Sung's first-place marks in the agricultural section won him an invitation from the VACRS, then directed by current president, Chiang Ching-kuo, to participate in a massive development project in the mountains of central Taiwan.
宋慶雲拿著特考及格證書和一張剪報，滿懷感激地說：「要不是當時的輔導會主任委員、現在的總統經國先生，排除萬難，促成此項特考，我也沒有今天。」