I am a policeman

Chapter 663

Xiangjiang, known as the Pearl of the Orient, is one of the most prosperous international metropolises in Asia.

Its airport is one of the busiest airports in the world, with hundreds of takeoffs and landings every day, and close to or even more than 10 passengers.

Note this is every day!

The travel volume of 10 people is a frightening figure. What’s more important is that the passengers who can travel by air are basically either rich or expensive. Even the passengers who take the ordinary class of cheap flights are people who can eat and drink well.

The spending power of such people is astonishing. If the Walled City of Kowloon is transformed into a hotel, a duty-free shopping mall and other places that provide services, and take advantage of the proximity to the airport, it can earn money from passengers and even captains and stewardesses.

That wealth is not a joke, it is comparable to gold bricks falling from the sky, and its development value is even higher than that of the city center of Central.

It's just that after the Walled City is bulldozed, what will happen to the Walled People inside? There are 5 people in the Walled City. If they are not properly resettled, there will be big problems.

The original demolition and original construction will definitely not work!

Because in order to utilize the Kowloon Walled City, it is necessary to build shopping malls, high-end residential buildings and other buildings, the price of which is not affordable for the aborigines of the Kowloon Walled City, even if compensation for relocation is issued.

Because a high-end residence requires at least two bedrooms and a living room, and it looks like six or seven hundred feet.

We can only relocate the villagers in different places.

Lei Weidong didn't know the real time and space, what the British Hong Kong government did, probably it was to apply for public rental housing for them so that they could have a place to live.

No more!

Xiangjiang is capitalism, and the capitalists are eager to squeeze out the bone marrow of the common people, how can they let the common people take advantage of it.

As for the lawsuit.

The tycoons in the capitalist society are least afraid of going to court with the poor. They will hire a team of lawyers to directly kill the poor with money.

Let the poor not only waste energy but also lose money.

"I've already thought about the resettlement method. The original demolition and original construction will definitely not work. If that happens, there will be no profit." Lei Weidong glanced around the crowd and said:

"I ordered a batch of containers from the mainland and placed them in the Yuen Long area. I am arranging for water and electricity supply to temporarily resettle the villagers in Kowloon Walled.

As for where they will be placed in the future, I plan to launch the Northern Metropolitan Area Strategy and place them in the northern part of the New Territories. "

"Northern Metropolitan Area, Mr. Lei, are you planning to develop the northern part of the New Territories?" Mr. Dong asked.

"Yes!"

Lei Weidong nodded, and said: "For a long time, the development of Xiangjiang has been strong in the south and weak in the north, with most industries and population concentrated in the south, and a large area in the north is waiting to be developed.

It used to be fine, although the northern part had few people, it was an industrial area with a large number of factories, which not only provided jobs, but also paid a large amount of taxes.

However, since the 80s, with the development of the mainland, a large number of manufacturing industries in Xiangjiang have been transferred to the inland, and the proportion of the northern regional economy in Xiangjiang has continued to decline from the original 30%.

It has now fallen below 5.00% and is slipping towards [-]%.

Although Hong Kong's financial, real estate, insurance, and tourism industries are strong, allowing Hong Kong's economy to quickly provide, but the hollowing out of Hong Kong's economy, which has lost the real economy, is serious.

It is highly dependent on the outside world, and Xiangjiang’s economy can be severely damaged at any turmoil, so changes must be made, and the development of the northern part of Xiangjiang is the best strategy. Of course, we must pay attention when developing, not finance as the core, but technology as the leading factor .

In the future, there will be two urban centers in Xiangjiang, the south will be dominated by finance, and the north will be dominated by technology. The combination of the two is the kingly way.

"The south is dominated by finance, and the north is dominated by technology. Mr. Lei, how big is your plan for the northern metropolitan area, and which areas are included?"

Mr. Dong, who has already decided to take office, is very interested in the northern metropolitan area proposed by Lei Weidong, and he feels that he has found the future of Xiangjiang.

"The northern metropolitan area I plan is dominated by the two local administrative districts of Yuen Long District and North District.

Mainly Tin Shui Wai, Yuen Long, Fanling, Sheung Shui and other mature new towns and their adjacent rural areas, including Kwu Tung North, Fanling North, Hung Shui Kiu, Ha Tsuen, Yuen Long South, San Tin, Lok Ma Chau, Man Kam To and New Territories North New Town and other areas. "

Lei Weidong took out a map, which marked the area included in the northern metropolitan area.

"Lei Sheng, the northern metropolitan area you drew is too big, almost [-] square kilometers. It is not easy to develop such a large area, and the biggest problem is the land. Many lands have been barren for a long time. In fact, they all have owners.

