Li Wen-kuei, the mayor of Kuanyin for eight years beginning in 1986, says that industry brought prosperity to this poor agricultural area. When industry first came, roads that were little more than paths grew into a network of 30-meter wide roadways.
「開發的利弊，見仁見智，」民國七十五年起擔任觀音鄉長八年的李文貴說，地處水尾、土地貧瘠的觀音，開發工業區後，帶動了地方的繁榮，觀音從過去的羊腸小道，到今天三十公尺寬的道路四通八達，土地更從一甲幾十萬升值到今天幾千萬。