Chapter 1207 Kowloon Walled City Is to Be Demolished!

Lai Guowen is the representative of the lowest class in Hong Kong.

When he was young, he smuggled from his hometown of Zhucheng to Haojiang, and then from Haojiang to Hong Kong. He wanted to live a happy life in Hong Kong, but he was poor all his life and didn't even have a normal place to stay.

When Yang Ming first came to Kowloon Walled City, he saw that he lived in a cage house with an area of ​​less than two square meters. Moreover, because he lived in such a cage house for a long time, his waist drum could not be straightened and his back was bent. In Lai Guowen's opinion, his biggest hope was to have a wooden bed that could allow him to sleep upright.

When Yang Ming visited Kowloon Walled City for the second time, he met Lai Guowen and others and said that within five years, he would definitely let them have a place to live.

Now, when Yang Ming came for the third time, Mr. Lai had died of illness last year, and his ashes were taken back by his family in his hometown.

Yang Ming sighed in his heart.

There are so many people like Lai Guowen in Hong Kong.

Without seeing Lai Guowen, Yang Ming asked about the old lady.

Soon, Yang Ming learned that the old lady was still there.

At first, Tang Shilian wanted to arrange for her to live in a welfare home, but the old lady was unwilling to do so. She felt that she was not used to living in a welfare home, and she still lived in Kowloon Walled City.

Now, Yang Ming learned that she was still there.

So he went to see the old lady first.

When Yang Ming and others arrived, they saw that the old lady was indeed still there. Compared with the first time Yang Ming saw her, she was older and thinner, but she could still recognize Yang Ming.

"Mr. Yang, you are here."

She recognized the big man Sir Yang who often appeared on Hong Kong TV and newspapers and magazines and surrounded the young man.

When Yang Ming came for the first time, the old lady lived here in a bad environment, with no water or electricity for daily use. However, under Yang Ming's forced changes, Kowloon Walled City gradually restored normal water and electricity supply, which made the living environment of the old lady better.

However, the other party was old and could only rely on picking up garbage and donations from others to make a living.

Of course, for people like the old lady, they probably won't have the luxury of a normal house like other people in this life.

The old lady first wiped her hands on her clothes, then shook hands with Yang Ming and said, "Mr. Yang, congratulations on allowing us to live a normal life."

The so-called normal life means not having to worry about water and electricity problems, nor personal safety issues.

Before this, Kowloon Walled City was the darkest place in Hong Kong, and it was also a place where people often died.

However, after Yang Ming came to inspect for the second time, it turned out that this area, which was a no-man's land and even the police didn't care about entering, had returned to normal.

"Don't thank me, this is what you deserve."

Yang Ming asked about the old lady's situation.

It was learned that with the help of the Empire Group Foundation, she was indeed much better.

In addition to the situation of this old lady, Yang Ming, Mai Lisi and others took a tour in Kowloon Walled City again.

It turned out that those very messy wires were taken over by the Kadoorie family's China Power and sent people to repair them, which was indeed much better.

However, in Yang Ming's opinion, even if Yang Ming wanted to preserve this messy-looking Kowloon Walled City, he was afraid that he could not preserve it.

Because as long as it is not demolished, those criminals will run back here and hide sooner or later.

In other words, this place still needs to be demolished.

Historically, China and Country Y agreed in 1984 to jointly demolish the Kowloon Walled City in 1987 and move all the people inside. However, in fact, it was not finally demolished until 1993.

Why is it so difficult?

Mainly because there are more than 50,000 residents. Based on the area of ​​0.026 square kilometers of the walled city, the population density of the walled city is 1.9 million people per square kilometer, which is the most densely populated place in the world.

In other words, if this place is demolished, the accommodation problem of more than 50,000 people inside must be arranged, and most of them are still the lower class people in Hong Kong.

If they don't even have a place to live, they may really have to live on the streets, which will cause greater problems.

It's different now.

Dozens of high-rise buildings have been built in Kau Yi Chau, which can accommodate 200,000 to 300,000 people. Even if all the people in Kowloon Walled City are arranged there, there will be no problem.

Therefore, this is Yang Ming's third visit to Kowloon Walled City, and it should be his last visit.

When he comes again in the future, there will be no such old buildings here.

At that time, this place will either become a park like in history, or new buildings and commercial areas will be rebuilt.

"Boss, do you really want to demolish everything here?" Lin Xiuzhi asked.

"Yes. This is not just my plan. In fact, the domestic and Y countries have already agreed that this place can no longer exist."

Yang Ming thinks that staying here, using it for filming movies or something, is actually good, but this place cannot be preserved.

Moreover, with an understanding of the future, Yang Ming knows that this place cannot be left.

Yang Ming inspected Kowloon Walled City for most of the day, and before leaving, he told the people here.

"You don't have to live in cage houses anymore. You may have houses to live in and live a normal life."

This is what Yang Ming said to those living in cage houses here, and even most of the ordinary lower-class citizens here before leaving.

After listening to this, these people were excited and surprised.

Although they were not very clear about what was going on, they knew that Sir Yang kept his word.

Before lunch at noon.

Yang Ming and others left Kowloon Walled City and took a car back to Repulse Bay Mid-Levels Villa.

After returning to Repulse Bay Mid-Levels Villa, they had lunch first.

Then he went up to the study with Ma Lisi, Ma Shimin, He Chaoxun, Lin Xiuzhi and others.

"Kowloon Walled City will be demolished soon, and the people who originally lived there, as long as they were low-income people, will be arranged to live in Kau Yi Chau. In addition, according to our plan, the 10% of the lowest-income group of Hong Kong's total population will be arranged to live in Kau Yi Chau. Of course, there are many conditions involved. We will not support lazy people or parasites, but we will protect and support the real low-income group."

Of course, Yang Ming knew that no matter what he did, he could not really be fair.

He is now using part of the practice in Singapore to ensure that everyone has a house to live in as much as possible.

As for doing so, will he worry about causing a sharp drop in housing prices in Hong Kong?

In Yang Ming's view, this is simply impossible.

Because those with the lowest income in Hong Kong cannot afford to buy a house in their lifetime. If Yang Ming had not appeared now, they would have to continue living in cage houses.

In addition, according to Yang Ming's Hong Kong metropolitan plan, a large number of new Hong Kong people will pour in every year in the future. Those who have the ability will continue to buy their own properties.

The property rights of the properties in Jiaoyizhou are in the hands of the Empire Group. These people only have the right to use them, not the right to own them. Moreover, they have to use them according to the rules of the Empire Group.

For example, if their income exceeds that of the 10% class, they will also have to move out and find a new place to live.