What with the three links and the tourism industry, the economic outlook for Matsu appears bright, but might a pure focus on economic development and architectural preservation prove, however beautiful on the outside, to be empty on the inside?
雖然觀光業、小三通前景看好，許多馬祖鄉親還是擔心，單純的經濟發展與聚落保存會不會使馬祖成為徒有亮麗外表的「空殼子」。