Lu says that the group had intended to build a low-income housing project in New Zealand, but with the current mood in the country, they feared it was "very likely to attract an adverse reaction from New Zealanders who might see it as" an Asian company coming in to make money off our poor people. '"
他指出，原本新加坡集團要在紐西蘭做一個低收入戶住屋計畫，但在現今的社會風氣下，「很可能會引起紐西蘭人反彈，認為是亞洲公司來賺我們窮人的錢。」