Thirty years ago, the population of Taiwan was about 6.25 million; today, it has grown to 19 million. In the past, the problem was how to increase production; now the worry is overproduction.
卅年前，台灣地區人口大約有六百廿五萬，今天則增為一千九百萬人；過去，糧政單位處心積慮的問題是如何增產，現在則為稻米過剩煩惱；過去，農作物以稻米為主，現在，蔬果花卉由配角升作了主角… …。