[Benefits and Powers] It is necessary to investigate why the Jumbo Seafood Boat disappeared

The Jumbo Seafood Ship sank, and Hong Kong lost Jumbo.

Losing this treasure twenty-five years ago was not a good idea.

Unfortunate things have happened, and the more important thing is how to learn from it and carry out the big action to conserve Hong Kong.

Because Jumbo Seafood Restaurant has disappeared, but Hong Kong still has the old district of Yau Tsim Mong and the old district of Kowloon City, how to properly conserve them is a core issue.

The new government is on the stage with a goal-oriented approach, and the Development Bureau is responsible for future conservation policies.

How does the Development Bureau promote a comprehensive conservation policy?

This policy is also related to the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau, which is responsible for tourism, and cultural assets are the most important tourism resources in Hong Kong. These tourism resources must be systematically and in-depth protected.

Conservation policy can learn from Singapore, can learn from Japan, can also learn from South Korea, see how they carry out conservation.

Conservation is all-round, not just the hardware of conservation, but also the creation of software such as conservation talents.

However, the School of Architecture of the University of Hong Kong has ended the conservation course, and the reason is still a mystery.

There are many things in Hong Kong that are so strange. It is said that conservation is necessary, but in fact it is not conservation. Just like Jia Baoyu in "A Dream of Red Mansions", it is "fake conservation".

What Hong Kong does is fake conservation, but the precious seafood boat that really wants to be conserved cannot be conserved.

Why?

It is because the government has many different policies and policies, and has no goals. It just chooses some easy things to do for conservation, and doesn't do things that are difficult to do.

The case analysis of Zhenbao is very simple. When the policy address announced that Ocean Park and Zhenbao Seafood Restaurant would explore the possibility of cooperation, the main responsibility should be the Director of the Commerce and Economic Affairs Bureau, Yau Tenghua.

Because Ocean Park is an institution directly controlled by the government and is under the management of the Bureau of Commerce and Economics.

So, why can't the cooperation be negotiated?

What happened in between?

A number of escort ships surrounded the Jumbo Seafood Ship, pulled by a pilot ship at the bow, and slowly moved eastward.

(Photo by Lu Yiming)

Everyone needs to understand that the Hong Kong government is a government of moral integrity.

What is sanctimonious?

For example, officials will say, "Okay, let's go talk to Ocean Park," but outsiders have no way of knowing what terms Ocean Park negotiated with the Aberdeen Food Group and whether they can do it or not.

If he really wants to preserve treasures, as a bureau chief, he should coordinate with other bureau chiefs.

First, make sure the treasures can stay in Aberdeen.

How can I stay in Aberdeen?

Then we must solve the license issue. Can those harsh licenses have a freezing period?

Is it possible to appoint a group of experts to discuss different conservation solutions with Aberdeen Foods Group?

The question is, does the government have the talent to negotiate with these business groups?

of course not.

Is there anyone in the responsible Ocean Park to talk about?

The reality is that there are no consequences at all, so everyone goes back and forth with letters and bureaucrats, and things are dragged on like this until the treasure is dragged out of the high seas and sunk in the South China Sea.

The Hong Kong government has taken many measures to "procrastinate", not doing what should be done, not wanting to do what should be done, not being able to do it, not doing it, because many high-ranking government officials like to be sanctimonious.

Officials do not need to take the main responsibility, the people below are responsible, and the citizens are responsible, but what ability do citizens have?

The government will probably give another 10 million reasons, but the government always needs to explain the negotiation process between Ocean Park and the Aberdeen Group.

What conditions does Aberdeen Restaurant Group propose?

Why the treasure was towed away from Hong Kong and turned into a sunken ship in the end, the government must explain seriously.

The new government should review the current fragmented conservation policy through this case.

Why only develop some conservation projects that have neither economic benefit nor cultural benefit?

To give a simple example: the News-Expo on Bridges Street is pitifully small.

Hong Kong has a rich history of journalism. Wang Tao founded a large number of different newspapers and magazines in the Qing Dynasty. It is very exciting and a very good national education.

But why only a news museum in such a small place?

The exhibits inside are also shoddy, and they don't even fit into the framework of a basic exhibition.

After spending so much money to preserve a piece of hardware, but there is nothing in it, how can this news museum continue to operate?

How to develop it?

Going back to Jumbo Seafood Restaurant, the government must have a comprehensive conservation strategy. The secretary must know what he is responsible for and what he should do, and government departments should no longer shirk their responsibilities.

Do you know how many government departments are involved with a Jumbo Seafood Boat?

The Drainage Services Department, the LCSD, the Licensing Office, the FEHD, the Water Supplies Department, the Electrical and Mechanical Department, the Planning Department, the Lands Department - each of them has the potential to bring the matter down, because they can express their opinions or cite scriptures and citations. Legislation to bring things to a halt.

This kind of strange thing has actually happened for more than 20 years, but the public has not noticed it.

We all have grievances against the government, but we need to know a lot about the operation of the government before we can know how to really relieve the grievances; Legislative Council members should come forward to dismantle the wall and loosen the ties. It is clear who is responsible for the main body; the officials who take the main responsibility must do their best to lead, in order to truly achieve the goal of results.

Otherwise, the tragedies of the treasures will inevitably be reincarnated, which is very bad for Hong Kong.

The old district of Kowloon City and the old district of Yau Tsim Mong are also procrastinating with similar methods of eliminating treasures.

Although it is not towed to the South China Sea to become a sunken ship, the concept of demolishing old buildings and turning them into air-conditioned shopping malls is actually the same. Therefore, everyone should pay attention, and the new government must change the accountability model that is irresponsible.

Hu Enwei

is a member of the National Hong Kong and Macao Research Association, a member of the Jiangsu Provincial Political Consultative Conference, and Zuni.

Icosahedron United Artistic Director and Chief Executive Officer

(The article is purely the author's opinion and does not represent the position of Hong Kong 01.)