On meeting Serge Pun in his office in central Yangon, it is hard to imagine that one of Myanmar’s most successful tycoons was once a penniless migrant in Hong Kong, delivering ship supplies from a small sampan and selling air sanitisers for a pitiful commission. Clad in traditional garb of collarless white shirt and longyi, or sarong, Mr Pun puffs on a cigar as he recalls: “I had just HK$5 when I arrived in 1973, it was all I had in the world. I was 20, I was fit, and I knew I had to survive.”
与潘继泽(Serge Pun)在他位于仰光市中心的办公室会面之前,我很难想象缅甸最成功的商业大亨之一是曾经不名一文的香港移民,靠用小舢板给轮船运送补给品以及销售空气消毒剂以赚取微薄的佣金为生。潘继泽穿着由无领白衬衣和腰布(又称莎笼)组成的传统服装,吸了一口雪茄回忆道:“1973年当我来到香港时,身上只有5港元,这就是我在这个世界上的全部财产。当时我20岁,身体很好,我知道我必须生存下来。”