Chapter 33 The First Entry into Hong Kong Island

Receiving the spirit rope of my sect from Master Hanshan was the biggest gain for me along the way. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info and my uncle's long-awaited World Cup is coming to an end, and our trip to Hong Kong began to hurry.

When Victoria Bay in front of me really appeared in front of me, I wanted to say, Hong Kong Island, I am here!

The impression of Hong Kong is that it is mentioned in the book that it will be returned to the motherland on July 1, 1997, three years before that date, and at this time, Hong Kong is at the crossroads of Eastern and Western cultural choices.

The first time I knew about Hong Kong, I knew it from my grandmother, she said that her uncle and grandfather, that is, her brother was in Hong Kong, Hong Kong is a very rich place, and then I also knew through all parties to understand, where is this simple wealth, don't say anything else, just talk about the house, see Hong Kong's housing prices soaring in the years before the handover, it may be difficult to understand the Hong Kong housing prices during this period. For most Hong Kong compatriots, having lived under the British government for nearly 100 years, their knowledge of the mainland is often limited to what they see through sightseeing tours to the mainland. Although it is said that since 1980, Hong Kong has directly benefited from the huge profits brought by the mainland's massive entrepot trade through Hong Kong and the transfer of Hong Kong's processing industry to the mainland, and later further stimulated by the British government's large-scale infrastructure construction and the implementation of the new urban plan, Hong Kong's economy has developed rapidly, and it once became one of the Asian tigers. However, many people are still apprehensive about whether the mainland's one-country, two-systems policy can be truly and fully implemented in Hong Kong.

Once upon a time, it became fashionable to emigrate overseas in Hong Kong, and many people who obtained immigration qualifications sold their homes in Hong Kong and emigrated overseas. More people are moving to Canada. However, after 1992, the economic recovery and development of the mainland and Hong Kong led to an astonishing increase in housing prices in Hong Kong. When those who emigrated returned to Hong Kong after being in "immigration prison", they found that the money they had earned from selling a house during the wave of immigration was only enough to buy a toilet. This gives rise to the so-called saying that one apartment for one toilet. It can also be seen how much Hong Kong's housing prices have risen in the years before the handover.

A few years before the handover, Hong Kong's economic development appeared to be very prosperous. Just some of the infrastructure projects involved in the British government's new urban plan have already stretched Hong Kong's labor force a little stretched. Construction workers will naturally demand higher wages because they have endless projects to do and do not worry about losing their jobs. This will inevitably have an impact on other industries and even on Hong Kong's overall wage level. Wages have risen sharply year by year, and high inflation has followed. Not to mention, the fare of the public light bus that is often taken has been adjusted from 3.5 yuan to 5.5 yuan in four years, and has increased by 0.5 yuan every year, more than 10%. This did not stop rising until the financial crisis of '97.

In hindsight, in addition to the economic conditions mentioned above, the economic boom during this period was also one of the main reasons for the high inflation caused by the high wages and high inflation policies adopted by the British government in Hong Kong, which greatly increased the salary level of civil servants in just a few years. The salary level of civil servants has a clear demonstration effect on the salary level of other industries. If we do not analyze the actions of the British government in Hong Kong in the past few years before leaving Hong Kong, it is difficult to understand the huge negative effect of the high inflation left behind on the long-term economic development if we do not analyze it from the perspective of Hong Kong's overall interests and long-term interests. However, it took many years and great efforts for the SAR government to eliminate it.

The reason why I want to say so much is to a large extent that my uncle and I had too little entanglement under the circumstances at that time, but people may be like this, the poorer they are, the more they think about it.

Here's the thing, we originally went to visit our uncle and grandfather with my grandmother's entrustment, but on the day we first entered Hong Kong Island, we encountered such a major event that could make us rich.

After customs clearance, we prepared to visit on the same day according to the address given by my uncle and grandfather, not for anything else, it is true that we are not much entangled, which is all in the interest of my uncle's obsession with the World Cup along the way, what is delayed is time, which hotel does not need money, I sometimes say to my uncle: "Uncle, we won't ask for food to Hong Kong, right?" ”

He smiled and said, "Boy, I want food, and you won't want food, just rely on your ability, this is a good place to make money!" ”

I didn't understand what he meant until I accidentally ran into this incident, and I didn't know that no matter what you do in Hong Kong, your income has a lot to do with your pay, that is, as long as you have the ability, not only will you not be hungry here, but you can also solve the problem of money at once.

(To be continued)