Local people in Chiku, site of the industrial area, also hoped that--with farming and agriculture on the decline--industry would bring a tide of people and job opportunities, turning the small township of only 20,000 people into a boom town.
工業區所在的七股鄉，地方人士也希望在農、漁業日漸沒落之際，工業能帶來人潮和提供當地就業機會，給只有兩萬多人口的七股鄉注入繁榮生機。