"Early on in 1988, when there was word about the reservoir in Meinung, I wrote a letter to the then mayor Chung Teh-chen, arguing that the financial conglomerate involved was not beneficial and that they would destroy our original way of life.
「早在八八年傳出美濃將蓋水庫的時候，我就曾以財團非善類，會破壞原有生活習慣為由，上書給當時的鎮長鍾德珍，結果石沈大海。」