Take, for instance, the issue of the "three links" (direct mail, flights and business links between Taiwan and mainland China), which was hotly discussed in November. During their presentation to the Legislative Yuan, deputy defense ministers Kang Ning-hsiang and Chen Chao-ming explained that Kaosiung's international airport would be opened for direct flights to mainland China before CKS International Airport in Taoyuan.
以十一月初各界激烈討論的三通議題為例，國防部以康寧祥、陳肇敏兩位副部長為代表，在立法院接受質詢時表示，未來通航機場將「先南後北」，先開放高雄小港機場，其次是桃園中正機場。