-Shalu Township in Tai-chung County used to be a manufacturing and wholesaling center for women ’ s clothing. In the 1970s, it accounted for 60 % of Taiwan ’ s garment market. Small dealers used to come here often to pick up clothing to sell in night markets, reportedly earning several thousand NT dollars per night in the process.
以非常仰賴人力的成衣業為例，台中沙鹿曾是女性成衣的生產和批發中心，70 年代席捲全台 60 % 的成衣市場；據說當時小販三不五時來此批貨拿到夜市賣，一晚賺幾千元不成問題。