Taiwan media reported last month that because the visas of the Taiwanese stationed in Macau were about to expire, they refused to sign the letter of commitment of the First China Central Committee. " to a private name.
"Hong Kong 01" conducted a search in Macau, Singapore and Hong Kong and found that the Hong Kong and Macau assets owned by the Taiwan government, including the Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall in Macau, the HKBU Tsuen Wan campus and the property in Tsim Sha Tsui, were all held in the name of the company, and all shareholders or directors were the Taiwan government officials, rather than holding shares in the name of the government or consulate, as is the case with U.S. government assets in Hong Kong.
The Mainland Affairs Council stated that the assets of the Taiwan government in Hong Kong and Macau are held and used in accordance with local and Taiwan laws, and will be handled appropriately and will make every effort to ensure property safety.
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The visa of the last official stationed in Australia expires at the end of this month
Taiwanese media reported on September 13 that there are three remaining officials from Taiwan’s official agency “Taipei Economic and Cultural Office” in Macau, and the last one’s visa will expire on October 30. The visa will not be renewed.
According to the report, if there are no official personnel stationed in Macau, the "Macao Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall", which is an asset of the Taiwan government, may or may be confiscated, so it plans to "sell and dispose of it".
Lu Changshui (sixth from left) is a shareholder of the Macau Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall Company. He was previously posted to Macau as the director of the “Taipei Economic and Cultural Office”.
(Photo of the MAC)
Star, Hong Kong and Macau search officials are privately held on their behalf
"Hong Kong 01" checked the report of the Macau Property Registration Bureau and found that the Macau Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall at No. 1 Vendez Street in Macau is owned by a Singapore-registered company "APH Syndicate (Singapore) Pte Ltd".
According to the Singapore Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority's search documents, there are six directors of APH Syndicate, including Du Jiafen, director of the Hong Kong, Macao, Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Office of the Mainland Affairs Council, and Chen Meichun, a former official of the "Taipei Economic and Cultural Office" in Hong Kong.
The shareholder of APH Syndicate is the Hong Kong company "Kong Wah Travel (Agent) Limited" (Kong Wah Travel (Agent) Limited).
The directors of Hong Kong China Travel include Chen Meichun, Li Jinmei and Lu Changshui; the shareholders are Lu Changshui, Li Jinmei and Gao Mingcun.
Hong Kong's "Taipei Economic and Cultural Office" has no Taiwanese officials and has also moved from Admiralty to Wanchai Central.
(Photo by Li Zetong)
The Hong Kong government asked to sign a letter of commitment with China. Taiwan officials withdrew all last year.
Lu Changshui served as the director of Taiwan's "Taipei Economic and Cultural Office" in Macau from 2013 to 2017, and was appointed as the director of the "Taipei Economic and Cultural Office" in Hong Kong in 2018, but he has not been issued a visa by the Hong Kong government. Failed to arrive in Hong Kong to take up his new position; Gao Mingcun was the acting director of the Hong Kong office, and Li Jinmei was the head of the comprehensive team of the Hong Kong office.
When the Hong Kong government asked Taiwan officials to renew their visas in 2020, they signed the "One China Commitment Letter". Gao and Li refused to leave Hong Kong and returned to Taiwan.
In July 2021, the last Taiwanese official stationed in Hong Kong left Hong Kong due to an expired visa. Currently, the "Taipei Economic and Cultural Office" in Hong Kong has no Taiwanese staff.
The Hong Kong and Macao SAR government's economic and trade offices in Taiwan were suspended in May and June last year respectively.
Sun Yat-sen's wife Lu Muzhen.
Sun Yat-sen Yuanpei lived in Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall
The Macau Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall is a three-story Islamic Moorish-style building. It was originally built in 1918 with donations from Sun Yat-sen's brother Sun Mei and revolutionaries. It was rebuilt in 1933 due to the explosion of a nearby building. It was the residence of Sun Yat-sen's wife, Lu Muzhen, and her family.
After Lu Muzhen's death in 1952, the facility became the Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall in 1958 and is owned by the Taiwanese government.
The Tsuen Wan campus of HKBU, formerly the campus of Zhuhai College, is an asset of the Taiwan government, and officials from the Ministry of Education serve as directors and shareholders.
(Photo by Zheng Zifeng)
Since the 1980s, the assets of Hong Kong and Macau have been sold successively, and there are two remaining places in Hong Kong
In the past, the Taiwan government had a lot of assets in Hong Kong and Macau, but with the signing of the joint declaration between China, Britain and China and Portugal in the 1980s, the Taiwan government began to sell Hong Kong and Macau assets.
At present, the Taiwanese government still has two assets in Hong Kong, including the HKBU Tsuen Wan campus leased to Baptist University for office use;
HKBU's Tsuen Wan campus property is appointed as shareholder director by officials from the Ministry of Education
The HKBU Tsuen Wan campus with a total floor area of about 58,000 square feet was the building of the then pro-Taiwan Zhuhai College from 1992 to 2016. After the Zhuhai College moved, it was leased to HKBU at a monthly rent of 600,000 yuan in 2017 for a period of time. In 12 years, it was used for the reconstruction and relocation of the Kowloon Tong Sin Heng Campus.
The property is currently held by World Manor Limited.
The shareholders of the company are Liao Xingguo and Lin Shiying, who are the director secretary and officer of the Taiwan Ministry of Education respectively; the directors are Liao Xingguo and Liu Ruisheng, and Liu is the CEO of the Pacific Cultural Foundation.
The Ministry of Education has regulations setting out the powers and responsibilities of officials stationed in Guangyi Co., Ltd. as directors.
The Taiwan government holds the unit of the Haiphong Building in Tsim Sha Tsui, which is used for the promotion of enrollment and further studies for the Haihua Service Fund.
(Photo by Lu Yiming)
Tsim Sha Tsui property is used for further education admissions
Another asset of the Taiwan government in Hong Kong is several units of the Haiphong Building in Tsim Sha Tsui, which are used by the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office Haihua Service Fund for further education and enrollment purposes in Taiwan.
The office is held by a Hong Kong-registered company limited by guarantee, "Haihua Service Fund Co., Ltd.". The directors of the company are Du Jiafen, Lu Changshui, Chen Meichun and Li Jinmei.
To Kafen, director of the Hong Kong, Macao, Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Office of the MAC, is a director of the Singapore company that holds the Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall in Macau and the property company that holds the Hai Hua Service Fund on Haiphong Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong.
(File photo/Photo by Lao Xianliang)
MAC Response: Possession and use in accordance with local and Taiwan laws
"Hong Kong 01" asked the Mainland Affairs Council about the risks of the Taiwan government's Hong Kong and Macau assets, whether they were privately held by Taiwan officials, and whether they planned to sell them. If it is used and used, it will be properly handled on the premise of interests and will try its best to ensure safety.
The Mainland Affairs Council responded to the inquiries of the "Hong Kong 01" reporter, stating that the assets of the Taiwan government in Hong Kong and Macau are held in accordance with local and Taiwan laws.
The MAC intends to sell the Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall in Macau to avoid being confiscated by the Kuomintang: it is impossible to say what HKBU President Qian Dakang announced to rent the former campus of Zhuhai College in Tsuen Wan for 12 years and move to the Administrative Support Department
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