Mayor Lorraine continued, "Based on the above situation, the first external force that our Mombasa can rely on for economic development is the central policy tilt, the second is provincial support, the third is other provinces in East Africa, and what I want to talk about next is the fourth force that can be leveraged, which is foreign capital."
"At present, among the economic development of various cities in East Africa, there is one city that is a typical case of development with the help of foreign capital, and that is Hansa Province's Maputo City."
"I think everyone is familiar with Maputo City, which is the capital of the original Portugal Mozambique colony. After South African War, Maputo City The status of East African economy and politics is actually declining, which makes Maputo City not have an advantage in the resources and policies obtained, and the conditions are much worse than our Mombasa city."
"With the support of the Hansa Province and Maputo City governments, Maputo City has introduced a large amount of foreign capital such as Portugal. In the past few years, economic development has achieved good results, and with the implementation of Maputo Steel Plant in First Five-Year Plan, there is no doubt that this is a sign of its return to the ranks of important cities."
"And this also gives us a direction of thinking, that is, how to make full use of foreign capital in the development of Mombasa city. Through in-depth analysis and understanding, I discovered an area that is often overlooked, that is, our country lacks attention to the capital of colonies or backward countries."
Mayor Lorraine's words undoubtedly aroused everyone's interest, because colored glasses, colonial or backward countries always give people an impression of poverty and backwardness, and naturally they do not get too much attention.
Lorraine continued, "But people often overlook an important point, that is, the people in these colonies or backward countries are indeed poor, but their upper class is very rich."
"I would like to highlight India among them. India is a British colony. There is no doubt that in the propaganda and impression of East Africa, Indians are enslaved and brutally exploited by the British. Many Indians are hungry and famines often occur."
"However, because of this, we often forget that Indians are not all people from the bottom. Indian society has the most complete racial system. In India, Brahmin, Kshatriya or other high-level religious sects, or many princes and nobles are arrogant and extravagant existences. They control a large amount of wealth in India, and through cooperation with British, they have the autonomy to control their own wealth."
"British is just like Mongols in history. Although Mongols exploits other areas, they achieve mutual benefit by colluding with local interest groups."
After all, the bad things were all done by the colonists, so that the original local interest groups could get the benefits without having to bear the stigma. This was the model for the Indian princes and nobles to cooperate with the British.
And when the contradictions at the lower levels of Indian society were completely aroused and unable to be suppressed, they jumped out, "complied" with the people's sentiments, pretended to be heroes who drove away the British colonists, and took over the country's power.
Of course, for these princes, nobles and high-caste people Indians, no matter how dark they are, they will not hinder Mayor Lorraine's ideas.
He said clearly, "The key point is that these high-level people in India control a large amount of social wealth, and the wealth of Indian princes and nobles is mostly completed through rent collection and taxation. This leaves a large amount of unconsumed wealth stored in the hands of Indian princes and nobles."
"Although Indian princes and nobles may have investments and industries in the UK, the proportion of their wealth is definitely not high. This can be seen from our commercial trade with India."
"In the past five years, India has been the second largest consumer of Mombasa cars. A large part of the orders come from Indian princes, nobles and wealthy people, and Indians is not bad at doing business. At the time of South African War, there were a large number of Indian businessmen serving the British army and Portuguese Army. These Indian businessmen also accumulated a lot of wealth through the British colonial system."
"So if we want to obtain industrial development funds, we can start from the upper-class people in these backward countries and regions with large amounts of funds, and attract them to invest in Mombasa city."
"And we happen to have advantages in this regard. First of all, we are very close to countries such as India and the Middle East, and Mombasa itself has many Arab and Indian merchant groups."
"We can use this as a breakthrough to jointly build a group of industrial enterprises with their behind-the-scenes bosses. Don't be stingy with some policy concessions, which are nothing more than the support of land rent rules. As long as we let them invest money in the construction of our factories, they will not be able to get away easily, and they will also stand by our side to help product sales."
Lorraine's idea is to seize these external capital through joint ventures. As long as they fall into the trap set by Lorraine, it will not be easy for these external funds to withdraw their investment. Before the factory is built and put into production, they will not be able to recover the cost. After it is put into production, they will also have to help solve the sales problem. Companies that are capable of cooperating with the Mombasa city government are definitely not ordinary people. They have strength and connections in the region, which will facilitate the opening of new sales for Mombasa industrial products.
"Of course, we can't fish all out, and we must give the sweetness that should be given. People cannot stand without trust, and we cannot sacrifice Mombasa's future for short-term interests. What we need is industry to solve the employment problem, rather than solely focusing on profits as the first goal."
"After the industry is established and developed, we can then consider other issues and take a long-term view to catch big fish."
"If our Mombasa city's reputation in the Indian Ocean range is tarnished due to credibility issues, let alone surpassing Dar es Salaam city, we may even lose future development opportunities."
Just because of Mombasa city's location advantages, we cannot ignore the city's business environment. Many cities cannot develop because of the laziness and neglect of local governments, or even help others.
If there is no supervision, the business environment anywhere will be quite poor. After all, more than 99.9% of businessmen are only interested in profit. This is inevitable in various countries today.
This also puts forward higher requirements for the Mombasa city government. As an important commercial center in East Africa, Mombasa city can provide passing merchants with comfortable services so that more businessmen can come to Mombasa to look for opportunities and drive local economic development.
Just imagine, all the officials of the Mombasa city government have bad faces, which will definitely leave a bad impression on foreign businessmen. This will inevitably have a bad impact on the image of the Mombasa city government and have a negative impact on local commercial and trade activities.
Therefore, Lorraine emphasized to various departments of the city government. "Keep in mind that service-oriented government is an important development goal of our Mombasa city. In this increasingly competitive era, a smiling face may give a foreign businessman a good impression. If he is in a good mood, he may directly invest in an industry."
"Therefore, I will include the government's service attitude in the assessment of Mombasa city officials, further strengthen supervision and supervision, and organize a personnel training next month. If anyone fails to do so, I will shame you. Don't feel aggrieved. These are necessary measures for the success of the Greater Mombasa City Plan. Even I will lead by example."