective industries, making competitors tired of catching up!

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"Sir Chung, as the chief member of the two bureaux and a member of several steering committees, what do you think of the current state of Hong Kong's industry?" Zheng Danrui threw the topic to Zhong Siyuan on the other side.

"I think a very important reason for the current difficulties encountered by Hong Kong industry is that it does not have its own core competitiveness. We can only rely on low-price competition to occupy the market, and the result of low-price competition is that the profit margin is very meager, the ability to resist risks is insufficient, and once the economy fluctuates, it is easy to lose money......!

ATV's new "Threesome" is scheduled to air half an hour before the "Evening News" from Monday to Friday, and it will form a strong news section along with the "Evening News" and "City Live" that will air later.

"This show seems to be a bit boring!" Li Zhi was watching TV with Li Xuan, but apparently she had little interest in the economic topics discussed in "Qiang Qiang Threesome".

Li Xuan didn't care, ATV's "Qiang Qiang Threesome" program is more strict than the program of the same name of Phoenix Satellite TV in another time and space, and the content of the topic is mainly current affairs in politics, economy, etc., and the viewership group is aimed at the middle and upper classes in Hong Kong. Li Xuan only asked ATV's management to make "Qiang Qiang Threesome" a high-quality product, and he didn't even make specific requirements for the ratings of the column.

"Taiwan media recently reported that the semiconductor company under the Oriental Group is negotiating with the Taiwan government to build a new large-scale wafer factory and a chip testing and packaging factory in the Hsinchu Science and Technology Park, with a total investment of up to 40 million US dollars! It is said that Dongfang Electronics originally chose to build a factory in Hong Kong, why did it finally give up here and go to Taiwan?" Zheng Danrui took out a few newspapers on the TV and said, and at this time, the TV screen also turned, and a number of news pages of Taiwanese newspapers about the huge investment in Oriental Semiconductor were about to settle in Taiwan.

Huo Qiuxing nodded at the host: "It's mainly for the sake of reducing the cost of building a factory. Previously, Dongfang Semiconductor had negotiated with the Hong Kong government to acquire a piece of land with an area of no less than 3 hectares in Tai Po in the New Territories for the construction of a new factory. However, the average price of several industrial sites recently launched by the Hong Kong government in Tai Po is as high as HK$150 per square foot (0.1 square metres).

The Hong Kong government is willing to give Dongfang Electronics the most favorable land price of 100 Hong Kong dollars per square foot, which means that Dongfang Electronics wants to spend 45 million Hong Kong dollars to get a 3-hectare piece of land, which is equivalent to about 9 million US dollars. This price is 3 times more expensive than Silicon Valley in the United States, 10 times more expensive than the price given by the Xinjiapi government, and 15 times more expensive than the price given by the Hsinchu Science and Technology Park in Taiwan. Therefore, it is completely reasonable for Dongfang Semiconductor Company to give up Hong Kong and choose Taiwan!"

Zheng Danrui took a light breath of cold air at the right time, and made a very surprised expression very cooperatively. Li Xuan believes that many Hong Kong viewers in front of the TV will also gasp. It's hard to believe that the price of industrial land in Tai Po New Town, far from Hong Kong, is three times more expensive than Silicon Valley, the world's most famous high-tech industrial hub.

"Zhong Sheng, what do you think of this?" Zheng Danrui turned his head and asked Zhong Siyuan on the other side.

Zhong Siyuan said calmly to the camera: "We have been talking about the difficulties encountered by Hong Kong industry before, so where is the way out? The answer given by Dongfang Electronics is innovation! But innovation is not something that can be achieved by shouting one or two slogans, Professor Huo also gave another group of numbers just now, and Dongfang Electronics Group has invested more than hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars in scientific research funds to the Oriental Research Institute alone!

Hong Kong's industrial circles, especially the electronics industry, have more than 1,000 enterprises, but most of them are very small, and the total output value of the whole year is not even as much as that of Dongfang Electronics in one day. It is unrealistic for them to spend huge sums of money on technological innovation, which requires policy guidance from the Hong Kong government.

Stanford University and the nearby University of Berkeley have provided critical intellectual support for Silicon Valley's success! Whereas the only two universities in Hong Kong, CUHK and HKU, are both liberal arts and business, which are stronger than engineering and science. In recent years, the highest admission requirements have always been majors such as law and business administration, which has also caused a shortage of cutting-edge technology talents in Hong Kong.

In the past, a number of think tanks, such as the Hong Kong Economic Development Policy Advisory Council, the Economic Committee of the Diversity Society, and the Industrial Development Promotion Council, have submitted various proposals to the Hong Kong government, hoping that the government will pay more attention to the development of Hong Kong's industry. After all, Hong Kong and Kowloon have more than 2 million industrial workers, accounting for half of Hong Kong's total population, and such a huge number of workers are all supported by Hong Kong's industry.

However, with the continuous weakness of Hong Kong's traditional industries such as textiles, garments, and plastic flowers, Hong Kong's industry has reached a critical moment in urgent need of transformation and upgrading, and the rapidly developing electronics industry is an excellent direction for the next development of Hong Kong's economy! But this requires all kinds of support from the Hong Kong government in terms of education, taxation, and land policy!

As the Chief Member of the Executive Council and the Legislative Council, I implore His Excellency the Governor to take seriously the strong voice of Hong Kong's industry and take real and effective action to support the development of Hong Kong's industry, instead of irresponsible rhetoric. The connotation of the policy of active non-intervention is by no means to leave it alone and fend for itself!"

Li Xuan turned off the TV with a smile on his face, this Sir Zhong Siyuan did dare to speak, in fact, he was the same as other Chinese parliamentarians in the Executive Council and the Legislative Council, he was a pawn of the British to use China to control China, and it was also bold and courageous to be able to directly refute the so-called active non-intervention policy of the British without mercy. (To be continued......)