Hong Kong Island Old Events

Jian Baoning was dismissed from the post of Commissioner of Police and appointed as Deputy Director of the Security Bureau. Kun Xian, Deputy Director of Management, who was promoted less than half a year ago, was appointed as Commissioner of Police. Shi Keming was promoted to Deputy Director of Management. Yifu was served. Medal Emeritus.

The two bosses, who had been in power of the police force for ten years and had fought openly and secretly for many times, left the center of the police force one after another.

In June, the Public Transport Advisory Committee held a voting meeting. The committee is supplemented by members. All members are also members, with a total of 11 seats. Except for the social activist and British member Ms. Ye Xi'en, who opposed it, the rest of the members were in favor. Price increase application.

Since the Star Ferry Company has initiated an application for a fare increase, it must have raised a large amount of public relations funds to open up government affairs links. The advisory committee members who are non-voting members have at least received profits of more than one million Hong Kong dollars, mainly from Star Ferry stocks.

As long as the fare increase application is approved, the stock price of Star Ferry will continue to rise. The committee members can sell the stock at a high price afterwards and make money with one vote that ordinary people cannot make in a lifetime. This is the benefit of power.

The second day.

Star Ferry fares began to rise immediately. According to the Hong Kong Island Price Law, the highest price in the industry is the price limit. Yau Ma Tei Ferry Company can also set the fare higher, but Yau Ma Tei Ferry Company has not made any move. Star Ferry executives were not impressed either. They increased the fares for higher-class fares but not for third-class fares. Their strategy was correct. Not only did the passenger flow not decrease, but the revenue also increased. After all, no matter how loud the poor shout, they are exhausted from running for life every day. How can they make any substantial resistance?

Rich people don’t care about the 5 cent ticket price.

If the price of Yau Ma Tei Ferry rises one day later, you will make less money for one day.

A week later.

afternoon.

Ye Xien was wearing a women's suit and a black hip-hugging skirt. He was holding a briefcase in his hand and walking out of the Legislative Office Building on high heels. He was about to drive to the church when he suddenly saw a luxury Mercedes-Benz parked on the side of the road.

A Chinese man wearing a suit and carrying a gun on his waist opened the car door, took out his ID and said: "Congressman Ye, my boss wants to have a chat with you. Please spare some time."

"OK." Ye Xien saw the police ID and did not refuse. He nodded and took out the car keys in his pocket. Lan Gang took the car keys, skillfully opened the door for her, closed the door after she got into the car, and trotted towards the car in front.

After closing the door, Ni Kun stepped on the accelerator and slowly started the car. Sitting on the right side of the back seat, Ho Ting-hsien faced Ms. Ye who had just got on the bus, smiled broadly, and stretched out his hand: "Hello, Congressman Ye, I am Chief Superintendent Ho Ting-hsien, and I am also the boss of the Yau Ma Tei Ferry Company."

"Mr. He, I've heard people talk about you." Ye Xien stared at him closely, with a wary expression. He obviously didn't like him, but he still shook hands politely, and then replied: "If you want me to give up trying to stop Xiao If the shipping company increases the price, I’m afraid you will be disappointed.”

"Haha, Mr. Ye, you should have misunderstood me." He Dingxian took back his hand, without being angry, and said politely: "Although I am the boss of Yau Ma Tei Ferry, I personally support the public transportation parity policy and think that Tianxing The price increase of the ferry is untimely. This time the high-class fare increased by 5 cents, and next time the third-class fare will increase by 2 cents. I admire Senator Ye even more for not being afraid of resistance and not bowing to capital. I hope to help Senator Ye continue to do so. Activity."

"Do you have any opinion?"

Ye Xien narrowed her eyes and looked him up and down. As a woman over fifty, her ability to persist in the political arena should not be underestimated. And from her shriveled skin and thin face, we can also see her beauty when she was young.

He Dingxian smiled and said: "May I ask where Congressman Ye is going?"

"Kowloon Church." Ye Xi'en is a devout Catholic. He went to Nanchang to preach during World War II. The sect branched into "Plymouth Brethren". After the war, he came to Hong Kong Island to preach. He used church funds to found "Mo Guang Middle School", which started from two wooden sheds. The teaching building built is now a direct subsidy secondary school recognized by the Hong Kong government, with two branches in Kowloon.

At the same time, she continues to work in the church and is a member of Parliament without political affiliation. In other words, she is a person whose main job is "preaching" and "Christianity" is her political affiliation. Thanks to the fact that she does not have to be involved in the internal struggles of the Hong Kong government, she has always been petitioning and speaking out for the people. She enjoys a high reputation among the Chinese in Hong Kong and is regarded as a parliamentarian who cares deeply about the Chinese. This made her highly hostile among British MPs, but because she had the support of the church, she remained active on the front lines of social movements without incident.

Of course Ye Xien's social movement had a purpose, but it was not for becoming an official or getting rich, but for running the church. Therefore, she did do a lot of good things. Until after 1997, she served as a parliamentarian and was awarded the "Grand Prize". Bauhinia Medal.”

She doesn't care who is in power or the boss. If the church wants to develop, it must not offend the upper class, but it must also care for the lower class. Therefore, this social activist often does not appear in major disturbances, such as the Star Ferry fare increase incident. However, she will always be on the front line of such insignificant disturbances.

