Among the passengers is Lin Hsien-chi, CEO of Tung Ho Steel Enterprise Corporation. He good-humoredly relates that he was born in 1930. When he found out about the Formosa Star on the Internet, he called together a group of friends and their spouses to come along on this journey.
遊客之一，東鋼機械董事長林先起笑說自己是「一年九班」（民國十九年生），透過網路得知寶島之星訊息後，便吆喝一幫朋友帶著妻子一起出來遊玩，看著妻子握著麥克風唱得盡興，他也露出開心笑容。