Rebirth of Hong Kong 1981

   Chapter 674 Aboriginal Issues

  Singapore Port, located on the southern coast of Singapore and bordering the Strait of Malacca to the west, is the largest re-export port in the Asia-Pacific region.

  In later generations, the annual throughput of the Singapore Port has always been ranked among the top ten in the world. In the 1990s, its annual throughput was once ranked first in the world, and it was one of the largest container ports in the world.

  The port is the main shipping route between the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean, and its strategic position is very important.

   Since 1960, container transportation has gradually emerged in the world. Singapore seized the opportunity and began to vigorously build special container berths. The first berth was put into operation in 1972.

  By gradually rebuilding and building a dedicated container terminal, cooperating with an active container transshipment policy, and working closely with government authorities and related industries, the Port of Singapore has developed rapidly and transformed into an international container transshipment center in Southeast Asia.

  Although the scale of the Singapore port at this time is not as big as the latter, but with the current scale as the standard to reserve space, Huo Jianhuo couldn't help but secretly stunned.

  Looking up to Singapore Port is not to say that Yang Chen really thinks that the new port in the Northern Territory can compare with Singapore.

  Although Australia is surrounded by the sea on all sides and has convenient shipping traffic, it is not on the bustling line of shipping traffic in the world. The Northern Territory is not Singapore. If you want to compete with it, even if you catch up with it for eight lifetimes, you will not be able to catch up.

   Although he can't catch up, Yang Chen knows that with the globalization of economic development in the future, the world will become more and more peaceful, and tourism will become the economic pillar of many places living alone.

  The Northern Territory has the best tourism resources. The port can not only load and unload goods, but also become a tourist city.

  A desert city in Las Vegas can rely on gambling and tourism resources to develop, there is no reason why the Northern Territory cannot.

   Talking about the gambling industry, Yang Chen couldn't help thinking to himself, if the Northern Territory has the hope of becoming an autonomous state, then it is not impossible to study Las Vegas.

  The combination of tourism and gambling is the perfect combination.

   When Yang Chen said this idea, Huo Jianhuo frowned slightly, not because he was disgusted with the gambling industry, but because it was a bit difficult for the Northern Territory to become a state.

  Huo Jianhan said solemnly: "Boss, let's not talk about whether the Northern Territory can become a state in the future. Just to develop tourism and develop the Northern Territory, there is a huge problem in front of us."

   Yang Chen wondered: "What's the problem?"

Huo Jianhuo took out a document from his briefcase and put it in front of Yang Chen, and said, "It's the aborigines, the number of aborigines in the Northern Territory is the largest in the whole of Australia, and the entire Northern Australia has more than 30% of the population. , are the aborigines here.

  We want to develop the Northern Territory, mining minerals, and raising livestock without major problems. We can only develop tourism, and we can’t get around them. "

   "Furthermore, the former mayor of Darwin also wanted us to help them solve the Aboriginal problems. There has always been a sharp conflict between whites and Aboriginal people, especially in the Northern Territory.

  Australia has more than 10,000 troops stationed in the Northern Territory. They not only cooperate with the US military in military activities, but also a large part of it is to guard against the aborigines here. "

   Hearing this, Yang Chen picked up the information that Huo Jianxuan handed him, and began to seriously check it.

   Anyone who understands certain world politics and history will be familiar with the Australian flag. Australia was once a colony of the British Empire, and later generations were also a major member of the British Commonwealth.

  The upper rice and the Commonwealth star on the Australian flag represent the close connection between the two countries. It is little known that Australia also has a flag that represents the unity and unity of the aboriginal people.

   This flag, which also has official status in Australia, is divided horizontally, with the black upper part representing the Aboriginal people, the lower red representing the land, and the yellow circle in the middle representing the sun.

  On the vast land of Australia, the Aboriginal flag is often fluttered beside the national flag, silently telling the past and present of the Aboriginal and European white people.

  The history of Aboriginal people in Australia is not short. Before the British fleet arrived in Australia on a large scale, there were more than 500 tribes and aboriginal people in 300 languages ​​throughout Australia.

   Once, the aborigines here were the only owners of this land.

   However, at the end of the 18th century, European colonists discovered this place, which then completely changed the lives of the Australian aborigines.

  According to historical records, in 1788, an Englishman named Captain Philip led his crew to land here, and then announced the occupation of this land in the name of terra nullius.

   The basis for this practice is that at that time the number of indigenous peoples in coastal areas was very small, and the small number of people was often regarded as a land without owners.

   The British brought not only guns and guns, but also various incurable infectious diseases.

   It was not until the end of the 19th century, when whites dominated the population of Australia, that Australia began to initiate a policy of integrating Aboriginal people.

After World War II, Australia implemented an assimilation policy. On the grounds of "civilization and albino", a large proportion of mixed-blood children and some pure-blood children were taken away from their parents and sent to social shelters, training camps and white foster families in an attempt to cut them off. The blood, language and cultural ties of the native community.

  Reduce the indigenous population and solve the "aboriginal problem" by assimilating and diluting.

   Such an assimilation policy lasted until the White Australia Policy was abolished in the 1970s, before it completely disappeared.

   The more Yang Chen looked, the tighter his brows became.

Huo Jianhu immediately continued: "With the abolition of the White Australia Policy, there have been more and more Aboriginal affirmative action movements across Australia, and the Aboriginal people's rights to citizenship, land rights, education, work and salary have been greatly improved. promote.

   In 1976, the Australian government revised the Northern Territory Aboriginal Land Rights Act, overturning the previous Aboriginal territorial discourse, and Aboriginal land rights were recognized for the first time in the Northern Territory.

  Although the aboriginal land rights of the Northern Territory have been recognized, there has always been a land dispute between the local government of the Northern Territory and the aborigines. We want to develop the Northern Territory, and the second hurdle is the aborigines here. "

   When this problem occurred, Yang Chen also had a headache. He threw the information on the table, and said with a wry smile: "This problem is very difficult.

  Huo Jianhuo nodded and said: "Yes, I am also worried about this problem. The mayor of Darwin said that if you want to solve the problems of the aborigines, the first thing is to provide them with jobs and reduce their dependence on land."

   Yang Chen shook his head and said, "It's hard to change one's living habits, let alone a group of tens of thousands of people."

   Then, before Huo Jianhuo could react, Yang Chen smiled again: "Of course, this may be difficult for others, but for the Chinese, it's not too difficult."

   "Of course, this matter is not easy. If we want us to solve the trouble, we have to make them pay the corresponding benefits. Otherwise, we are not obliged to bear such a big trouble."

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   (end of this chapter)