It turns out that nothing is absolutely impossible.
It is easy to talk about tax exemption and exempting some goods from tariffs, but the last concession pass puts the Malay government in a bit of a dilemma. Although Papua Province and New Guinea are both on the island of Papua, there is a road connecting the two countries, but any goods passing through this road are subject to tax.
Especially mineral resources. After all, Papua is rich in resources, both in the west and in the east. The local government of Papua Province also does not want to see New Guinea’s ore flow into Malay through it and seize its own market share.
If this concession pass is granted to the Future People Group, it means that the border line of Papua Province no longer exists for them.
but!
The investment of US$5 billion made it difficult for the Malay government to give up. The total investment in 2016 was 174.9 billion ringgit, a decrease of 6% from the 100 million ringgit. Compared with the terrifying 21% decline in 2015, although it has slowed down, the overall economic environment in Malaysia is still not optimistic. .
Don’t underestimate the US$5 billion of Futureman Group. According to the investment performance of Futureman Group in Port Vanimo, 1 US dollar of investment attracted at least 1.7 US dollars of international capital. Even on Wall Street on the other side of the world, Future Man Group can be regarded as a God of Wealth with generous spending.
Many investors even pay special attention to the actions of Future People Group, and they will invest wherever Future People invests. This phenomenon of following the trend of investment is most perfectly reflected in New Zealand. The original US$10 billion project of Futureman Group attracted at least US$13 billion of follow-up investment. It is precisely because of the influx of these international capitals that Koro Island has become A rising pearl in the Western Pacific.
Yu Weida brought Jiang Chen's words back to Malaysia.
A week later, the Malay government sent a reply letter to Jiang Chen.
There were only four short words in the letter.
“A pleasure to work with.”
Documents issued by the Malay government. With the cooperation of the local government of Papua Province, 180 square kilometers of land in the Pasar area on the northeastern border of Papua Province was designated as the Bamat District. Combined with the 40 square kilometers of land that Jiang Chen negotiated from the New Guinea government, Xinghuan Trading now owns land as large as three Xiangjiang islands on Papua.
This land is located on the border between the two countries. After the establishment of the special zone. Personnel and vehicles from Starlink Trading and Futureman Group will be able to travel freely between the Special Economic Zone and New Guinea. However, you can enter other parts of Papua Province from the special zone. You still have to go through border inspection and pay customs duties. It is equivalent to saying that the Malay government moved the border checkpoint more than ten kilometers westward.
This kind of industrial base built on the border is very similar to the industrial park between North and South Korea, but there are also differences. In terms of taxation, the two governments share the tax revenue of the special zone at an 8:2 ratio. In terms of management and administration, it is still the responsibility of the Malay government to send commissioners.
Jiang Chen was already very satisfied with the Malay government's compromise. It can even be said to be very unexpected.
The Malay side is so optimistic about the prospects of the Future People Group that they even offered the establishment of a special zone to attract him to invest.
As Yu Weida said, the education level of the indigenous people in New Guinea is still too low after all, and the productivity of workers is really related to their education level. This may not be visible from the boilers of steel plants, but it is still evident in other factories.
For example, a housekeeping robot parts production factory.
To polish the same part, it takes one month for workers with primary school education to undergo on-the-job training, and the daily parts processing speed is an average of 31 pieces. The on-the-job training for workers with high school education only takes 10 days, and the daily parts processing speed is an average of 47 pieces. The productivity of many Chinese and Vietnamese workers who entered New Guinea from Papua Province is obviously one level higher than that of the indigenous people of New Guinea.
After the SAR document is issued. Futureman Group negotiated with the SAR government and obtained land ownership of a total of 15 square kilometers at a symbolic price of US$1 per square meter.
Immediately afterwards. Future Man Group invested US$1.2 billion in funding and hired five Chinese construction companies to build roads, housing and other infrastructure on this 15-square-kilometer wasteland, as well as steel plants, robot parts production plants, and the production of mix1 batteries. electrolyte chemical plants, etc., including the factory built by Futureman Group in the west of Port Vanimo.
It is expected that after the completion of this industrial park, it will provide 117,000 jobs for Papua Province.
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United States, White House.
The atmosphere in the conference room was a bit dull. A dozen White House think tanks sat around the conference table, exchanging opinions on the documents in their hands. The shock could be seen on their faces. Incredibly, there is more worry.
At the head of the conference table was Hillary. This hard-line old woman defeated her opponent Trump in last year's election. Won the 16th general election. However, she has never worried about something so seriously since she took office.
At this time. A middle-aged man walked into the conference room.
All eyes in the conference room turned to him, including Hillary, who was sitting at the head.
Naomi Madden didn't waste any time and handed the document in her hand to the table.
"The results of the autopsy report have come out. He died of heart failure... suspected homicide."
There was a commotion on the conference table.
Gordon, the F35 fighter pilot who parachuted was found, but not in Mindanao, but in Singapore, two thousand kilometers away. When CIA agents found him through various clues, he had been dead for half a month.
Why did he suddenly fly away from the combat area while flying an F35 fighter plane and conduct an air raid on Cagayan City? Why didn't he try to contact the headquarters after parachuting, but instead showed up in Singapore, 2,000 kilometers away
There were too many questions that he took to his grave.
However, the CIA, a hound worthy of being the leader of the five hooligans, found a suspicious diary when searching the pilot's apartment.
Thirty pages were torn out of page 41, and a large number of alteration marks were found on page 31. The only legible text was one word.
", Kurofune. It's Japanese."
"We have already discussed this issue."
"Should we get in touch with the Japanese government? Maybe they know something."
"I'll bet you $10 that this is probably the nightclub our boys in Okinawa frequent."
"Luke, we are in a meeting now." Hillary said in a calm yet dignified tone.
The man called Luke immediately shut his mouth and shrugged to his colleagues.
Then, Hillary turned her attention to Naomi, who had just entered the door.
"You're late, but I guess you guys have discovered something new, right?"
Naomi took a deep breath and nodded.
"Gordon seemed to have been tortured to some extent before his death, but according to the testimony of his neighbors, no one entered or left his room. Vomitus and alcohol could be detected in the room... He drank heavily before his death."
"To put it bluntly, I'm not here to hear you recite the autopsy report," Hillary said.
"I was about to say it." After a pause, Naomi continued, "According to the analysis of our intelligence personnel, the Black Ship should be an organization. And Gordon should have been in contact with this organization before his death. However, these are not the most important. It surprised us.”
"There is indirect evidence that the so-called Black Ship organization may be related to 'that thing' we are studying in Area 51."
When Naomi said these last words, there was dead silence in the entire conference room. (.)