Fortunately, relying on sharp wits and a spirit of pragmatism, with the Hongkong government continuing its hands-off policy, they developed labor-intensive exports to replace their industries. Moving from natural and synthetic textiles they developed the clothes manufacturing industry which, added to the financial industries that had flourished before the war, created a good situation in Hongkong.
幸而憑著一股敏銳、實幹精神，終於在港府不干預政策下，開發了勞力密集的出口替代工業；由棉織、毛織、人造纖維而至成衣製造業，再加上戰前即呈蓬勃發展的金融業，香港一片好景。