Rebirth of Hong Kong 1981

"Singapore port?" Huo Jian couldn't help being taken aback when he heard the words, obviously stunned by Yang Chen's words.

Yang Chen said noncommittally: "Yes, it's Singapore Port, is there any problem?"

Huo Jian looked at his boss hesitantly, and said hesitantly, "Boss, with the Singapore port as the standard, will it be too big? If the current annual import and export throughput of the Northern Territory is used, it will increase by a hundred times." , I am afraid there is no way to compare with the port of Singapore.”

Yang Chen waved his hand and said: "I know, I just asked you to reserve space, and I didn't want you to directly build a Singapore port."

"That's no problem." Hearing this, Huo Jianxuan couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, and nodded quickly.

Seeing Huo Jian's appearance like this, Yang Chen smiled and didn't say much.

Chapter 677 Aboriginal Issues

Singapore Port, located on the southern coast of Singapore, facing the Strait of Malacca in the west, is the largest entrepot in the Asia-Pacific region.

In later generations, the annual throughput of the port of Singapore has always been ranked among the top ten in the world. In the 90s, its annual throughput was once ranked first in the world, and it is one of the largest container ports in the world.

The port is on the main shipping route between the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean, and its strategic position is very important.

Since 1960, container transportation has gradually emerged in the world. Singapore seized the opportunity and began to vigorously build container berths. The first berth was put into operation in [-].

Through the gradual reconstruction and construction of dedicated container terminals, in conjunction with active container transshipment policies, and close cooperation with government authorities and related industries, the Port of Singapore has developed rapidly and transformed into an international container transshipment center in Southeast Asia.

Although the scale of the Singapore port at this time was not as large as that behind it, Huo Jianxuan couldn't help but be amazed secretly by using the current scale as the standard to reserve space.

On par with the port of Singapore, it doesn't mean that Yang Chen really thinks that the new port in the Northern Territory can be on par with Singapore.

Although Australia is surrounded by the sea and has convenient shipping and transportation, it is not on the world's bustling shipping and transportation line. The Northern Territory is not Singapore.

Although he couldn't catch up, Yang Chen knew that in the future, with the economic development and globalization, the world will become more and more peaceful, and the tourism industry will become the economic pillar of many places living alone.

The Northern Territory has the best tourism resources. The port can not only load and unload goods, but also become a tourist city.

A desert city in Las Vegas can rely on the gambling industry and tourism resources to develop, so there is no reason why the Northern Territory can't.

When it comes to the gambling industry, Yang Chen can't help but think to himself, if the Northern Territory has the hope of becoming an autonomous state, then it's not impossible to learn from Las Vegas.

The combination of tourism and gambling is the perfect combination.

When Yang Chen said this idea, Huo Jianzheng frowned slightly. It wasn't that he was disgusted with the gambling industry, but that it was a bit difficult for the Northern Territory to become a state.

Huo Jian said solemnly: "Boss, let's not talk about whether the Northern Territory can become a state in the future, just to develop the tourism industry and develop the Northern Territory, there is a huge problem in front of us."

Yang Chen asked in confusion: "What problem?"

Huo Jianxi took out a piece of information from his briefcase and put it in front of Yang Chen, and said, "It's the aborigines, the number of aborigines in the Northern Territory is the largest in Australia, and the population of Northern Australia exceeds [-]% , are the aborigines here.

If we want to develop the Northern Territory, there is no big problem in mining minerals and raising livestock. We can't get around them if we develop tourism alone. "

"Moreover, the former mayor of Darwin also wanted us to help them solve the problems of the aborigines. For a long time, the conflict between white people and aborigines has been very sharp, especially in the Northern Territory.

Australia has more than [-] troops stationed in the Northern Territory. They not only cooperate with the US military in military activities, but also a large part of it is to guard against the aborigines here. "

Hearing this, Yang Chen picked up the information that Huo Jianxie handed him, and began to examine it seriously.

Anyone who knows a certain amount of world politics and history will be familiar with the Australian flag. Australia was once a colony of the British Empire and a major member of the Commonwealth of Nations.

The upper rice character and the federal star on the Australian flag represent the close connection between the two countries. It is little known that Australia also has a flag representing the unity and unity of the aboriginal people.

