In order to reduce the chances of selling a stolen passport, Hong has suggested requiring people to go to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs themselves the second time they have lost a passport. This has prompted people's representatives to attack him for "moving backwards."
為了減少不肖之徒盜賣護照的機會，洪健雄曾提議第二次遺失護照時，要本人親自到外交部領務局補辦，卻被民意代表大罵「開倒車」。