Tony Hau of the Hau Chi Shing Jewelry Company talks about studying Mandarin when he first arrived four or five years ago. "I would read aloud every sign walking on the road, and ask passersby to correct my pronunciation; it took a lot of courage and a thick skin."
名侯珠寶公司負責人侯志成也談到他四、五年前初到「敝寶地」學國語的情形，「走在路上，看見每一塊招牌都張嘴大聲念，然後請旁邊的人糾正，總之，膽子要大、皮要厚。」