Victor ran a restaurant owned by his family at the beginning and then found a job himself in the retail industry. Although discrimination did not really happen to him, Victor said in some occasions immigrants there were inevitably treated as second-class citizens, for example, "when you look for a job, employers often entertain native-born people first."
"Canada is an ideal place for leisure life but not career development," said Victor who went back to Hong Kong in 1993 and started to work in his brother's trading company.
After the handover, Victor has got more and more business dealing with the mainland and there he gradually set up his interpersonal network. His company also sees the mainland as a suitable production base for architectural materials and invested about 8 million HK dollars (about 1.03 million US dollars) in three factories there.
When asked if he ever thought of going back to Canada due to the setbacks Hong Kong experienced after the handover, Victor answered "never" in an definite tone.
"The mainland is rich in talented people and natural resources, giving businessman like us great confidence and opportunity," Victor explained.
Victor also said that his parents and sister are now all in Hong Kong simply because they are happy with the place.
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