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Written by: Tao Jiaxin
2020-06-06 21:42
Date of last update: 2020-06-06 21:42Ma Shiheng, the former chairman of the MTR, will leave the chairman of the Board of Education of the University of Education at the end of the year to join the work of "character education". Ma Shiheng was interviewed by Shi Yongtai, a senior counsel, on the Hong Kong radio show "Chong Chong Sao" tonight (6th).
Ma Shiheng said that when he was young, he had participated in demonstrations and would speak out when he saw injustice, but believed that young people today "act a lot more." When asked about the "character" of people who are dissatisfied with power in society, Ma Shiheng did not respond positively, but said "the people in power must know who they serve, that is, our citizens", reiterating that he used to talk about "we have Seven million bosses."
Mentioned that when he was the Secretary for Financial Affairs and the Treasury 18 years ago, he bowed and apologized for the penny stocks. He pointed out that it was aimed at "dispelling people's energy", because the society could not breathe, it would weigh on the entire government.
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Ma Shiheng believes that every generation of young people should have a "blood of blood." When he was young, he participated in demonstrations at the Diaoyutai. After visiting the Stanley Prison, he went to the letter to criticize the prison department and questioned the treatment of foreign prisoners. When asked about the most radical incidents he encountered when he was young, Ma Shiheng recalled an incident about 50 years ago. When he first entered the University of Hong Kong, he once performed a house performance competition. Fair, but one of the judges deliberately gave other performers zero points, in order to lower the score of other halls, resulting in conflicts, students throwing air conditioners, burning number books and so on.
However, Ma Shiheng believes that even if there is dissatisfaction, how can the store be smashed without consequences, "now the action is much more exciting." It means that every time he sees it, he thinks that this group of young people will be worried if they are their children and grandchildren. He believes that the dissatisfaction of today's young people lies in material and high-level opportunities. After graduating in 1973, he worked in a bank with a monthly salary of 1,600 yuan and a midday lunch dish at only 1 yuan. Today, a starting salary of 16,000 yuan for university graduates is considered good, but the price is high. Ma Shiheng also agrees that some young people's dissatisfaction with society will also result from injustice.
When he was an official, "We have 7 million bosses"
When asked about society’s dissatisfaction with today’s government and questioning the “character” of those in power, Ma Shiheng did not respond positively, but mentioned the mentality he held when he was an official, referring to “the people in power must know who they serve, "It's our citizens," and said he used to say "we have 7 million bosses" before.
The program was broadcasted in 2002 when Chief Executive Tung Chee Hwa pioneered the accountability system. In the team, there was a figure of Ma Shiheng. During the five-year accountability system, 98 people left halfway. When he was the director of the Treasury Bureau, he was anxious for the penny stock and bowed 90 degrees to apologize. In response, Ma Shiheng described "18 years ago as an unfortunate incident". The reason why he "accepts accountability" is that he is responsible for those who make the public feel unhappy and have a bad perception, aiming to "dispel people"; If society fails, it will weigh on the entire government.
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When Ma Shiheng was the chairman of the MTR, he had to seek funding from the Legislative Council for the high-speed rail overrun. He pointed out that when the government discovered that the plan to build the high-speed rail, the government forced the MTR to lower the price and did not reserve space. He pointed out that the opposition successfully passed the appropriation that year. A lot of lobbying work. When asked about whatever the top expenditures are now, minority groups are opposed to invalidation and give people a sense of powerlessness. Ma Shiheng believes that "the government should think about a good plan and make the public see commercial viability."
In response to the anti-revision laws, Dong Jianhua and Liang Zhenying, vice-chairmen of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, led the establishment of the "Hong Kong Restart Grand Alliance". Ma Shiheng was one of the co-signers and was asked to promote "restart" but criticized in hard language. , Ma Shiheng pointed out that he would not make any criticism, only that "seeing Hong Kong has many problems."
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