HANSOM YOUR GUIDE TO ...

摘要

James Wates gave an impressive speech at the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) annual dinner last week - particularly as it was partly in Chinese. The chair of the UK Contractors Group's stab at bilingualism was in honour of CIOB president Li Shirong and the dozen or so Chinese nationals who had flown in for the event at the Guildhall. It was, I'm told, well received, thereby dispelling Wates' fears about making a gaffe. He was later overheard saying: "I practiced it because I didn't want to stand up and say, 'I have a pair of massive testicles'." Quite.