Ukrainian presidential candidate Arseniy Yatseniuk has said that Crimea should become the "Ukrainian Hong Kong."
Yatseniuk said this during a video linkup in Simferopol while answering a question from Crimean residents about what future he sees for the Autonomous Republic of Crimea as part of Ukraine.
According to him, Ukraine’s new government should start a new policy in relation to Crimea.
"I will charge a Ukrainian vice prime minister for Crimean issues with implementing this policy," Yatseniuk said.
According to him, a person delegated from Crimea should appear in the government of Ukraine.
"This person should bear responsibility and work on all Crimean questions every day," the politician said.
Yatseniuk said that corruption, the basic problem of Crimea, should be stamped out in order to solve tourist problems and to develop recreation.
"Many investors arrive here. But they come and leave with nothing, as they couldn’t achieve anything because everything has been already bought and everything is being controlled by the authorities," Yatseniuk said.
At the same time, Yatseniuk added that Crimea would not be able to cope with problems without government management of infrastructure projects.
"Any coastal territory needs huge resources. Targeted investments will be directed to the peninsula. This will give opportunities to Crimea to develop," the politician said.
"I will be frank about how to attract tourists here: It is necessary to write ‘welcome’ on every post not only in Russian, but in Ukrainian, English, German, French and Turkish," Yatseniuk said.
Yatseniuk added that the remaining Crimean industry should be developed. Agriculture is also an important element of revival of the peninsula, he said.
