Liao Chia-chan, the chairman of the New Homeland Association, says that in the past, there was no contact between the two main ethnic groups (Minnan and Hakka) in Taumi, which, though called a "neighborhood" for administrative purposes, actually is made up of scattered villages. But disaster has unexpectedly brought these two groups together.
新故鄉基金會董事長廖嘉展指出，散村型的桃米社區，過去閩南、客家兩大族群互不往來，但一場浩劫，卻意外地將這兩個族群凝聚起來。