Zheng Yutong's gaze was sharp as a torch, and she said in a deep voice, "However, you'd better come up with a solution later. Otherwise, if you expose such a sharp grassroots conflict in the open and fail to resolve it, you will once again become the target of public criticism, and even the culprit for disrupting the stability of Hong Kong Island..."
On the other hand, at Cheung Kong Holdings, Li Ka-shing slammed his fist on the table and cursed Kobayashi Tianwang for being so cunning and evil, pointing out that he was openly trying to curry favor with the millions of lower-class people in Hong Kong Island!
However, after thinking about it, Li Jiacheng laughed out loud again, and said with a sinister smile: "Xiao Lin Tianwang! Although your trick is good, it easily diverts the conflict and seems to have cleverly resolved the crisis of Hong Kong Holdings without asking the Hong Kong government for help.
However, making such a sharp contradiction public is what the British Hong Kong government hates most.”
Looking at the grim expression on the face of Hong Kong Governor Murray MacLehose on the TV screen, Li Ka-shing laughed even louder: "Hahahaha... this time, you're going to completely offend Murray MacLehose! Even if you beg on your knees to be a running dog of the British Hong Kong government, no one will want you!"
From the beginning to the end, Li Ka-shing only had interests in his eyes. What he cherished and cared about most was to maintain good relations with the British Hong Kong government. He wanted to use the power of British capital to truly stand out from the crowd of Chinese tycoons.
In the TVB studio, Mr. Huo Zhenting's face was extremely ugly at this moment.
He never thought that Kobayashi Tianwang could turn the situation around in such a desperate situation.
Moreover, what the Huo family values most is reputation. After being bullied and attacked by Xiao Lin Tianwang, the Huo family, who have been besieged for buying land, are immediately in danger of becoming infamous.
He knew very well that after Kobayashi Tianwang said this, his plan to encircle and destroy the Jardine Matheson Group, which was so high-spirited in the morning, would probably collapse halfway.
"Damn it! This bastard... is he that good at playing with people's hearts?"
Huo Zhenting clenched his fists helplessly, but beads of sweat kept rolling down his forehead.
…
However, the hardest slap Lin Huowang delivered was to the face of Hong Kong Governor Murray MacLehose.
After all, he was the highest executive officer of the British Hong Kong government in Hong Kong Island.
All the negative things about Hong Kong Island are directly linked to him.
The Lin Huowang incident revealed the harsh living conditions of the lower-class people in Hong Kong Island, which undoubtedly tore apart all the political achievements of Governor Murray MacLehose.
What’s the point of your superficial prosperity?
What’s the point of you being among the top few millionaires in the world?
What’s the point of having tall buildings, modern facilities, and the world’s highest per capita vehicle ownership?
The fact that the most widespread housing problem of the people has been exposed in this way has fully demonstrated that your British Hong Kong government and your Governor Murray MacLehose have seriously neglected their duties.
and……
The most crucial point is...
In fact, Hong Kong Governor Murray MacLehose has been aware of this serious problem in the past two years.
He is trying hard to find a way to solve the housing problem of the lower-class people in Hong Kong Island, and the current progress is actually good.
Since the beginning of this year, Governor Murray MacLehose has joined forces with the Land Department and many other departments to start checking the land reserves in Hong Kong Island, just like Kobayashi Tenmo.
In real history, at the end of the year, after all investigations and plans were completed, Governor Murray MacLehose launched the most significant "political achievement" of his governorship, the "Home Ownership for All" program.
This greatly supplements the shortcomings of the "Ten-Year Housing Plan" implemented by the Hong Kong government in 1973, which aims to fundamentally help middle- and low-income families buy houses.
However……
Lin Huowang just took this opportunity to expose the living and housing problems of the lower-class people in Hong Kong Island.
This put Hong Kong Governor Murray MacLehose in a very passive position.
After all, at that time, he had not yet figured out how to solve this problem, and the "Home Ownership for All" plan was probably just a prototype in his mind.
Facing the flash cameras of the reporters surrounding him crazily, Governor Murray MacLehose was extremely angry, but he also tried his best to control himself and not lose his composure in front of the camera.
He said, a little lost, "Mr. Xiaolin, the problems you've raised are actually ones our Hong Kong government has long been aware of, and... has already begun addressing. Just like the ten-year housing plan the Hong Kong government implemented previously, it has already provided public housing for half a million Hong Kong Island residents. The Hong Kong government is not doing nothing in this regard."
Beads of sweat the size of beans fell from his forehead. MacLehose's handling of the situation could be said to be quite standard.
But everyone who heard this did not buy it.
The ten-year public housing plan does have some effect, but it is a drop in the bucket for the huge grassroots population in Hong Kong Island and the even larger number of people who cannot afford to buy a house.
There is even a lot of corruption in the public housing program, and many people who really need public housing cannot meet the harsh conditions at all.
Hong Kong media have previously exposed many scandals involving the resale and rental of public housing. Many elderly people who own three or four properties can still get public housing.
so……
At this time, Hong Kong Governor Murray MacLehose brought out the Ten-Year Housing Plan to prevaricate, which only aroused further public anger.
A bunch of angry reporters, they don’t care whether you are the Governor of Hong Kong or not.
Seizing this weakness, they immediately attacked Governor Murray MacLehose.
"Sir Murray MacLehose, regarding the public housing issue you just mentioned, did it really help solve the housing problems of 500,000 grassroots people? Why, according to our understanding, is there a serious corruption problem in the public housing program..."
"Can the Hong Kong government disclose the detailed list of public housing allocations? And accept media and public scrutiny?"
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