"The success of Hong Kong is absolutely not due to 'the combination of British governance and Chinese diligence,' as most Westerners think. It is because Hong Kong people grab every opportunity and plunge right in," says Lau Sai Leung. This is where Hong Kong people excel. And even today they continue to transform themselves.
「香港人的成功，絕非只是西方觀念裡『英國人的管治加上中國人的勤奮、努力』，而是因為香港人有縫就鑽」，劉細良說，這是香港人的精明之處，而且香港人至今還在蛻變，半導體業的成長，就是一個例子。