Lin Zheng: Industrial buildings can activate hotels to meet demand
The number of tourists entering the country reached a new high last year, and Hong Kong is facing a shortage of future hotels. The Chief Executive, Mrs Carrie Lam, attended the Legislative Council’s question and said that the Policy Address had proposed a re-launch of the revitalisation of the factory building. Some of them were for hotel use. I hope to increase the supply of hotels. However, in the long run, the community of Hong Kong must develop more land. Only to meet the demand for tourism, hotel industry and so on.
Will adjust the train pass
I was asked that the average occupancy rate of hotels in Hong Kong last year was over 90%. The Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong high-speed rail and the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge were put into use. Recently, a consortium has rezoned several existing hotels to other uses. How should Hong Kong face the future hotel in Hong Kong? The problem of shortage. Mr Lam said that the lack of land in Hong Kong is an indisputable fact. Whether it is to meet the living requirements of the people of Hong Kong or to cope with the demand for land in various industries, it is inevitable to make a choice in the case of tight land supply. The “Policy Report” proposes to re-launch the revitalisation of the factory building. I believe that some will be converted into hotel use. The owners will calculate that if the whole building should be converted into a hotel or converted into other uses, it will have to open up more land in the long run. Meet the demand for land in the tourism and hotel industries.
Lin Zheng also mentioned that it understands that the trains directly affect the East Rail, and since the opening of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong high-speed rail, the through train rate has dropped by about 30%, but considering the current Guangzhou Express station destination and the high-speed rail Guangzhou There is a certain distance between the destinations of the stations. Therefore, if the number of trains is greatly reduced in the short term, it may cause some inconvenience to the public. However, the SAR Government will follow up to adjust the trains. In fact, she met with the Chief Executive in Beijing last December. Initially mentioned, the other party also said that it is possible to carry out this research.
Do not agree that there is a populist
Some Members have criticized the current government for its populism, that is, it is more focused on people. Lin Zheng clarified that the populism is blind and there are many people who are “talking about things”. She does not agree with which one is purely this attitude. The SAR government often looks at evidence and assessments to safeguard the greatest public interest and find the best in different policies. The balance point is the difficulty of governance. Many times there will be the same interest groups and ideologies. In the process, the government will certainly “offend people”, but it cannot be said that the government’s work is purely populist, even if some things can be considered by most people to be wrong. However, after the Government has assessed that it is good for Hong Kong in the long run, it is necessary to make plans for Hong Kong.
In addition, the Security Bureau proposed to amend the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance to open the back door of the judicial system between China and Hong Kong. Lin Zheng stressed that he is only the role of starting the procedure.