First Town.
Now where Coastal Province Provincial Government is located in East Africa, after the capital was moved in East Africa, the central agency moved to Rhine City. At that time, the Provincial Government agency and related family members and other personnel became the main support for the local population and economy.
Since the status of the capital ceased to exist, First Town has not been relieved until now. After all, moving the capital not only involves Central Government institutions, but also includes the original public systems such as education, medical care, scientific research, etc.
However, the decline of First Town has provided an opportunity for this World Expo.
The Coastal Province Provincial Government and First Town governments have done no worse than Dar es Salaam city for this World Expo.
Coastal Province senior official Teren: "Although this World Expo is jointly hosted by Dar es Salaam city, Bagamoyo city and First Town, First Town's tasks are heavier than those of the other two cities."
"Because First Town is responsible for 58% of the venue supply task, but is ranked ahead of Dar es Salaam city and Bagamoyo city, who are more economically and industrially powerful."
Of the remaining share, Dar es Salaam city accounts for 34%, and Bagamoyo bears 8%.
The reason for this result happens to be that First Town has a large number of idle venues and the most complete and best-quality urban construction level among the three cities.
After all, it was the former capital of East Africa, so the urban construction of First Town was planned according to the highest standards at that time. Not only was the construction quality excellent, but it was also very artistic.
Among the current East African cities, First Town is second only to the capital Rhine City in terms of architectural art, which is very different from other cities.
"The royal family is willing to contribute Sweat Palace as the core venue of this exhibition, so that it can save a lot of venue construction expenses."
"At the same time, our city still has a large number of former diplomatic venues that can be used. Since the capital was moved, these venues have basically been idle. Now it is Waste Utilization."
Because First Town is where Provincial Government is located, Teren, as a senior official, casually referred to First Town as "our city".
But the real mayor First Town Su Jiade stood aside and listened to the arrangements of senior officials.
According to the status of First Town's capital city, the city government is actually at the same level as Provincial Government, but now the capital has become Rhine City, and the First Town city government has become a subordinate of Provincial Government.
As for the original team of First Town municipal government, they directly moved into Rhine City and became the team of Rhine City. The current First Town municipal government is newly formed.
The name Su Jiade is a typical merging of East and West, which is also the naming feature of many people in East Africa in recent years. After the integration of the population, the Central East Africa no longer cares about such trivial matters as names.
Su Jiade said to Teren, "These former diplomatic embassies are concentrated and the environment is beautiful enough. They are indeed a good venue for exhibitions. With the Sweat Palace, they can definitely accommodate most companies and foreign personnel."
Teren said, "This is also the main reason why the central government asked us to complete the relevant tasks in less than three months. After all, it is too late to build a new batch of venues, and the World Expo is very expensive. If we can use the original buildings, we can save a lot of money."
"At the same time, these venues can only be used temporarily, which is not cost-effective. Therefore, borrowing existing buildings can not consume too many resources."
Many of the buildings at the World Expo are flashy. After all, there are so many venues that only serve one function. Once the World Expo is over, there is basically no use for them.
Therefore, the mainstream approach of most countries after hosting the World Expo is to directly dismantle these painstakingly constructed venues. After all, the future maintenance costs alone will be difficult to bear.
Take the Third Paris Exposition as an example. This exposition was held not long ago by France in 1889 and was relatively famous. The famous Eiffel Tower in the previous life was a product of the Third Paris Exposition. But Eiffel Tower was almost demolished after the World Expo.
First Town has no such concerns. As the main venue, Sweat Palace is a royal property and a rare cultural relic protection unit in East Africa. Although other diplomatic embassies are not as important as Sweat Palace, they are also historical witnesses of the Kingdom of East Africa period.
From this, Teren concluded. "In short, the main task of this World Expo is to use it rationally, to save money as fast as possible. It is very important for His Majesty the Emperor and Central Government to give us orders, and the time is very tight. Your city is responsible for selecting the exhibition area and planning a reasonable route, and completing all the work before October."
There are a lot of idle public resources and buildings in First Town. After all, when the capital was moved, the entire First Town population lost hundreds of thousands, and most of the population moved out, resulting in a lot of idle land and buildings in First Town now.
To put it harshly, First Town almost became a "ghost town", and First Town had no corresponding industrial resources, so the idle rate was extremely high.
As long as the vacant buildings and places in the city are slightly renovated, they can be used as venues for this conference and exhibition, as well as places for tourists to live.
Moreover, the buildings at First Town are relatively new and were originally built to the highest standards, so there are no safety risks even if they have been idle for so many years.
This is an advantage that Dar es Salaam city and Bagamoyo do not have. Of course, although Dar es Salaam city does not have heavy site tasks, it is indeed the focus of this East Africa World Expo.
The main purpose of East Africa World Expo is to let other countries see the great achievements of East African economy and industrial development, which First Town certainly cannot do.
As for Bagamoyo city, although its economic and industrial capabilities are not weak, Bagamoyo city is mainly engaged in the military industry and shipbuilding industry, so there is not much to see.
However, this does not prevent the three cities from jointly hosting this World Expo. This is also due to the transportation construction in the area after the Dar es Salaam city city circle was proposed.
A developed intercity railway network has been built from Dar es Salaam city to nearby cities in the "circle". In fact, it is light rail transportation. Together with the original highways and water transportation, the transportation within the Dar es Salaam city city circle is very developed.
Therefore, tourists can live in First Town and Dar es Salaam city, but this does not prevent them from visiting other cities within the Dar es Salaam city city circle.
In fact, for East African government, this expo will be successful as long as it can "cheat" more people into Dar es Salaam city.
Just like many cities in previous generations, in order to expand their influence, they applied to host large-scale events such as Olympic Games. It is true that large-scale events such as Olympic Games have certain attractions, but the economic construction of the city where they are located is the top priority.
Only by allowing other countries to see the style, industrial and economic strength of East African cities can they attract more investment and at the same time instill the first impression of East Africa as "strong and prosperous" to other countries.
Therefore, East Africa World Expo is just an opportunity. Through this reason, many elites from other countries who have never been to East Africa are invited to East Africa to eliminate their stereotypes of East Africa and at the same time demonstrate the national strength of East Africa.
After all, the whole of East Africa was only opened to the public in 1910. Many people have never been to the country of East Africa, so naturally they have no understanding of East Africa.
On the contrary, due to the slow speed of data updating, many people's impression of East Africa is still stuck in the past African continent, where "raw animals drink blood", "black people everywhere", "wild beasts are rampant" and so on.
If before Third Five-Year Plan, Ernst hoped that East Africa would keep a low profile and avoid being targeted by other countries, that would be natural. However, times have changed, and East Africa must also export its influence to the outside world.
To lay the foundation in advance for the reorganization of world power after World War I, East Africa needs to show the world its strong industry and prosperous economy in a high-profile manner at this time.
As for the strength in the military field, that naturally does not need to be the case. After all, East Africa has always been outstanding in the military. If it is also hidden in the military, I am afraid that other powers will not be able to bear it long ago.