This wave of bounced checks and defaults struck suddenly. Ho Hsi-fong, chairman of the Han Yang Construction, wept during a press conference called after crisis had struck his company. He said the difficulties arose so quickly, it was like being caught in a landslide.
這波跳票風潮來得突然，漢陽集團董事長侯西峰在危機發生後的記者會聲淚俱下，他形容問題發生得實在太快，像土石流般令人猝不及防。