Looking again at the case of Yuen Foong Yu's Chiutang paper factory, Stephen Lin reveals that the Chiutang plant had begun its "renovation" six years previously. Automation proceeded apace, and many people were made redundant by machines.
以永豐餘久堂廠的裁員為例，林坤龍透露，事實上，久堂廠早在六年前就開始「老廠更新」，陸續進行自動化工程，也一直有員工的工作被機器取代。