"With Asia's lowest taxes and its lack of worker protections, Hong Kong's 'can do' spirit fostered the myth that one needed only work hard to succeed," says Tam Chi-keung. According to Tam, the refugees from the mainland who came in those days probably weren't concerned about inequities; they simply wanted to take advantage of Hong Kong's 99 years of "borrowed time" to get wealthy.
「全亞洲最低的稅率，勞工保護幾乎闕如，香港的 CAN DO 精神則編造出只要努力就能成功的神話，」譚自強說，當年從大陸逃出來的難民或許不在乎，他們只想趁著 99 年「借來的時間」謀生致富。