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.”
與潘繼澤(Serge Pun)在他位於仰光市中心的辦公室會面之前,我很難想像緬甸最成功的商業大亨之一是曾經不名一文的香港移民,靠用小舢板給輪船運送補給品以及銷售空氣消毒劑以賺取微薄的佣金爲生。潘繼澤穿著由無領白襯衣和腰布(又稱莎籠)組成的傳統服裝,吸了一口雪茄回憶道:「1973年當我來到香港時,身上只有5港元,這就是我在這個世界上的全部財產。當時我20歲,身體很好,我知道我必須生存下來。」