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The reason for accompanying so many Cabinet Ministers was to enable them to quickly devise solutions upon identifying issues, rather than leaving it to the government and Parliament to procrastinate.
Besides these chief ministers, deputy ministers from other departments were also included to ensure precise control over information in each department and to formulate solutions based on the information they had.
After all, the work of the government also needs to be testified to and executed, and naturally, it was not possible to bring all the ministers along on this trip.
After restocking supplies in Queensland State and New Guinea, on August 11th, 1929, Arthur successfully set foot on the former royal territory, now part of the direct jurisdiction of Timor State.
This area was once one of the rubber planting regions of the Dutch East Indies and is currently one of Australasia’s rare natural rubber producing areas.
After the merger with the royal territories, the size of Timor State was not too small, and its population had leaped to over 550,000, making it the most successful area in terms of localization.
This was to be expected. As the first stop in the localization of the colonies, as long as the localization of Timor proceeded smoothly, achieving results was certain.
Of course, the substantial increase in population also exposed some issues, especially since Timor was previously a colony.
The current Governor of Timor State is Ubel Reifer. Since becoming a direct jurisdiction, Timor had gone through three Governors, and there had also been frequent changes in the core state government.
Although the term of the governor was extended to five years and they could serve three consecutive terms, there were no specific limits on the number of times one could hold the position.
But the issue is, so far, no governor in any state had managed to serve three consecutive terms, and even the number of governors who had served two terms was not as many as one might imagine.
Though this might seem unbelievable, when considering the background of Australasia, it becomes clear.
Australasia is different from other European nations. As a region that become independent from a colony, Australasia does not have a large number of native influences.
Most states experienced a population boom only after independence, which also means that the local native influences would face the challenge of immigrant populations.
The most direct result this caused was the frequent replacement of Governors of States. Although it did not reach the extent of governors being dismissed in the middle of their term, the difficulty of securing reelections substantially increased.
However, this was precisely what Arthur had hoped for. If any particular group or political party held long-term control over an administrative area, it would pose a significant risk to Arthur.
In Emperor’s Power City, Arthur met with the Governor of Timor State, Ubel Reifer, and listened to the Governor’s report on the localization development of Timor.
During the early stages of Timor’s localization, Arthur had required the Governor of Dimwala to report the progress of localization to Arthur every two months.
But after the completion of localization, Arthur’s concern for Timor had lessened, and the bi-monthly reports were extended to once a year.
Especially at a critical moment when other regions in Southeast Asia were entering the stage of localization, Arthur paid very little attention to Timor, one could even say almost none.
Returning to Timor once again, Arthur truly felt the difference between the colonial period and after genuine localization.
If he hadn’t known beforehand that this was Timor, Arthur would have truly felt like he had arrived in some urban city in Southeastern Australia.
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With the support of the Kingdom Government to the state government, we anticipate constructing a new university, building two large hospitals, and expanding existing training institutions within four years.
After four years, the annual number of university students trained in Timor is expected to exceed 1,500, and the annual number of skilled workers trained is expected to surpass 8,000," Governor of Dimwala Ubel Reifer reported to Arthur with a smile.
Although the many facilities, including the university, training institutions, and hospitals, were the result of efforts by previous Governors and Secretaries, this did not prevent Ubel Reifer from blurring the concept and attributing them to the current Timor government.
As the controller of the current Timor government, Ubel Reifer naturally could benefit as well, appearing to have played a significant part.
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Arthur nodded expressionlessly, taking in Ubel Reifer’s credit-grabbing behavior without missing a thing.
After the localization of the Colony, Arthur lost the power to appoint these Colonial Governors.
After all, according to the constitution of Australasia, Colonial Governors are appointed by the King, but the governors of the directly controlled states are elected by the State Parliament.
Although Arthur also had the authority to overturn the election results and command a re-election by the state legislators, he generally wouldn’t do so.
After all, with the country’s development, many things can’t always turn out exactly as Arthur envisioned.
Overturning the election results of each state would do nothing but needlessly waste Arthur’s prestige.
As for the current governor of Timor State, a sweet-talking opportunist, Arthur wasn’t surprised he could hold the position.
Fortunately, although this fellow’s abilities were mediocre, at least his corruption wasn’t too outrageous.
The development of Timor did not halt because of Ubel Reifer, which was also the reason he was able to remain in his governor’s position.
This was also Arthur’s consistent view towards all officers. Corruption is tolerable to an extent, but gross corruption is not. Mediocre abilities are tolerable, but incompetence coupled with interference is not.
Arthur understood the saying that nobody’s perfect and naturally couldn’t expect all officers to meet the most official standards.
As long as they had some ability, as long as their corruption wasn’t too egregious, Arthur could tolerate these officers in their positions.
But if they crossed Arthur’s red line, then he would certainly show no mercy, and the only thing that awaited them would be the Royal Security Intelligence Agency’s ruthless trial.
"The Kingdom Government has promulgated an eight-year plan, how did the Timor government come up with a four-year plan?" Arthur suddenly asked.
"This..." Ubel Reifer fell into an awkward silence.
It wasn’t that he didn’t want to formulate an eight-year plan. The problem was, in four years’ time, it would be the election for the new governor of Timor State.
Ubel Reifer was aware of his limitations. The four-year plan couldn’t be called outstanding; it could only be said to progress in an ordinary manner.
Even if the four-year plan was completely successful, it would only mean a stable development without many faults.
Under such circumstances, winning reelection would be very difficult, so naturally, Ubel Reifer and the government he led could not possibly formulate a development plan for the next state government.
"Because Timor’s available funds are indeed limited, the state government’s finance cannot bear too much expense, thus we can only reluctantly set a short four-year development plan." Ubel Reifer wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, swallowed, and explained very nervously.
Arthur once again nodded expressionlessly, clearly very disappointed with this governor he had only seen at the swearing-in ceremony.
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"Timor has some of the top natural rubber production bases in Australasia. How could there be financial difficulties?
Moreover, the state government does not have too much burden in terms of population; now is the best time for Timor’s development." Arthur spoke calmly, yet his words carried an unquestionable tone.
"Come up with a complete eight-year plan as soon as possible. As a pilot and the most successful region of the Colony Localisation, I hope Timor can soar upwards and become a prosperous area comparable to Australia and New Zealand," Arthur instructed.
"After merging with the royal territories, the ideal population capacity of Timor should rise to over 10 million.
Apart from formulating development plans, Timor’s population strategy also cannot stop. Currently, we welcome a large number of immigrants every year, but whether you can attract them to Timor is a test of the state government’s capabilities."