Instead of working hard to get these lands, it is better to reclaim the sea and ask for land from the sea. "

Looking at the location marked by Lei Weidong on the map, Huo Daheng lamented that Lei Weidong is domineering. If such a large area can be built, Xiangjiang's economy will definitely skyrocket, but the difficulties are huge.

Xiangjiang is not like the mainland. As a capitalist area, the land in Xiangjiang is privately owned. Regardless of whether these areas are forests or fields, they are all owned by the owners.

More importantly, these owners are not poor, either from wealthy families in Xiangjiang or local snakes nearby.

The movie "Descendants of the Dragon" has a description.

Zhou Xiaolong, played by Xingye, looks like a bumpkin, but he is actually a rich second generation. His father is Zhou Feihong played by Yuen Wah. On the surface, he is the instructor of Tai O Village on Lantau Island. In fact, he is the largest landowner in the area, owning half of the land in Tai O. .

The other half is in the hands of Mao Mao's family, Zhou Xiaolong's childhood sweetheart.

More importantly, Zhou Xiaolong and Maomao liked each other, and once they got married, the entire Da'ao land was under their names.

These land rich people have money, land, food and clothing, and prestige in the local area. It can be said that it is extremely difficult to get the land from them, and it is not something that can be done with money.

As a result, the area developed by Xiangjiang is very small, and most of the areas are green mountains and green waters.

The environment is good, but compared with the mainland cities, Xiangjiang in the 21st century is really backward, so that there are stupid thieves who want to go to the bustling city of Xiangjiang to rob,
Because I didn't know the way, I rode my bicycle towards the place with many buildings, but I walked from the New Territories to the Special Economic Zone and was arrested by the border police.

This is not Lei Weidong's making up but a real story. It was reported by the Xiangjiang website. It seems that a man who came to the inland Suzhou Province was in financial trouble after smuggling to Xiangjiang. A counterfeit bomb, ready to go to Xiangjiang Central to rob.

Because he was not familiar with the place, he didn’t know the way to Central from the New Territories, so after he set off, he headed towards the place with many buildings, thinking that as long as he went to the place with many buildings, he could reach the golden Central.

What he didn't expect was that after decades of development in the special zone, high-rise buildings sprung up from the ground, colorful and noisy, and it looked like a metropolis.

However, Hong Kong, New Territories and other places have always maintained a simple rural style due to land privatization.

As a result, the man headed in the direction of the multi-story building, but turned in the wrong direction. He only wanted to go to Central, but ended up going to the Special Economic Zone. When he passed the checkpoint, he was suspected by the police because of his suspicious behavior, so he stepped forward to stop him. As a result, a suspicious item resembling a bomb was seized in his bag.

Although this report is a bit ridiculous, it also shows that Xiangjiang is no longer a standout, and the special zone and other places have caught up.

The green mountains and green waters cannot be moved, let alone the land owner’s disapproval, even if they agree, the high land compensation fee also makes the Xiangjiang government a big headache.

As a last resort, the Xiangjiang government could only turn the bow of the ship and ask for land from the sea.

The biggest reason why previous Xiangjiang governments like to reclaim land from the sea is that the land in the sea is owned by the public. Regardless of the high cost of reclamation, one mu of land costs hundreds of thousands or even millions.

But that was nothing compared to the hassle of developing private land.

Therefore, from the day when Xiangjiang was opened, in order to solve the situation of dense population and less land and more people, Xiangjiang built tall buildings on the one hand, and asked for land from the sea on the other hand.

Over the past few decades, the land reclamation has gained 75 square kilometers, which is larger than the area of ​​the two Haojiang Rivers and close to 6.7% of Hong Kong's land area.

The Kai Tak Airport next to the Kowloon Walled City was reclaimed from the sea.

It turns out that Kai Tak Airport was originally the Eagle Army Air Force Base, and it was changed to a military-civilian airport in 1936.

Later, after several rounds of reclamation, the scale of Kai Tak Airport gradually expanded.

In 1958, a new runway with a length of 2194 meters and extending from Kowloon Bay to Victoria Harbor was opened. In 1970, in order to accommodate the take-off and landing of a new generation of large passenger aircraft, such as the Boeing 747, the runway was increased to 2541 meters, and then the length of the runway was extended to 3390 meters. meters, and its area reached 2.14 square kilometers.

but!

Because Kai Tak Airport has already extended into Victoria Harbour, considering the safety of the waterway, Kai Tak Airport cannot be expanded indefinitely.

So the Xiangjiang government started the international airport project, which is also a project of land reclamation.

