In the midst of the 1966 riots, when Macau's leftists gained complete control of Macau, eight major KMT cadres working in Macau-based KMT organizations were forced out. They all retreated to Hong Kong. "We called them 'the eight immortals who crossed the sea,'" says Muo. But some KMT members refused to leave.
「一二三事件」後，中共左派勢力完全操控了澳門，當時國民黨駐澳機構的八個主要幹部被逼出走，全部撤到香港，「我們稱為八仙過海」，莫志航說，但仍有些黨員堅持不退，莫志航就是其中之一。