Chapter 409 The Development Prospects of Lantau Island
“This is a very good idea, I agree.” Wei Li agreed.
"Well, this is a good idea. It will be implemented immediately after the handover with China Electric Power. Before the laying is completed, you can borrow the power supply from China Electric Power." Su Cheng said with a smile.
“Boss, are there really big development prospects on Lantau Island?” Ma Shiming asked curiously.
Lantau Island is located in the southwest of Xiangjiang. It is the largest island in Xiangjiang, covering an area of 147 square kilometers, which is nearly twice the area of Xiangjiang Island, the second largest island in Xiangjiang.
However, in the past and present, Lantau Island has suffered from inconvenient transportation and is far away from the urban area of Xiangjiang, resulting in a lot of undeveloped land and sparsely populated areas.
Therefore, although Ma Shiming has very good abilities, he failed to see what development prospects there are for Lantau Island. Why must the boss win Lantau Island?
Today, the entire Lantau Island is so huge, but its population is less than 50,000.
Here is Xiangjiang, a city with many people but little land!
Therefore, in the eyes of the public, the development prospects of Lantau Island are the worst, even worse than those of places like the New Territories and Sai Kung.
Wei Li also looked at Su Cheng curiously. He had been in Xiangjiang for more than ten years and had a very clear understanding of Xiangjiang. Therefore, he could not understand the development prospects of Lantau Island.
“Actually, after the land is occupied, even if the development prospects are not good, you will not lose money. At present, the population on Lantau Island is concentrated in a few fishing villages, such as Tai O Fishing Village, Tung Chung Village, Although the villages in Yongkou Village, Changsha Xia Village, etc. are relatively scattered, it is not difficult to provide power. Although at present, it can not generate much income for the company, this is just the current status quo.
I received it. One piece of news is that this year, the government is studying a feasible plan to connect Lantau Island and Tsuen Wan on the mainland. Once this plan is officially implemented, the travel between Lantau Island and Xiangjiang City will be greatly facilitated. By then, Lantau Island will naturally be able to be developed. Today, Xiangjiang With the continuous pilot development of new towns far away from the urban area, the population of Lantau Island will definitely continue to rise in the future.
In addition, Cheung Chau Island next to Lantau Island is also a very good place. The island is not large but has a large population. Similar to the entire Lantau Island, it is the most densely populated outlying island. If we take over the entire outlying island, Cheung Chau Island will naturally be under our control!”
Sioux City has not planned to locate the Xiangjiang International Airport on Lantau Island in the future! To tell the news, only one Tsing Ma Bridge is enough.
Although the news about Sioux City did not come from the government, the government really started studying the connection plan between Lantau Island and Tsuen Wan this year. This plan will be implemented in 1982, but it will be stopped later due to some reasons. It was not until the 1990s that the construction of the Tsing Ma Bridge officially started.
More than ten years may be a long time for a company.
However, for a service-oriented enterprise like Hong Kong Electric Group, it is nothing.
No matter what happens, anyone can go bankrupt, but for companies like Hong Kong Electric Group, the government will not let it go bankrupt.
This is also the reason why Hong Kong Electric Group and China Light and Power Corporation have been able to develop for so long.
The electricity consumption of just one airport is enough to exceed the electricity consumption of many households.
What's more, the international airport will also bring a series of supporting facilities.
Following the original historical development trajectory, in 1989, the then Governor of Hong Kong, David Wilson, announced the "Airport Core Plan" and connected the airport railway and the Lantau Main Line to land transportation outside the island. Lantau Island began to carry out large-scale construction projects .
Furthermore, the development of new towns has also been launched in Xiangjiang in recent years. There is currently no new town in Lantau Island, but with such a large area, it is impossible not to have a development plan for new towns in the future.
Since its development in 1973, six new towns have been developed to cope with the growth of the population in Xiangjiang and to disperse the crowded urban population, thus improving the living environment of Xiangjiang. The six new towns are Tsuen Wan, Sha Tin, Tuen Mun, Tai Po, Fanling (Sheung Shui) and Yuen Long.
In the 1980s and 1990s, three more new markets will be developed in Xiangjiang, namely Tseung Kwan O, Tin Shui Wai and North Lantau.
The core area of Tseung Kwan O has been bought by Su City, which can be regarded as his advance layout.
North Lantau New Town is located on Lantau Island. With future development, the population will definitely start to rise. By then, it will be easy for just one North Lantau New Town to have a population of hundreds of thousands.
There is also Disney. If Disney will still settle in Xiangjiang in this parallel world, then its location must still be on Lantau Island, because apart from Lantau Island, there is no place more suitable for it.
However, in this parallel world, Sioux City is already preparing to build an international tourist resort. I don’t know if Disney will appear in Hong Kong by then.
After all, the world-class tourist resort created by Sioux City is, strictly speaking, a real competitor with Disney.
“I also heard that the government is studying the plan of a bridge to Lantau Island.” Wei Li nodded at the side.
After all, Wei Li is in charge of a giant like Hutchison Whampoa and has a very high status in Xiangjiang. Therefore, he naturally knows something about the government's trends.
“In addition, in Tuen Mun, when the oil base is developed in the future, the electricity consumption will be very large. By then, it will be more cost-effective to use your own electricity, and the performance of Hong Kong Electric Group will also be improved. In addition, Exxon Mobil, Shell, BP Oil Company, etc., influenced by my investment there and the invitation of Mr. Governor, also began to invest and build factories there. Tuen Mun New Town is also developing better and better, so The future development of Tuen Mun will not be worse than Shatin, which is why I want to win Tuen Mun," Su Cheng continued.
As for Sai Kung, it goes without saying. Everyone knows that Sioux City is currently carrying out large-scale development of Tseung Kwan O and Clear Water Bay Peninsula in the south of Sai Kung. In the future, many places there will belong to Sioux City. How can Sioux City allow power supply like this? Let CLP Power do the important things?
HK Electric Group will definitely explore overseas markets in the future, but before that, Sioux City hopes that HK Electric Group can capture enough market share in Hong Kong and accumulate more funds so that it can expand overseas in the future. Only through market development can we stay ahead of CLP Power Corporation.
The three of them were in the office and started discussing the next development plan of Hong Kong Electric Group.
As a power supply company, you must have land reserves. Otherwise, when needed, the cost of expropriating developed areas will be very high.
At present, the Hong Kong Electric Group happens to have sufficient book funds, so it can start to hoard land for the Hong Kong Electric Group.
Outlying Islands, Tuen Mun and Sai Kung were previously not within the power supply scope of HK Electric Group, so HK Electric Group did not have land in these places.
However, now that these places have been obtained, it is time to reserve land for the development of Hong Kong Electric Group.
In the future, these reserved plots will be used to develop real estate or build power supply supporting buildings. If you hoard the plots, you will have no worries.
As for which of these places have development prospects in the future, Su Cheng knows clearly. He only needs to ask Xiao Ai to create a map of Hong Kong in the 21st century.
Know which areas have development prospects. If you buy them now, even if they are left undeveloped, these lands will become more and more valuable in the future.
(End of this chapter)