Rebirth: Rising Hong Kong

Chapter 1506 1505 [Find money to find soft hands! 】

"I want to see the Governor of Hong Kong, and I have something important to discuss with him!" Shi Zhijian drove to the Governor's Mansion early in the morning, and said to the personal secretary of the Governor of Hong Kong, Mai Lihao.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Councilor! The governor of Hong Kong is in a meeting!" The secretary hurriedly explained, "Yesterday, a smuggling boat full of 500 people had an accident near Wan Chai. The government provides humanitarian assistance to them!"

Shi Zhijian froze for a moment, "Bring the newspaper!"

Last night, Shi Zhijian was busy sorting out the black gold affairs, so he didn't pay much attention to the hot news.

Soon the secretary handed today's newspaper to Shi Zhijian.

Shi Zhijian looked carefully, and sure enough, a huge shipwreck occurred near the Wanchai pier last night.

Specifically, when the coast guard was searching for the stowaway boat, the smugglers exchanged fire with the coast guard in order to escape for their lives. In the end, the shell of the coast guard ship hit the hull of the stowaway boat, causing the ship to sink.

Fortunately, after timely rescue, the more than 500 Vietnamese smugglers were rescued except for two or three unlucky ghosts who drowned.

Now that public opinion has come out, some newspapers and magazines vigorously condemn the British Hong Kong government for being cold-blooded and shelling the stowaways, causing casualties. Now they are using public opinion to coerce the government to rescue these Vietnamese refugees with humanitarian aid.

Mai Lihao was very troubled by this, so he held a meeting early in the morning to discuss a solution.

In fact, this matter is easy to solve, that is, to settle these refugees, but the question is where does the rescue money come from? Who will be responsible for the eating, drinking and lazing of more than 500 people? What is more important is the follow-up question. You have given humanitarian aid to these 500 people, and then 500, 5,000, 50,000 people will come...what should we do?

In fact, there are historical reasons why Vietnamese smuggled into Hong Kong in this era.

After the demise of the Saigon regime (South Vietnam) of the Republic of Vietnam on April 30, 1975, the Saigon of South Vietnam supported by the United States at that time was subjugated, the war ended, and North Vietnam and South Vietnam were unified. A large number of Americans hurriedly evacuated with the assistance of the US military, and tens of thousands of Vietnamese also benefited from Operation Changfeng. After that, sea and air traffic was completely blocked, and it entered temporary military control. At that time, due to North Vietnam’s reformation of some South Vietnamese officials and people who were suspected of being related to the South Vietnamese Army and the U.S. Army, and the transformation of capitalism, ordinary South Vietnamese property owners smuggled out of the country, so-called "departed to the sea of ​​anger".

In the early days, the Vietnamese boat people who fled to the raging sea used dilapidated fishing boats as the means of smuggling. Most of them are wooden or iron boats owned by fishermen in the Mekong Delta during the South Vietnam period, and it is actually difficult to sail in the ocean. Due to the large number of people, the environment of fishing boats is very harsh and there is a lack of fresh water. Many stowaways died on board before reaching their destination. Moreover, some boat people going to Malaysia and Thailand will encounter pirates in the waters of Thailand. These pirates are cruel to the boat people.

In the 1980s, Vietnam was extremely poor. A large number of Vietnamese fishermen smuggled to Southeast Asia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Hong Kong to find opportunities. It is estimated that millions of boat people smuggled abroad throughout the 1980s. In Hong Kong alone, there were more than 200,000 Vietnamese smuggled immigrants. At that time, Hong Kong was located in Pillar Point, Shatin Baishi, Tuen Mun Kaitai Industrial Building, Sham Shui Po Camp, Kai Tak Boat Private Camp at No. 50 Kwun Tong Road, Kowloon Bay, Daya Chau, Tuen Menhudi and other places were converted into Vietnamese refugee camps, and the last Vietnamese refugee camp in Hong Kong was not closed until 2000.

In 1988, the Hong Kong government implemented refugee screening, and classified illegal economic immigrants would be repatriated. Radio Hong Kong broadcasted a Vietnamese broadcast every night to announce the new policy. Because the first Cantonese pronunciation is "not loopholes", because these four words are quite joyful So far, people will think of Vietnamese people when they mention "Bullera" in Hong Kong.

The Vietnamese smugglers in the Hong Kong refugee camp, after years of arrangements by the Hong Kong government, spent more than one billion Hong Kong dollars to deal with them. In the end, some were arranged to immigrate to European and American countries, and some were repatriated to Vietnam. Tens of thousands of people stayed in Hong Kong. root.

This is what has caused headaches for several governors of Hong Kong in the history of Hong Kong, and the handling of Vietnamese refugees.

Now it happens to be the end of 1975, and the incident of Vietnam smuggling into Hong Kong has become more and more serious, and it has continuously triggered a wave of public opinion.

At this time, after a morning meeting, Mai Lihao and his think tank were still clueless. How to arrange so many refugees? Where does the bailout money come from?

In order to develop Hong Kong's education industry and flaunt his achievements, Mak Lihao has almost emptied the small coffers of the Hong Kong government. Now how can he spend extra money to help these Vietnamese guys?

In addition, even if they are rescued, can't they be allowed to do nothing for nothing? It is not realistic to send them back, after all, the British Empire is very particular about the spirit of "humanism".

