DouG COLLINS get this straight ¢ “PRETTY SOON, you will have a property market in Vancouver that runs irrespective of local buyers.’’ He stated 9 — Friday, December 16, 1988 — North Shore News ACCORDING TO TRUSTEE ‘Criminal mind’ behind Hillside fire THE DEVIANT activity of a crim- inal mind is behind fast week’s de- liberate fire at Hillside Middle School, West Vancouver trustee Michael Smith told West Van- couver School Board Monday evening. Hillside principal John Williams has also complained that firefighters took too long to arrive at the school, superintendent of maintenance Bob Young told the board. The Dec. 5 fire, which is believ- ed to have been deliberately set in the custodial supply room, caused evacuation of all students and resulted in damages estimated -t $11,395. Hillside authorities have provid- ed West Vancouver police with in- formation that points to one prime Student suspect, assistant superin- tendent Douglas Player reported to the board. “This goes beyond the definition of a childish prank,’? Smith told the board, but Player responded that ‘‘there was no maliciousness on the part of the student.”’ Superintendent of schools Bill See Firefighters Page 10 further that there would be developers who don’t have to eater to local people ‘‘Lecause they can sell out in Hong Kong.”’ Quite. I have been saying much the same thing. But I listen to foonies and may even be a loony myself. When Premier Vander Zalm flogged the Expo grounds to Mr. Cash-in I heaved one of my biggest sighs, and I can sigh big. It was clear that the Asian inva- sion was on, and that it was being supported by the Great Slam himself, who is now making weak noises to the effect that British Columbians should be treated more fairly. Let’s hope he can do more than hope. , na free enterprise system, it’s a matter of devil take the hindmost. I agree with that. But there are limits.’ Let’s say it again — he was the one who gave Cash-in the nod on the Expo site. Better he should have let his pal Toigo have it. This False Creek deal is typical. There have been other instances where the Canadian peasants didn’t get a look-in, and that seems to be the shape of things to come. In a free enterprise system, it’s a matter of devil take the hindmost. I agree with that. But there are limits. Also, until now there’s never been a mass exodus of peo- ple loaded with so much dough they can’t carry it. So we should have a reappraisal. In the case of this latest eye- bobber, a spokesman said it had been the company’s intention to put the condos on the market si- multaneously in Hong Kong and Vancouver. “But someone forgot to account for the time-zone changes.”’ Where are you, Jack Davis, and about people being shut out of their own city by Hong Kongers? I refer to the news that the 216 condominiums being built in False Creek by a company controlled by Victor Li were sold in Hong Kong in three hours without even being advertised here. As I said months ago, we'll soon be a colony of a colony. In case anyone has forgotten, Victor Li is the son of Li Kash-in, a.k.a. Li Cash-in, the Hong Kong billionaire to whom Bill Vander Zalm sold the Expo grounds. I’ve seen no comment from you, Jack, in spite of the fact that you wrote privately to the premier last May pointing out what was hap- pening. I ran bits from that letter, which was dropped into my hands by a friend. As you may recall, one of your assistants asked me not to mention that a minister was in- volved in case it embarrassed you with the premier. Scrry I wasn’t able to do you that favor. You wrote: ‘‘Residential real estate prices in substantial areas of Vancouver are now rising rapidly and one of the causes is immigrant Chinese with B.C. real estate licences obtaining exclusive rights to sell, and then shopping the real estate in question around Hong Kong,”’ etc. After that column and others on how we were being squeezed out of the housing market, a North Van real estate operator whose com- pany had been advertising local property in Hong Kong, com- plained to our managing editor that I was listening to loonies. The cat’s out of the bag now, though. Ain’t it great that we are not even thought to be important enough to see the ads? And I liked the bit where Victor Li’s man Craig Aspinall said that condos had been put on the market simul- taneously in Vancouver and Hong Kong but that ‘‘someone had forgotten the time-zone changes.’’ Areal joke, that. We’re at the wrong end of the time zone! Today it’s Friday. That’s here. In Hong Kong, however, it’s already Saturday. But they’re ahead of us in more ways than one. They would have the drop on us even without these time zones. As they keep saying, we’re a bunch of slowpokes. I’m a prophet, Jack. Some loony rang up to tell me just that the day ali this news broke. Meanwhile, your fellow cabinet minister, Rita Johnston, says we must determine what the Hong Kongers’ game plan is. Well, I can tell her. It’s to buy every house around. We can go to Tuktoyaktuk. Raise public hell, Jack, you be- ing our MLA and close to the Slam. 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