At the hearing for the landfill development plans at Hsiangshan, Liu did, of course, do his best to beg for mercy for the crabs, explaining the meaning they hold for people. But he knows it's beyond his power to get people to leave behind this chunk of natural coastline for the next generation to decide how to use.
雖然在香山海埔地開發的公聽會上，劉烘昌仍努力為螃蟹請命，提出螃蟹對人類的意義，但他卻已不奢望大人們還會留下一塊天然海岸，讓下一代自己決定怎麼使用。