Alex Hsia, who went to the US at age 14 and stayed for 16 years, came back to Taipei in 1992 to get on the mass rapid transit bandwagon. The American firm for which he worked did not, however, get a contract for this enormous project.
十四歲赴美、待了十六年的夏安禮，一九九二年隨著捷運列車開動回台，所屬的美商公司沒拿到生意，打道回府，他卻就此留了下來。