全国政协副主席霍英东,原籍广东省番禺县,1923年5月10日,出生于香港一个水上人家。祖父霍达潮,曾拥有大风帆船,来往于省港澳之间,从事货运生意。但当霍英东来到这个世界上的时候,家境已相当困难,全靠父亲租船驳运货物维持生活,入息不多、生活艰辛,全家穷得连鞋都穿不上。有一次过旧历年,他父亲第一次穿双新鞋上街,在小摊档把鞋脱了,蹲在凳上吃粉,吃完双脚落地便走。回到船上,才发现竟然没有把鞋穿回来,因为向来没有穿鞋的习惯。 Fok Ying-tung, vice chairman of the CPPCC National Committee, was originally from Panyu County, Guangdong Province, and was born on May 10, 1923 in Hong Kong. Grandfather Hoda, who had a big sail boat, between the provinces of Hong Kong and Macao, engaged in freight business. However, when Fok Ying Tung came to this world, he was in a difficult position to rely on his charter boat to transport goods for life. He did not have enough income to live hardships. The whole family was too poor to wear any shoes. Once during the Lunar New Year, his father put on a pair of new shoes for the first time in the street. He took off his shoes in the stalls, squatted on the stool and ate powder. Back to the boat, only to find that there is no shoes to wear back, because there has never been the habit of wearing shoes.