On the other hand, notes Lam, "Seeing the usually easygoing people of Macao suddenly stand up to the colonial government proved inspirational to the people of Hong Kong, who had for so long looked down on the Macanese.
另一方面，「看到一向溫順的澳門小鎮鎮民，居然敢站起來向殖民政府抗爭，讓向來把澳門看小的香港人大受刺激。