Unusually in those straight laced days, he not only had nothing against Chen Li-hung studying in Japan, he approved of her working in photography, a business seen by many as unsuitable for a woman because it involved "showing one's face in public," and he often gave her words of encouragement.
在風氣保守的當年，他不但不反對陳麗鴻赴日進修，還支持她從事這門被人視為「拋頭露面」的行業，並時時為她打氣。