Over eight years as treasurer she had modernised cash management, shifting it from punch-card computers to electronic transfer, and earning an extra $1.7 billion a year in interest on investments.

• 其实理查兹女士真的令她的家乡有了很大的改变，在她超过八年的财政官员经历中，她革新了财务管理体制，由电脑打卡转为电子转账，并且在投资上每年利息超过十七亿美元。