The flag, which also has official status in Australia, is split horizontally, with black at the top representing the Aboriginal people, red at the bottom representing the land, and a yellow circle in the middle representing the sun.

On the vast land of Australia, the aboriginal flag often flies beside the national flag, silently telling the past and present of the aboriginal people and white Europeans.

The history of Aboriginal people in Australia is not short. Before the British fleet arrived in Australia on a large scale, there were more than [-] tribes and [-] languages ​​of Aboriginal people in Australia.

Once, the aborigines here were the only owners of this land.

However, at the end of the eighteenth century, European colonists discovered this place, which completely changed the lives of Australian aborigines.

According to historical records, in [-], an Englishman named Captain Philip led his crew to land here, and then declared the occupation of this land in the name of land without owner.

This approach is based on the fact that the number of aborigines in the coastal areas was very small at that time, and the small number of people was often regarded as unclaimed land.

The British brought not only guns, but also various incurable infectious diseases.

It was not until the end of the nineteenth century when whites had an advantage in Australia's population that Australia began to integrate the Aboriginal people.

After World War II, Australia implemented an assimilation policy. On the grounds of "civilization and whiteness", a large proportion of mixed-race and some pure-blood children were taken away from their parents and sent to social shelters, training camps and white foster families in an attempt to cut them off from Blood, language and cultural ties of native communities.

By means of assimilation and dilution, reduce the aboriginal population and solve the "indigenous problem".

This kind of assimilation policy lasted until the abolition of the White Australia Policy in the 70s before it completely disappeared.

The more Yang Chen looked, the tighter his brows frowned.

Huo Jianxuan immediately continued: "With the abolition of the White Australia policy, there are more and more aboriginal affirmative action movements in Australia. Aboriginal people's citizenship, land rights, education, work and salary-related rights have been greatly improved. promote.

In [-], the Australian government amended the Aboriginal Land Rights Act of the Northern Territory, overturning the previous statement that the Aboriginal people had no ownership, and the Aboriginal title was recognized in the Northern Territory for the first time.

Although the aboriginal title rights of the Northern Territory have been recognized, land disputes between the local government of the Northern Territory and the aborigines have always existed. We want to develop the Northern Territory. The second hurdle is the aborigines here. "

When this problem happened, Yang Chen also had a headache, he threw the information on the table, and said with a wry smile: "This problem is very tricky, if it doesn't work out, it will set him on fire."

Huo Jian nodded and said: "Yes, I am also worried about this issue. The mayor of Darwin said that the first thing to do to solve the aborigines' problems is to provide them with jobs and reduce their dependence on land."

Yang Chen shook his head and said: "It's very difficult to change a person's living habits, let alone a group of tens of thousands of people."

Then, without waiting for Huo Jianxie to react, Yang Chen smiled again: "Of course, this may be difficult for others, but for the Chinese, it's not that difficult."

"Of course, this matter is not easy. If we want to solve the trouble, we have to let them pay the corresponding benefits. Otherwise, we have no obligation to bear such a big trouble."

Chapter 678 Mining (two chapters)

As his value continued to rise, Yang Chen's speech became more and more capitalist. Huo Jian saw that face that talked about benefits and benefits at every turn, and he couldn't help feeling, "Money really is omnipotent." '

Who would have thought that the young man who was still singing on the street a year ago would turn around and become a world-class rich man.

He would be emotional, but Huo Jianchen didn't show it.

Regarding the aborigines of the Northern Territory, Yang Chen didn't take it seriously. The total number of these people is only tens of thousands of people. Even if they make a fuss, how much trouble can they cause?

Don't take the kangaroo soldiers as food, although they are a bit useless on the battlefield, but against the unarmed aborigines, let alone one pick two, even one pick ten is no problem.

To be serious, the Australian government will 100% stand by him for investment, especially the local government of the Northern Territory. There are sharp conflicts between the two sides. Those people wish he could come and stir up trouble.

There are not many Chinese in the Northern Territory, and many of them are left over from the past. They are also victims of the White Australia policy. There is not much conflict between the Chinese and the Australian aborigines.

With the nature of the Chinese, as long as they have an advantage in terms of population, they can subtly influence the aborigines in Australia over time.