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Written by: Lao Minyi
2020-09-28 00:00
Last update date: 2020-09-28 00:00
The price of waste paper recycling in Hong Kong has often fluctuated due to mainland import quotas in recent years. At the end of 2018, there was good news that the Environmental Protection Department approved nearly two hectares of land in the Tuen Mun Eco Park and leased it to Rocsky International Limited (hereinafter referred to as Rocsky) to build waste paper recycling. The plant will be put into production in 2023 at the earliest.
But the land is still basking in the sun for two years without any construction projects. In recent months, there has been news that the winning bidder will withdraw.
"Hong Kong 01" tracked down and found that the winning company had twins.
When the Environmental Protection Department approved the lease, there was no "Rocsky International" company registered in Hong Kong. A company that won the bid later changed its company name to "Rocsky International".
Further investigation revealed that the real winner was a mainland company. The representative of the contract said that "the mainland has not responded, and the question cannot be answered temporarily."
It is understood that the Environmental Protection Department has previously disclosed to the recycling industry that it intends to set up a pulp mill in the Environmental Protection Park, and it will invite tenders at the end of the year at the earliest.
The Environmental Protection Department has not responded positively to whether the factory will withdraw, and there is no more information to provide at this stage regarding its lease.
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In 2018, the Environmental Protection Department tendered lots in the Tuen Mun Ecological Park for the construction of a waste paper recycling plant. A company named "Rocsky International Limited" won the bid. The four contiguous lots occupy about two hectares and the monthly rent is 399,000 yuan. , The area and rent are the highest in the park. The lease term is 20 years. It is estimated that 300,000 metric tons of waste paper can be processed each year. The preliminary plan is to manufacture high-strength corrugated paper and semi-dry pulp for sale in local and overseas markets.
The Environmental Protection Agency stated at the time that the plant will be designed and constructed in 2019 and is expected to be put into operation in 2023.
However, two years later, when the reporter inspected last week, he found that there was still an open space, and the name of the company was not seen on the sign outside the environmental protection park.
The new paper mill has not started construction, but in recent months there has been news that the winning company has withdrawn from the environmental protection park.
One of the representatives signed by Rocsky and the Environmental Protection Agency that year was Luo Yaorong, the vice chairman of the Hong Kong Environmental Recycling Industry General Chamber of Commerce. He once admitted to be one of the partners of the paper mill.
Luo replied that "because of the epidemic, the meeting was not met, the meeting was not closed... the video or WeChat call was not accurate", and that he was only assisting the company in bidding and recycling waste paper in the future. The reporter asked the EPA for questions about the paper mill. .
Company name is now twins
"Hong Kong 01" tracked down and found that the winning company had a mysterious background, and the company's name even became twins.
According to the company registry, there is a company registered under the name "Rocsky International Limited" in Hong Kong.
The sole director of the company is Lu Yisheng. He is engaged in the waste paper business, producing paper paddle trays and molds, but he told reporters that his company is not the winning bidder.
It turned out that Lu Yisheng once bid for a paper mill. After failing to check the background of the winning company, he found that it was not registered in Hong Kong. So in January 2019, he changed his subordinate "Wangao International (Asia) Limited" to "Rocsky International Limited".
He confessed that he did not know where the winning Rocsky registered, and hoped to contact the real winning company or the government after the name change, but no one has inquired so far. He bluntly said, "This is a joke, very outrageous!"
Tracing and exposing mainland companies
The reporter asked Ms. Jiang, who was listed as Rocsky's contact person on the EcoPark website. The other party stated that the management had not responded temporarily, but admitted that the company has nothing to do with Rocsky registered in Hong Kong.
The contact email she provided is the email address of "Hong Kong Environmental Paper Co., Ltd.".
According to the company registry record, the company secretary and director of "Hong Kong Environmental Paper" are Jiang Qilun and Xie Zidan. Jiang Qilun's email is the same as the contact person, Ms. Jiang, while Xie Zidan keeps the contact email of the mainland company "Guangdong Huazhong Group".
Huazhong's website introduces business including oil product trading, petroleum refining and so on.
In 2018, mainland media rewritten the EPA press release, stating that the winning Rocsky was the Huazhong Group.
The reporter contacted Huazhong, but no reply was received. The mainland search also failed to find a company named Rocsky in English.
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Contacted CLP after winning the bid
Liu Yaocheng, president of the Environmental Waste Recycling Industry Association, had a meeting with the head of the winning company last year to discuss cooperation space. He said that the paper mill was behind a mainland enterprise.
He said that the other party had disclosed that "the cost of construction in Hong Kong is ten times that of the mainland", and he considered switching to pulp.
Liu said that papermaking involves a drying process and consumes a lot of energy. If it is made into paper pulp, it will save electricity.
CLP stated that at the end of 2018, it received Rocsky's inquiry about the technical requirements for a substantial increase in power supply. Afterwards, the Environmental Protection Park proposed that the park should provide space for CLP to build additional power supply equipment and is waiting for government approval of this plan.
Liu Yaocheng, president of the Environmental Waste Recycling Industry Association, had a meeting with the head of the winning company last year to discuss cooperation space. He said that the paper mill was behind a mainland enterprise.
(Photo/Photo by Wu Zhongkun)
Environmental Protection Department: No more information available
What company has won the bid and why it has not built facilities for two years? The Environmental Protection Department only stated that if the tenants of the EcoPark cannot start production as scheduled or the tenants cannot meet the requirements of the lease, they will generally follow up and deal with the waste paper according to the lease. There is no more information to provide at this stage regarding the lease of the recycling facility.
Rocsky International Limited is not displayed outside the environmental protection park.
(Photo by Liang Pengwei)
Pulp mill tenders at the end of the year as soon as possible
It is understood that the Environmental Protection Department separately asked a number of recyclers last month and mentioned that it intends to build a pulp mill covering an area of about one hectare in the Environmental Protection Park, which will process 300,000 metric tons of local waste paper each year. It will invite tenders at the end of the year as soon as possible, but did not disclose The original paper mills go and stay.
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