Many people, like Xiaobian, think that Hong Kong's senior officials have high incomes, and naturally they will also sit on multiple luxury houses and take turns to live every week...
But in fact, a recent piece of news has opened the eyes of the editor -
"Former Hong Kong Chief Executive Mr. Tung Chee-hwa bought a house for 160 million yuan!"
Yes, according to Hong Kong media reports, Tung Chee-hwa, an 84-year-old former Chief Executive of Hong Kong and current vice chairman of the Hong Kong National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, only bought his first house in the middle of last month.
According to the land registry data, Jiahuiyuan low-rise Room C, with a saleable area of 3335 square feet, even a parking space was sold for HK$160 million on the 16th of last month, with a foot price of up to HK$47,976, and the new buyer was Tung Chee-hwa.
In other words, Mr. Dong has been renting a house for so many years! This makes the psychology of our renters balance at once.....
Here I want to introduce you to Tung Chee-hwa, in addition to being the first chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, he is also an excellent businessman, his father is Hong Kong's "ship king" Tung Haoyun, after his death, Tung Chee-hwa took over one of the world's seven major steamship shipping companies, Orient Overseas, but his life was so simple, really worthy of the Hong Kong people have always admired the figure!
Love Jiahui Garden Rented for 20 years
Some people will ask, what is the charm of this Jiahui Garden that makes Mr. Dong so obsessed?
Jiahui Garden is located at No. 1 to 3 Majixian Gorge Road in the Middle Mid-Levels, backed by Mei Road, to be precise, on the mountainside of Victoria Peak, and it is basically passed through here by taking a ride from Central to the top of the mountain.
The area is quiet, even a bit of a seclusion, but it's easy to get away from important locations (as long as you have a car) – 15 minutes to Central, 7 minutes to The Hong Kong Headquarters, 4 minutes to Swire Mall and Hong Kong Park, and 3 minutes to Canossa Hospital.
It is not difficult to see that Jiahuiyuan is indeed very suitable for retirement and pension, no wonder Mr. Dong is so fond of it.
Here's a little episode.
The Hong Kong government had Mr. Tung, during the term of the Chief Executive, move into the Government House, the Governor's Mansion during the British colonial period, which was changed to the House of Protocol after the return to the Hong Kong Chief Executive.
However, due to the consideration of spy devices in the area, Tung Chee-hwa did not choose to stay, but chose to continue to stay in Jiahui Garden, and this rent is more than 20 years!
The Hong Kong government's building of a clean and honest government
In fact, not only Tung Chee-hwa, but also many senior Hong Kong officials do not have real estate, including the current Chief Executive of Hong Kong Carrie Lam.
Here we need to talk about the integrity of the Hong Kong government, including the chief executive, high-ranking officials, every year to the government to declare interests, in case someone embezzled, this declaration is not only individuals, but also related to their own interests, such as the house under the name of immediate family members, if they live together, this situation also needs to be reported.
Zeng Yam-kuen, who once spent 80,000 yuan a month to rent a mansion in Shenzhen, did not declare it, and was sentenced to improper behavior of public officials and was sentenced to prison, fortunately, the case was successfully overturned afterwards and the crime was successfully washed away.
It can be seen that the Hong Kong government is still relatively strict in this regard, so the question is, the above mentioned are the two chief executives, then other high-ranking officials, what properties do they have?
How many properties does a senior official have?
The first thing mentioned is Carrie Lam, who does have 0 properties in her own name, but declared a house purchased by her husband in Zhongshan.
Leung Chun-ying, during his tenure, declared a total of 7 houses, 2 sets at the peak, 1 set in Hong Kong Island South, 2 sets in Singapore, and 2 sets in the United Kingdom by his wife.
Who has the most properties among senior officials?
The answer is Lee Kwok-cheung, the director of the (later renamed Education Bureau), who has been in office since 2002 and worked for a total of five years, leaving in 2007.
He is a medical expert who worked for many years in the Faculty of Medicine of the University of hong kong Chinese before entering politics, rising from chair professor to dean of the faculty of medicine, and in 1996 was president of the University of Chinese in Hong Kong.
His house was inherited from Li Peicai, who was the great-grandson of the latter.
Who is Li Peicai?
He is the richest man of the older generation in Hong Kong, their family was once the head of the Hong Kong bank family, the family has been prosperous for nearly 100 years, and he and the Chow Wing Tai family, the Ho Tung family, the Li Xi Shen family, and called the old "Four Major Families of Hong Kong".
The Lee Pei Cai family is full of talents, and his descendants are active in Hong Kong's political, business, education and so on.
Li Guozhang, the fourth generation of the family, declared 73 properties to the Hong Kong government when he took office, including houses, land and parking spaces, all over Hong Kong, and several properties in the United Kingdom.
At that time, the news stunned many netizens and named him "Director Lou Wang".
In fact, these houses are not all his, only 1 set is wholly owned by him, the other properties are the common property of the family, 44 properties are joint ventures with brothers and sisters, some are his father's assets, he only accounts for 1/3 of the ownership, and by 2015, this declaration figure has become 30.
In addition, Zheng Ruohua, she declared a total of 8 sets of properties, 7 houses and 1 workshop, which is used to store debris.
Seven houses are located in Tuen Mun (2 units), Sha Tin, Beijing, Central and Western District, Yunnan and Hong Kong Island South District, of which the houses in Yunnan are vacant.
Before she became the "King of the Floor", the title belonged to Zhang Jianzong , who declared 9 properties, all on Hong Kong Island, but 6 houses and 2 offices belonged to his wife, and only 1 house belonged to his name.
Li Jiachao, who was promoted this year, has only 1 house under his name, which is in Yau Tsim Mong District and is jointly owned by husband and wife.
The last director, Chan Mo-po, has 1 house and 2 parking spaces in Hong Kong, all in Wan Chai.
And Promoted Tony Cheung-keung, he also has only one house, located in Hong Kong Island Zhifu Garden, which was bought for 6.25 million yuan in 2017, with a saleable area of 439 square feet.
Interestingly, the Secretary for Transport and Housing, Chan Fan, who deals with Hong Kong's housing problems, and the Secretary for Education
Yang Runxiong, they don't have a house, let people think of it!
Left: Chen Fan; Right: Yang Runxiong
The full text is written by Bay Area No. 1 Business Review
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