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"Did you guys arrive very early?" Su Cheng asked in surprise as he walked up to them.

"Boss, we departed from the Central Ferry Pier at six o'clock. The boat went directly to the Taipa Island Ferry Terminal. We only arrived here at eight o'clock, so we've been here for almost half an hour," Yang Chaoye explained.

They came by private yacht, able to stop wherever they wanted, without needing to dock at a fixed pier, thus avoiding the need to pass by the Macau Peninsula.

Su Cheng nodded and walked into the construction site with them.

The entire construction site had already been fenced off.

Not far from the entrance was a temporary red stage.

This was where the groundbreaking ceremony for today would be held.

A very large red poster had already been affixed to it, with the words "Macau Taipa Island Tatam Hill Industrial Park Groundbreaking Ceremony" in large characters.

Below the large characters were the names of Hutchison Whampoa and the Su's Group, as well as today's date.

Over a thousand people had already arrived at the scene.

Most of them were construction workers, wearing hard hats and neatly lined up below the stage, waiting for the groundbreaking ceremony to begin. It was a very grand sight.

To the left of the stage, a large number of construction vehicles were parked, such as bulldozers, excavators, forklifts, concrete mixers, cranes, dump trucks, etc. Dozens of them were neatly arranged in a rectangular formation, which looked very impressive.

On the stage, in addition to Yang Chaoye and Wei Li, the two group executives, there were also many senior executives of the group and heads of subsidiaries. There were more than a hundred senior executives present.

In addition, a lion dance team was also present to cheer for the groundbreaking ceremony.

For this groundbreaking ceremony, in addition to the Governor, Yizhidi, the heads of major departments in Macau, such as the Economic Development Bureau, the Administration and Justice Bureau, the Police Department, and the Immigration Department, were all invited.

Unsurprisingly, all the invited officials agreed to attend.

After all, in Macau, you could refuse anyone's request except Su Cheng's.

With the support of these people, Su Cheng's investment here would basically have no obstacles.

Apart from government officials, no one else was invited, neither from the triads nor from the entertainment industry, because there was no need.

"Boss, leaders, government officials have arrived." Just as Su Cheng was chatting with Yang Chaoye, Wei Li, and others, a staff member walked over quickly to report.

"Let's go, let's go out together to welcome them," Su Cheng said with a smile.

"Okay."

More than a hundred people walked out of the gate together.

"Governor, welcome." As soon as Yizhidi got out of the car, Su Cheng took the initiative to step forward and shake his hand.

After all, he was giving him face by coming here.

"Congratulations, Mr. Su, on taking another step further in your career," Yizhidi said with a hearty laugh.

Afterwards, Su Cheng also shook hands with the major government officials one by one.

At 9:12, the groundbreaking ceremony officially began.

More than a thousand people on the scene applauded, unable to stop for a long time.

This was the largest project developed by Su's Group and Hutchison Whampoa in Macau.

After the groundbreaking ceremony, Yizhidi and other senior Macau government officials did not leave immediately.

As one of the heads of the industrial park, Wei Li led the crowd, walking and introducing the future plans here. After the industrial park is completed, each building here will have its own purpose.

Soon, everyone came to the seaside in the south.

"Macau's land area is still too small. I want to increase investment here, but it is restricted by the small land area." Looking at the island of Coloane in the distance, Su Cheng was filled with emotion.

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What is said here is the sea, but in fact, a mangrove forest has formed. The seawater is very shallow, and some of the seabed black mud is even exposed. Basically, the entire sea area can be seen directly to the seabed.

Looking out from the seawall to the southeast, Su Cheng and others could also see many oyster farms, with oyster rafts floating on the sea, which was very spectacular.

In fact, before the 1960s, the seawater here was not so shallow. When the Estrada do Istmo was built, the water flow on the west side slowed down, gradually forming the ecological landscape of the mangrove forest.

The Estrada do Istmo is a seawall, 5 meters above sea level, extending south from the tail of Taipa's Ma Zi to the Shek Pai Wan of Coloane, which led to insufficient water flow on the west side of the seawall, gradually forming a low-lying area of seawater, becoming a shallow beach.

In the future, this place will be directly filled into land and become the Cotai Strip.

"Yes, Macau is indeed too small, so small that our economic development can easily encounter bottlenecks. We have to maintain the vitality of Macau's economy by developing the entertainment industry. All along, Macau has also been constantly reclaiming land from the sea through its own efforts, and the land area has continued to expand, eventually forming the current scale.

But compared with Hong Kong, our Macau is like a bullet, and it can be finished in no time. This is the helplessness of our Macau." Although Yizhidi has not been to Macau from Portugal for a long time, as the Governor of Macau, he knows Macau much better than Su Cheng.

Macau is different from Hong Kong. Although Hong Kong is also small, at least the area is enough, which is dozens of times that of Macau. Despite this, Hong Kong is still constantly reclaiming land from the sea, expanding its usable area.

And Macau, the total land area is even only about 20 square kilometers, and most of it is also reclaimed from the sea.

In the world before Su Cheng traveled through, the total area of Macau had exceeded 30 square kilometers, reaching 32.8 square kilometers.

This area, in the eyes of many people, is too small, even less than the area of an ordinary town.

In fact, at the end of the Qing Dynasty, Macau's land area was even only about 10 square kilometers, which has doubled so far.

It can be seen that the scale and intensity of Macau's land reclamation is crazy, and this method of increasing land by reclamation is still continuing today.

The shape and size of Macau are as elusive as its future.

"Governor, why don't we directly reclaim the land from the sea between Taipa Island and Coloane Island? In this way, Macau's usable area can be greatly increased. Not only that, the depth of the sea on the east side is not very high. Similarly, land can also be reclaimed from the sea. If Macau's land area increases significantly, then I will have enough space to invest, otherwise everything is empty talk."

Looking at the vast sea to the southeast, Su Cheng suggested. (End of chapter)