Octogenarian Ho Kuan-ying, president of the Sao Paulo Chinese Association, recalls his motive in leaving for Brazil at the age of 17 (in 1927): "I had several cousins who'd done well overseas and returned to buy farmland, build large houses and wrap up brilliant marriages, and of course we were envious."
高齡八二，現任巴西聖保羅中華會館理事長的何冠英，回憶他十七歲（一九二七年）時赴巴的動機：「我有好幾個堂兄都在海外發了大財，回家鄉買田地、蓋大房子，風風光光地結婚，我們看了當然很羨慕。」