Chapter 1187 East Africa World's Fair
July 13, 1915.
City of Dar es Salaam.
Today's Dar es Salaam city is obviously different from the past. Various departments of the city government have begun to organize personnel to conduct unified inspections of the city's health, transportation, public security and other issues.
East African traffic police have been on duty to carry out comprehensive management of traffic chaos such as illegal parking, illegal driving, drunk driving, speed changing, and running red lights.
The police station conducts orderly patrols in various neighborhoods to crack down on various illegal and criminal activities.
The industrial and commercial department conducts targeted inspections on the hygiene and production and business activities of shops on both sides of the street.
Firefighters and urban management and other departments have also begun to regulate and rectify various safety hazards in the city, as well as street stalls.
Lighthouse Road.
"Officer Chris, is something big happening today? I see that there are many public servants on the streets today, going door to door to carry out various tasks. What big move does the city government have!"
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Chris is a policeman at the Lighthouse Road Subdistrict Police Station, and the person who stopped him and questioned him was his neighbor Edson.
In the eyes of East Africans, the police are not a scary image, but rather public servants who "serve the people". This is also the direct reason why Edson dared to contact Chris directly. Of course, the identity of an acquaintance It also has a certain impact.
After all, the East African police are only responsible for public security and convenience services. Other tasks that are prone to controversy and disputes are handled by the industry and commerce, urban management and other departments.
Especially the urban management department. It can be said that in the eyes of many small businessmen and hawkers, they are "devils" and have a bad attitude. If it were the urban management department, I am afraid that Adelson would have run away long ago.
Chris said: "It turns out it's you! Edson, it's actually nothing big. Don't you work in a mold factory? So this round of activities should not have any impact on you. This time the city government is mainly It is a large-scale political campaign targeting the city’s image.”
Adelson asked: "The city government has never mobilized so much before, right? And this time so many departments are acting together. Even if the New Economic Policy was just implemented in 1910, it is not as scary as it is now."
Facing the East African government, the people at the bottom are still quite frightened. After all, the people do not fight with the officials, and the East African government is a typical authoritarian government. Therefore, with so many public servants and so many departments involved, Adelson also feels a little worried. worry.
Chris did not hide it. He said to Edson: "It's not a big deal. It seems that the city government has received a notice from the provincial government to hold an international event in our city of Dar es Salaam. . ”
“It should be a world-class expo similar to the San Francisco Exposition, and there should be many foreigners flocking there. Therefore, in order to show the style of our city, we sorted out the entire city in advance and corrected some safety hazards, sanitation and public security issues.”
In 1915, when war was in full swing in Europe, the United States was as it was in the previous life. Likewise, the Panama World's Fair was held in San Francisco on the pretext of the opening of the Panama Canal.
This exposition was quite famous in the Far Eastern Empire in its previous life. After all, many traditional brands in tobacco, alcohol, tea and other industries in later generations used the medals won in the Panama Canal as promotion.
Many Far East Empire liquor companies are hyping up the awards they won at the Panama Expo, but in fact it is completely different from their marketing content. Instead, they have become a laughing stock.
However, this also illustrates the success of the Panama Exposition, and its influence in previous lives has continued into the 21st century.
Adelson said excitedly: "Does that mean our city of Dar es Salaam will also hold a World Expo this time?" Chris nodded and confirmed: "That's right, you I also saw that the municipal government and the provincial government attached great importance to this event, otherwise I would not have suddenly worked overtime today.”
Chris is completely understandable about Adelson's excitement, because this is the first time that East Africa has hosted a large-scale international event in its own country.
The main reason for this result is that under the influence of Ernst's "hiding a low profile" strategy, East Africa did not want East Africa to be too prominent in the international community, but now it suddenly has to host international events. This is because The situation has changed.
On the one hand, East Africa has developed into a giant that cannot be hidden even if it wants to. East Africa is so big and has frequently "attacked hard" in the international community in the past two years. Conditions have died.
On the other hand, now that European countries are at war, it is a good opportunity for East Africa to poach others. By holding the World Expo, East Africa can show its muscles in the economic field, thereby allowing South America and Southeast Asia, the Far Eastern Empire and other regions and countries Recognize the strength of East Africa and thus move them closer to East Africa.
The Panama Expo in the United States probably had this idea in mind. The situation in Europe is now in chaos, and cracks are clearly appearing in the old century system, so preparations must be made in advance.
Apart from anything else, if the Allied Powers led by Britain and France failed in the war, it would basically mean that the old world system collapsed. On the contrary, if the Allies failed, then Britain and France might be able to mend the old order after the war.
The East African government has just concluded a round of discussions and formally proposed the concept of "Southern Hemisphere Economic System". So how to connect the countries in the Southern Hemisphere together requires an excuse.
Obviously hosting the World Expo is a good way to showcase the most economically developed city in East Africa, Dar es Salaam, in front of these countries, thereby making them realize that East Africa is now more than just military. Its strength is outstanding, and its economy and industry are not inferior to those of the old imperialist powers.
Citizens of Dar es Salaam like Edson are naturally excited if the World Expo is held in Dar es Salaam.
That will greatly stimulate the patriotism and pride of the East African people. After all, East Africa has been on the rise in recent years, and the mentality of the people will naturally expand accordingly.
However, in the past, the image of East Africa's economy and development was not active internationally, which made all citizens of East Africa hold their breath in their hearts. The World Expo is a good opportunity to vent.
Adelson asked: "When will this expo be held?"
Chris said: "If nothing else happens, it should be in October this year. By then the government will invite people from all over the world In addition to our city, the city of Dar es Salaam and the city of Bagamoyo will also participate. The three cities will jointly host this world expo.”
The city of First Town will also participate. It is now the capital of Maritime Province and the seat of the provincial government. Bagamoyo has outstanding industrial strength in shipbuilding and other fields. Together with the city of Dar es Salaam, this forms the core economic triangle of Maritime Province.
Chris continued: "You will be in for a treat when the time comes. It is estimated that many cutting-edge technologies and foreign novelties will appear. If it can reach the level of the Panama Expo, in the next half year, Darle will be The city of Ssalaam will probably be even more lively.”
The city of Dar es Salaam today is quite lively, which is mainly the result of trade with Europe, and the holding of the World Expo will obviously make the city of Dar es Salaam even more popular.
“By then, the population of Dar es Salaam will probably exceed two million, so the city government will be under great pressure.”
Today’s population of Dar es Salaam It has exceeded 1.3 million. This is only the number of citizens of East Africa. Counting the people from other countries in Dar es Salaam, it exceeds 1.5 million. Therefore, the Dar es Salaam Municipal Government It is expected that during the expo, the number of people in the entire city of Dar es Salaam may exceed two million.
This will put greater pressure on the city's accommodation, catering, service facilities, etc., so after this round of rectification, Dar es Salaam will temporarily build a number of new public service facilities to cope with it. A large influx of tourists during the fair.
As for this event, the Central Government of East Africa and the Maritime Provincial Government will keep a close eye on this event. If it is messed up, the officials of Dar es Salaam City will not get any good. This is also the case in Dar es Salaam now. The reason why all departments of the Salam Municipal Government mobilized collectively.
(End of this chapter)