Liang Chao-li, a prime mover behind this project, pleads: "In order to help the younger generation understand the lives of the previous and earlier generations of overseas Chinese, I hope they will provide materials to help us make our projected book complete."
促成此事的南非中華總公會主席梁兆禮呼籲：「為了讓年輕一代瞭解上一代或更早的華人生活情況，希望他們能提供資料，幫助我們編纂成書。」