"While the discipline of Macanese officials wasn't as strict as that meted out in Hong Kong, nonetheless it was virtually divine law. Very few people dared defy it." These regulations were laid down by the Portuguese authorities for fear of a mixing of politics and business killing their goose that laid golden eggs.
「澳門的公務人員紀律雖然不若香港嚴明，這個規定卻有如天條，少有人敢以身試法。」