"Different officials are always coming and going, and many are too busy making a fast buck as soon as they get into office to pay much attention to long term projects. My predecessors at the Ministry of Housing had nothing to show for their time. But a Chinese family upbringing is very different.
很多人一上台就忙著撈錢，根本無心做長治久安的建設，像前幾任住宅部長就差不多都交了白卷」，李詩蓮指出：「可是中國人的家教畢竟不同。