It is located on an artificial island in the northern part of Lantau Island, which was formed by bulldozing Chek Lap Kok and filling the adjacent seabed.

After the completion of the international airport, it not only added 9.38 square kilometers of land to Hong Kong, but also brought great economic value, making Hong Kong's passenger and cargo volume climb to the forefront of the world.

Another masterpiece of Xiangjiang reclamation is the Kwai Chung Container Terminal. The birth of the Kwai Chung Container Terminal is a sign that Hong Kong Shipping has entered the container era.

In 1985, the throughput of Kwai Chung Container Terminal successfully ranked among the world's three largest container ports.

In 1986, it overtook New York Harbor to rank second, and in 1987 it surpassed Rotterdam to rank first in the world.

Later, in order to solve the contradiction between the surge in cargo volume and the relatively lagging port facilities, Kwai Chung Port continued to reclaim land and built the sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth piers successively, making it the busiest wharf in Hong Kong and even in Asia.

In addition to industrial and commercial land, the reclamation of Xiangjiang has also improved the living environment of residents.

Since the 70s, in order to alleviate the dense population in the old urban areas, large-scale new town construction activities have been launched in the coastal areas of the New Territories.

Most of these new towns were built on the basis of land reclamation, among which Tsuen Wan, Sha Tin and Tuen Mun are the most representative.

For example, among the total area of ​​17 square kilometers in Sha Tin urban area, more than a quarter of the land is obtained from reclamation.

In addition, many places for residents to rest and entertain are also derived from land reclamation.For example, the largest park on Hong Kong Island, Victoria Park, is located in the Causeway Bay reclamation area.

In short, the development of Xiangjiang is inseparable from the reclamation project, which not only provides a large amount of urban land, but also satisfies the replacement of important facilities such as airports, ports and land passages.

It also created huge financial revenue and operating profit.

Because the population of Xiangjiang is too dense, it can be said that every inch of land is very expensive. The British Hong Kong government can reap a lot of money just by selling the land reclaimed from the sea, which is a lot of money.

Of course, large-scale reclamation will also have many negative effects, just like the reclamation in Kowloon and other places, which reduces the water area of ​​Victoria Harbor, narrows the channel and weakens the tidal power, which in turn threatens the safety of ships passing through.

Reclamation will also cause environmental problems such as deterioration of water quality and loss of marine animal and plant habitats. The Star Master movie "Mermaid" mentioned this problem. Because of human reclamation, mermaids have no place to live.

But there is one thing to say!

In real time and space, after the reunification of Xiangjiang, why the economic development has slowed down a lot. One of the big reasons is that after 97, there were too many criticisms, which led to the suspension of reclamation in Xiangjiang.

Urban development requires land, and green land and mountainous areas are not easy to develop because they are private lands, and large-scale reclamation has been stopped.
Millions of people in Xiangjiang can only squeeze into a small space. If they want to expand, they have nowhere to go. They can only involve wildly, resulting in a widening gap between the rich and the poor, and the citizens complain.

"I know that the northern metropolitan area will face many difficulties due to land issues, so I have to cut through the mess quickly, and take advantage of the rare military control period to clean up Yuen Long, Fanling and other places, and get the land use rights in my hands."

Lei Weidong clenched his fists and smashed the North Road, "I will not come when this opportunity is too late, Mr. Huo, Mr. Dong, if you miss this rare opportunity, then if you want to develop the northern part and turn it into a northern metropolitan area, within 20 years it will be Don't think about it."

"In this way, Mr. Lei, you will have to bear all the infamy." Seeing Lei Weidong's firm eyes flashed, it was obvious that he had made up his mind, Mr. Dong reminded.

"No one is perfect. My reputation in Xiangjiang is too high. If I don't do something that harms others and benefits myself and lowers my reputation, everyone will not trust me. And I don't need to do anything to everyone. I only need to deal with dozens of people. Land rich and a few wealthy families.

I just need to be courteous before fighting, and hold a knife in one hand and banknotes in the other, and it should be easy to handle. "

"If you can't figure it out, some people don't want their lives for the land, so why would they ask for money?" Mr. Dong reminded.

"You don't even want to die for the sake of the land, that's easy to deal with." Lei Weidong shrugged, "These people are local snakes, and they are the ones who say nothing in the countryside.

The enlightened landlords are all landlords, and I do not believe that they have not made any mistakes in the past.

They used to get away with it because they couldn't be arrested without evidence.

Now it is under military control, and they can be arrested without evidence. If it doesn't work, the masses will be mobilized to fight against the landlords, just like in the mainland, it is easy to get rid of the landlords.

(End of this chapter)