"As the World Heritage Site process illustrates, Macanese have no confidence in themselves and are always after recognition from others," says Lam, "so if tourists started demanding to see places like St. Joseph's, Macanese would do all they possibly could to protect them, and we'd never have to be concerned about them again."
「就跟世遺案一樣，澳門人沒有自信，總要別人認同後，才能自己認同自己，」林發欽說，「也因此，如果有一天來澳門的旅客都要求參觀『小三巴』，澳門人一定會拚命保護，屆時我們就不需擔憂古蹟保護的問題了。」