Chung says that the only thing he can do on seeing these buildings toppling or being torn down is to paint them. "Sometimes I see one, and when I go back the next day to paint it, it's already gone." Chung is adamant about painting from life. Unwilling to paint from photographs, he must race against time to complete his paintings before these buildings disappear.
「有時今天看到，明天去畫就沒有了」，堅持實地寫生、不願意拍攝回去作畫的鍾照彥，只得與時間賽跑。