Adducing concrete figures, in 1990 Keelung and Kaohsiung harbors handled over 79 million and 190 million tons of freight respectively, whereas Taichung only handled about 21 million tons.
他舉實際數字為證，當前年基隆港和高雄港的貨物裝卸量，分別高達七千九百餘萬噸和一億九千萬噸時，台中港只有二千一百萬噸左右。