"Hong Kong is a paradise for the wealthy," says Leung, "and hell for the unsuccessful." Leung argues that people used to believe that if Li Ka Shing, a self-made billionaire and Asia's wealthiest man, could find riches in Hong Kong, they could too.
「香港是富裕者的天堂，失敗者的地獄，」梁文道說，在以前，白手起家的李嘉誠能成為亞洲首富，大家會覺得，「他做得到，我也做得到」。