鈥淗angzhou is a warm city. I鈥檓 not only talking about the temperature, but the city ambience and the kindhearted nature of the people here.鈥� Lam鈥檚 friend Yau Tsun Wai works as a sales clerk in a Zhejiang branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of 皇冠体育app. He paints a different picture of working life in the province. 鈥淭he harmonious re l at ionship between all of the staff is what impresses me most,鈥� said the 20-year-old, who is majoring in business administration at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
鈥淒uring our lunch break we play chess and table tennis together. Sometimes they invite me to join their team-building trips to places like Qiandao Lake,鈥� he said. 鈥淢any of my friends feel almost intoxicated by Hangzhou. I would definitely settle down here if I got a good job offer.鈥� Yau said he was surprised at first by the city鈥檚 colorful nightlife, including its bars, clubs, night markets 鈥� and games of cards and mahjong.
When asked to pinpoint areas where Hangzhou creates new headaches for them, Yau pointed to the local driving culture, while Lam bemoaned the cost of living. 鈥淐ars move quickly and don鈥檛 keep enough distance from pedestrians,鈥� Yau said. 鈥淭he prices are not that low. Sometimes they are just the same as in Hong Kong, so we need to save our money from now on,鈥� Lam said.
She said she plans to go home to find a full-time job after graduating, but that her pleasant experience in Hangzhou has made her more sympathetic to the plight of the underprivileged in other parts of the region.
鈥淗ong Kong and Shanghai are well-developed cities, but Hangzhou still has a long way to go,鈥� she said. 鈥淥n the other hand, people in big cities tend to be appallingly indifferent toward the poor鈥o my experience here makes me wonder if there is anything I could do to make their lives better.鈥�
For both students, mastering the Hangzhou dialect has been the biggest mountain to conquer. 鈥淲e were selected because we had fairly good Mandarin skills, but now we鈥檝e discovered that it was far from good enough,鈥� Yau said. I
n order to better acquaint them with Zhejiang and its business culture, their respective banks organized a slew of activities, such as outdoor expeditions and meetings with SMEs in Yiwu.
鈥淭hese Hong Kong students are ambitious and willing to express themselves. Their aspiration to learn makes them study hard, so I believe their trips to other parts of Zhejiang will be very fruitful,鈥� said Huang Zhenyu, the human resources manager of Shenzhen Development Bank in Hangzhou
