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Written by: Xu Shihao
2021-06-13 09:01
Last update date: 2021-06-13 09:09
The Hong Kong government has never had a long-term and complete land supply policy. In recent years, the social turmoil has been blamed on high property prices and insufficient supply of residential units, making it difficult for young people to get in the car and achieve "home and work". The problem has further escalated to the country. The level of concern for leaders.
The new chief executive election will be held next year. All walks of life have already faced each other on housing and land supply issues. Hu Yingxiang, the chairman of Hopewell Holdings, who supports the opening of mountains and reclamation, did not explicitly support who should be elected, but talked about the characteristics of leadership and Governance, even more praised the current Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor for being "resolved" and starting to respond to society by doing things.
In the annual chief executive election, one of the major issues is how the candidates solve the housing problem in Hong Kong. With the political and social turmoil in Hong Kong in the past two years, the "housing problem" has risen to the level of concern of national leaders, in charge of Hong Kong and Macao affairs, and the deputy prime minister of the State Council. Han Zheng mentioned that the deep-rooted housing problem in Hong Kong has so far been "there is no solution and no consensus can be reached." He even noticed that the per capita living environment of Hong Kong citizens is relatively small. He seems quite dissatisfied with the inability of the local governance team to resolve this problem.
Next year will be the new chief executive election. The election projects of all walks of life have quietly begun. Recently, the former chief executive Leung Chun-ying has recently revisited the development of housing estates on the borders of country parks and criticized the current government’s land and housing policy. Chief Executive Carrie Lam's reclamation plan is "fighting against Taiwan."
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Hu Yingxiang did not explicitly support who was elected as the chief executive, but he talked a lot about leadership characteristics and government governance.
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No positive response whether to support Carrie Lam's re-election
In an exclusive interview with "Hong Kong 01", Hopewell Chairman Hu Yingxiang advocated that Hong Kong should plan to open mountains and reclaim land, and questioned the proposals of brownfields and country park development, which "coincidentally" with Lam Cheng's policy direction. Did not respond to whether she supports Carrie Lam's re-election, reiterating that she is "just the first brother" in politics, and she never likes to participate in politics, and she humbles herself: "Tell me to speak? I am not qualified to speak. (I am on political issues) is naive Health."
Although Hu Yingxiang said he was a "naive child" in politics, he was very worried about the governance of the government. He believed that the government had not been "determined" on the land issue for many years, and would "withdraw" whenever he encountered opposition from the society. "We want to learn Western democracy, and Western-style democracy requires consultation. Originally there are no problems. After consultation, there will always be people who agree, disagree, or oppose. However, as long as the opposition is heard, many officials in the past dare not do anything, because they Seeing someone object, it is equivalent to giving a veto power. As a result, Hong Kong will not be able to do so."
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The government must be determined to do things
He also criticized that some people "use opposition to harm Hong Kong." Therefore, the government's responsibility is to balance the voices of all parties before making the final decision. Stop; for example, if everyone goes out to eat, it’s a democratic way to ask everyone to eat. Don’t eat beef, don’t eat eggs... So listen to the opposition, but don’t have to accept it absolutely, you have to take a balance. , To distribute (distribute) with broad interests."
The government’s determination is insufficient, people’s livelihood issues have not been resolved, the citizens’ basic housing needs have not been met, and the disparity between the rich and the poor is serious. At the end of last year, the government published the "Hong Kong Poverty Situation Report 2019", and the poverty rate exceeded 20%.
As an international city, Hong Kong seems unimaginable.
Hu Yingxiang believed that if people’s livelihood problems were resolved, Hong Kong would become "peaceful." He learned from history and believed that as long as there is only one place in history where wealth is too concentrated on a small number of people, society will definitely be unstable. "The French Revolution, all The money is concentrated in the nobility, the royal family, the church, and it is the same in the Qing Dynasty...The price of a house in Australia and Canada, Hong Kong only buys a kitchen."
"Hong Kong needs a strong chief executive"
However, in the past, many people felt that it was the real estate developer’s responsibility to sell expensive homes. Hu Yingxiang bluntly stated that the developer was accused of pushing up land prices, "it was wrong." Expensive, bread (unit) is of course expensive, so the property price (sold) must be expensive, and real estate developers will not go back to the countryside to sell land to subsidize."
Back to the beginning, how does the government solve the land problem?
Hu Yingxiang emphasized that Hong Kong needs a strong chief executive and a leader who is determined to solve problems. At the same time, the public must also support the government’s governance. "(Leaders) must speak up. I want to do things for Hong Kong. Speak?) No, I have to do a good job. You have to be determined."
He continued: "Being the chief executive is like being a big wife. Don’t do it well. If you do anything, it will cause trouble. If you have a baby, you will be the first to trouble you. Especially you are a hardworking person. We have seen it in history. Now, there are some people who are not afraid to do it. They just folded their sleeves and did it. I am so happy to see Lam Cheng starting to take the first step (increasing land supply) and determined to do it."
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