This is a good and capable person, but as long as you don’t want the world to return to a theocratic system, then don’t have too high expectations for her.

He Dingxian came to see her, naturally wanting to use her to challenge Tianxing Small Company, but the price increase meeting was over. In fact, Ye Xien also understood that the current activities were in vain, but one party wanted to make the matter bigger, and the other wanted to earn prestige and benefits. They hit it off immediately.

On the way to the Kowloon church, Ho Ting-yin said: "I hope Senator IP can publicly call on supporters to boycott the Star Ferry and ride the Yau Ma Tei Ferry, and I will collect 20,000 protest signatures from citizens in return."

On the eve of the consultation meeting, Ye Xien wanted to collect two protest signatures, but due to lack of manpower, he could not do it.

In addition to giving speeches on the platform, most of her methods of carrying out social activities are through writing articles and cooperating with newspapers and magazines. Her reputation is indeed very high and her support rate is high, but she has no ability to control large-scale events.

Because, apart from the church network, she had no other power tentacles extending to the bottom, making her power a castle in the air. In the end, she only obtained more than 3,000 signatures, mostly from church staff. However, what He Dingxian lacked the most was manpower, and he could easily gather 20,000 protest signatures.

Ye Xien frowned when he heard this and said, "You don't really support the lower class citizens, but you still want to take advantage of the opportunity to gain business interests."

"Just think of it as an advertisement for me." He Dingxian was shameless: "I really didn't increase the price, and it's not illegal to advertise. After all, it's easy to sign two names, but it's difficult to sign 20,000 names. Without me, Councilor Ye really can’t handle it.”

"And I can not only give you an autograph, but if the price increase incident can be reversed, I can also give you stronger support."

His expression turned serious: "Ms. Ye, do you know who I am?"

"Know."

Ye Xian's eyes flashed with displeasure, and he was a little moved, but he hesitated: "Citizens take the Yau Ma Tei Ferry route from Kowloon Tong to North Point, and they have to take an extra rickshaw to get to the city. It's not cheap."

"A rickshaw ride charges from 5 sen to 1 jiao depending on the distance, and no discount can be given to the public."

He Dingxian chuckled and said confidently: "As long as you know who I am, do you think rickshaws are expensive? I will ask the Hong Kong Island Rickshaw Union to launch a five-cent race across Hong Kong, whether it is the New Territories, Kowloon or Hong Kong Island."

"One price of 5 sen, step on the whole Hong Kong with your feet!"

Ye Xien's pupils shrank sharply and his expression changed.

In fact, rickshaws are already a sunset industry that is about to be eliminated. It is not as profitable as it was before World War II. After all, there are more and more bus lines on Hong Kong Island, more and more taxis, and even ferries are in decline. What is a rickshaw?

If there weren't so many people fleeing Hong Kong and a large labor force, who would run the rickshaws? Just like the domestic tricycle industry in the 2000s, as soon as the economy began to grow, there were fewer and fewer human-powered tricycles on the streets. Everyone took taxis, and the driver could make money more easily by finding a job in any factory than riding a tricycle. But as soon as the economy stagnates, rickshaws will reappear, because citizens at the bottom cannot find jobs and have to ride on rickshaws to support their families.

The Rickshaw Union is also one of the few unions controlled by associations, because gamblers and prostitutes cannot form formal unions! In one sentence, Ho Ting-hsien can initiate the "Five Cents Stamping the Whole of Hong Kong" campaign, and in one sentence he can decide the rickshaw union.

Seeing that Ye Xian was deep in thought and didn't answer, he thought that the other party didn't believe him, so he pointed to the driver's seat in front of him: "Mr. Ye doesn't trust me? Well, my driver is the president of the Hong Kong Rickshaw Union. With a phone call, tomorrow's event will be over. start!"

"Twenty thousand signatures will be delivered to your home tonight."

Ni Kun concentrated on driving and was not distracted by the boss's words. Ye Xi'en also understood He Dingxian's strength, but she actually held back a sentence for a long time: "Who will bear the loss of the rickshaw driver? This activity has no impact on them. There are no substantial benefits, and rickshaws cannot seize the market.”

He Dingxian was suddenly stunned, calmed down, and said in a deep voice: "Thank you, Councilor Ye, for still thinking about my brother, but don't worry, I have launched a funding plan in the Rickshaw Association to allow literate masters to take the driving license test."

"A taxi company has also been established. Unfortunately, the company does not have enough operating license plates to accommodate too many drivers. If Congressman Ye is willing, he can help in this regard."

"I won't treat you badly."

Ye Xien breathed a sigh of relief and nodded: "Okay, I'll wait for your 20,000 signatures."

"It will be delivered in the evening."

He Dingxian chuckled.

At this time, Ni Kun slowly parked the car on the side of the road: "Big Boss, the Kowloon Church has arrived."

"Ms. Ye, I don't know where you heard my name, but I want to tell you that I am actually very concerned about people's livelihood and well-being. If there is a chance, we can cooperate again." He Dingxian bent forward and pulled Ye Xien's hand. Open the door and behave like a gentleman. Ye Xien looked serious at first, but then smiled and said jokingly: "I heard Lady Bird mention you, and she said you are a very powerful man."

Lady Bird?

He Dingxian was a little surprised and a little embarrassed. Immediately, Ye Xien got out of the car, took back the key handed over by Lan Gang, and walked into the church unhurriedly.