In other words, if these people were sent back and then persecuted by the local government, he would become an internationally recognized "executor", which would be even worse.

After thinking about it, Mai Lihao decided to stay put for the time being and wait for the social reaction. If the public opinion gradually faded, he would arrange these Vietnamese guys to be isolated in a random place.

If the public opinion becomes more and more fierce, then it will really bleed, and the money will be used to do good deeds.

During the break in the middle of the meeting, a large number of people went out to smoke and drink water. Some people were talking quietly in the conference room.

As the governor of Hong Kong, Mai Lihao sat alone in the chairman's seat and sighed.

Seeing the break, the private secretary knocked on the door and came in to report: "Master Governor, Mr. Shi has something important to see you!"

Mai Lihao stared at the document in front of him in a daze, as if he hadn't heard anything.

The others glanced at the secretary, then turned their heads and continued to talk softly.

The private secretary sighed inwardly, knowing that the governor was feeling uncomfortable, and was about to speak when Shi Zhijian came over and patted him on the shoulder and said, "No need!" After speaking, he nodded to the others in the conference room.

Those people also know Shi Zhijian. They know that he is the first Chinese member of parliament. He once abolished the "polygamy" system, established the "Independent Commission Against Corruption", established the "Flying Tigers" and other great achievements. Everyone still admires this Chinese, let alone Shi Zhijian In addition to being a member of parliament, he is also a third-class earl of Great Britain in name, belonging to the noble class conferred by the real queen.

After Shi Zhijian greeted everyone lightly, he went straight to Hong Kong Governor Mai Lihao. Only then did Mai Lihao see Shi Zhijian and hurriedly said, "So it's Mr. Shi, why are you here?"

"Here to help you!" Shi Zhijian said with a smile.

Mai Lihao thought Shi Zhijian was joking, so he shrugged and said, "I'm serious! But you can't help me with the problems I'm facing!"

Before Mai Lihao appointed Shi Zhijian to search Lei Luo's house, Shi Zhijian got 100 million for Mai Lihao to stuff into the small coffers of the Hong Kong government. It's a pity that the 100 million was directly used by Mai Lihao to build three universities.

Shi Zhijian was stunned by this speed of spending money. No matter what the purpose of this Mai Lihao was, his contribution to Hong Kong education was solid and indispensable.

"Then let me tell you, I'm here to give you money, okay?" Shi Zhijian said with a smile.

"What?" Mai Lihao didn't hear clearly, "Didn't you already give me the money that was used to seize Lei Luo?"

"It belongs to other people!" Shi Zhijian took out a list and put it in front of Mai Lihao. "I hope you can forgive them!"

Mai Lihao curiously took it over and took a closer look, and immediately frowned and said, "Impossible! Don't say anything else, what are Chen Zhichao, Lan Gang and Han Sen? The ICAC greeted me and said that the three of them 'The heinous crime', the level of corruption is comparable to that of Lei Luo!"

After finishing speaking, Mai Lihao tapped the table with his fingers, "Besides, you may not know that if they hadn't contributed to assisting Superintendent Ding Yongqiang in conquering the Kowloon Walled City not long ago, the ICAC would have invited them to drink coffee!"

Shi Zhijian nodded in approval, "That's why I came here so early to ask you for help—"

Before Mai Lihao could refuse, Shi Zhijian took out a check from his pocket and put it on the list, "This is their 'ransom fee', do you think it's suitable?!"

"Eh?" Mai Lihao didn't care too much at first, and glanced casually, then his expression changed, he looked at the check in astonishment, and then looked at Shi Zhijian, "200 million?"

Shi Zhijian nodded, "That's right, it's 200 million! You just need to give them a chance, Lord Governor!" But he said in his heart, if I told you it was 500 million, wouldn't it scare you to death? ! In order not to scare you, I have no choice but to accept the remaining 300 million!

Mai Lihao was silent, tapped his fingers on the table, looked at the check, and then looked at the list.

Shi Zhijian continued: "Since you have let Lei Luo go, why don't you let go of a few more? Everyone is willing to spend money, just want to buy peace of mind! There is an old saying in China that the law does not blame the public, you should Understand the meaning of this sentence!"

Shi Zhijian pushed the check forward again~www.readwn.com~ To be honest, this is just a matter of your old man's words... With this money, you can help those Vietnamese refugees, and when the time comes, Kowloon City If construction starts in the village, let them lay bricks on my construction site—kill two birds with one stone, how wonderful! "

Mai Lihao was moved.

Indeed, this kind of thing is a matter of his Hong Kong governor, Mai Lihao.

You must know that during the colonial period, the governor of Hong Kong was directly appointed by the British government, and Hong Kong citizens could not vote for the governor of Hong Kong. The governor of Hong Kong, who was appointed by the British government, would become the chairman of the executive and legislature. The final veto power, while members of the judiciary and the Legislative Council are appointed by the Governor of Hong Kong, and the final adjudication power in Hong Kong needs to be decided by the Privy Council of the United Kingdom.

Even Bailiqu, who is in charge of the judiciary, has to follow his orders in front of the Governor of Hong Kong, Mai Lihao, even if the orders are wrong and unreasonable!

Seeing that Mai Lihao was still hesitating, Shi Zhijian took out the resignation letter from the three of Chen Zhichao and put it in front of the other party: "With this, it's okay?! They only want to save their lives, and they don't dare to expect too much!"